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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Takei: POTUS Got It Right Coining "Jedi Mind Meld" Phrase
...actor, director and activist George Takei, who played Lt. Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek: The Original Series, insists the president actually got it exactly right.
And, the White House finds a way to 'meld' these two memes:
?@whitehouse
We must bring balance to the Force.
#Sequester #JediMindMeld
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KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)reminds me of the episode of Big Bang Theory where the girlfriends decide to read comics to understand their boys and end up arguing over Thor's Hammer. LOL!
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)The outrage over the President's conflation, or the outrage over the outrage.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)The Jedi's did a sort of a mind meld. They just didn't have to touch the person they were trying to convince them "These are not the drones you are looking for."
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Not the droids you are looking for.
You don't look for drones, they look for you!
Yeah that is so true.
librechik
(30,674 posts)yes, in retrospect it's a brilliant and humorous phrase along the lines of rocket surgery, when used ironically. I hope it fracking takes off and goes viral!
Tempest
(14,591 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)Did they do a scientific study on the Jedi?
Tempest
(14,591 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)any more than "the bible tells us" does.
Maybe some science fiction writers back him up, but that's not the same as saying that the science does.
Peter cotton
(380 posts)See? Science!
hughee99
(16,113 posts)If people's biggest complaint is that the president its up on his sci-fi lingo, then I don't see the issue here. Lame attempts to defend him and explain why he's "really right, YOU just don't understand sci-fi as well as HE does" come off as almost as petty as the criticisms of him on this.
Tempest
(14,591 posts)You're obviously taking this far too seriously.
deaniac21
(6,747 posts)They do have plenty to do, I think.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)He was trying to be descriptive.