ContriteErudite
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- Comment on It's sad that people completely misunderstand what Star Trek is about. 1 week ago:
I can’t speak for the other poster, but the way I see is is that “forced inclusion” is where the script directs viewer attention to it in a protracted, unnatural manner that is not pertinent to the plot. For instance, the script may be as blunt as a character saying “Wow, I can’t believe you made it this far despite being a marginalized out-group,” or it could be slightly more subtle by having offering a stereotyped representation of marginalized out-group without any kind of deeper exploration. I.e. Tokenism
Star Trek, for the most part, dove into social subjects deeper than other media at the time. Like other users have pointed out, TOS confronted racism and gender roles head on by placing a black female character on the bridge. Never drawing attention to those traits was such a strong rebuke against racism and male chauvinism that no more needed to be said. In my view, that is inclusion that is not forced upon the viewer; it is implied, but unless the viewer is explicitly looking for it, they’d never notice.
- Comment on It's sad that people completely misunderstand what Star Trek is about. 1 week ago:
Season three TNG is peak Star Trek. That said, and at the risk of being flayed by the Star Trek community at large, I think DS9 was the best series, taken as a whole.
- Comment on Spicy spicy 2 weeks ago:
I have always hated warm coins, but I didn’t realize it until now. Your comment gave me a plain toast-flavored eureka moment; thank you.
- Comment on Meet the AI rapper funded by a far-right party— Advance UK has hired the mystery ‘collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist musician and activist – who isn’t real 2 weeks ago:
“Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen is widely regarded as a patriotic anthem. It’s played at so many sporting events and political rallies that most people think it celebrates American pride. But the song itself is about a small-town kid who gets drafted, sent to war, and then comes home to find himself unemployed, homeless, and abandoned by the system that sent him there.
The irony is that media and propagandists grabbed the punchy chorus and stripped it from the rest of the song. An anti-establishment story about neglect and disillusionment that got balefully repurposed as an advertising jingle for military recruitment.
- Comment on Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket 4 weeks ago:
Some American grocery stores already tested the waters by posting armed guards in its stores. This article is a few years old, but the precedent stands.
retailwire.com/…/hy-vee-creates-its-own-armed-sec…Hy-Vee last week announced the introduction of an in-house armed security team to manage theft and in-store disturbances.
The Midwest grocery chain said in a statement that it has long worked with third-party contractors or off-duty law enforcement that work in a security capacity. The goal of bringing it in-house is “to create a consistent look for the security team and consistent approach to customer service and security across all [its] stores.”
- Comment on Mama! 2 months ago:
On the side of the Earth facing the sun, the magnetosphere extends about 40,000km into space. The solar wind stretches the magnetosphere into a tail that extends well beyond the Moon’s orbit. The ISS orbits at an altitude of about 400km; it is well within the magnetosphere.
Because it is above the majority of the atmosphere (and also because it just barely passes through the lowest part of the Van Allen radiation belts), astronauts in the ISS are exposed to higher levels of radiation. However, the ISS has shielding specifically designed to minimize radiation, and astronauts living there are considered to be within safe levels of exposure.
- Comment on Get this filth out of my sight 2 months ago:
This is a very wholesome(?) case of “username checks out”… 😅
- Comment on xkcd #3182: Telescope Types 3 months ago:
Please accept this hug from an internet stranger that is likely heading the same road… hoping the symptoms end up being a huge nothingburger, but if not then I’m going to miss my hobbyist equipment.
- Comment on I'm not even gay 3 months ago:
I think it was directed at the second party. But also shouted at the boundless void, just like most of my posts.
- Comment on Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco 4 months ago:
There are also a lot of people out there that will intentionally swerve to hit an animal. Mark Rober made a video a long time ago where 6% of drivers went out of their way to hit animals that were just chilling on the shoulder.
- Comment on The 1980s summed up in a single photo. 5 months ago:
Licking restaurant ashtrays is just what we kids did back then. We didn’t know any better!
- Comment on Good news. :) 6 months ago:
Has anyone seen RFK Jr. and one of Nurgle’s Great Unclean Ones in the same room together? I don’t think so…
- Comment on I love bpd girls 7 months ago:
I think this as well, though I have no formal training in psychology. My perspective comes from a lifelong interest in learning across fields and from having several family members who struggled with mental health, often dismissed as hysterical, crazy, over-emotional, or immature. Decades later, many of them received diagnoses of comorbid autism and CPTSD. I believe that within the next 5–10 years, assuming the DSM can be inured against political editorialization, autism diagnoses will be further refined and the spectrum will become more granular and specific.
- Comment on Teens as young as 12 see OnlyFans as an appealing alternative to traditional work, study finds 7 months ago:
You are making a mistake that many sincere believers have made throughout history. You assume your faith is the singular, correct one, and that outsiders only need to open their hearts to see the “one true path.” What often goes unnoticed is that there has never been one true religion. You believe yours is correct because that is what faith requires. But history shows us that as soon as a faith gathers enough followers, disagreements arise. Some argue that leaders have misinterpreted the sacred texts, or that local customs conflict with established rituals. Whatever the reason, division follows. A religion grows, it fractures, sects emerge, and each insists it is the sole guardian of truth. Repeat this pattern over generations, and what began as unity splinters into dozens of sects, often hostile to one another.
Religion does what many of its adherents claim it does not: it changes. It bends, adapts, and evolves in response to pressure and environment. It becomes something new.
So let me ask you, as one who seeks to understand: if I were to study your holy book and choose Islam, which path should I walk? Should I follow Sunni, risking alienating Shia? If I found myself drawn to the Wahhabi or the Druze? Would these choices lead to peace and enlightenment or would they create yet another division? And if I sought to share my newfound belief with those raised differently, would they welcome my unity, or view me as another intruder cloaking sameness as love and peace?
This is why I, and many others, argue for pluralism. There can never be a single “true way,” for as long as people are individuals, there will always be differences in interpretation, values, and belief. History shows that tribalism, insularity, and suspicion of the unfamiliar are constants of human nature. The only way forward is not to cling to unity under nation or creed, but to accept each other as we are. Only by setting aside the conceit of a universal faith can we begin to overcome the divisions that have defined us.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 8 months ago:
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T new word A-R-T-I-S-T Spells BULLSHIT ARTIST. I say again, BULLSHIT ARTIST.
- Comment on IT’S THE FEDS! 10 months ago:
Between all the microplastics, digital babysitting, and the department of education, the US had to dumb down its toys or risk alienating the target market. Regarding the lower quality chocolate, they’ve begun adding crayons directly to the mix so the children grow to become better marine recruits.
obligatory /s
- Comment on A real puzzler 1 year ago:
Ah, a classic. ALF truly is timeless.