our nose shape is probably to help with our sinuses, which are the worst sinuses in the animal kingdom
Nehh, our sinuses are just to readily available all over the world so ofcourse bacteria etc got good at attacking them.
It really doesn't help that, according to something I was recently informed of, city design and landscaping almost exclusively use male trees over female trees because rain and wind get rid of pollen but seeds can be slightly inconvenient underfoot and might even need (gasp!) sweeping.
So we've basically sabotaged ourselves with assloads of sinus-ruining clouds of tree sperm because people are a little bit whiney about stepping on seeds.
It's more that seed pods cost money to clean up, so you go with the trees without seed pods. And nobody involved thought about or probably even knew about issues with pollen.
Ah ha! Except there is a plentiful variety of pretty trees which don't produce seeds unless pollinated! So if they had just gone with all female trees in the first place, we wouldn't have seeds for cleanup or hideous sinus-ruining pollen everywhere! And now nobody wants to commit to changing any of it, so they just keeping dumping money into the mistake instead of transitioning to the idea that isn't misery for all those poor allergy sufferers.
And we've been doing this shit for like... two hundred years now, so it's even more dumb.
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Latest Discovery episode:
Sooo... The Burn was caused by a lone stranded Kelpian hooked up to a massive holodeck who was going crazy from loneliness? Also sub-space-something-something. Whuuuuut?
Also Discovery got boarded and hijacked, I wonder how they're going to get out of that one.
Sooo... The Burn was caused by a lone stranded Kelpian hooked up to a massive holodeck who was going crazy from loneliness? Also sub-space-something-something. Whuuuuut?
Also Discovery got boarded and hijacked, I wonder how they're going to get out of that one.
Sooo... The Burn was caused by a lone stranded Kelpian hooked up to a massive holodeck who was going crazy from loneliness? Also sub-space-something-something. Whuuuuut?
Also Discovery got boarded and hijacked, I wonder how they're going to get out of that one.
How else but Burnham?
"Flash" Burnham, Savior of the Universe! She'll save every one of us, weep for every one of us...
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I think, what got to me about Picard S1 is a lot of times I felt like Patrick Stewart was playing himself more than he was playing Picard. I mean, I still enjoyed it, but hey.
I think, what got to me about Picard S1 is a lot of times I felt like Patrick Stewart was playing himself more than he was playing Picard. I mean, I still enjoyed it, but hey.
I think what happened with Picard(the character) between Insurrection and Picard(the show) should be a case study in why you shouldn't let the actor write the character.
I think, what got to me about Picard S1 is a lot of times I felt like Patrick Stewart was playing himself more than he was playing Picard. I mean, I still enjoyed it, but hey.
I think what happened with Picard(the character) between Insurrection and Picard(the show) should be a case study in why you shouldn't let the actor write the character.
AFAIK Stewart has been constantly pushing for Picard to do more action-hero-type shit.
Like, Nemesis has the dune-buggy sequence because Stewart wanted to do that.
I was pretty done with disco season 3 and skipped a bit over some episodes but I have to say from Terra Firma onward it's actually a lot more enjoyable. The cast gets to do stuff, Burnham is more focused and intense instead of melodramatic. Stamets emotional bit in episode 12 actually hits.
The worst bit of those later episodes is probably everyone fawning over Philippa. That's still not earned.
When I was younger (maybe around the 90s or early 2000s), I remember that a popular way to 'dis' Star Trek was to point out that it doesn't make sense for so many separate species to have evolved as bipedal with only two arms, seeing as how much diversity we see in nature - with the obvious answer being that of course Star Trek producers would like to get more exotic aliens but it's much harder to do on a budget if you're not an animated show.
When I was younger (maybe around the 90s or early 2000s), I remember that a popular way to 'dis' Star Trek was to point out that it doesn't make sense for so many separate species to have evolved as bipedal with only two arms, seeing as how much diversity we see in nature - with the obvious answer being that of course Star Trek producers would like to get more exotic aliens but it's much harder to do on a budget if you're not an animated show.
When I was younger (maybe around the 90s or early 2000s), I remember that a popular way to 'dis' Star Trek was to point out that it doesn't make sense for so many separate species to have evolved as bipedal with only two arms, seeing as how much diversity we see in nature - with the obvious answer being that of course Star Trek producers would like to get more exotic aliens but it's much harder to do on a budget if you're not an animated show.
