And that's how the humans went from world war to interstellar warp in 100 years when the vulcans took 1500.
And that is why Vulcans wanted to befriend humans as soon as possible, and other species also have their own proverbs about not messing with humans.
Vulcans befriending humans immediately has the same energy as when the crazy crackhead couple moves in next door and you're really kind of concerned for them, but make an effort to be nice and socialize with them anyway just so they don't see you as a threat
I think it was really more that all the other species naturally tend to hate vulcans and like humans. The vulcans desperately needed a popular friend.
T'Pol: It can't be done.
Trip: Watch me!"Vulcan Science Directorate has determined that time travel is impossible."
"The Vulcan Science Directorate has determined that time travel is... not fair."
Human: "We took the second warp core you helped us build and plugged it into the first one, just to see what would happen.... It blew up. But we got to do some pretty cool science in the process!"
Vulcan looking on in pure astonishment
Vulcan: "Fascinating. You were meant to place that in another ship, or study it for improving your own designs."
Human: "yeah, crazy huh... Can we have another?"
Vulcan: arches eyebrow "Very well."
There is a word for when a Vulcan fully understands the meaning of the word "fuck".
I'm starting to think "Fascinating" is the universal translator's attempt at censoring Vulcans.
Its basically what all of them say when what they should probably be saying is "What the actual fuck is wrong with you?"
Sidenote: I absolutely cracked up in the episode of strange new worlds where Spock
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is made fully human and when he realizes it he just goes "What the FUCK" but of course it cuts after the "FU-"
Cochrane: “I created a warp reactor…”
Vulcans: “it’s about time.”
Cochrane: “…powered by enriched uranium.”
Vulcans: “Oh no!”
trip is best engineer because he does acrobatics like sliding down the stairs and climbing on the warp core
