Star Trek: The Next Generation1987
Rating: TV-PG
Runtime: 44 minutes
Lal:
Father - what is the significance of laughter?
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
It is a human physiological response to humor.
Lal:
Then, judging from their laughter, the children at school found my remarks humorous. So without understanding humor, I have somehow mastered it.
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
[... ] Lal.
Lal:
Yes, Father?
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
The children were not laughing with you, they were laughing *at* you.
Lal:
Explain.
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
One is meant kindly, the other is not.
Lal:
Why would they wish to be unkind?
Lt. Cmdr. Data:
Because you are different. Differences sometimes scare people. I have learned that some of them use humor to hide their fear.
Lal:
I do not wish to be different.
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