I actually⊠love this
i once wrote an entire academic paper with the central thesis of âeveryone is kind of a dick to Data and it honestly kinda reflect how people treat neurodiverse people, which is also why we neurodiverse people relate to him so hardâ
the original post was missing a line, so hereâs the full poem!!
His poetry is good. Fight me.
I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS
âAN ODE TO SPOTâ IS FREAKING GENIUS FIGHT ME
How cruelly ironic that Data (though I havenât yet seen this episode) recites a poem communicating an undoubtedly repeated experience for him about being dishearteningly discouraged from doing what is natural for him, and many of those he likely experienced this with sit, maybe not even listening, with uncaring eyes He clearly sometimes responds in an emotional way when someone cuts him off when information sharing



















