The Troi enigma: a doll that isn't a doll
The Troi enigma, a doll that isn't a doll, unleashes the Azkaban punishment and the verdict that we are all Troi.
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The Troi enigma: the image, the song and the situation that isn't a doll
In the repertoire of witty threats, sending someone to Azkaban so the dementors can smarten them up in no uncertain terms ranks high. But when the proposal was made, the matter veered off into an unanswered question: what or who is Troi, and why is Troi linked to a doll?
"If it was always a song, a photo, but not a doll," goes the cryptic definition circulating online. The explanation gets even murkier with the addition that it wouldn't be an object, but "an image, a song, a situation." Within that framework, some have suggested Troi might be an imaginary friend, or that Troi has seen "things worse than Nadia" — a reference nobody explains.
The interpretation gaining the most traction is the one that declares: "we are all troii." Like a certain inheritance attributed to Julio Iglesias, Troi would be a shared identity, not an individual. If everyone is Troi, then the Azkaban punishment loses its bite: locking up one would miccionan locking up all.
Does Troi exist? The available evidence doesn't confirm it. The prudent course is to assume Troi breathes in the digital nebula and will reappear when least expected. And if anyone decides to lock Troi up, the dementors should be warned that, whoever they smarten up, they'll end up smartening up half the internet.
In the repertoire of witty threats, sending someone to Azkaban so the dementors can smarten them up in no uncertain terms ranks high. But when the proposal was made, the matter veered off into an unanswered question: what or who is Troi, and why is Troi linked to a doll?
"If it was always a song, a photo, but not a doll," goes the cryptic definition circulating online. The explanation gets even murkier with the addition that it wouldn't be an object, but "an image, a song, a situation." Within that framework, some have suggested Troi might be an imaginary friend, or that Troi has seen "things worse than Nadia" — a reference nobody explains.
The interpretation gaining the most traction is the one that declares: "we are all troii." Like a certain inheritance attributed to Julio Iglesias, Troi would be a shared identity, not an individual. If everyone is Troi, then the Azkaban punishment loses its bite: locking up one would miccionan locking up all.
Does Troi exist? The available evidence doesn't confirm it. The prudent course is to assume Troi breathes in the digital nebula and will reappear when least expected. And if anyone decides to lock Troi up, the dementors should be warned that, whoever they smarten up, they'll end up smartening up half the internet.
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