I don’t even want to know why Q is wearing a Klingon uniform but doesn’t have a Klingon head. I’ve read Star Trek comics before and the answer is always: who the fuck knows or cares?
Republicans have this bizarre idea in their heads now that if Hunter Biden is found guilty of tax fraud, this somehow proves Joe Biden did something illegal. And they’re going to try to impeach Biden for it too.
But they have convinced me to never vote for Hunter Biden if he ever decides to run for president. So… congratulations, Republicans?
One of the improvements I would make to the world if I could magic it that way would be to have all dead bodies disposed of in the same sustainable manner. Crematoriums are such a waste of energy and cemeteries are a waste of land (plus, embalming fluid leeches into the soil). There are greener solutions, but religious and social customs prevent most people from wanting their bodies disposed of that way. And that’s a real shame.
That’s the craziest part to me. It would be one thing if this toy was a tie-in made when the show was still on the air or something, but this was sold in 1976!
Also, you could put other crew member’s names on the helmet instead of Spock’s if you really wanted to do anything with this toy other than thank Grandma and never take it out of the box again.
Honestly, it’s criminal that he wasn’t running Starfleet by the time he got back. How many times did he die? Two? Three? And still not even making Lieutenant.
It seems that the makeup artists on “Star Trek,” without asking beforehand, shaved off Craig’s eyebrows before applying her makeup. Craig was merely laying still in the makeup chair, so it seems the makeup artists could have sandblasted her face and she wouldn’t have noticed. Craig had never shaved her eyebrows before,...
Every time that happens, I picture some poor ensign who desperately needs to get somewhere just waiting by the turbolift as Deanna and Picard have a heart-to-heart for 5 minutes.
It should be explained at this point that modern elevators are strange and complex entities. The ancient electric winch and maximum capacity eight persons jobs bear as much relation to a Sirius Cybernetic Corporation ‘Happy Vertical People Transporter’, as a packet of peanuts does to the entire West Wing of the Sirian State Mental Hospital. This is because they operate on the unlikely principle of defocused temporal perception - a curious system which enables the elevator to be on the right floor to pick you up even before you knew you wanted it, thus eliminating all the tedious chatting, relaxing, and making friends that people were previously forced to do whilst waiting for elevators. Not unnaturally, many lifts imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up or down, experimented briefly with the notion of going sideways - as a sort of existential protest - demanded participation in the decision making process, and, finally, took to sulking in basements. At this point a man called Gardrilla Manceframe rediscovered and patented a device he had seen in a history book called a staircase. It has been calculated that his most recent tax bill paid for the social security of five thousand redundant Sirius Cybernetics Workers, the hospitalisation of a hundred Sirius Cybernetics Executives, and the psychiatric treatment of over seventeen-and-a-half-thousand neurotic lifts.
From the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series
I forgot about that line. The one time someone complains. How often did Picard have to wait for a turbolift because, say, Riker and Geordi are having a conversation in one?
Oh wow, I was coming in here to mention the novel. I always thought that the square should have gone insane rather than try to convince everyone of the truth.
And yet if your teenage ensign is given a death sentence, definitely violate the Prime Directive. The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many and all that…
Apparently the ‘prime’ in ‘prime directive’ just means ‘this is the first one we thought of’ and the ‘directive’ part of ‘directive’ means ‘however you feel like interpreting it this week.’
If Robert Kagan hoped to generate some conversation with a lengthy Washington Post opinion piece last week, he succeeded. Kagan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an editor at large for the Post, presented a provocative warning to the public, arguing that the United States faces the possibility of a...
I haven’t searched for it, but I’m sure someone who wants to can confirm for me that J. D. Vance has complained about someone or other being “cancelled” at least once.
The Republican National Committee on Friday afternoon said it would pause participation in further Republican presidential primary debates, effectively leaving decisions around future debates up to media organizations and the 2024 Republican presidential candidates themselves....
You do realize that Republicans control one house of congress and the Democrats barely control the senate, right? The U.S. government can’t even agree enough to keep itself funded because the only Republican platform is “do the opposite of what they want.” That includes Ukraine funding. This is not a U.S. failure, it is an intentional sabotage by Republicans.
