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I actually never had an account on that other place. So I'm sorta new to the whole microblogging thing. This place has a good vibe, though.
Does the penguin ever turn around and display a set of huge tits, which are then "totally justified" in the story?
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Does the penguin ever turn around and display a set of huge tits, which are then "totally justified" in the story?
I mean, one of my absolute favorite scenes is when Kai Opaka recognizes how deeply Kira suffers from guilt and lingering anger and PTSD.
When she says that the Prophets are waiting for Kira to forgive herself, the scene isn't written like that's gonna just fix everything, but it remains powerful.
When she says that the Prophets are waiting for Kira to forgive herself, the scene isn't written like that's gonna just fix everything, but it remains powerful.
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
I mean, one of my absolute favorite scenes is when Kai Opaka recognizes how deeply Kira suffers from guilt and lingering anger and PTSD.
When she says that the Prophets are waiting for Kira to forgive herself, the scene isn't written like that's gonna just fix everything, but it remains powerful.
When she says that the Prophets are waiting for Kira to forgive herself, the scene isn't written like that's gonna just fix everything, but it remains powerful.
That makes peacetime a struggle for her, sometimes. Note that she IS quite prone to making threats, putting hands on people, not being all that good at other kinds of negotiation, the way her Starfleet colleagues are.
But she also struggles with the fact that her expertise was forged under duress.
But she also struggles with the fact that her expertise was forged under duress.
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
That makes peacetime a struggle for her, sometimes. Note that she IS quite prone to making threats, putting hands on people, not being all that good at other kinds of negotiation, the way her Starfleet colleagues are.
But she also struggles with the fact that her expertise was forged under duress.
But she also struggles with the fact that her expertise was forged under duress.
If you accept that some people in fictional universes are just supremely gifted, then that's all the suspension of disbelief you need.
And they make sure her character always FITS that. She's had the vocation of a terrorist and a soldier, all her life. She isn't specialized in anything else.
And they make sure her character always FITS that. She's had the vocation of a terrorist and a soldier, all her life. She isn't specialized in anything else.
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
If you accept that some people in fictional universes are just supremely gifted, then that's all the suspension of disbelief you need.
And they make sure her character always FITS that. She's had the vocation of a terrorist and a soldier, all her life. She isn't specialized in anything else.
And they make sure her character always FITS that. She's had the vocation of a terrorist and a soldier, all her life. She isn't specialized in anything else.
And, I hasten to add, the lore actually makes it believable. When she was a teenager, she was already perfecting down-and-dirty close-quarters fighting techniques for use against full-grown, veteran Cardassians.
She knows every possible trick that a smaller person can use against a larger opponent
She knows every possible trick that a smaller person can use against a larger opponent
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
And, I hasten to add, the lore actually makes it believable. When she was a teenager, she was already perfecting down-and-dirty close-quarters fighting techniques for use against full-grown, veteran Cardassians.
She knows every possible trick that a smaller person can use against a larger opponent
She knows every possible trick that a smaller person can use against a larger opponent
I mean, note that she can canonically beat the shit out of Klingons.
She got backstabbed, during that one time there was a full-on hand-to-hand struggle in Ops. She pulled the knife out of her body and beat the attacker unconscious with the flat of his own knife.
Her character made that believable
She got backstabbed, during that one time there was a full-on hand-to-hand struggle in Ops. She pulled the knife out of her body and beat the attacker unconscious with the flat of his own knife.
Her character made that believable
January 28, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I mean, note that she can canonically beat the shit out of Klingons.
She got backstabbed, during that one time there was a full-on hand-to-hand struggle in Ops. She pulled the knife out of her body and beat the attacker unconscious with the flat of his own knife.
Her character made that believable
She got backstabbed, during that one time there was a full-on hand-to-hand struggle in Ops. She pulled the knife out of her body and beat the attacker unconscious with the flat of his own knife.
Her character made that believable
Exactly. Note that Worf felt ABSOLUTELY ZERO NEED to add any threats of his own.
He knew what she was capable of.
He knew what she was capable of.
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Exactly. Note that Worf felt ABSOLUTELY ZERO NEED to add any threats of his own.
He knew what she was capable of.
He knew what she was capable of.
...he will transfix the crowd with an otherwordly song, filled with truly incomprehensible, yet sublime sounds, as if the guitar is truly singing in an alien tongue.
As the final notes ring out, a vast KFC bucket will lower from the sky and he will ascend to it, in a beam of chicken-scented light.
As the final notes ring out, a vast KFC bucket will lower from the sky and he will ascend to it, in a beam of chicken-scented light.
January 28, 2026 at 10:24 AM
...he will transfix the crowd with an otherwordly song, filled with truly incomprehensible, yet sublime sounds, as if the guitar is truly singing in an alien tongue.
As the final notes ring out, a vast KFC bucket will lower from the sky and he will ascend to it, in a beam of chicken-scented light.
As the final notes ring out, a vast KFC bucket will lower from the sky and he will ascend to it, in a beam of chicken-scented light.
Very well put, even through the translation. I hope we can all rise to the challenge.
