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stringless: Dec 28, 2005; keyboard ⌨️ cowboy

r u ready to WALK posted:

how do we know they haven't been secretly lacing the drinking water with that drug for the last 10 years

only 10 years?

ever hear of fluoridation??? my fluids!

seriously though yeah its plastics

it's a shame that a word that meant "can be easily changed" came to be used for materials that are going to continue to easily change things for the worst

# ? Jan 21, 2022 12:46

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# ? May 25, 2024 11:11

Rectal Death Adept: Jun 20, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

blatman posted:

are you me

RC Cola posted:

Hello I just watched sg1 for the first time and am on season 4 of Atlantis. Maybe the feds are trying to catch us collectively watching

Atlantis is fantastic but once you notice that the writers liked to extremely overused the pregnant pause to cause tension it gets kind of annoying on re-watch.

"Sheppards jumper just disappeared from our scopes!!"
*reaction shots*
"Sheppard this is Elizabeth, Are you there?"
*static and reaction shots*
"Anything on the sensors?"
"No Ma'am"
"Sheppard this is Atlantis Control, .....John...........Do you read?!"
*reaction shots of worried people*
*a few more seconds*
*........*
"This is Sheppard :smug:

"
*control room bursts into cheers*

It's like Sheppard was a dickhead that got off on waiting 2 minutes to respond to radio calls. Happens a billion times.

The reason i can comfortably talk about stargate in this climate catastrophe is that I heard about Shell's carbon capture plant being fully operational.

Now to check the rest of the thread for any related news while drinking an endangered morning coffee......

# ? Jan 21, 2022 12:48

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

sg1 year 1-5 was good. everything else is extremely variable.

i think atlantis really wasted a lot of interesting opportunity and universe completely hosed it up. it could�ve been so cool to travel the universe lost and alone but no, they get to psychically travel to earth every episode

# ? Jan 21, 2022 12:56

stringless: Dec 28, 2005; keyboard ⌨️ cowboy

i've gotten to sg-1 s10 again and way too many episodes start with the mid-conflict up front, then after the intro credits it starts with whatever happened before without so much as a cursory "24 Hours Earlier" title card

also kinda hosed up that throughout all of the series SGC+ insists that these other cultures need to disclose fully with their populations what's actually going on while maintaining as much secrecy as possible on Earth

word is if the new series actually happens it'll be post-disclosure for Earth which may make for some good flashbacks

Free Jaffa: "We'd like to show the Tau'ri our appreciation for their efforts in freeing us."

USAF: "Thanks, we've got it from here."

stringless has issued a correction as of 13:07 on Jan 21, 2022

# ? Jan 21, 2022 13:00

Perry Mason Jar: Feb 24, 2006; "Della? Take a lid"

Alobar posted:

this is kinda all you really need to know about biden

omg

# ? Jan 21, 2022 13:34

TACD: Oct 27, 2000

Perry Mason Jar posted:

omg

logical endpoint of the War On Drugs is War On Dopamine

# ? Jan 21, 2022 13:57

Koirhor: Jan 14, 2008; by Fluffdaddy

TACD posted:

logical endpoint of the War On Drugs is War On Dopamine

well yeah sugar is a controlled substance in Judge Dredd which is exactly where american society is headed

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:00

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

they are called stargates but as far as I can tell the gates don't actually go to any stars, just the planets nearby. And thank god for that

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:22

Rectal Death Adept: Jun 20, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

No big deal, just the President of the United States literally wanting to create the Pax from Firefly to pacify minorities

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:26

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

FFT posted:

i've gotten to sg-1 s10 again and way too many episodes start with the mid-conflict up front, then after the intro credits it starts with whatever happened before without so much as a cursory "24 Hours Earlier" title card

also kinda hosed up that throughout all of the series SGC+ insists that these other cultures need to disclose fully with their populations what's actually going on while maintaining as much secrecy as possible on Earth

word is if the new series actually happens it'll be post-disclosure for Earth which may make for some good flashbacks

Free Jaffa: "We'd like to show the Tau'ri our appreciation for their efforts in freeing us."

USAF: "Thanks, we've got it from here."

it would be nice. tv writing and especially cinematography has markedly improved in recent years in part from i think all the competition (actually maybe the peak writing has stayed the same but because there's so much to watch i can just be a lot choosier about it).

i think they could pretty easily do two full series if they wanted to off of this if they wanted. one that does more space stuff. one that deals solely with the repercussions of this influx of alien technology on the planet and what happens to societies on earth as these programs are revealed. imo it would be too much to easily do in a single show without haphazardly jumping all over the place (not all but a lot of the earth episodes of sg1 were pretty weak).

