data1701d (He/Him)

3 Followers
0 Following
37 Posts

“Life forms. You precious little lifeforms. You tiny little lifeforms. Where are you?”

- Lt. Cmdr Data, Star Trek: Generations

Looking For New Moderators (or "Operators" to "Stand By")

https://startrek.website/post/34711787

Looking For New Moderators (or "Operators" to "Stand By") - Star Trek Website

I’m taking a bit of a break from Lemmy, so I’m probably not going to be around much for moderation. Luckily, there’s usually not much to moderate, but I don’t want there to be no one in case something does happen, like someone starts spamming TMBG-related AI slop. As of right now, though, there’s never been a need to remove a comment or post, let alone ban someone, so this should be pretty low stakes. At the very least, I want someone to keep an eye on the place; even better if they make a post every month or so, just to keep it a little less dead. Until then, I’ll try to keep moderating, probably just checking for stuff with my .world alt account once or twice a week.

Heads Up: Taking a Break For A While

https://startrek.website/post/34711533

Heads Up: Taking a Break For A While - Star Trek Website

Hey. I just wanted to say I’ve been and will continue to be taking a break from this instance and Lemmy for a while. While I’ve had some fun in my almost two years here, lately, I’ve had a bit of an addictive, unhealthy relationship with it and want to reclaim my time, and I was really getting too emotional over things that don’t matter, to the point it negatively affected my wellbeing. Thus, I’ve changed my password to a random one and saved it in a GPG-encrypted file for when I’m ready to come back. Thanks to all the people that have made my time on here a good one, especially server admins and many of the frequent posters. I could be back in a few weeks, in a few months, or as Benjamin Sisko said, yesterday.

I will admit Lower Deck is always a bit crass and that element never goes away, but the characters develop really well and it’s impressive how attached they get you to them in a total runtime shorter than TNG season 1, and the show gets surprisingly emotionally sincere as it goes on.

And I’d say seasons 3, 4, and maybe 5 have what I’d call legitimate contenders for some of the franchise’s best episodes. Honestly, if it’s really hard for you to watch season 2, just skip to Wej Duj and watch from there.

But honestly, if you can’t get past the crasser elements, I get that.

Because he unmasked after “The Cage”…

I can get it being back by the 32nd century, but I still wonder why Nova Squadron (or any elite academy group beyond a simple honors society) came back in Prodigy relatively shortly after:

  • The Locarno incidents
  • That time Red Squad tried to take over THE ENTIRE FREAKIN’ FEDERATION.
  • Bang, bang, Mak’zel’s silver hammer came down upon her head. Bang, bang. Mak’zel’s silver hammer made sure that she was dead.

    It’s not saying to be a jerk to people.

    “Masking” is when a person with autism hides associated mannerisms in order to blend in with neurotypical people (make themselves “more palatable”), such as avoiding hand stims or atypical (but still healthy) reactions of enthusiasm.

    “Unmasking” doesn’t mean giving up anything you do to be considerate of others (such as not giving unsolicited 15 minute rants about my hyper fixations); it just means not trying to pretend to be a neurotypical person, consciously or subconsciously, and to just be your authentic self, autistic self.

    I agree with my sister that it should have been a flashback later in the season; they didn’t need to tell us so directly in the first episode.

    Then again, DS9 did the intro text thing explaining Wolf 359, so…

    Really? I think the show’s so gosh darn horny in that disgusting Rick Berman way all the time that I’d take almost anything over it.

    Why does the Enterprise D bridge look like the interior of a 1990s car stretched out?

    And being a former Vegas resident, DS9 accurately pictures being in one of the more run-down Vegas casinos.

    Also, honestly, I think modern campus architecture has embraced this “casino look” you describe, weirdly enough.