I hadn’t watched any Star Trek for years. Then, just yesterday, I was watching regular TV and this episode of Voyager came on. Me and my son watched it. It was the one where it turns out they’re all clones and basically, in the end, they all melt just before the real crew can help them. It was such a cool story, aided, in no small part, by a scene in a Jeffrey’s tube where 7 of 9 discusses monogamy with B’elanna.
AI don’t like it.
It’s a universal thing I think. So many little injustices that stay with us well into adulthood!
I have two. One goes way back to when I was 6, some 42 years ago.
We were on a field trip to a beach in the summer, which, given we live on a group of small islands, wasn’t exactly imaginative, but I guess the teachers just wanted out of the classroom.
Anyway, the task was to collect seaweed. I came back with a bit of kelp, with the ‘leaves’ missing, so I guess it looked a bit like wood.
The teacher seems to think so, and insisted that it was just a wooden stick. It clearly wasn’t, as anyone who paid the blindest bit of attention would know. But she dismissed my weak protest and that was that. It was at that point, I guess, I learned a valuable lesson: some adults are fucking stupid.
The other incident was when I was 9. I was a good, polite boy in school and was never cheeky. Anyway, at the end of each day, we had to stand and be quiet for 30 seconds before we could leave class.
On this occasion I had the hiccups. The teacher held me back for half an hour and lectured me on respecting authority. She genuinely thought my hiccups, which are involuntary by definition, we’re put on deliberately to provoke her. Needless to say, that reinforced the lesson I’d learned with the seaweed.
Well said. I sometimes moan about my kids when colleagues who don’t have kids ask about it. Perhaps that’s unwise, as I don’t want to put them off. It’s just that there’s no way to tell them how profound and amazing being a dad is. It just doesn’t feel right to tell that to people who haven’t - and indeed may not - experience it. It’s seems almost cruel.
I got skills!! Just can’t draw for shit 🤣
I honestly can’t. They tell me drawing, like playing an instrument, just takes patience and time. I can play multiple instruments, but my drawing skills have been the same since I was about 8.
I once drew a picture of Judge Dredd, that came out half-decent when I was 12. However it was mostly traced and took me hours.
Had one on my sisters wedding day. Made my face hurt. Probably not as nice as the one pictured.
Saasermaet. It’s like a square sausage-like thing, similar to Lorne sausage (popular in parts of Scotland), but way tastier. I have no idea what’s in it.
My iMac is 11 years old. Use it to WFH two days a week and it’s running on Windows 11 (Rufus build that skips all the hardware checks). Have to use that OS as it’s a domain joined device using the work VPN. Works great.
Alien 3 hate is curious to me. I had it on VHS, back when you could only watch what you had on tape, so like all kids with limited movies they would get re- watched a lot, regardless of quality.
As a result, I can quote nearly as much of that movie as I can the first two (which, of course, are infinitely better).
So what I’m saying is I’ve got a soft spot for it. I’ll also defend the characters, who were well acted and portrayed. The overall atmosphere of a hostile planet was also pretty well executed.
Killing off Hicks, Newt & Bishop was a terrible start, but if you overlook that massive narrative fuck up, what else do people really hate about it?
Truth is, regardless of how fucked that platform is, I still resent being banned and the insane extent to which they prevent you returning. The use of throwaways was entirely normal back in the day, now it’s called ‘ban evasion’. It’s nearly impossible (or at least super-tedious) to get back on once they kick you off. It just seems like such an extreme over-reaction. Permanent bans are insane. I’ve seen people get barred from pubs after drunken violence, but that’s usually only for a year or so. This is basically forever.
I was on there for over a decade and posted in multiple communities all the time. Had a load of karma and rarely got into any aggressive arguments. Then one day I upset a mod for complaining about a removed post, that apparently contravened some petty rule. I’m banned from the sub. I use another account, they found out it was me I’m permanently banned. 12 years of contribution just forgotten, all because of some vindictive little basement dwelling prick.
I think I just got a slight chubby looking at a cartoon of a pie. That’s deeply concerning.
The enshitification of Reddit, especially the auto-mods and the prevalence of site-wide, permanent bans for minor infractions.
Plus, when accessed through your fave app, it feels like older Reddit, but I obviously way quieter and, in my experience, nicer people.
Post TNG and Voyager, they’ve been fairly blah with a handful of decent standout episodes.
Maybe it’s because I grew up with these shows, and now I’m old I just want something with a bit more heft.
It’s just all seems like light entertainment these days. Something akin to The Expanse is what I’m after.
Exactly. I even checked the community rules before I posted. Fucking basement-dwelling sociopaths.
I’m actually pretty comfortable in my skin, and with my family at this stage in my life. A few bumps on the road to get here, but never been as content as I am now. Of course family brings it’s own worries. I very much need to start working on myself health wise. The reckless almost nihilist attitude I had as a younger man has taken its toll. Hopefully I can correct things, but I’m leaving it pretty late at 48.
Not all. Kudos to those who are, and deep condolences to those in this thread that have had such trauma that they seek it. But at 48 I’ve never felt more at ease with the world, and I simply don’t want to go.
That said, I’m a fucking idiot. I drink too much most weekends, I overeat and I’m a light smoker/vaper.
Yes I exercise, but nowhere near enough. I need to change, I know it. But I always retreat into excuses.
Lemmy is like internet jail. We got sent here for breaking the rules on Reddit, but now we’re institutionalised and it feels safe, even if there are some very odd people here with us - they’re mostly nice and just serving their time…
I’m starting to agree. Was a bit quiet and every other post oddly seemed to be about Linux when I first signed up, but now I really like it. I’ve decided to stay.