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:28

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Jokerpilled Drudge posted:

they are called stargates but as far as I can tell the gates don't actually go to any stars, just the planets nearby. And thank god for that

depends on the episode, really

but more to the point the entire addressing system is based on stellar notation

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:29

Egg Moron: Jul 21, 2003; the dreams of the delighting void

Sg1 also had some of the best gag episodes.

wormhole xtreme episode

The groundhogs day episode with Tealc getting hit by the door every time it reset

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:37

blatman: May 10, 2009; 14 inc dont mez

Jokerpilled Drudge posted:

they are called stargates but as far as I can tell the gates don't actually go to any stars, just the planets nearby. And thank god for that

there was that one time they dumped a stargate into a star and then dialed it to a gate stuck in a black hole

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:39

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

blatman posted:

there was that one time they dumped a stargate into a star and then dialed it to a gate stuck in a black hole

hell yeah that sounds :krad:

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:41

Egg Moron: Jul 21, 2003; the dreams of the delighting void

Sg1 also has those amazing callback episodes

All the poo poo with the Aschen is some of the best sci fi tv

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:42

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Egg Moron posted:

Sg1 also has those amazing callback episodes

All the poo poo with the Aschen is some of the best sci fi tv

hard agree, those were great episodes. i mostly didn�t like when it got too campy. the groundhog day ep is great example of straddling the line (��in the middle of my backswing?!?!�)

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:44

Rectal Death Adept: Jun 20, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

Egg Moron posted:

Sg1 also has those amazing callback episodes

All the poo poo with the Aschen is some of the best sci fi tv

The Aschen stuff is still a pretty compelling storyline.

They gave us world peace, cured all disease, doubled our lifespans, geo-engineered the planet and in return they just wanted to sterilize most of humanity to keep us from loving up the planet.

Rectal Death Adept has issued a correction as of 14:51 on Jan 21, 2022

# ? Jan 21, 2022 14:49

nomad2020: Jan 30, 2007

Im the weirdo who liked the first 2/3rds of Universe. Not better than SG:1, but I don�t think it deserves the hate.

Doctor Beckett had the best character arc in Atlantis, and they even only killed him the one time.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 15:26

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Rectal Death Adept posted:

The Aschen stuff is still a pretty compelling storyline.

They gave us world peace, cured all disease, doubled our lifespans, geo-engineered the planet and in return they just wanted to sterilize most of humanity to keep us from loving up the planet.

wild how my views on this have changed over time lol. i don't think id want to live on a farm planet without books or whatever, but.

nomad2020 posted:

Im the weirdo who liked the first 2/3rds of Universe. Not better than SG:1, but I don�t think it deserves the hate.

Doctor Beckett had the best character arc in Atlantis, and they even only killed him the one time.

i liked a lot of universe, i'm just mad they squandered. the communication stones were awful and ruined the show, though.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 15:37

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

Can they not use drones for that

It can be done from orbit.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 15:42

RC Cola: Aug 1, 2011; Dovie'andi se tovya sagain

mediaphage posted:

it would be nice. tv writing and especially cinematography has markedly improved in recent years in part from i think all the competition (actually maybe the peak writing has stayed the same but because there's so much to watch i can just be a lot choosier about it).

i think they could pretty easily do two full series if they wanted to off of this if they wanted. one that does more space stuff. one that deals solely with the repercussions of this influx of alien technology on the planet and what happens to societies on earth as these programs are revealed. imo it would be too much to easily do in a single show without haphazardly jumping all over the place (not all but a lot of the earth episodes of sg1 were pretty weak).

Specifically thinking of the good episode of te'lec on earth cleaning up a poor neighborhood with his superpowers

# ? Jan 21, 2022 15:56

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

RC Cola posted:

Specifically thinking of the good episode of te'lec on earth cleaning up a poor neighborhood with his superpowers

lol he bummed a cig off my friend once. i remember an interview with that actor where he's like thank god they let him grow his hair out, that sucked shaving my head daily

# ? Jan 21, 2022 15:57

Cold on a Cob: Feb 6, 2006; i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually; College Slice

Rime posted:

Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing: A new Global Witness report found that it has the same carbon footprint per year as 1.2 million gas-powered cars.

lmfao

# ? Jan 21, 2022 16:19

Hubbert: Mar 25, 2007; At a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Rime posted:

Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing: A new Global Witness report found that it has the same carbon footprint per year as 1.2 million gas-powered cars.

