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  • You make a solid point, but I feel like of all people, Scotty could rig up a force field to block off the front section. It's even got a nice little lip around the inside just behind the cockpit.

    Overriding the safety protocols and interlocks to open the hatch mid-flight and re-close it on the other hand...

    I feel like he got things figured out.

    (also my headcannon is that there are fold-out facilities on all shuttles, similar to how they showcase bathroom use and hand-washing in Firefly)

  • Nah, the Borg killed his wife.

    Sisko would absolutely hate Jack Gleeson (the actor who plays Joffrey in Game of Thrones) and still act like a shitty person to him if they met, as if the actions of Joffrey are somehow a representation of Gleeson.

    The stakes are a lot higher, but the result is the same.

    Be mad at Locutus, and live with it.

  • Well, luckily he knows enough about modern systems to know he can talk to the computer for most functions, and if he can't figure something out, he'll just disassemble the control panels and wire up an automation switch somewhere to do the hard parts.

    Honestly I think if I came face to face with a wall of instructions for using the bathroom, but I need to use it, I'm just going to find the nearest airlock, do my business, close it and cycle.Just Leave an apology note for whoever has to clean it.

    Forces of nature do not wait for the considerations of man.

  • "Climate Crisis fuelled the storm"

    Yeah. That is true of every storm. It's the reason we keep getting "once a decade" storms every few months, and "once a century" storms yearly. It will keep being a problem.

    Seems weird to choose a sunken yatch to focus on, but I guess when rich fucks don't give a shit, you have to make the point that it affects them too.

    Side note: former enlisted navy and I know quite a few people who are/were in the US coast guard. You would not believe the number of abandoned small watercraft that get found, but since it's not something big, it either doesn't go toward the big headline news counts, or just doesn't even get recovered because nobody wants to stop for a kayak that's half-sunk with no visible person or life vest.

    Makes me wonder how many people die at sea every year that nobody knows about simply because they were too poor for people to care, or too unconnected for someone to notice.

  • In interviews, a lot of the crews that worked on models, special effects, and CG have said, paraphrased, "scale went out the window a long time ago, as long as the shot looks cool it's okay"

  • Just depends on whose plot Armour is thickest.

    Of course we all know any battle between them would just turn into the stereotypical "two good guys fight because [reason] and now are teaming up to fight BBEG"

    Or the defiant would blow up, almost everyone escapes unharmed, and then the Defiant-A shows up next week like they totally had a second one already waiting.

  • Step 1: replicate human waste receptacle

    Step 2: utilize receptacle

    Step 3: place in replicator to be recycled at the molecular level

    Step 4: replicate air freshener

  • Then you're missing out.

    You can do both. Sometimes at the same time!

    And most likely without some kind of smug sense of superiority over helldivers 2 players of all things like the other guy.

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  • Oof. Honestly I'm surprised it was only three. At least you finally have a paper trail, if you've got any insurance that might cover it.

    As for the ISP, there's always the possibility of requesting assistance directly from them, but they probably have internal rules about handing info to non-law enforcement, regardless of the reason.

    And if you've got some friends who don't mind backup for intimidation, you could always show up at each workers door, politely introduce yourself and the reason for your appearance. If any of them immediately slam the door in your face or get defensive upon recognizing you (before you tell them why you're there) then there's a good chance they know you're there because they took something.

    Anecdote: this happened with my truck in 2019. Someone broke in and stole about $1500 worth of things from a really nice pair of binocs, to the 2000w inverter, and my hand-made bowie knife, and a couple small camping and fishing things. Had to threaten to call the only supervisor I know by name in the police department to get the guy to even take a report for my insurance. They didn't bother following up with the woman who told me she saw the guy. A few weeks go by and I see someone fitting his description driving the described car, I follow for a bit and he went home. I parked the truck right up in front of the door, knocked, and as soon as he opened and looked past me to the truck he yelled "GET LOST OR I'LL FUCK YOU UP" and that was all I needed to call the cops. After about an hour of waiting someone showed up, talked to the guy, said "well he said he didn't do it and we never called this woman for a description so we can't be SURE"

    Well lo and behold, a quick glance into his car showed the 2kw inverter under the dashboard, and I was positive I could see the rather distinct custom leather strap of the binoculars under the seat.

    No idea who, but apparently someone smashed the guys window to steal a bunch of stuff out of it and they were kind enough to return my items. Crazy how they knew just where to leave them for me to find.

    Best of luck in recovering it. Hopefully you get the quick and less... legally/morally ambiguous way.

  • The system is working as designed.

    Nothing to see here, move along.

  • Honestly, I didn't question that just because I've heard flat-earthers talk about the "ice wall", so I just assumed it really was from a FE forum or something.

    But hey, new world map for a tabletop!

  • Just one more tax break.

    Just one more lane.

    Just one more fee.

    Just one more...

    Bro I swear.

  • But for a time, a few shareholders got super rich! So totally great tradeoff, 100% worth it.

  • "is a lengthy time consuming process"

    No, it REALLY isn't, and any pig that tells you otherwise is trying to get you to drop the issue so they don't have more paperwork.

    They don't give a shit about your stolen items, and 9/10 times it's a complete waste to even contact them over "petty theft", regardless of how valuable the item/s are to you.

  • Yeah this guy is trying to tell you you aren't thinking outside the box, while not realizing he is in his own little box called "following the socially accepted rules from a time before politicians tried to overthrow the government"

  • Oh god this was me in highschool.

    My response though was "I don't really like lip balm, but thanks"

    Literal years before I remembered it and facepalmed.

  • I'm tired, boss

    Jump
  • A lot of these comments reek of boot polish...

  • :(((((

    Jump
  • "could be worse. You could be in Ohio"

    Me: ha! Burn.

    looks outside

    Shit...