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The Voyager episode “Bliss” has always been a wonderful story in my opinion. Naomi Wildman and Seven of Nine, two individuals who joined the ship’s crew after the events of “Caretaker”, find solidarity in their respective distance to life on Earth. They also in a time of crisis bring comfort and assist each other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Thank you for that wisdom.

 

I am looking for suggestions on how to tackle a large reading list (currently at 556). A big part (maybe smaller than I think) is a collection of Ann Rule, Stephen King and Star Trek novels (currently just the Pocket TOS and movie novelizations). The way I go about things is to just read whatever I am in the mood for. Makes it hard for me to keep a consistent reading progression. I do read by publication date.

I want to hear how others pick what to read. My current idea is to take a chunk of one selection and alternate with others in between.

 
 
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Still, don’t like that the name is shared.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Fuck Lovecraft.

Anyways, I started reading The Light Fantastic and I spotted a parody called “Necrotelicomnicon” which is described of pages made of lizard skin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well we are both wrong. I should have said ethnicity.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Excuse me?! Um, Japanese that got sent to internment camps run by the United States (I’m saying it this way because I learned from George Takei interviews it can be easily mislabeled and her takes great criticism to people that say it wrong), were all grouped together as one nationality accused of possibly being on the side of the Japanese military.

Does Trump think the people at the Capital were all rounded up for being his supporters? These things are not the same. It is insulting to Japanese living in the United States to compare them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does he mean the poor that are educated or people who have a lack of education?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

He’s gonna say they aren’t “big tech”.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

He discovered hair dye and had it replicated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I thought we were comparing the quality for a moment. Cause Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 8 is good.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If someone falsely accuses you of anything, assume they did that first. Investigate the accuser.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (22 children)

I like to point to Idiocracy (a movie you couldn’t make today but I saw for the first time in 2024; I think it was good) which Crocs are used as shoes for the future because they were not widely available and the costume designer said “There's no way people will wear them.”

I stand vindicated that Crocs are idiotic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is a dude who thinks he can get a national broadcast network taken off the air for simply asking the FCC. Someone in his campaign is going to say something that questions the validity of this doctor and call for petitions to get their medical license revoked. I appreciate they are making an effort to appeal to the uncommitted voter, but sadly Trump is surrounded by people who understand what will make his base angry.

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I saw this question posed on Mastodon. If you got lost in space and rescued by aliens who made you live in a simulation for the next 40 years based on a book, what would it be?

For me: The Great Gatsby. I would have to play the part of Nick and just get drunk all the time.

 

I guess the only case we can examine is The Doctor. Whenever The Doctor uses a transporter, what traveling: the lights or the mobile emitter?

There have been many cases which The Doctor has become solid so other solid objects can no longer pass through them. If the object we are seeing being beamed is the mobile emitter, then is it necessary for them to be on a separate pad? I imagine the person accompanying The Doctor could just hold the emitter instead.

 

Did Captain Janeway do the morally right or morally wrong thing refusing to let Seven of Nine return to The Collective?

 

EDIT: I just want to make clear this is sarcasm.

 
 

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