January 28, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Very well put, even through the translation. I hope we can all rise to the challenge.
It felt like 32 hours, just downloading the demo over dial-up.
I remember booting it up for the first time, so clearly that I can almost taste the air in the room, from that day.
I remember booting it up for the first time, so clearly that I can almost taste the air in the room, from that day.
January 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
It felt like 32 hours, just downloading the demo over dial-up.
I remember booting it up for the first time, so clearly that I can almost taste the air in the room, from that day.
I remember booting it up for the first time, so clearly that I can almost taste the air in the room, from that day.
A lot of Americans see Europe as a single entity. Even left-wing Americans are guilty of that.
People don't even realize what your PM is like, what her party believes, etc.
Ignorance is to blame for all of this. We're drowning in "information," yet when they look in our lungs, they will be empty.
People don't even realize what your PM is like, what her party believes, etc.
Ignorance is to blame for all of this. We're drowning in "information," yet when they look in our lungs, they will be empty.
January 28, 2026 at 9:34 AM
A lot of Americans see Europe as a single entity. Even left-wing Americans are guilty of that.
People don't even realize what your PM is like, what her party believes, etc.
Ignorance is to blame for all of this. We're drowning in "information," yet when they look in our lungs, they will be empty.
People don't even realize what your PM is like, what her party believes, etc.
Ignorance is to blame for all of this. We're drowning in "information," yet when they look in our lungs, they will be empty.
By the same token, V was never about aliens.
January 28, 2026 at 8:52 AM
By the same token, V was never about aliens.
Corollary: the border patrol, the DHS, and ICE only exist because some foreigners are "white enough" that cops just murdering them wholesale was seen as poor strategy.
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Corollary: the border patrol, the DHS, and ICE only exist because some foreigners are "white enough" that cops just murdering them wholesale was seen as poor strategy.
His name also implies that he's an alien.
January 28, 2026 at 4:12 AM
His name also implies that he's an alien.
Oh yeah, I forgot all about whatever this game was. Some kind of weird action game that ripped off all the characters from a great RPG.
Not a good look. Strange that anyone would do that.
Not a good look. Strange that anyone would do that.
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Oh yeah, I forgot all about whatever this game was. Some kind of weird action game that ripped off all the characters from a great RPG.
Not a good look. Strange that anyone would do that.
Not a good look. Strange that anyone would do that.
But no, I don't think that study will ever be conducted. For all its virtues, science is still a servant to the hell we have created for ourselves, and will never be allowed to truly question the foundations of it.
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
But no, I don't think that study will ever be conducted. For all its virtues, science is still a servant to the hell we have created for ourselves, and will never be allowed to truly question the foundations of it.
Has anyone conducted a study where nobody is made a slave to ANY particular time system?
I have a feeling that we actually evolved to live without clocks of ANY kind.
I believe we will continue to be in pain, as long as we live according to artificial rhythms.
I have a feeling that we actually evolved to live without clocks of ANY kind.
I believe we will continue to be in pain, as long as we live according to artificial rhythms.
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Has anyone conducted a study where nobody is made a slave to ANY particular time system?
I have a feeling that we actually evolved to live without clocks of ANY kind.
I believe we will continue to be in pain, as long as we live according to artificial rhythms.
I have a feeling that we actually evolved to live without clocks of ANY kind.
I believe we will continue to be in pain, as long as we live according to artificial rhythms.
That shit wouldn't work as self-parody, surrealism, anything. People would just be like "no, I don't want to be DoomGuy in any context other than demon slaying."
But Pac-Man running around doing errands or whatever? For some reason, that shit is just dumb enough to work. We can go along with it.
But Pac-Man running around doing errands or whatever? For some reason, that shit is just dumb enough to work. We can go along with it.
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 AM
That shit wouldn't work as self-parody, surrealism, anything. People would just be like "no, I don't want to be DoomGuy in any context other than demon slaying."
But Pac-Man running around doing errands or whatever? For some reason, that shit is just dumb enough to work. We can go along with it.
But Pac-Man running around doing errands or whatever? For some reason, that shit is just dumb enough to work. We can go along with it.
I don't know what it is about Pac-Man, but the more off-topic they drag him, the funnier it gets.
And his creators always seem to want to drag him off-topic.
It wouldn't work with, like, DoomGuy. You can't make a game about DoomGuy cooking in his spare time. Nobody would accept it, on any level.
And his creators always seem to want to drag him off-topic.
It wouldn't work with, like, DoomGuy. You can't make a game about DoomGuy cooking in his spare time. Nobody would accept it, on any level.
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I don't know what it is about Pac-Man, but the more off-topic they drag him, the funnier it gets.
And his creators always seem to want to drag him off-topic.
It wouldn't work with, like, DoomGuy. You can't make a game about DoomGuy cooking in his spare time. Nobody would accept it, on any level.
And his creators always seem to want to drag him off-topic.
It wouldn't work with, like, DoomGuy. You can't make a game about DoomGuy cooking in his spare time. Nobody would accept it, on any level.