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[–] [email protected] 40 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

They want to be David vs Goliath. Being the ones persecuted means that they can go on the offensive without feeling bad about it. It means whatever they do is justified as being a means of survival. It gives them an excuse.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For the phrase, "broken" specifically means "stopped", and the clock is analog. If the hands don't turn, then they will be correct twice per day.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Except the president doesn't have that authority. Congress could push back, but it's currently populated by sycophants.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Yep. But Trump doesn't care about that, he just cares about removing a piece of Obama's legacy.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (7 children)

It's because Obama is the one that did the renaming. It's just petty revenge nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's headcanon, but in my mind Terminator and the Matrix are in the same universe. Terminator is how things started, the Matrix is how it ends.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

She had tried working with them and they weren't giving her any other choice.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I know someone who had to do this. Her parents were abusive and were refusing to do the FASFA paperwork, holding it over her head for something. She had already been in college a couple of years at this point. So, she found a friend she trusted and they got married, allowing her to get the funding she needed to continue to attend college.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

You don't have to go all the way to straight razor to get significant savings. Even just a safety razor basically cuts the cost per shave to nothing vs. modern cartridges. And it's much easier to use.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

There's a park in my area. Literally every time I have been there, over several years, there is a van in the parking lot. It has a wire mesh bust of Hillary Clinton on top, and is covered with writings about various conspiracy theories about her, and slogans like "Hillary for Jail!"

Possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

There's a park in my area. Literally every time I have been there, over several years, there is a van in the parking lot. It has a wire mesh bust of Hillary Clinton on top, and is covered with writings about various conspiracy theories about her, and slogans like "Hillary for Jail!"

Possibly the craziest thing I've ever seen.

 

Garak asserts to Bashir that the Repetitive Epic is the finest form of Cardassian literature. I was wondering, is there any real-life literature that could be considered a "repetitive epic" in the same vein as "The Neverending Sacrifice?"

 

It has occurred to me that Vulcan must have some form of sex industry to handle those going through Pon Farr who aren't currently married or otherwise involved. Otherwise, they'd have constant issues with violence from those suffering the "blood fever" whose spouse was far away, or had died, or for some other reason had no one to mate with.

Given Vulcan attitudes towards sex, it's probably kept out of sight, and is only "officially" available to those experiencing their "Seven Year Itch," but it has to exist, right?

 

In Voyager's transporter room, there is an alcove on the side, and embedded in the wall is what appears to be a small transporter pad. I don't believe anyone is ever shown interacting with this, so there's no definitive explanation for what it is. Assuming it is what it appears to be, what would be the purpose of a very small transporter like this?

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