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Might as well watch it one more time for good measure.
Hearing people talk about their passions is one of the best things in life
It’s just another tired bit about how following orders and perfect institutions are what Star Trek is really about, to hell with any evidence to the contrary.
I'd argue that the theme is less about following orders and more We are all individually flawed and are at our best when we follow our shared values - which is represented by both Starfleet and the utopian setting as a whole.
I can see the argument (for fiction and real life), that as we trust institutions less, our focus becomes more on individual judgement rather than collectivist ideas. It also tracks for me that as this occurs in real life, our media would reflect individualism more and more.
Haha, sorry - I just assumed everyone had heard of this wonderful nightmare! Like the other commenter said, it's called "Getting Over It". It has cool narration as you're playing - you'll fall down and then get a talk about overcoming failure.
Good luck!
I've admittedly still only watched up through the 90s, but I'd definitely say that DS9 depicted a significantly more "morally gray" version of Starfleet than TOS or TNG.
I think the point the author is making is that the extent to which this idea gets explored is reflective of our society's growing mistrust of institutions IRL, rather than suggesting the theme has never been explored.
So many times...
I used to when it was easier to watch it on streaming without ads... As soon as I set up a media server and acquire it somehow, I'll be back in business!
Thanks for the input - that's exactly my dilemma. I've been posting on AnarchyChess too, but the AnarchyChess from reddit that inspired the AnarchyChess community on lemmy was more for highly ironic shitposting, so depending on how strict we want to be, this comic and normal memes wouldn't really work there.
There doesn't seem to be a separate "Chess Memes" community on Lemmy yet, and I suppose I could just create one, but I also don't know if the need is there to split the already small communities again. For now, I figure I'll just feel out what the mods/communities in @chess@lemmy.ml and @AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz want.
I agree! I want all of those things, but I'm also going to chuckle at how silly it looks until we're all accustomed to it. I feel like if Apple is embracing AR goggles, then there's a good chance of it becoming mainstream.
Elder Cactus is the best out there if it's your sense of humor. I can't get enough of it.
Does your cat jump when Gotham yells?
Mine left the room once when he was trying to sleep and Gotham screamed "the roooook!!!"
Well I'll be damned.
Also, if you're going to tell me that an opening is called either the "Polish Opening" or the "Orangutan Opening", it's no contest which one I'm going to remember.
This is almost certainly it, but my first thought was that it was just one of those weird alterations that scifi shows/movies do to everday objects to make them look different and futuristic.
Good question!
The Tetris board is 10 x 20, while a chess board is only 8 x 8. Although if you ever place two chess boards next to each other by accident, you'll have to buy another, so be careful.
I have a new favorite comic now
After playing online for a while, every time I go back to a real life board, I feel blind! It's an adjustment.
I've been thinking of hitting up a local chess club at a bar too and will probably have the same problem.
Haha, bullet just feels like a game of trying to make legal moves as quickly as possible until my opponent or I run out of time.
I visualize it the same way
I'm such a slow player. I feel like I'm learning a lot from daily games, but I've also been trying to do blitz lately to practice openings over and over.
She's so mean to him. Lol
They were clearly going for a McCoy/Spock dynamic, but they forgot to also make it clear that they care about each other and just don't want to admit it.