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Was under the impression Michael wouldn’t hit DC until tomorrow, guess it’s tonight, judging by Virginia freaking the fuck out.
Yeah, it was supposed to be here in SC like, right now, but ended up hitting us in the early AM.
Storm gotta go fast
Yeah they should have named the storm Sonic. It steelhead obvious eyewall Behavior and felt like a tropical storm when it blew through Charlotte earlier. Cool wind direction changes, horizontal blowing rain. It was pretty neat to be honest, I've never experienced anything even similar to that.
Feral would you like me to ruin the "change my mind" meme?
The only good and pure meme was Bongo Cat, and that was already ruined in a matter of hours.
what
no it's not ruined
the cat is a fictional character, it can't be like "hey did you know bongo cat is actually a right-wing shithead 'comedian'?"
One can argue that I ruined it by making it my avatar.
there are different kinds of ruination for memes i guess
personally, "overexposure" is not one that bothers me much
"person in the meme is actually shitty" does though
I thought the meme guy being shitty was the entire point. Like the original photo said “Male Privilege is a Myth” so claiming outlandish or indefensible things on the sign became the joke.
I kinda want one that has a sign that says "I'm a fucking idiot. Prove me wrong." and then more panels where he just gradually ages until it's a dried out husk sitting behind the table.
Then when it's just a skeleton in a chair, change the sign to " I'm dead, prove me wrong"
I never got no boners, just no orgasms. It was a nightmare even then. My reticence to torture Querry is part of why I'm on the max dose of bupropion instead of looking for something else.
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
I basically can’t remember Voyager although I watched all of it as a kid with my parents (possibly dubbed into Italian; not sure) and it’s the only Star Trek I’ve seen. I am pretty sure I liked Harry Kim (no idea why) but pretty sure my favorite was Seven of Nine (...not just a visual thing; her character concept is fantastic).
I am pretty sure that TV is where 90% of queer people go ".... wait. wait. Oh damn."
And then another 5% is Querry who watches random shit because the girls are hot and doesn't think about that fact too much.
Yeah no I was like ‘so what if actresses are hot; our society objectifies women so I course I think they’re hot; that’s just normal and definitely doesn’t make me gay or anything ok...’
The first time I watched Robin Hood I told my mom I wanted to be Maid Marion when I grew up.
(second time Robin Hood, tho).
Transition was kicked off via media gender swap too, actually.
I just read Tamora Pierce's Alanna books a million times
in later books she isn't trans and evincing a feminine presentation is important to her, but in the first two books she kinda really is, in terms of her internal thoughts
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
Expressed by no one more than gene roddenberry himself
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
+1
Hi I'm Vee!Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C ERegistered Userregular
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
Well, also people who didn't give a shit and just wanted TITTAYS! on screen to boost the ratings.
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
A perfect society would be boring to watch, let's be honest; all that pollution-free energy and replicators and pills that grow kidneys have to be balanced with green women in bikinis for Kirk to seduce.
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
A perfect society would be boring to watch, let's be honest; all that pollution-free energy and replicators and pills that grow kidneys have to be balanced with green women in bikinis for Kirk to seduce.
I always liked the idea of expanding on the Klingon rebellious phase the Doctor's holokid had.
Imagine a movement of millions/billions of Earth humans who decide that a life of idle hedonism is pointless and adopting Klingon culture.
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"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
A perfect society would be boring to watch, let's be honest; all that pollution-free energy and replicators and pills that grow kidneys have to be balanced with green women in bikinis for Kirk to seduce.
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
A perfect society would be boring to watch, let's be honest; all that pollution-free energy and replicators and pills that grow kidneys have to be balanced with green women in bikinis for Kirk to seduce.
I do not agree with this at all
I think, rather, a perfect post-scarcity society needs an "other" to be interesting to watch.
Whether that other is romulans, klingons, borg, Q, etc. is irrelevant. Star trek is a society mostly without internal conflict, because they grew past it.
SW-4158-3990-6116
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I never got no boners, just no orgasms. It was a nightmare even then. My reticence to torture Querry is part of why I'm on the max dose of bupropion instead of looking for something else.
Ooh, I generally have no boners unless I actually try to get one which has been a marked improvement in my life.
That side effect has been nice.
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
I like how in The Expanse it initially looks like earth is a post-scarcity society ala The Federation and then you actually see what’s up on earth and it’s horrifying.
Not in an edgelord kind of way, just like, oh yeah we definitely could try to create a star trek utopia but it would not work in precisely this way.
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
A perfect society would be boring to watch, let's be honest; all that pollution-free energy and replicators and pills that grow kidneys have to be balanced with green women in bikinis for Kirk to seduce.
I do not agree with this at all
Agreed. Some of the best episodes of Trek are basically a bunch of people banging their heads against a problem, with no one being wrong or flawed or grimdark.
+3
ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
The perfect society would involve a lot of fucking and nudity. It would just be very different from now.
+1
TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
antidepressants make it so hard to cum that i get a genuine pain in my arm if i try to jerk off but hey at least they're reducing my appetite
I had serious feminist objections to Seven of Nine’s cheesecakey outfit that certainly weren’t rooted in jealousy that they never introduced any male cheesecake characters who had to wear revealing clothing for reasons
??
A skintight onesie with no cleavage? How was her outfit worse than, say, Troi's?
I always thought of them as the exact same kind of thing? Everyone in the show wears the same uniform except for one female character who wears a different, more-revealing-but-not-like-super-revealing outfit for sexiness reasons
Except Troi as a character is flat and Seven has probably the best character arc in Star Trek outside of DS9.
