semisimian

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brainrot Tiktoker at the Kirk shooting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  E.B. Farnum from Deadwood (the HBO show, anyway. Who knows what he was like in real life?)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What percentage of the world population ages 30+ do you suppose is capable of financially supporting themselves & living & thriving independently?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed on the independence part. We are much more interdependent than we let on (in the US especially, but other places as well).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What percentage of the world population ages 30+ do you suppose is capable of financially supporting themselves & living & thriving independently?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If everyone 30+ got together and collectively decided what thriving meant, then worked to reach those goals, then I think we would all be thriving.

  The majority isn’t hoping for a vacation home or to send their kids to Ivy League schools or to buy a bigger boat. The majority of middle class folk I talk to regard thriving as being comfortable enough to send the kids to some postsecondary school and take a few weeks vacation out of the country. They want to have enough to retire at 65 and live a modest life, be able to spoil their grandkids a little… nothing crazy.

  The ability for all of us to thrive is already here. It is only the slight matter of systemic overhaul that prevents us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x07 "What Is Starfleet?"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This episode answers a very important question for me: how the heck can some alien being sneak onto a Starfleet ship? The answer: abject incompetence.

  NX-01 aside, we see that by the time of the Enterprise, there are cameras everywhere! And, they are set to start recording on all channels during a Red alert. I always wondered with episodes all the way back to TOS The Man Trap, how could someone not have some sort of sensor or visual record of what happened on the ship? Vash can seemingly go anywhere she wants to pilfer relics. The Kazon can waltz around Voyager without security being hip to their game.

  I feel like the video is there, just no one is watching.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US condemns French inquiry into Elon Musk's social media platform X/Twitter.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, now defend us from the foreign censorship that Israeli lobbyists baked into our state constitutions. newsweek.com/pro-palestinian-protest-states-colle…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Racist "Stop The Boats" effigy lit in Northern Ireland⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is Marching Season in Northern Ireland, when Protestants hold parades, marches and bonfires celebrating a Protestant victory over Catholics in 1690. The season runs from Easter to September, but the peak is in July.

  This effigy is definitely a product of ultra right-wing talking points and mounting tension from anti-immigrant sentiment. It’s not a healthy expression of a valid concern. There are mannequins depicting human beings at the top of the pyre. Under it is a sign that tells you exactly the group they want to harm. Further, a sign that says “veterans before immigrants” sets up a false dichotomy that pits two unrelated groups against each other. It has all the tropes of this type of propaganda.

  The designers and builders of the pyre should not be celebrated and should face some legal backlash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does AI use so much power?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an astute answer. Bravo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I'm being paid to fix issues caused by AI'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As I was reading the article, I had to keep checking the URL to make sure I wasn’t on the Onion. Is the BBC doing satire now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is U2 considered "grunge?"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If peeing your pants is cool, then I’m Miles Davis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is U2 considered "grunge?"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And I just don’t give Adam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I the only person who notices the Autistic accent?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this the same accent the indie musicians sing in, where they do weird things with their vowels to sound like they ate a lemon recently?

  I’ve noticed a staccato cadence to some speech that people might say is indicative of autism, but not an accent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the secret, and it’s how they keep it hush hush: they don’t take dollars, only shoes. Shoes for the wealthy is like Tide pods for the incarcerated: underground currency. It’s more difficult to hide a shoe in your prison-pocket, but I think the wealthy have people for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would a matcha set be worth it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We just got a set for my son for his birthday. He likes the routine. We have a drip coffee procedure for us parents and I think he likes having his own thing. That said, he was disappointed in the set. The whisk doesn’t work as well as the electric one we have for frothing milk. The cups aren’t exactly his cup of tea, all puns intended. Etc.

  I think it was important that he got the set so he could learn what he likes and doesn’t like about the process. Lord knows we’ve gone through a dozen coffee gimmicks over the years trying to find the best brew. That is our experience. Good luck and have fun; it really is about the simple pleasures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to get to Santa Claus beard status⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ho ho ho, future Santa checking in. Mrs Claus is a hair stylist, so we have some insight into what I’m going to need when the days grow short and the beard (hopefully) grows long.

  The biggest thing is: full beards take time. And not just time to grow the length, but time (years) for your face to mature and get those hair follicles in the Christmas spirit. There’s really not much you can do if the fullness isn’t coming in yet but wait. I’m in this phase now. It’s hormones. What are we going to do? Not drugs, not Rogaine: not going to help. Take care of what you got.

