ST V: The Final Frontier
Why would you filter that? If your friend is stinky you should tell them so they can go get unstinky. I won’t judge you unless it’s a constant problem.
Humans emit a low level constant smell that we are nose blind to. Vulcans can’t become nose blind. To constantly point that out would be rude.
Yeah, but Spock uses something to dampen his sense of smell so if he’s commenting then Jimbo must be pretty ripe.
Vulcans spend their whole life learning to detach their physical state from their mental.
Vulcans, can’t learn to stop smelling something.
I can detach my mind from the tickle compulsion. That doesn’t mean I can’t feel the fingers trying to tickle me.
Humans don’t learn to stop smelling, our brain automatically filters it out. Once you’re used to a smell you are unable to perceive it. Vulcan minds don’t do that, they have to actively disengage from the sensation.
My favorite bit is everyone running around like “vulcans are so logical and intelligent” and vulcans saying “we are so logical and intelligent” and then they’re just sort of weird racists
Me whenever I go to any city ever.
So if Spock was half human did he smell bad? Was he an outcast for being the stinky kid?
According to Strange New Worlds, yes.
light a match Rom, we can smell you out here
Villages around me often smell like manure, i.e. literal shit.
I prefer that smell to humans. Yes, even pig manure.
Which countries? Japan’s cities, except for the southern part of Osaka and the middle part of Osaka, and the subways in Osaka, were very clean, the most notable smell being fried food and the occasional old person. Chinese cities are generally quite clean, except for the occasional whiff of durian. Hanoi and HCMC don’t smell like anything because of all the pollution.
I always appreciated that Spock became even more matter of fact after he died. As if having your brain downloaded into a new head might have an effect on your personality. Something I wish more SciFi did when they resurrect a character.
Spock is always filtered. It is the Vulcan way. That’s as restrained as he could make that comment
I feel that way about my house when I leave for any reasonable amount of time.
