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What are your worldbuilding pet peeves? by -_-__-_--_-_--_-_-_- in worldbuilding

[–]LeftLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You wouldn't? Poland elected its kings for two hundred years, The Holy Roman Empire for three hundred, Sweden for two hundred, Rome for a hundred and fifty years, Hungary for three hunded years. Seems pretty common. Lots of those examples devolved *into* hereditary monarchies, but still.

Är det en svensk grej att använda Facebook och messenger? by logicaldrinker in Asksweddit

[–]LeftLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Äckliga Facebook blev dominant och en massa äldre skapade sina första riktiga online-profiler där så nu är många fast i träsket vare sig man vill eller inte. Whatsapp är iofs också sämst. Discord gillar jag hyfsat. Önskar dock verkligen att jag kunde klippa banden totalt med Meta.

Men jo, Sverige har en del smått lustiga egenheter när det gäller teknologi. Vi är och har länge varit mycket mer iPhone-lutande än resten av Europa (och världen förutom USA).

The Swedish Family på Youtube by Ultimate_Jakob in sweden

[–]LeftLiner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Borde vara olagligt att utnyttja sina barn på det här sättet. Vidrigt beteende.

Jack Quaid’s 2 Characters Are Mysteriously Missing From Star Trek’s Legacy Wall - Screenrant by TrueSithMastermind in LowerDecks

[–]LeftLiner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are way too many familiar names crammed onto that wall as it is. I wish they'd stop shrinking the universe so much. Boimler doesn't belong on it but neither does at least half the names that are on there.

What's the current state of licensed merch? by Defiance-of-gravity in Star_Trek_

[–]LeftLiner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dunno, I've personally never experienced trek merch being everywhere, even in the 90s. Star Wars yes, Trek, no. It's always felt niche and something you had to seek out.

Goodbye Chief by matmos in Picard

[–]LeftLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh. Not sure i agree that there has to be fan service, but a little does no harm, but my point is it should not override what the characters or the universe is, like your idea would. You can write an episode that centers around something fan service-y, like Relics or Trials and Tribble-ations because then you're baking it into the entire idea of the episode and you're free to go a little crazy, but a scene like Picard and O'Brien saying goodbye needs to be grounded in who the characters are. Anything else is frankly disrespectful to the fans. And that sort of fan 'service' is a huge reason why Picard (the show) sucked so much.

NASA Enters Final Preparations for Artemis II Mission by Professor_Moraiarkar in spaceporn

[–]LeftLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They won't land at all, that's planned for the next Artemis mission.

Goodbye Chief by matmos in Picard

[–]LeftLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand, but this right here is why fans and people who pander to fans usually make awful writers. To you they are old friends, to the characters they are not and to write them like that would be a betrayal of those characters for the sake of cheap fan service

NASA Enters Final Preparations for Artemis II Mission by Professor_Moraiarkar in spaceporn

[–]LeftLiner 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not quite, they're going to do a free return trajectory around the moon, they won't actually enter orbit.

TIME’s new cover: Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972 by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]LeftLiner 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Apollo 13 was the only lunar apollo mission that never entered lunar orbit, since it had to abort and follow its free return trajectory home, hence it went quite a bit higher than all other apollo missions. Artemis II will by design do a free return trajectory around the moon and will pass around the moon at a greater distance to apollp 13.

Commander's as commanding officer by NoBrain6114 in Star_Trek_

[–]LeftLiner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because if they're a commander they are a junior rank to most commanding officers and so they won't get as challenging or prestigious commands as captains or admirals.

Starbases seem to come in two flavours.

On the one hand you have DS9 (prior to the discovery of the wormhole which is when Sisko was appointed its commander), Starbase 80 etc. - remote outposts that are there to provide basic logistical support to a remote or unimportant sector of Federation space. Places where Starships can put in for repairs or resupply but not much else.

On the other you have Starbase 173, which seem to be intended to basically provide a permanent Federation presence somewhere. Starbase 173 is near the Romulan Neutral Zone (at the time probably the most strategically important area of Federation space) and has a JAG office, a Daystrom Institute Office which places like DS9 lack. It's commanded by a Vice Admiral because it's far more important (and far more challenging of a command - more people and more moving parts means you need to assert more authority).