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I do wonder if a bunch of the Trek writers are part of some weird-ass cult or something, because their concept of evolution is pretty damn disturbing sometimes.
Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
I do wonder if a bunch of the Trek writers are part of some weird-ass cult or something, because their concept of evolution is pretty damn disturbing sometimes.
Nah, assuming evolution has a predetermined path is a common misconception, a side effect of our wanting to establish order on a random meaningless universe.
I do wonder if a bunch of the Trek writers are part of some weird-ass cult or something, because their concept of evolution is pretty damn disturbing sometimes.
Nah, assuming evolution has a predetermined path is a common misconception, a side effect of our wanting to establish order on a random meaningless universe.
That and evolution having "levels" or "stages".
The sky was full of stars, every star an exploding ship. One of ours.
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I do wonder if a bunch of the Trek writers are part of some weird-ass cult or something, because their concept of evolution is pretty damn disturbing sometimes.
Nah, assuming evolution has a predetermined path is a common misconception, a side effect of our wanting to establish order on a random meaningless universe.
That and evolution having "levels" or "stages".
That much is true though. The two stages being 'Crab' and 'Not-Crab'. There is some debate on the subject since Changelings are able to exist in both stages, but the general consensus is that since the Great Link is a not actually a giant crab pile that Changelings should be categorized as 'Not-Crab'.
Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
Surprised more studios don't use this, especially for short shots like this. Just needs a bit of touching up where Brent's jowls are poking out and match the lighting better... and for god sake, do something about those Rick and Morty pupils...
TV writers in general usually have a pretty bad understanding of... well... anything.
See: NCIS two people on one keyboard to counter hack faster...
I disagree, they know exactly what they are doing, and wrote this dialogue going 'heh this will really piss some people off' like its a easter egg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU
TV writers in general usually have a pretty bad understanding of... well... anything.
See: NCIS two people on one keyboard to counter hack faster...
I can't even remember where I heard this, but apparently the writers for NCIS had a sort of internal, ongoing competition to see who could come up with the dumbest computer-related stuff that the directors wouldn't object to. They knew it was stupid, and did it deliberately on the assumption that people would realize they knew it was stupid.
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When the control panels explode, it's just sprays of the finest Romulan ale because every empty out-the-way space on the ship is somehow packed with cases of the stuff. And it's the real thing too, as the ship is home to a fully sapient AI whose sole purpose is making sure the ship is 100% stocked with ale at all times.
When the control panels explode, it's just sprays of the finest Romulan ale because every empty out-the-way space on the ship is somehow packed with cases of the stuff. And it's the real thing too, as the ship is home to a fully sapient AI whose sole purpose is making sure the ship is 100% stocked with ale at all times.
The control panels don't ever explode on the USS Nog.
Why?
They're assembled with self-sealing stem bolts, finest quality!
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
When the control panels explode, it's just sprays of the finest Romulan ale because every empty out-the-way space on the ship is somehow packed with cases of the stuff. And it's the real thing too, as the ship is home to a fully sapient AI whose sole purpose is making sure the ship is 100% stocked with ale at all times.
The control panels don't ever explode on the USS Nog.
Why?
They're assembled with self-sealing stem bolts, finest quality!
Because currently sci-fi stuff is either grungy and dark or looks like an iPod.
Latest episode:
I don't think that is how deep diving works, Owo.
A look at the Turbolift system, nice. Wait. How large is Discovery supposed to be? That's some huge caverns.
couldn't they have jumped without the warp core gamble?
Also, like, Netflix, it would be a good idea not to spoil parts of the episode in the preview image while the episode loads
Is Vance like the most reasonable admiral in Star Trek history?
Next season:
so, Saru is out?
New uniforms! A bit too much military grey for my taste
Burnham as captain might actually work better than pretending that everybody doesn't do whatever Burnham deems right anyway.
It got way better as soon as other characters got more focus. It's pretty much movie action star trek instead of TV star trek and that isn't what some people are looking for but if it continues like the last few episodes than season 4 might be good?
