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[–] smiley@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I'm in my first watch of DS9, just finished Season 3. I can't believe how much I like Ferengi episodes, because of how good Quark and Rom are. The most recent thing that had me tearing up is when Rom

S3 DS9 spoilersgoes off on Quark for fucking up Nog's chances at Starfleet by rigging the holosuite training program. Rom is such a good character and from what I understand in memes, its only gonna get better.

Rom supremecy. Quark is so well acted too. Gets even better when Wallace Shawn (known socialist) shows up as Grand Nagus. This is such a rambling post, I'm sorry (but am not sorry for loving Rom).

[–] smiley@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I'd love it if they did more episodes per season and had some less bombastic adventures, but I really enjoyed what they put out with season 2 and I'd be more than happy to go on that exact same ride for many more seasons. I think SNW has managed to let its characters breathe and live real lives a lot better than other modern Trek, despite the season lengths.

[–] smiley@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

why is everything there a decaying flashback to the 1950s where everything is falling apart?

It might be that the capitalist world power next door has had an embargo on them since the 1950s. And look at all they've accomplished despite that. Now imagine what they'd have accomplished had they been allowed to thrive.

[–] smiley@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

That's right.

 

what about the 🌟 warp core 🌟

 

But Jha’s “nothing to see here” response is, in many ways, the logical outcome of Biden’s decision to essentially throw in the towel when it comes to Covid. Thanks to the official ending of the Covid public health emergency, millions—particularly low-income people—are now on their own in terms of access to the ubiquitous-in-Jha’s-mind-only tools of Democratic lore. So why bother telling anyone to worry when they might not be able to get the help they need? Instead, better to tell them that everything’s fine, that masks don’t need to be in the picture—or even that they “don’t need to know what virus they have and don’t need to be buying tests all the time,” as Shira Doron, the chief infection-control officer for the Tufts Medicine health care network in Massachusetts, told The Washington Post.

Jha and Doron and their ilk can speak so soothingly because they are part of the class that is much more insulated from the worst effects of Covid. People like them—the ones with money and access—can afford the expensive Covid tests. They can ensure that Paxlovid reaches their door quickly. They’ll be first in line for the new boosters. Some of them even have a concierge physician on speed dial for when things get hairy. Meanwhile, they offer the rest of the country the policy equivalent of “You do you” and “Let them eat cake.”

Absolute ghouls.

[–] smiley@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I discovered this when I started getting issues reported on my public repo for a personal project. Whoops haha.

[–] smiley@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a union man!