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Tighclops posted:most uncomfortable sci fi bed: klingon or minbari Minbari, clearly. Have you ever tried to sleep on an incline? It sucks.
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Jan 6, 2019 21:28
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Man I wish I had those. Ever pillow I buy is way too thick. I sleep without one entirely most of the time when my neck is sore and then it feels better Maybe it’s because I use two pillows to prop up my giant melon of a head, but just looking at the beds on DS9 and TNG makes my neck hurt.
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Jan 6, 2019 21:34
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard: The ergonomics of the future are somewhat different. You see, comfy pillows don’t exist in the 24th century. Lily Sloane: No comfy pillows? How do you sleep? Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Being well rested is no longer the driving force of our lives.
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Jan 6, 2019 21:40
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Big Mean Jerk posted:My favorite part of the TNG bedding is the weird flat triangle pillows that must have been completely useless to lay on. The concrete slab cots from DS9 look more comfortable. I love that little blue acrylic cube that Geordi used to shave his face. That Data offered to program for 'maximum efficiency'. So Geordi was then all  but a MACHINE couldn't know how I like to shave, it's an art.The best trick Geordi ever pulled was convincing the rest of the crew that Barclay was the weird deviant
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Jan 6, 2019 21:40
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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Jan 6, 2019 21:50
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the whole memo chain that's from is hilarious
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Jan 6, 2019 21:55
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spincube posted:Riker in those fuzzy one-piece jammies with feet, only you know it's the future in Space because there's no poop-hatch and there's an embroidered Starfleet arrowhead made out of this material: 
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Jan 6, 2019 23:39
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I'm Starfleet Commander Spork.
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Jan 6, 2019 23:42
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Mr. Spunk, Mr. Spank, meet me in holodeck 2 for pon farr simulations.
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Jan 6, 2019 23:44
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Troi is a living example of why the basic idea of warrant officers as a group of ranks for "high-paid specialist in one field without additional command authority" is a good idea.
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Jan 7, 2019 03:13
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Man I wish I had those. Ever pillow I buy is way too thick. I sleep without one entirely most of the time when my neck is sore and then it feels better Which side do you sleep on?
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Jan 7, 2019 03:34
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Jewel Repetition posted:Which side do you sleep on? I sleep in zero G
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Jan 7, 2019 05:02
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Just bouncing off plasma conduits all night long.
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Jan 7, 2019 05:03
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simplefish posted:Just bouncing off plasma conduits all night long. I like to float around, til I find a place. My people call it "the sweet spot." 
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Jan 7, 2019 05:58
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Roadie posted:Troi is a living example of why the basic idea of warrant officers as a group of ranks for "high-paid specialist in one field without additional command authority" is a good idea. Or how the modern navy does it, with line officers commanding poo poo with other branches having rank but no authority outside of whatever they do. A line ensign wouldn't be compelled to give up command to a lieutenant commander dentist today, but apparently Starfleet is too advanced for things like that I guess.
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Jan 7, 2019 06:16
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IIRC Commodore was originally a rank in Starfleet (which would allow Kirk to be promoted while still commanding a starship) but the writers forgot about it. A lot of people don't know much about military chains of command and/or find the officer/enlisted contradictions to be hilarious.
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Jan 7, 2019 06:48
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McNally posted:Or how the modern navy does it, with line officers commanding poo poo with other branches having rank but no authority outside of whatever they do. They had a whole thing about how Troi wasn't in the command chain until she tested into it. I assume in disaster Ro wasn't line either, maybe because of her court martial and demotion. Ghost Leviathan posted:IIRC Commodore was originally a rank in Starfleet (which would allow Kirk to be promoted while still commanding a starship) but the writers forgot about it. A lot of people don't know much about military chains of command and/or find the officer/enlisted contradictions to be hilarious. It was meant to be like how two hundred years ago a fraction of a percent of people had university degrees and now it's common as muck. Things changed and it's not comparable to today's.
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Jan 7, 2019 06:54
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Spalk, Spelk, and Spolk, Attorneys at Law.
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Jan 7, 2019 18:56
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"Talk to me Spilk! For God's sake don't die on me!" "Please, sir... nnngh.. don't cry... urk... over a killed Spilk"
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Jan 7, 2019 19:50
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Aw, dammit, William Morgan Sheppard died. 
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Jan 7, 2019 19:58
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Phylodox posted:Aw, dammit, William Morgan Sheppard died.