Shima Honnou posted:

its okay because did you know the worlds largest carbon capture plant opened in iceland

and that icelandic saviour is winning!!!!

# ? Jan 21, 2022 16:27

RC Cola: Aug 1, 2011; Dovie'andi se tovya sagain

Egg Moron posted:

Sg1 also had some of the best gag episodes.

wormhole xtreme episode

The groundhogs day episode with Tealc getting hit by the door every time it reset

The groundhogs day episode was the best. Wormhole xtreme was a close second

# ? Jan 21, 2022 16:43

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

i actually mostly don�t like the wormhole shows. just too on the nose.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 16:45

RC Cola: Aug 1, 2011; Dovie'andi se tovya sagain

Is beckett coming back from the dead? He died heroically but no one stays dead in stargate except the other doctor who died in sg1 lol

# ? Jan 21, 2022 16:56

FistEnergy: Nov 3, 2000; DAY CREW: WORKING HARD; Fun Shoe

Homeless Friend posted:

Carbon Capture & Release

# ? Jan 21, 2022 17:01

Feral Integral: Jun 6, 2006; YOSPOS

Homeless Friend posted:

Methane Capture & Release

# ? Jan 21, 2022 17:13

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.

no more carbon capture

we need carbon guantanamo

# ? Jan 21, 2022 17:41

Slow News Day: Jul 4, 2007

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/20/canada-island-nature-conservancy-vikstrom/

quote:

Developers pleaded to buy his island for years. He said no, and in a final rebuff, he gave it to a conservancy.

The pristine island is nestled between two of Quebec�s major cities, Montreal and Laval.

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Thor Vikstr�m has gotten countless calls from developers wanting to buy his seven-acre island that he can see from his Quebec home. He has owned the island since the 1960s, and fiercely protects it as a natural habitat.

Developers pleaded with him to sell so they could build roads, high-rises and bridges on it, he said.

�You think you�re going to destroy my island with that stupidity?� he recalled responding to the developers, who opened their bids decades ago at $500,000.

He purchased the island, called �l Ronde, in the late 1960s for $5,000, with one goal in mind: to protect and preserve it. He recently donated it for the very same reason to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

It�s now valued at $125,000, he said, but he believes it is worth much more than that.

�I don�t want money. I want the island to be an island, and I want the life that comes and goes here to have a home,� Vikstr�m said. �No amount of money can ever buy it.�

�My life is not forever,� said Vikstr�m, 93, who still works at a family-run hydraulics company he started in 1980. �The island has to be protected.�

The island, surrounded by the Prairies River, is considered a rare jewel of biodiversity, particularly because it is situated between two of Quebec�s major cities � Montreal is to the south, and Laval is to the north.

There are countless species that thrive there, including shagbark hickory � a type of tree that is considered threatened in the province � plus map turtles, which are also designated by the Canadian government as a �special concern.�

From his vantage point, he often sees water birds, map turtles and unique tree species, flourishing in their natural habitat. It�s the same view he�s had for the past five decades, and yet, it still fills him with wonder.

�We have to be careful, and we have to make sure that some part of it stays protected,� said Vikstr�m, who moved from Sweden to Canada with his late wife and firstborn son in 1962 and subsequently founded Scanada, his hydraulics company.

Not long after arriving in Quebec, Vikstr�m built his dream riverside home. What appealed most about the property, he said, is that it overlooked an island, brimming with birds, turtles and trees. For him, being constantly surrounded by wildlife was a perfect way to live.

�I have loved nature from the day I was born,� Vikstr�m said. Owning an untouched island �was my dream.�

Although it took several years to persuade the previous owner of �l Ronde to sell it to him, once the island was in his possession, �you can�t imagine how happy I was,� Vikstr�m said. �I don�t know how to express it.�

In Vikstr�m�s case, �it was never a question of buying it, it was a question of protecting it,� he said.

Indeed, his primary motive to buy the island was to safeguard it. In his effort to protect it, though, he also had the opportunity to bask in its splendor each day.

His family regularly visited the natural oasis and invited friends to spend time there, too. In the summer months, it was an ideal camping spot, and in the winter, snow-coated branches made for a picturesque view.

