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Miles O'Brien

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Senior Chief Petty Officer. Starfleet is in my blood, and I've spent my entire adult life in service to boldly going.

Keiko and Molly are my favorite humans, but Transporter Room 3 will always be my favorite.

Just don't ask who what's in the pattern buffer.

  • I can taste sounds

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  • I think it's more like "you can feel your tongue inside your mouth and nowhere is comfortable" kind of thing.

    You can always feel your tongue, but you aren't always aware of it.

  • Removed

    Just left Reddit -- Reddit banned my "good bye" post!

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  • Forgive them

    Nah. Just forget them.

  • EU says ‘too early’ to assess legality of US attack on Venezuela

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  • No, it absolutely isn't.

    It violated our own laws, international laws, and as far as I'm concerned it's both an act of war, and possibly a literal war crime (please, anyone with more knowledge than me weigh in on that last one) and every other country should treat ours accordingly. We broadcast to the world that it's do what our leader wants or we will take whatever we feel like.

    Heck we did that decades ago, but now we aren't even lying about it.

  • Rule 6?

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  • If you have a rule that is interpreted as "you can't ask questions about the rule" or "no questioning the rules" then it's a fucking stupid rule.

  • The Hogfather

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  • (not disagreeing with anyone, simply making observations from experience)

    A German zweihander sword weighs around 8lbs, a gallon of milk is around 7. A typical hand and a half sword around 4, and a rapier can be as light as 2lbs easily.

    The issue isn't really the weight though in my opinion, it's where the weight is distributed.

    A gallon of milk is concentrated in a pretty small package that you can hold close to your own center of gravity.

    A sword is long and it's weight, by design, is usually not close to the hilt of the blade. I'm not 100% sure on historic examples, but I try to keep the weight centered around 1/3 up the length of the blade on ones I make.

    Practical upshot is that a lighter sword will flop around and stab people easier than a gallon of milk is dropped due to weight.

    If you want a child to be accidentally dangerous, give them a sword. If you want them to be dangerous on purpose, give them a fixed blade knife under 7in.

  • T2 butter mold

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  • Sprinkle some on your pancakes, it's quite sweet!

  • T2 butter mold

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  • Please don't use 3d printed parts in food preparation.

    You already have enough microplastics in your brains, and the layer lines are bacterial breeding grounds. (which are less of a concern if you only use it once or twice but is still relevant)

    Make sure you get a good coat of leaded paint to make sure none of that is a problem.

  • UK ‘not entirely clear’ what it means for US to ‘run’ Venezuela

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  • As a us citizen it's very clear what the US government wants it to mean.

    Do what we want or we will hurt you and your neighbors. Anything said or done before Demented Don took office is irrelevant, just do what he wants. Or thinks he wants. Or what his handlers want. Or else.

    Having perused international laws myself, but not being a lawyer, I'd say "YES THE US FUCKING VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL LAWS"

  • Are You Emotionally Prepared To Die?

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  • I've been shot, I've been stabbed, I've had thousands of pounds of aluminum fall straight toward me and get caught in the last half meter, I've had semis clip my clothing while on a bike and send me flying, I've been pushed off the road by shitty carbrains who can't share anything, and I've been told I have less than a week before most of my organs shut down.

    I've thought I was going to die many times. And not once did I think anything other than "huh. So this is it". Most of the I was laughing afterward, and I'm not 100% why except maybe a nervous response.

    Ultimately I don't know if I'm emotionally prepared to die, but there's things I am absolutely willing to die for. I'd rather NOT die, but I'd say I am accepting of it.

    Uhhhhhhh I'm not actually sure I answered your question, sorry.

  • Chevron Charts a New Path in Venezuela to Unlock Vast Oil Reserves

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  • I fully expect oil companies to convince governments to tax their citizens 150% to subsidize their new oil wells, just so they can continue looking for and opening new ones LONG after it ceases to be profitable.

    It's like conservatives and democracy. They're okay with it as long as they can keep "winning" but when they can't win anymore, they won't change their behavior, they'll stop using democracy.

    I'd argue we already passed that point for both conservatives (in most major countries) AND oil company profits.

    The cost of dealing with fossil fuels has been far outweighing the cost of using them, and has been for many many decades. If our species makes it that long, our grandchildren's grandchildren's great great great grandchildren will still be dealing with our mistakes.

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  • Me, playing any game where I can play as a woman, but most recently cyberpunk2077:

  • For my older Millennials

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  • My wife and her dad both have it. This is the first time I've heard anyone link it to ibuprofen.

  • The US Attacked my country...

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  • My mother was adopted, and her non-biological grandmother was a holocaust survivor.

    I was always confused by how much she hated all Germans and German immigrants, regardless of age, or if their family had immigrated before the war. Most of them surely didn't support the nazi party in any way, and the vast majority I knew of were born after 1950.

    I understand the mindset a little better now, I think. Unfortunately in this instance, I'm the German that didn't support the nazi party and wanted to get out of Germany in the 30s. But I get why any Jewish person would hate me.

  • The US Attacked my country...

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  • You hate him more than people literally fearing for their lives because of his actions?

    I personally am not their primary target yet, but this is the case for many American citizens and immigrants of any kind.

    Of course, that is not the case for most Americans, but I'd wager there's a huge overlap in "Americans on the fediverse" and "people likely to be close to the top of the out-groups list" Hell, my old highschool once made national news for a hate crime against an LGBT student. It's a shit hole.

    My point is, some of the people you are talking to here are likely also afraid for their lives.

  • Petitions to Deport Nicki Minaj Gain Over 120,000 Signatures and Counting

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  • Agreed, ignorance is usually where a lot of bigotry comes from, and always strive to educate and inform people.

    And also agreed, she has shown her true colors and isn't simply ignorant of facts.

    Interesting how rich people being bigoted tends to bring us together!

  • Petitions to Deport Nicki Minaj Gain Over 120,000 Signatures and Counting

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

    "The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance"

    In this case, yes, it IS a good idea to not tolerate the intolerant views.

    This is literally what Kirk used to do on college campuses. "you say you believe in tolerance yet you call us nazis and say we shouldn't be allowed in politics" type stuff.

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            The characters in the comic are terrorists.

    Just like almost every depiction of arabs, muslims or people with brown skin in general

    Uhhhhh I think that says more about what media you consume. I haven't seen an Arab stereotyped as a terrorist since like 2015. In fact, most of the TV I watched for awhile was specifically portraying "US law enforcement sees all Middle easterners as terrorists and treats them poorly and it wasn't any of them that had anything to do with the bad thing of the episode"

  • FBI says it disrupted a New Year's Eve attack plan inspired by Islamic State group

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  • I have so many knives and hammers and axes and shivs and even a saw or two.

    I'm basically ready to go on a mass killing spree, according to them.

    I'm surprised they didn't list pencils in there. Anyone who's seen John Wick or the dark knight knows they are deadly weapons.

  • FBI says it disrupted a New Year's Eve attack plan inspired by Islamic State group

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  • ..... Again?