If antivaxxers are going to continue to be a thing, I'm just not gonna accept getting shamed for smoking anymore. Yeah, I'm having a cigar. Your kid has measles keighleigh, so how about you shut up.

I mean, every single picture taken of this fucking dweeb looks like he just got "caught". Not exactly a shock.

I love that Voyager is FINALLY after 30 YEARS getting the respect on it's name it deserves. Janeway is my captain. I will die on the hill that Voyager was peak trek.

All other political considerations aside, diaspora communities in America have given us basically all our favorite foods. If it weren't for immigrants, we'd still be eating boiled beef like a damn englishman. Immigrants are a net good.

As a guy with a talent for diplomacy, this has been an interesting year to see. I'd never have imagined so many formerly "right" leaning people shifting so hard to the left as fast as they are. They were "right wing" because they were born into it and lied to. Now they see the lies.

Just once I wish an albino kitten would survive.

I really don't care if an episode is light on plot. What draws me in is worldbuilding and character development. I really like DS9's final four seasons, but I don't give a rip about the Dominion War. My favorite episodes were bottle episodes that gave us good moments with our characters.

I didn't learn proper dodgeball rules until I was well into adulthood. At my school half of us were lined up against the wall while the other half pelted us with dodgeballs. I thought this was normal.

So apparently as regards my online friend groups, I'm one of the olds. I'm 38, most of them are in their 20s still. What the hell.

You know, I dog on my fellow Americans A LOT for their historical illiteracy, but then I get humbled by the experience of running across a European in the wild.

Can't wait to see if I spot myself.

Witch hunter was such a stupid job. Like you have to anything to catch a witch beyond posting about free mason jars on facebook.

I cannot stress enough what a superpower the projection of confidence is. You don't even have to actually be confident to work this. You just have to emulate confident appearing behavior. That's something you can learn.

Just heard 10 year old reciting the final speech from "In the Pale Moonlight." "So I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But the most damning thing of all... I think I can live with it."

If one is to take it as an axiom that god is perfect and makes no mistakes, then the existence of Autistic people means that was designed for a specific purpose as well. So trying to conform autistic people to neurotypical standards is not just stupid, abusive and ignorant. It is defiance of God.

Exactly one year ago today:

*before he cheats playing* Wife: "Is this our song?" Me: "Better not be, after all the time we've been together you should be able to get away with doing crime"

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It's natural for us as a species to eat meat. We are an opportunistic omnivorous species, much like pigs. The difference is, we have sapience. We know better. So we have a responsibility to ensure that the animals we eat don't experience pain or fear before death. And cortisol tastes terrible.

I just realized the perfect metaphor to explain how Mormons get Jacobian English completely wrong. Miss Congeniality, th movie. "It is always 'Yes', never 'yeah'" You = "Yes" Thee/Thou = "Yeah" You would never presume to speak to a deity in such an informal tense.

GenX, GenY and Millennials all need to square with the fact that we should not be in power. Boomers held on too long, and it's not fair we never got our moment in the sun. But what's done is done. The young need to lead the nation. That's not us anymore.

It's weird there hasn't been a "pop vampire" show with a sort of "Dexter" premise. Vampire with a conscience sates his blood craving by feeding on human monsters.

I hope Charisma Carpenter knows the fandom is STILL pissed off at Joss after all these years for how dirty he did Cordelia.

I'm a fan of tearing down every governmental and corporate institution as a general thing, BUT, in the short term a fix that would greatly improve things would be a law making "fiduciary duty" to shareholders a secondary consideration to preserving the long term health of the company.

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Conspiracy Theorists: "The whole world is run by a secret cabal! Just look at all this shit that makes no sense!" Me: "Have you considered that maybe the people running the world are just very selfish and catastrophically stupid?"

Neurodivergent thought: "Damn, I love strawberries" = "Damn I love strawberries" Neurotypical reaction: "So you're saying I'm a terrible parent? FUCK YOU!" Me:

I do find it a bit funny that dudes everywhere going back 30 years or some such all seem to agree, women's traditional clothing, skirts and whatnot, are qualitatively better garments in every way except for lacking pockets. A Cargo Kilt? Best item of clothing ever conceived by this species.

