I think thanking people for doing what you've led/told/instructed them to do while making it seem like it's been their decision all along is also applicable for this rule.
Ethan's nickname among his friends is "Johnny" because of his Carson impersonation, if you're ever listening to a podcast about Voyager and one of the actors starts talking about "Johnny" it's probably Ethan Phillips.
@@rocketsocks According to the Delta Flyers podcast, Ethan Philips was known for his spot-on Johnny Carson impression. His nickname on the Voyager set was actually Johnny, and his castmates still call him that today. In the outtake, it's possible he meant that he sounded a little too much like his actual self.
Honestly, when he says "That's" at the very start, and the microphone explodes, I thought that might be the flub. Seriously, the TH was so loud the microphone literally couldn't handle it.
Rule of acquisition 345: Just pick a number and make up something that sounds like something an evil capitalist would say, nobody's really paying THAT MUCH attention.
Can't turn off logic brain. Thanking someone you've exploited may come off sarcastic, or as adding insult to injury. Doesn't hurt in the literal sense, but might draw attention to the misdeed, thus decreasing the wrongdoers' chances of getting away with it.
The Ferengi logic is that thanking them is part of tricking them into thinking they've not been exploited but have instead done you a favour (and thus owe you a debt), which makes them easier to exploit in future.
It depends how you spin it. Sometimes you can get people to give you way more if you presage what you want with "now this is a really big favour, so I totally understand if you wanna say no, but it would be a huge help, so:". You've built it up so much, whatever you say doesn't actually sound that bad. Even if it would've been a huge ask with no preamble.
I honestly always took them to be American businessmen, since Roddenberry was so vocally anti-capitalist. In their early iterations they only care about money and conquest, by economic or military means. Sounds very 1980s America to me (remember the oft forgotten American wars in central America during that time period, fought explicitly to increase American business opportunities). In later TNG and DS9 depictions they switched to being clear caricatures of laissez-faire capitalism, and the quasi-anarchism that is often sold with it as part of the package. It's a different direction than their initial depiction, but I don't see either incarnation as being particularly Jewish. If that *was* their intent, they did a bad job of making them Jewish enough for people to notice.
297th rule of acquisition: If you flub a line, just roll with it; everyone else will be too busy scrutinizing it to see you fleecing them
A dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude.
Truly, a tale as old as time.
Song as old as rhyme...
I think thanking people for doing what you've led/told/instructed them to do while making it seem like it's been their decision all along is also applicable for this rule.
That's wild stuff, Ed!
HEYOOO!
That's perfect. They have no idea what he's talking about with Johnny.
Ethan's nickname among his friends is "Johnny" because of his Carson impersonation, if you're ever listening to a podcast about Voyager and one of the actors starts talking about "Johnny" it's probably Ethan Phillips.
420th rule of acquisition: You can always make more rules.
0:09 Rule Of Acquisition 207. All things are negotiable.
Neelix looks different than I remember... But I've been gone a very long time.
That's how i originally remember him :P
Johnny? xD
Frakes?
@FiXato omg 😂
I think he could mean Johnny Carson. Especially listening to it there's some similarity.
@@rocketsocks 100%
@@rocketsocks According to the Delta Flyers podcast, Ethan Philips was known for his spot-on Johnny Carson impression. His nickname on the Voyager set was actually Johnny, and his castmates still call him that today. In the outtake, it's possible he meant that he sounded a little too much like his actual self.
Rule of Acquisition number 10 million: you may already be the winner! Now heeeere's Janeway!
*Janeway:* Why don't you tell them what they've won?
*Tuvok:* ...photon torpedoes. Full spread.
Honestly, when he says "That's" at the very start, and the microphone explodes, I thought that might be the flub. Seriously, the TH was so loud the microphone literally couldn't handle it.
Neat.
Rule Of Acquisition 404. For the right price, you can always find the file.
By the way, I think he was talking about sounding like Johnny Carson.
Rule of acquisition 345: Just pick a number and make up something that sounds like something an evil capitalist would say, nobody's really paying THAT MUCH attention.
To the evil of capitalism or to this show? Both?
@Cmdr1962
Probably both.
@@Cmdr1962 Capitalism isn't evil. You're just poor, lazy, and envious.
Can't turn off logic brain. Thanking someone you've exploited may come off sarcastic, or as adding insult to injury. Doesn't hurt in the literal sense, but might draw attention to the misdeed, thus decreasing the wrongdoers' chances of getting away with it.
The Ferengi logic is that thanking them is part of tricking them into thinking they've not been exploited but have instead done you a favour (and thus owe you a debt), which makes them easier to exploit in future.
It depends how you spin it. Sometimes you can get people to give you way more if you presage what you want with "now this is a really big favour, so I totally understand if you wanna say no, but it would be a huge help, so:". You've built it up so much, whatever you say doesn't actually sound that bad. Even if it would've been a huge ask with no preamble.
The keyword is "never," though,@
Your point establishes that it OFTEN won't hurt to thank the mark. It will backfire on a case-by-case basis, though.
i love how trekkies are so in denial about these goblins being jewish
I honestly always took them to be American businessmen, since Roddenberry was so vocally anti-capitalist. In their early iterations they only care about money and conquest, by economic or military means. Sounds very 1980s America to me (remember the oft forgotten American wars in central America during that time period, fought explicitly to increase American business opportunities). In later TNG and DS9 depictions they switched to being clear caricatures of laissez-faire capitalism, and the quasi-anarchism that is often sold with it as part of the package. It's a different direction than their initial depiction, but I don't see either incarnation as being particularly Jewish. If that *was* their intent, they did a bad job of making them Jewish enough for people to notice.
@@jasonwalker9471 Yep. It's the Bajorans that are allegory for those of the Jewish faith.