EnsignRedshirt [he/him]

The human cry-laughing emoji. Hard to think of anyone in history who has fallen so far in reputation. At least Hitler had enough dignity to kill himself.

I really don’t want Trump to win again, but it would be the best thing for the Democratic Party to lose again after tacking right.

Might as well put Ukraine, BLM, and Islam up there while you’re at it. Near as I can tell, the only clear difference between the two parties is on abortion, and even then the difference seems mostly rhetorical. One side is saying “states’ rights” gleefully while the other side is saying “states’ rights” mournfully. Other than that, you’d have trouble telling them apart if you just looked at policy.

“Demand is infinite” says man who hasn’t cashed out yet.

lmao he’s going to be the president for another four months. His party must want him to die so bad.

“Let’s get some peace,” he said. “We need peace. We need to stop the death and destruction.”

Trump has also grown increasingly critical of continued US funding for Ukraine, and in recent days has sharpened his attacks against Zelensky, calling him the “greatest salesman on Earth”.

You know what? I say we let him cook.

This is why I drink on the bus. The bus driver keeps us all safe.

I wonder which Trueanon rules he broke. No way he’s still alive.

Aussies are mad that Americans are more racist than they are.

“lmao let’s put a boy one and a girl one together to see if they make a baby”

I mean yeah.

I’d tell all his kids that I love them and I’m proud of them. I feel like it would be fun to see how that plays out later.

Picard suffered from the same thing for sure. Too much time telling too little story. Somehow it felt both rushed and drawn out. I still enjoyed Picard for all the fan service and old characters, but it was definitely in spite of the overall structure of the show.

They’re all cuties 😭

You know they’re scary when people who live in the sticks and carry guns and think safety regulations are suggestions will see a polar bear and leave immediately, then phone the neighbors to make sure everyone knows to steer clear.

I’ve been slogging through the latest season of Discovery, mostly just so I get the references. I’m just finished 5x05 and I’m not really enjoying it.

It suffers from a lot of the problems with the prestige-ification of TV. Everything feels too serialized and too cinematic. The episodes don’t seem to have a unique identity, and the serialization means that you have to enjoy the commitment to that one serialized plotline (which I admit is not grabbing me). I prefer Star Trek when it’s episodic or has shorter story arcs within a larger season. The story itself is also very fast-paced, in that it’s a race against time/the enemy, which sucks because everything then has to happen inside of this very tight window of time. That’s fine for a movie, but I don’t know why it’s a good idea for a full season of a TV show (unless it’s something like 24 where that’s the whole gimmick). Star Trek is famous for using ticking clocks to keep the action moving, but they resolve at the end of the episode, and the next episode might not have a ticking clock, or the clock is caused by a fundamentally different thing with different stakes. In this season it’s like they’re doing laps around a racetrack. “Okay, we’re ahead now, let’s keep up our lead while we do basically the same thing next episode.” And we have to keep up the idea that it is a race despite having a ship that travels anywhere instantly. Incredibly boring.

Mostly I just hate Alex Kurtzman. I hope his next Trek show flops hard enough that they decide not to renew his deal and they go find someone who doesn’t have obvious contempt for the audience.

Apologies for the ranting. Short answer: DSC season 5, not great

I think it’s hilarious that there was apparently another attempt on Trump’s life and all people are saying about it is “you gotta see this guy’s tweets.”

I think the two go hand in hand, sadly. Make a big deal out of Trump being Hitler, insist that you are the better choice because the other choice is Hitler, rinse repeat as you asymptotically approach becoming Hitler. It’s never been easier to be the lesser evil. The Democrats may actually be onto something when they say they want a strong Republican Party if this is what they do when the Republicans are flailing.

It was really funny during the debate when he called them out about their hyperbolic rhetoric leading to someone shooting at him. Regardless if that were a factor, and granted that Trump implied not so subtly in 2016 that someone should shoot Hillary, it’s a fair point to make. Don’t tell people that someone is Hitler 2 if you’re not going to take responsibility for political violence against them. Either be okay with stochastic terrorism or don’t, but pick one.