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Jan 7, 2019 20:07
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He was also the holographic professor on seaQuest DSV.
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Jan 7, 2019 20:12
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Soul Hunter in B5.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:He was also the holographic professor on seaQuest DSV. Ah yes, steam-grandpap
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Jan 7, 2019 20:14
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McSpanky posted:Mr. Spunk, Mr. Spank, meet me in holodeck 2 for pon farr simulations. No, no. You have Mr. Spank meet you in holodeck 2. You have Mr. Spunk come to the ready room.
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Jan 7, 2019 20:17
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He's also Mark Sheppard's dad. So being a crotchety English character actor runs in the blood.
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Jan 7, 2019 21:20
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Cessna posted:Spalk, Spelk, and Spolk, Attorneys at Law. Vulcan's Sporky Spig calls out, "That's all, Spolks" at the end of Logic Toons
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Jan 8, 2019 00:01
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Spile E. Coyote always catches the Roadrunner, because his plans are well-conceived and adequately implemented, after rigorous R&D.
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Jan 8, 2019 00:04
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Sash! posted:Spile E. Coyote always catches the Roadrunner, because his plans are well-conceived and adequately implemented, after rigorous R&D. Only theoretically. Being a vegetarian, he has no need to actually catch the roadrunner. He merely engages with the problem hypothetically as a mental exercise.
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Jan 8, 2019 00:27
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Phylodox posted:Only theoretically. Being a vegetarian, he has no need to actually catch the roadrunner. He merely engages with the problem hypothetically as a mental exercise. The Roadrunner does get caught, but is promptly released, as his inputs into the process are useful for future variations of Roadrunner capture.
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Jan 8, 2019 00:37
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T'acme, the logical brand.
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Phylodox posted:Aw, dammit, William Morgan Sheppard died. Blank Reg? Nooooooooooooooooooooo..............
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Jan 8, 2019 01:22
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I had a strange thought this evening. A friend of mine wants three episodes from each pre-Enterprise Trek to watch to get an idea of it, and all three of my Voyager picks involve a sort of time travel and all in different ways. Voyager certainly got creative with the time travel, I'll give it that. My picks for him were: Balance of Terror City on the Edge of Forever The Trouble With Tribbles The Drumhead The Inner Light The Best of Both Worlds Duet Civil Defense Rocks and Shoals (Far Beyond the Stars honorable mention, but too similar to The Inner Light imo for this kind of sampler) Year of Hell Timeless Living Witness
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Jan 8, 2019 04:26
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It's a shame in a way, but things like The Inner Light, Far Beyond The Stars, and The Visitor are so much less impactful when you don't have dozens of hours caring about those characters already under your belt
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Jan 8, 2019 04:53
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I really like the Maquis two-parter, for example, but even for Trek people who just aren't fresh on DS9 there's a lot of background poo poo going on
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Jan 8, 2019 05:03
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The Bloop posted:It's a shame in a way, but things like The Inner Light, Far Beyond The Stars, and The Visitor are so much less impactful when you don't have dozens of hours caring about those characters already under your belt It's why I went with The Inner Light as my example of that kind of episode, as I feel it's the one that relies the least on knowing who the protagonist normally is, and let's be honest: Picard has a much greater degree of pop culture osmosis than Sisko. Duet works as a character piece because it quickly establishes everything you need to know and the real world parallels are immediately obvious. But Far Beyond the Stars and The Visitor only work, I feel, when you're already familiar with these characters. Same kind of reasoning why the only Mirror Universe-ish episode I put on that sampler is Living Witness. Watching the cast ham it the gently caress up isn't as meaningful if you haven't gotten to know their normal way of being first (hint hint, Discovery). But Living Witness does a lot more with the metatext around everyone putting on their goatees than any actual Mirror Universe episode, and I think my friend would appreciate how the episode tackles questions of historiography and historical revisionism. And why I didn't put Improbable Cause/The Die is Cast on there instead of Civil Defense. Too much background needed to appreciate what's going on.
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Jan 8, 2019 05:06
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With Dukat and Garak in particular, I think it's hard to appreciate them as characters outside their arcs, at least until the writers completely forget what their arcs are supposed to be or what those characters do or are good at
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Son of Sam-I-Am posted:Vulcan's Sporky Spig calls out, "That's all, Spolks" at the end of Logic Toons Into The Spockverse
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