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BitterFuture OP t1_j5am55g wrote
Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle. by BitterFuture
Yowza. I had no idea.
BitterFuture OP t1_j58lon9 wrote
Reply to comment by gelftheelf in TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle. by BitterFuture
Yup. That was where I learned it!
BitterFuture OP t1_j3m2ee6 wrote
Reply to comment by CountBeetlejuice in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
>if they dont like the states leadership, they are free to leave the state. something i would greatly advise, as its NOT going to get better, only worse.
I, too, remember Martin Luther King's famous speech leading the exodus from Georgia, "I have a dream of it never getting better, only worse."
Can you hear yourself? You sound like a Republican talking snidely about how women who want rights should just leave.
BitterFuture OP t1_j3lsczt wrote
Reply to comment by CountBeetlejuice in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
You really didn't really the article, did you?
The people suffering here did not vote for Republicans. You are literally blaming the victims.
BitterFuture OP t1_j3h1aox wrote
Reply to comment by shadowjacque in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
They vote to change their leadership.
They get overruled by the Republican majority.
They get punished brutally for voting the wrong way.
But sure, it's totally their own fault, right?
BitterFuture OP t1_j3h15xp wrote
Reply to comment by black19 in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
You don't feel sorry for the reliably Democratic city dying because the Republican state surrounding it is fucking them over for voting the wrong way?
BitterFuture OP t1_j3gj8zi wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
If they were capable of shame, they couldn't be conservatives in the first place.
BitterFuture OP t1_j3esgdy wrote
Reply to comment by DtheMoron in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
True. Rookie mistake.
BitterFuture OP t1_j3er8r4 wrote
Reply to comment by DtheMoron in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
You got a cool foil hat from Tinder?! I knew I got burned with them!!!
BitterFuture OP t1_j3emkcd wrote
Reply to comment by dxrey65 in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
No, this is the effect of those voters on the areas of the state that vote against them.
Conservative are literally trying to starve out the few liberals among them. Or even just those who don't vote, because they're, y'know, black.
BitterFuture OP t1_j3efs0m wrote
Reply to comment by skucera in ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis by BitterFuture
Sometime around 1865, I'd say.
Edit: Conservatives have joined the discussion, I gather? Don't like being called out on your racism, boys?
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Reply to comment by castzpg in Sources: Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire killed, another officer injured in shootout with suspect by swizzcheez
In rural communities, the chief may be one of two or three or five cops that comprise the whole force. They get a bit more pay, but they do pretty much the same grunt work as any officer.
TIL 15th century Korea developed the Geobukseon (turtle ship), a warship roofed with spiked plates to prevent boarding actions. Each Geobukseon was also designed with a dragon head on the bow that hid a cannon or could release smoke to inspire terror or cover ship movements.
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Reply to comment by HawlSera in TV shows with similar premises where one show is much better than the other by mranimal2
>We finally get a female Captain, and she is either a sociopath or entirely incompetent.
I say...is it too much to ask for both?
>I think the last straw was when Q was all "Look I'll take you back home myself, just help me talk my friend out of killing himself and I can do it by snapping my fingers." and Janeway was like "I'm an immoral monster who hates my crew more than Chakotay's dialogue hates indigenous Americans, if I could kill your friend with a phaser rifle, he would already be dead."
I watched a bit longer than you did (far too long), and you really missed out on the later episode where Q returns and straight-up tells Janeway, "If you have sex with me, I'll send you and your ship home." Which is, uh...not a good look for anyone involved, writers included.
>I gave up on the show during season 2, my dad (a trekkie in his own right) said "Okay, but you have only yourself to blame for missing out on 7 of 9! She's really awesome!"
7 of 9 is, on the whole, a pretty interesting character, but much more potential than actual. Jeri Ryan is absolutely a great actress who's risen well above the dreck she was given, but seriously...they gave her a costume so tight she repeatedly passed out on the set because the costume was so tight she couldn't breathe fully. It wasn't just the writing on Voyager that was horrific, it was the entire production team.
And in her return in Picard, it's not much better. She went from slowly embracing her own humanity years before to being an unrepentant murderer, as well as acting out some pretty insulting "fan service" by jumping into a relationship with a woman she barely exchanged five sentences with.
...I have some opinions.
BitterFuture t1_j2di10h wrote
Reply to comment by HawlSera in TV shows with similar premises where one show is much better than the other by mranimal2
So say we all.
I rewatched some Voyager episodes in the lead-up to Picard. It was even worse than I remembered.
Beyond the thousand other nonsensical things, there are honest-to-god Injun Chief jokes in the fucking pilot. The mind reels.
BitterFuture t1_j2c3euf wrote
Reply to comment by HawlSera in TV shows with similar premises where one show is much better than the other by mranimal2
<performs the extra long salute, reserved for especially important people>
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Reply to [Homemade] Taco Pizza by Tsquires1922
That looks damn tasty. Well done.
BitterFuture t1_ixyekny wrote
Reply to comment by Kilvayne in S.Korea's new COVID-19 cases in 50,000 range amid winter resurgence worries by 4inalfantasy
Not so much intellectual failing as straight dishonesty.
BitterFuture t1_ixyeb9q wrote
Reply to comment by Bowgs in S.Korea's new COVID-19 cases in 50,000 range amid winter resurgence worries by 4inalfantasy
Complaining about efforts to save lives being attempts to control people - definitely a troll.
BitterFuture t1_ixye7xy wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in S.Korea's new COVID-19 cases in 50,000 range amid winter resurgence worries by 4inalfantasy
6 million dead would like to have a word with you.
But they're busy being dead.
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Reply to First AI-powered "robot" lawyer will represent defendant in court next month by mycatisanorange
That must be one desperate fucking client.