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Did the Vulcans show up?

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Mine would shoot through the roof out of sheer joy and excitement. Good for you.

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AKA “Kirk-fu”

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Just keep going comrade

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Aww. Her character in that film (Mrs. Banks) was my introduction to the concept of Women’s Suffrage when i was a little child.

She will be missed.

gregorum,

while i’m certain that automatic transmissions indeed do exist in Europe, i was simply referring to the fact that they’re far less common there.

but the fact that distracted driving is punished far more severely there, however, DOES have a major impact on how less common that habit is in European driver culture. also, probably, the culture of giving more of a damn about your fellow citiens than your average American does.

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I was listening to a breakdown of this study on a New York Times podcast. It has to do with huge cultural differences between how Europeans and Americans interact with smartphones in cars, particularly because most cars in the United States are automatic and most cars in Europe are stick shifts, meaning that it’s very difficult for Europeans to screw around with her phones while they’re driving. Driving a car with a manual transmission requires both hands, meaning drivers, don’t have a free hand to fiddle with their phones.

Another part of the explanation for the difference between the United States and Europe in this regard is that suburban United States cities are designed in the auto age and designed very much around cars with a complete disregard for pedestrian safety, particularly at night. American pedestrians in these cities have to walk much farther and around much larger and more dangerous roads to get to their destinations, while having access to poor or even nonexistent transit networks. 

edit: one other data point they mentioned was the homeless, and while that population was rising in 2009, it sharply began to rise in 2016. these are people who are the most vulnerable in our society already, who often dwell near dangerous roads, highway overpasses, etc., and especially at night. Homeless people account for a significant portion of the increase in pedestrian fatalities in certain regions.

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https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/0f835a6c-4b14-4aea-b231-fa04f9040110.webp

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The show was made for syndication, so it wasn’t airing on any particular network. It was Rick Berman that had the issue with it on Deep Space 9, and both he and Brannon Braga (aka “Bermaga”) that had an issue with it on Voyager and TNG. Both of them are known homophobes. 

But even what happened with Ellen in 1995 and Will and Grace in 1997, didn’t make much progress on Star Trek. There was even a scene with lieutenant Hawk and his husband in Star Trek first contact that was cut per Rick Berman‘s orders. 

edit: sorry for the multiple replies! lemmy is being weird

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Found Lauren Boebert

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he would

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Or if you’re Janeway.

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with all of the subtle hints in the dialog over the years, one could argue that the writers were actively trying to subvert the wishes of the producers.

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lol, I’m a weird relative. I’m the crazy uncle showing up after 16 years away who’s gonna freak a bunch of nieces, nephews, and step-siblings out. And you’re damned right I’ll be drunk, stoned, and by badass, gay, NYC self with my uptight Florida family.

Let the good times roll!

Edit: I was upstaged by my brother’s in-laws from china who don’t speak a word of English. How do ya like that? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Whatever. My brother and his wife were there to translate. They were delightful, and everyone had a wonderful time!

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Fork that!

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It’s a little little hit or miss. I really liked some of it, but some of the early stuff wasn’t so great.

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Picture It! This post on the FrontPage!

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True, however, we did get Data blurting out, “Oh, shit!” when Troi crashed the Enterprise saucer section into Veridian III in Star Trek: Generations.

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SNW is getting better with its sense of humor.

Now, PIC… apparently, the 25th century is the century of the potty mouth! It’s old man Picard and old man Riker dropping f-bombs left and right. Even old lady Seven getting in on the fun.

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He said some fucked up things sometimes. He also had some great one-liners. I remember in the Augment episode, he was arguing with Aron Soong who yelled something like, “How can you say my work was misguided and too ambitious?” And Phlox incredulously replied, “Because I can read.” It was devastating.

John Oliver's campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend (apnews.com)

Oliver discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. “After all, this is what democracy is all about,” Oliver said on his show. “America interfering in foreign elections.”...

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I admit to voting for this bird, lol.

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Oh, my!

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Screen printers of the world unite!

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I seen no overlap

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