Data bending exhibit A: a rod of par-steel.  Tensile strength, forty kilobars.

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[–] 42 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Data B. Rodriguez

*the B stands for Bending

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  • [–] 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Data: "Bite my dull grey ass!"

    Tasha Yar: "I already did, babe 😏😘"

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    [–] 26 points 5 months ago

    I'm gonna make my own Data! With blackjack! And hookers!

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  • [–] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I could bend a girder to any angle! 30 degrees, 32 degrees, you name it!

    31 degrees...

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    The greatest thing about this scene is that Spiner actually bent a real, solid bar of titanium to show off. 😌

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    This scene always low-key bugged me because Data obviously hands the bar back to Riker in that awkward double handed manner specifically so the cheap prop they're using doesn't spring back out.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It would also be a cool subversion to have Data say he was designed to be human and doesn't have super human strength. Or the motors for micro control are tuned for precision and not torque. Anything to undermine the trope that robots are superior to humans in every way.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    That would actually make more sense to say Dr Soong was totally focused on the positronic brain, they already had plenty of things like the DOTs to do physically demanding tasks so making Data super strong wouldn’t be a priority.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    That would make Lore Flexo. But Flexo is not the evil twin sooooo

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    Data Rodriguez Soong

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago

    I'm convinced. Can't be sentient life if it can bend things.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    Still can't beat Bender's stretchy arms.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Bending is my middle name

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    [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Alara Kitan would like a word

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