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
A perfect society would be boring to watch, let's be honest; all that pollution-free energy and replicators and pills that grow kidneys have to be balanced with green women in bikinis for Kirk to seduce.
I do not agree with this at all
Agreed. Some of the best episodes of Trek are basically a bunch of people banging their heads against a problem, with no one being wrong or flawed or grimdark.
Contrary to this, why does every scifi opera show need a circus/clown alternate reality episode?
My store just called a meeting about unionization. The CBA ends in January and the union is looking to recruit more stores. So there was this presentation from a Kroger employee explaining our rights in either direction, some definitions etc
It had a few things that made me wince and I spoke up (the delegate was extremely solicitous of feedback and questions). Despite the video having an anti union slant it was overall more evenhanded than I expected. And the representative from the company was more balanced than I expected as well. A couple of conservative employees asked him sort of leading questions to try and trash unions and he stymied them and reiterated that the company isn’t looking to pressure us away from whatever choice.
I was definitely alone in the room tho, I tell you hwhat.
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
Eh not everyone's perfect society includes like hedonistic sex. I mean for some people the idea of that would be a nightmare.
Part of being a perfect society is being able to choose whether you want to hang out in the sex dome or not.
Cause yeah if you can't choose your own societal morality and lifestyle within reason, its just stifling oppression in a different way.
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"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
My store just called a meeting about unionization. The CBA ends in January and the union is looking to recruit more stores. So there was this presentation from a Kroger employee explaining our rights in either direction, some definitions etc
It had a few things that made me wince and I spoke up (the delegate was extremely solicitous of feedback and questions). Despite the video having an anti union slant it was overall more evenhanded than I expected. And the representative from the company was more balanced than I expected as well. A couple of conservative employees asked him sort of leading questions to try and trash unions and he stymied them and reiterated that the company isn’t looking to pressure us away from whatever choice.
I was definitely alone in the room tho, I tell you hwhat.
Kroger is a good company and you are a brave soul fighting for the rights of the proletariat
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Yeah they should have named the storm Sonic. It steelhead obvious eyewall Behavior and felt like a tropical storm when it blew through Charlotte earlier. Cool wind direction changes, horizontal blowing rain. It was pretty neat to be honest, I've never experienced anything even similar to that.
Its a town in texas.
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What season of voyager had texas in it
Then when it's just a skeleton in a chair, change the sign to " I'm dead, prove me wrong"
He's a character on Star Trek: Voyager. Here's a picture of him:
I never got no boners, just no orgasms. It was a nightmare even then. My reticence to torture Querry is part of why I'm on the max dose of bupropion instead of looking for something else.
You are insufferable. Read a book soo crates!
pleasepaypreacher.net
Paris/Janeway OTP
Bleh
Purely accidental though.
Star Trek is funny sometimes in the contrast between the ideals the show is supposed to represent on screen and the ideals of a lot of the old white guys making it.
I just read Tamora Pierce's Alanna books a million times
in later books she isn't trans and evincing a feminine presentation is important to her, but in the first two books she kinda really is, in terms of her internal thoughts
Expressed by no one more than gene roddenberry himself
It's always funny to see purported ideals filtered through a lens of myopia.
@Feral
Well, also people who didn't give a shit and just wanted TITTAYS! on screen to boost the ratings.
A perfect society would be boring to watch, let's be honest; all that pollution-free energy and replicators and pills that grow kidneys have to be balanced with green women in bikinis for Kirk to seduce.
Hideo Kojima, is that you?
I always liked the idea of expanding on the Klingon rebellious phase the Doctor's holokid had.
Imagine a movement of millions/billions of Earth humans who decide that a life of idle hedonism is pointless and adopting Klingon culture.
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
I do not agree with this at all
It hasn't been too terrible. I wait to have a big breakfast before taking it and wait til dinner when I can usually stomach some ramen.
Today was a bit better and I was able to eat some crackers at lunch.
I think, rather, a perfect post-scarcity society needs an "other" to be interesting to watch.
Whether that other is romulans, klingons, borg, Q, etc. is irrelevant. Star trek is a society mostly without internal conflict, because they grew past it.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Ooh, I generally have no boners unless I actually try to get one which has been a marked improvement in my life.
That side effect has been nice.
Not in an edgelord kind of way, just like, oh yeah we definitely could try to create a star trek utopia but it would not work in precisely this way.
Agreed. Some of the best episodes of Trek are basically a bunch of people banging their heads against a problem, with no one being wrong or flawed or grimdark.
Contrary to this, why does every scifi opera show need a circus/clown alternate reality episode?
A Memoir
*bangs gavel*
What about sexy clothes?
Oh man one time I had like a week of farts, it felt like I literally just farted all week.
pleasepaypreacher.net
pleasepaypreacher.net
It had a few things that made me wince and I spoke up (the delegate was extremely solicitous of feedback and questions). Despite the video having an anti union slant it was overall more evenhanded than I expected. And the representative from the company was more balanced than I expected as well. A couple of conservative employees asked him sort of leading questions to try and trash unions and he stymied them and reiterated that the company isn’t looking to pressure us away from whatever choice.
I was definitely alone in the room tho, I tell you hwhat.
So those people aren't fucking!
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-1433170798
Part of being a perfect society is being able to choose whether you want to hang out in the sex dome or not.
Cause yeah if you can't choose your own societal morality and lifestyle within reason, its just stifling oppression in a different way.
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
Kroger is a good company and you are a brave soul fighting for the rights of the proletariat