What I found most concerning about this episode was that the refugee encampments, which were supposed to represent ultimate poverty, despair, and oppression, look a damned sight nicer than bad areas in San Francisco and Los Angeles today.
Oh, I gotcha now. Yes, I guess it’s really just too clean, and the people too sane, which is a result of it being thrown together in under a week, on a limited budget.
Edit: they also don’t convey the scope of the problem. This homeless in L.A. goes on for mile after mile. There’s a video out there of someone driving through Skid Row in L.A. and it’s like 10 miles long. It is absolutely unbelievable to me how big the problem is.
She doesn’t seem to enjoy the time she spends with Miles, and even accepts posts for months at a time off-station to get away from him. Of course he spends more time with Julian!
I had a babysitter like that. One girl literally kicked my ass when I refused to go to bed, as in she kicked me right in the ass and told me more was coming if I didn’t get. Just like with Calvin, it worked. I went to bed and shut up.
Not inaccurate (startrek.website)
Personal space (startrek.website)
British engineer J. A. Purves in his 'Dynasphere' vehicle, 1932 (lemmy.world)
More Parmesan? - Existential Comics (existentialcomics.com)
Original: existentialcomics.com/comic/526
Remember: 9 months until we build a statue of this guy. (lemmy.world)
If you can find them.... (startrek.website)
‘HUNGOVER’ [OC] (feddit.nl)
cross-posted from: feddit.nl/post/7227341...
'Knocker-Upper' in Britain, a method of waking people up for their work shifts before reliable/cheap alarm clocks, 1915 (lemmy.world)
The perfect marriage (i.imgflip.com)
Santa Cardassian (i.pinimg.com)
Nicolas Cage’s ‘Lord of War’ Sequel to Shoot in Morocco in 2024 With Top Line Producer Karim Debbagh (EXCLUSIVE) (variety.com)
Beggar (possibly a WW1 veteran?) running beside King George V's carriage, early 1920s (lemmy.world)
4 December 1986 (sh.itjust.works)
Bring it on. (lemmy.world)
Thanks to tymon, for not throwing off the emperor’s groove.