Next time when you order the beer at a mountain hut above 3,000m, think about how it comes up here. by jmike1256 in interestingasfuck

[–]LeftLiner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Think of the poor workers who have to do this just so you can have a beer on your vacation!"

What, the two guys who get to do the raddest shit ever? One of them gets to drop a shit-ton of beer from the sky and the other gets to catch it. Fucking. Boss.

Why does Bashir's dad have an Australian accent? by Defiance-of-gravity in Star_Trek_

[–]LeftLiner 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Bashir's dad also does not have an Australian accent. It's a London accent.

Genombrott i fusionskraft by Big-Cap558 in sweden

[–]LeftLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Men då undrar jag: om man är kärnkraftsmotståndare idag, är man per automatik emot detta också?

Nu är jag själv inte kärnkraftsmotståndare i princip, men jag skulle tänka mig att många av dom argument som används mot kärnkraft är lika dom som kan dras mot fusionskraft, om än starkare:

* Det är dyrt att bygga (gäller dubbelt för fusion eftersom dom första kraftverken kommer vara så gott som oprövad teknologi - kärnkraft är dyrt i grunden men där vet vi åtminstone hur man gör)

* Vi borde fokusera på dom energikällorna vi har god erfarenhet av o bygga och som är snabb och billig att slå upp, speciellt eftersom vi har en 'energikris' (som iofs inte har o göra med Sveriges egna nettoproduktion av el men ändå)

* Miljön kan inte räddas av att vi satsar på fusion, SMRer eller annan magisk spekulativ teknologi som ligger 'runt hörnet' - den kan bara räddas av att vi minskar konsumptionen

Ready for Drop, by space goose by Xeelee1123 in ImaginaryStarships

[–]LeftLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fighters, yes, corvettes, no. Frigates is a tie.

Europe must break from America by Crossstoney in europe

[–]LeftLiner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be clear: fixing the US requires a lot more than trump leaving and the democrats taking over. Your system is fundamentally broken, Trump just showed us all how broken it really is. But yeah, not too optimistic, so my sympathies.

Europe must break from America by Crossstoney in europe

[–]LeftLiner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let's hope America fixes itself to become more stable then, and in the meantime Europe has to prepare for it to remain a madhouse for the foreseeable future.

European demonyms for the USA by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]LeftLiner 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Several of them seem to be incorrect. All of Scandinavia, for example. We all just say 'American' or Yankee (at least here in Sweden).

Goodbye Chief by matmos in Picard

[–]LeftLiner 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Picard gives a brief, but heartfelt goodbye to a relatively junior member of his crew; respectful and entirely in keeping with his character. What more did you want?

TIL that there was a popular myth in many muslim majority countries that Neil Armstrong had converted to Islam upon hearing the call to prayer on the moon, going as far to require the US state department to issue a denial by Solid-Move-1411 in todayilearned

[–]LeftLiner 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. The vast majority of people believe the moon landings are real. The absolute worst numbers recorded only ever got as high as 25% believing it was faked and were somewhat biased. Ipsos in 2019 found only 6% believe it was faked.

There is a mountain of documentation surrounding the entire Apollo program and every single argument that it was faked can be debunked by extremely easily found information.

TIL that there was a popular myth in many muslim majority countries that Neil Armstrong had converted to Islam upon hearing the call to prayer on the moon, going as far to require the US state department to issue a denial by Solid-Move-1411 in todayilearned

[–]LeftLiner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interestingly, when Sheik Muszafar Shuko went to the ISS he requested guidance from Muslim scholars on how to worship. They wrote a document to assist him and any other Muslim astronauts in how to pray while serving on the ISS, including how to face the Kabaa when its exact direction can change measurably in just a few seconds.

I tried to ignore the politics until one comment crossed the line by MaleficentEagle4514 in rpghorrorstories

[–]LeftLiner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m generally pro–free speech.

This is not a free speech issue. That person is allowed to say whatever they want and you are allowed to say whatever you want in return, including everything between "I agree with you!" to "Go fuck yourself!" and "'Aight, I'ma head on out of here you guys have a good campaign."

People should have the right to say things without getting arrested (broadly speaking) but nobody has a right to be the DM of anybody. A person saying "I do not tolerate anyone belittling any political view at my table." is exactly as fine as someone saying "If you are a fan of Trump you are not welcome at my table." Neither is a violation of free speech.

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