did kirk call mccoy "bones" just cause it was the most doctory thing he could think of.. and that's just a fun little thought ok, i thank you for NOT ANSWERING with star trek lore. but he did tho right - ThreadSky

juniorhoncho.bsky.social • 14 days ago

did kirk call mccoy "bones" just cause it was the most doctory thing he could think of.. and that's just a fun little thought ok, i thank you for NOT ANSWERING with star trek lore. but he did tho right

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eldritchtea.bsky.social•14 days ago

It's just a nickname based on the old timey slang for doctor, which is sawbones

eldritchtea.bsky.social•14 days ago

You don't want the lore explanation its dumb and entirely relegated to a line from Star Trek (2008)

turnitup5000db.bsky.social•14 days ago

Always figured it was short for “sawbones” which is an old-timey term for doctor but I like yours better.

thejollycrank.bsky.social•14 days ago

Kirk thought McCoy was the only human to still have bones. Episode #134 explains this.

tiaks.bsky.social•14 days ago

it rhymes with phones. in the pilot he's wearing earphones and the soundtrack is diegetic. that's why he's in every scene in the show

juniorhoncho.bsky.social•14 days ago

i thought it was in case someone got hurt or fell ill

tiaks.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yeah later he focuses on medicine and the music role gets taken over by data (the human boombox, s03e02)

hamdangus.bsky.social•14 days ago

It’s a socially-acceptable riff on his previous nickname, “Dr. Boner”

mrsgladstone.bsky.social•13 days ago

I’m a doc and my crew called me “guts” I’m like 5’2” 120 pounds but feisty as hell. Once scared off a drug addict with a knife in the ER by yelling at him a lot. And I was 8 mos pregnant.

shenannigans.bsky.social•14 days ago

they should have called him heart. And called Spock Brain. And, uh, I guess Kirk would be testicle.

aftermark.bsky.social•14 days ago

For sure Kirk calls people the first thing that pops into his head and that’s their nickname for life.

palkeddy.bsky.social•14 days ago

He wanted to call him "needle tits" but he couldn't because of woke.

ewacat.bsky.social•14 days ago

Actually it's because Kirk correctly noticed he has bones unlike the rest of the crew

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