America in the 1890's: *gets all Christian and weird* Nevada: "I'm gonna start my own state! With blackjack! And Hookers!"

Hot Star Trek take. Chakotay was very much like Picard with his quiet courage and gentle wisdom, with the love for archeology, even having had a similar rash hotheaded youth. And clearly, both were still able to throw hands when the occasion called for it. It's an interesting contrast between them.

Oh shit, he's lost Rubio now? lol, lmao, rofl even.

lol, so "Adam" was originally a non-gendered noun for effectively "Humans." That tracks in a lot of different directions.

All the iconic country music legends are allies. What do the right have? Toby Keith?

In need to learn how to write scripts. Ronald D. Moore was a fan that sent in a script he wrote (TNG S3E5 The Bonding)and ended up becoming arguably the best writer in Star Trek.

I... I need to know the story behind this.

Boomers? GenX? You all REALLY need to get over this "main character syndrome" you all seem to have. Because guess what? You're all gonna end up in a six foot deep hole eventually, just the same as the rest of us, and nothing you have done will have made any difference.

Just gonna throw this out here. A LOT of you are gonna be REAL angry when the Libertarians show up to the revolution having always been about it.

You know what I'd really like to see in a Star Trek? A dynamic where the captain is a woman, the first officer is a man, kinda similar to Voyager, but in this idea they have a super close personal friendship. He calls her "Captain" and "Sir" among the crew, but has a nickname for her in private.

I have no plans to go quietly into that good night, but also I'm not afraid. When my time comes, it is what it is. The day of my death was written by the Norns long before I was born.

Cancelling the Buffy sequel will go down as one of the all time bonehead moves for Fox (and they've had MORE than their share of those). Buffy is to Hulu what Star Trek is to Paramount+.

A reactor showed up on my youtube feed, and SOMEHOW this guy was fed the fucked up episode order Fox did to Firefly. He posted the reaction and at the end was like "Wait, this was the pilot? Why did it air last!? This would have all made so much more sense." Yeah man, we know. We know.

@srslymagenta.bsky.social I just gotta say, I absolutely LOVE your new pfp. Just straight up joy.

The gig economy is pretty much established by this point. Feel however you're gonna feel about that inevitability. Do whatever you're gonna do. Just remember, most of us are just trying to feed our children. In my case I'm just trying to still be a "provider" after events outside of my control.

Hot take. Forgiveness doesn't require apology. I can forgive someone who did me wrong as long as I can understand why in that moment they took the action they took. We're all human. What takes recognition and apology is forgetting. I won't forget if you haven't improved your thinking since.

Had a good week. Got to visit my parents, my little brother, my baby sister and her daughter. Went on a few excursions, and had barely any episodes. Was a good time, the kids had a blast.

Damn. Today is a day, I might actually break down and cry. I've ben feeling so down on myself for so long. But today MULTIPLE people reached out to tell me just exactly how much I've meant to them. And shit, I was just trying to be supportive to people I love. Apparently that meant a LOT.

If you're in a place where you are actively learning and growing? Shit I don't give a damn that you were a dick to me before. I'm a big fan of personal growth. Whatever the history, if you earnestly do the work? I'll support you.

Everyone makes bad decisions when we're young. The only difference is luck. Did those bad decisions end up derailing your life? They shouldn't, because it's a basically universal experience. But sometimes it does. And that's not fair.

My family: "We're all mentally unstable chaos gremlins but we respect the peacemakers that happen to show up among us" My wife's family: "Fuck you and your 'peace' shit, we're driving this bitch straight into a fucking iceberg because fuck you that's why"

I'm just saying, maybe don't give creative control over Star Trek to people who are ON RECORD saying they HATE Star Trek. At best they're using the brand for cynical corporate marketing and delivering uninspired corporate slop. At worst they're actively trying to kill the franchise.