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I didn't like Brewery-prise and I didn't like the internals here but eh, it's a small thing
still, fine with the rest and agreed that going forward looks like it might work fairly well. I also had a suspicion that this was why there was a rubberless Doug Jones, give him a last hurrah as a recurring character with his actual face, I'm sure he'll make an appearance later though
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Ah ha! Except there is a plentiful variety of pretty trees which don't produce seeds unless pollinated! So if they had just gone with all female trees in the first place, we wouldn't have seeds for cleanup or hideous sinus-ruining pollen everywhere! And now nobody wants to commit to changing any of it, so they just keeping dumping money into the mistake instead of transitioning to the idea that isn't misery for all those poor allergy sufferers.
And we've been doing this shit for like... two hundred years now, so it's even more dumb.
Also Discovery got boarded and hijacked, I wonder how they're going to get out of that one.
How else but Burnham?
"Flash" Burnham, Savior of the Universe! She'll save every one of us, weep for every one of us...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ashes-of-star-treks-scotty-smuggled-on-to-international-space-station-6lpgs05n6
And who smuggled the ashes onto the ISS?
Fuckin' Richard "Lord British" Garriott.
What a solid gold champion. This has tickled me pink.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
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I think what happened with Picard(the character) between Insurrection and Picard(the show) should be a case study in why you shouldn't let the actor write the character.
AFAIK Stewart has been constantly pushing for Picard to do more action-hero-type shit.
Like, Nemesis has the dune-buggy sequence because Stewart wanted to do that.
The worst bit of those later episodes is probably everyone fawning over Philippa. That's still not earned.
all the aliens should look like crabs
According to TNG huminoids are closer to intelligent design, which might be the only reason they aren't crabby.
And yet the pinnacle of evolution is a salamander apparently
Nah, assuming evolution has a predetermined path is a common misconception, a side effect of our wanting to establish order on a random meaningless universe.
That and evolution having "levels" or "stages".
That much is true though. The two stages being 'Crab' and 'Not-Crab'. There is some debate on the subject since Changelings are able to exist in both stages, but the general consensus is that since the Great Link is a not actually a giant crab pile that Changelings should be categorized as 'Not-Crab'.
See: NCIS two people on one keyboard to counter hack faster...
Surprised more studios don't use this, especially for short shots like this. Just needs a bit of touching up where Brent's jowls are poking out and match the lighting better... and for god sake, do something about those Rick and Morty pupils...
Star Trek Disco concept art for the weird and wacky ships. The USS Nog is an Eisenberg class ship.
I disagree, they know exactly what they are doing, and wrote this dialogue going 'heh this will really piss some people off' like its a easter egg:
I can't even remember where I heard this, but apparently the writers for NCIS had a sort of internal, ongoing competition to see who could come up with the dumbest computer-related stuff that the directors wouldn't object to. They knew it was stupid, and did it deliberately on the assumption that people would realize they knew it was stupid.
The Angelou-class is literally just a Culture GSV, except donut instead of lozenge-shaped
When the control panels explode, it's just sprays of the finest Romulan ale because every empty out-the-way space on the ship is somehow packed with cases of the stuff. And it's the real thing too, as the ship is home to a fully sapient AI whose sole purpose is making sure the ship is 100% stocked with ale at all times.
The control panels don't ever explode on the USS Nog.
Why?
They're assembled with self-sealing stem bolts, finest quality!
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Probably the same crate of stem bolts, too.
Why do so many of these ships look like they were extruded by an Apple replicator?
Latest episode:
A look at the Turbolift system, nice. Wait. How large is Discovery supposed to be? That's some huge caverns.
And that's why detached nacelles are dumb
"Beam all regulators off the ship", ugh that seems like mass murder, Burnham. Hmm they're inside another ship so maybe not.
Current Scifi is either WALL-E or EVE
Also, like, Netflix, it would be a good idea not to spoil parts of the episode in the preview image while the episode loads
Is Vance like the most reasonable admiral in Star Trek history?
Next season:
New uniforms! A bit too much military grey for my taste
Burnham as captain might actually work better than pretending that everybody doesn't do whatever Burnham deems right anyway.
Still needs work, but "Lets Fly" is a good catchphrase. Its no Engage or Make it so, but it works for Disco.
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