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  • Woofcat@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Well I think it’s stupid and pointless that you miss pointless arguments. Are we doing it right?

    Ohh for sure!

    What you just want substance in your life? No debates over if Captain Picard could kick Luke Skywalkers ass? Everyone knows it’s Picard all the way. :D

    To me Reddit was always the comments and less about the news story. The pulse of what was happening in your country, or town, or hobby, etc. I’m sure that will happen here on Lemmy too in time.

    • jeff @beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Did you just say Pickard can kick Skywalkers ass? Luke is a jedi. And a trained knight who has fought many battles.

      Pickard is a desk jockey who sits in a fancy chair. It’s not even close.

      Sure, the enterprise can best the falcon, but in a 1v1, there is zero chance of Pickard taking out Luke

      • SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        There’s no need to get into a fight when you can call for a site to site transport an intransigent Jedi into a hard vacuum.

        • Pigeon@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          We haven’t established the parameters of this fight well. If outside/friend help is not allowed, Skywalker wins. If outside help is allowed: Picard wins

          Also it is canon now that jedi can survive a hard vacuum for a moment at least, per Leia in The Last Jedi (iirc). But Picard is definitely smarter so he’d find a way I think. Probably.

          • SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.orgEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Hard vacuum is survivable for a short amount of time, but The Force won’t really help Luke if he’s half a light minute away from the closest breathable atmosphere.

      • woteorin@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I think you’re underestimating Picard. Like, not only was the man a wild punk in his youth before Starfleet straightened him out, but it’s shown throughout the series that he’s more than capable of bluffing opponents with access to things like literal time travel.

        If nothing else, if he fights Luke, he’s not going to fight on Luke’s terms if he can help it.

        • jeff @beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Bluffing isn’t going to stop a lightsabre through the face.

          In all honesty, I’m probably over estimating Pickard. Luke can force choke him from across the room while Pickard is doing his fancy speech