medusa

@medusa@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And tomatoes are “love apples”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't humans have paw feet?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Walk barefoot, toughen up your feet. I prefer having thumbs and hands to paws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cold take: Lower Decks should have colored an Orion's blushing as green instead of red/pink.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anthropology major I think part of the argument was that since all primates share a common ancestor, when does it stop being functional for reproductive purposes? Is Tuvok sterile like a mule?

  Seriously this is why I stopped watching these things with this person. It’s like watching a war movie with a veteran.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cold take: Lower Decks should have colored an Orion's blushing as green instead of red/pink.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like a lot of it is “translated” to match human emotions. That person wouldn’t actually be considered attractive, but the movie makes them attractive in a weird way so humans can relate. Green lipstick on a Vulcan would be EXTREMELY off putting to a human, in literal stark contrast. To make a Vulcan “attractive” it would be on human terms with our sexy red lipstick or… it may have the wrong effect and not tune emotions in properly to the scene. It’s a huge reason why I hated watching Star Trek with a particular individual I know. “THOSE TWO SPECIES COULDN’T BE BREEDING! THE HORMONES ARE ALL WRONG AND THEY DIDN’T DEVELOP IN THE SAME…” and on and on.

  The blushing thing absolutely should be green, but I get why it wasn’t characterized as such. Friggin apes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's almost impossible to deny being an alcoholic without sounding like an alcoholic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Knew a guy who insisted he wasn’t addicted, but he can’t go a day without attending an AA meeting. 40 years, non stop. Even when in other countries for work, he finds them. Left his own daughters wedding dinner to make it to one.

  He runs his own chapter where he lives. He’s had people follow the steps, sure, but some don’t. No matter how successful the latter are, he tears them apart for “not doing it right” and has turned his back on them for not following how he did it.