Maybe because you started out as hostile to everyone long before you said that you lost your parents on 9/11, so you had already spent all of your goodwill.
It’s hard to have sympathy for someone who has been rude to everyone who talks to them.
Telling me what my “move” should have been did not answer my question.
I think the reason you didn’t answer the question is that you can’t support your claim, and thus can’t support the reason you’ve been so indignant and rude to everyone.
In a tense game of chicken, remarkable for its mix of petulance and audacity, congressional Republicans are threatening to halt U.S. aid to Ukraine—guaranteeing a Russian breakthrough and possible victory in that war—unless Democrats help pass a bill that all but locks down America’s Southern border....
Did you just imply that you’re irrelevant? Lol. Why are you even commenting if my “takes” are worthless? By taking the time to address my “take,” you validate them, thus cucking yourself.
And then he said:
Learn to read dickcheese
So you are being very dishonest here.
Also, “I can be way more hostile” doesn’t actually mean you achieve anything with your current level of hostility.
As such lovers of free market capitalism, shouldn’t Republicans want immigrants to come here and compete for work so that corporations can get employees for the lowest wages possible?
TIL that TNG comics exist (startrek.website)
Tax charges in Hunter Biden case are rarely filed, but could have deep political reverberations[Lindsay Whitehurst | Dec 08 23 | The Associated Press] (apnews.com)
edit: wording, fix link...
Mmmm. thanks, Ohhbama (slrpnk.net)
Holes (slrpnk.net)
Los Angeles Police issue warning about "possible first amendment activity" (boingboing.net)
Wrong body cremated after NHS mix-up (www.bbc.com)
Would have been genius (startrek.website)
Just like old times, eh, Harry? (lemmy.world)
I like Leonard Nimoy's sense of humor. (www.slashfilm.com)
It seems that the makeup artists on “Star Trek,” without asking beforehand, shaved off Craig’s eyebrows before applying her makeup. Craig was merely laying still in the makeup chair, so it seems the makeup artists could have sandblasted her face and she wouldn’t have noticed. Craig had never shaved her eyebrows before,...
uBlock Enterprise (i.imgur.com)
The safest way to travel (startrek.website)
Double standards (startrek.website)
Whoopsie daisy, one should leave it to to the professionals maybe (discuss.tchncs.de)
Trump Takes 2024 Lead as Biden Approval Hits New Low, WSJ Poll Finds (www.wsj.com)
And this is why I fear Cthulhu (startrek.website)
Discuss (startrek.website)
GOP’s Vance seeks investigation into op-ed that criticized Trump (www.msnbc.com)
If Robert Kagan hoped to generate some conversation with a lengthy Washington Post opinion piece last week, he succeeded. Kagan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an editor at large for the Post, presented a provocative warning to the public, arguing that the United States faces the possibility of a...
But I eat when I'm sad (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
'Nudify' apps that use AI to undress women in photos are soaring in popularity, prompting worries about non-consensual porn (fortune.com)
Apps and websites that use artificial intelligence to undress women in photos are soaring in popularity, according to researchers....
RNC moves to stop sponsoring primary debates at the national level (abcnews.go.com)
The Republican National Committee on Friday afternoon said it would pause participation in further Republican presidential primary debates, effectively leaving decisions around future debates up to media organizations and the 2024 Republican presidential candidates themselves....
Russia Celebrates Republicans Blocking Aid to Ukraine With a Missile Barrage (newrepublic.com)
Russian cities cancel New Year celebrations to save money for war (kyivindependent.com)
For those who don’t know, New Year’s in Russia is like Christmas in the west.
Are Religious People more Moral than Atheists? Here are the Facts | Phil Zuckerman - Feddit (feddit.de)
Crosspost from !atheism....
Can't outsmart your teacher (telegra.ph)
Well that's one way to ruin my day (lemmy.world)
Republicans Are on the Verge of Delivering Putin a Big Christmas Gift (slate.com)
In a tense game of chicken, remarkable for its mix of petulance and audacity, congressional Republicans are threatening to halt U.S. aid to Ukraine—guaranteeing a Russian breakthrough and possible victory in that war—unless Democrats help pass a bill that all but locks down America’s Southern border....
Reactionaries and inconsistency are a match made in heaven (lemmy.world)