�It was actually the best thing in the world to grow up there,� said Vikstr�m�s eldest son, Hans Vikstr�m.

He recalls waking up early in the morning to see the sun rise on the island, hot chocolate in hand, sitting next to his father, who sipped his coffee as he admired the animals.

�We�d just watch the ducks,� said Hans Vikstr�m, 63. �It�s a natural aquarium.�

While the Vikstr�m family enjoyed the island as a backyard haven, there were strict rules in place � such as no fires or littering � to ensure that the natural habitat was never disrupted.

Several species of waterfowl, including Canada goose, wood duck, gadwall and American wigeon, flock to the island, and various fish populations, such as burbot, northern pike and largemouth bass, frequent its waters. The conservation of the island�s shorelines, and the maintenance of the water quality, is key to the animals� survival.

Although Vikstr�m�s three children, as well as his six grandchildren, all vowed to continue caring for the island and its inhabitants, the family agreed that in order to protect the natural habitat indefinitely, they needed to donate it.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada, a private nonprofit conservation organization, is elated by Vikstr�m�s donation, which was finalized last month. Although the island is no longer in the family�s possession, �we are free to enjoy the island for as long as we live,� Hans Vikstr�m said.

�Every time someone makes a gift, it�s for everyone,� said Jo�l Bonin, the associate vice president of development and communications for the organization�s Quebec chapter.

�Individual actions sum into a large and very impactful objective,� he continued, adding that the donation will contribute to Canada�s goal of protecting 30 percent of land and water by 2030.

What a badass.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 17:41

Mayor Dave: Feb 20, 2009; Bernie the Snow Clown

Slow News Day posted:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/20/canada-island-nature-conservancy-vikstrom/

What a badass.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 17:55

Pobrecito: Jun 16, 2020; hasta que la muerte nos separe

It is extremely hard to be an investor and a doomer. https://reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/s963ic/it_is_extremely_hard_to_be_an_investor_and_a/

# ? Jan 21, 2022 18:59

Mayor Dave: Feb 20, 2009; Bernie the Snow Clown

Pobrecito posted:

It is extremely hard to be an investor and a doomer. https://reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/s963ic/it_is_extremely_hard_to_be_an_investor_and_a/

Lmao at all the cope in the comments

# ? Jan 21, 2022 19:04

Just a Moron: Nov 11, 2021

Complications posted:

Imagine being told to read and analyze CSPAM in detail for eight hours a day.

This is the real cause behind Havana syndrome

# ? Jan 21, 2022 19:36

stringless: Dec 28, 2005; keyboard ⌨️ cowboy

RC Cola posted:

Is beckett coming back from the dead? He died heroically but no one stays dead in stargate except the other doctor who died in sg1 lol

a parallel version of Janet came back in s9e13 lol
one of Martouf, the Tok'ra that Carter was into, as well.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 20:28

Cloks: Feb 1, 2013; by Azathoth

Pobrecito posted:

It is extremely hard to be an investor and a doomer. https://reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/s963ic/it_is_extremely_hard_to_be_an_investor_and_a/

posted:

I agree with you that climate change is going to devastate our planet and that it's very depressing and bleak for most of the planet. But

posted:

In a lot of ways covid has also been a catalyst for positive change as well. For many industries and individuals the new work from home norm has improved both work/life balance and productivity. It also has helped push people into retirement who are typically high wage earners but not necessarily high productivity individuals. This improves the job market for younger, potentially more productive individuals.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 20:32

Karach: May 23, 2003; no war but class war

Pobrecito posted:

It is extremely hard to be an investor and a doomer. https://reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/s963ic/it_is_extremely_hard_to_be_an_investor_and_a/

quote:

It is more than a bit ironic that the anti-nuclear environmentalists of the 70s and 80s probably did more harm to the environment than almost anyone.

That "almost" is doing a lot of work there.

# ? Jan 21, 2022 20:58

Ruggan: Feb 20, 2007; WHAT THAT SMELL LIKE?!

Rime posted:

Shell�s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It�s Capturing: A new Global Witness report found that it has the same carbon footprint per year as 1.2 million gas-powered cars.

please bike and recycle, you make a difference

# ? Jan 21, 2022 21:13

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# ? May 25, 2024 11:11

Ruggan: Feb 20, 2007; WHAT THAT SMELL LIKE?!

Homeless Friend posted:

Carbon Capture & Release

lmao

# ? Jan 21, 2022 21:14

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