  But you mentioned you DO have a beard, so maybe you have the stellar volume you need to be St Nick, just not the length. Short answer, skin care IS beard care. Get a good skin care regimen that works for your face and your beard will fall in line. You’ve signed up for an everyday commitment to becoming a touchable beard, and they WILL ALL touch it. Toddlers to Grannies, especially, Grannies.

  You have the beard! Now you need the color. This depends on your hair color and how your hair accepts color, so you really should go to a professional. If you want to be a paid, real-beard Santa, a good color job will be the LEAST of your expenses and it will pay off on day one.

  Being a good Santa is being a good person. It really is just that. But there is a physical barrier that is conforming to the Coca-Cola ideal of Santa, which is the tutorial I just provided for the BEARD ONLY!

  I wish you well and I hope you enjoy bringing hope, magic and love into the hearts of children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He knows how to hold a grudge⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just watched this a few hours ago. Nothing else to add, just neat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Times were different⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re related, those incestuous, chinless WASPs. Brother takes sister to a formal dance and stops by the pharmacy to get a malt and let Dad get a whiff of sister’s corsage. Keep it in the family!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trakt Upcoming VIP Renewal Pricing Changes – Effective May 20, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They do, and as a Canadian, they should know that fellow Canadian John Hopps invented the 1st pacemaker. He’s even considered the father of biomedical engineering. I dug through trying to find out if he coined the term “heartpacer,” no such luck. It sounds like a Dutch translation to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trakt Upcoming VIP Renewal Pricing Changes – Effective May 20, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am outside of the loop and I appreciate your break-down. I am all for paying for useful services, but I have such a backlog of media that I need to watch, I don’t benefit from Trakt. I like a paid business model, though

  We should all question a “free” app that lets us spend 1 or 2 or 8 hours a day on their platform. We’ve gotten greedy, thinking that everything should be personal data or advertiser supported. It stinks that Trakt is cutting features while raising prices, all for a pretty simple service, but I think subscription services that protect your privacy are worth funding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the part of The Hulk we are all just told to ignore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interview: Tawny Newsome On Finding The Sweet Spot For Her Star Trek Workplace Comedy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you know where you are commenting? And surely you mean “another Star Trek work place comedy,” because we already have DS9.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interview: Tawny Newsome On Finding The Sweet Spot For Her Star Trek Workplace Comedy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a comedy, so I hope so too! I imagine the planet, being a vacation/pleasure planet, will have a lot of kinks that are taboo to the Federation and that’s where you will find the narrative tension as they apply for membership. The planet will have a constitution at odds with the Fed, full of kinks. They might welcome species that have kinks not outlined in said constitution. They might welcome federation citizens that are exploring their non-Fed kinks on this planet.

  We’ve seen plenty of criticism of the Federation’s nanny-state. Lately, that criticism has come from the writers of the shows who seem to have lost the narrative that the Federation is our ideal. Sure, it has issues, but none of us should be ashamed of reaching for utopia. I hope the new show is a continuation of the SNW and Prodigy reboot of a less cynical Trek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a gay man and lesbian woman have sex, is that gay or straight?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deep Space Nine season 2 appreciation post⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t mind her noises when she’s in the prime universe, but her mirror universe sex-kitten shtick is very off putting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, Bill (after the divorce) buys the ranch as a gift, but the headline circles it back to a unsourced Melinda quote ON YAHOO FINANCE! This is another obfuscating hatchet job to whitewash billionaire behaviour by media owned by said billionaires. Please don’t engage. This is non-news. Down vote this to the sewer where it belongs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hottest Star Trek character?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That smile…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hottest Star Trek character?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The underboob reptilian dabo girl! Vedek Bareil! Leeta! DS9 is sex and war; what else is there?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the most realistic fictional movies ever made?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a bajillion, but maybe you are looking for a specific genre that nails it on the head.

  As someone mentioned, there are thousands of social drama films that could’ve easily happened. The success of that type of film is selling a “day in the life” plot.

  Someone else mentioned Office Space. That film is a satire, but it condenses and delivers refined representations of the banality of cubicle life that we all can easily relate to. The characters truly seem to be facsimiles of people we’ve known in our working lives.

  Someone else mentioned Michael Clayton. It’s an excellent thriller with flawed characters with believable motives that yes, it could be real. And maybe something like that has happened?

  What genre will help us answer your question?