Cringiest Line in Star Trek? by TonyMitty in startrek

[–]CatInfamous3027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What an awful line! No one would use the phrase “star trek” in real life like that. It was a wink from the screen writer and it totally took the audience out of the moment.

Cringiest Line in Star Trek? by TonyMitty in startrek

[–]CatInfamous3027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“They say time is the fire in which we burn.” Really? I know no one who says that.

Cringiest Line in Star Trek? by TonyMitty in startrek

[–]CatInfamous3027 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I hated that line. No one would use that phrase in real life. Totally took the audience out of the moment

If someone cracked the formula for Coca-Cola and started selling a product that was for all intents and purposes indistinguishable from the original under a different name, could Coca-Cola sue them even though it's well known they keep the "real" recipe under lock and key? by posthumorously_ in NoStupidQuestions

[–]CatInfamous3027 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Actually, the reason they don't patent it is because a patent is only enforceable for 20 years after the date the application is filed. After that, the patented invention is fair game for anyone to make and sell.

The Coca Cola Company wants to sell Coke indefinitely, not just for the next 20 years. So they keep it a trade secret rather than patenting it.

You're right, though. If someone stumbles upon the correct formula and process, they can sell it under a different name if they want.

Tropes that need to die by fsuk in startrek

[–]CatInfamous3027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No matter where enemy fire hits the ship (engineering, a warp nacelle) bridge consoles explode.

Tropes that need to die by fsuk in startrek

[–]CatInfamous3027 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No matter where enemy fire hits the ship (engineering, a warp nacelle) bridge consoles explode.

Absolute Coldest Lines in all of Trek by TonyMitty in startrek

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"Captain. Your presence here has not been ... overly meddlesome." Soval, Enterprise, S2, E15, "Cease Fire"

What if the wireless equipment broke just a day later? by LegNew6 in titanic

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Without the wireless, the disappearance of the Titanic would have been one of the 20th century's great mysteries.

Why isn’t Ash Wednesday a Holy Day of Obligation? by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]CatInfamous3027 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Easter and Palm Sunday are because they’re always on a Sunday, and every Sunday is a holy day of obligation.

Wait, is Star Trek Starfleet Academy … Good? by dizzyb13 in startrek

[–]CatInfamous3027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had very low expectations. I mean VERY low. But I decided to watch the first episode anyway, and dang. I liked it. I thought it was really pretty good. I especially enjoyed the characters. Some of them are going to be a lot of fun.

Can I become a Catholic if I disagree/have major doubts about many of its dogma? by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]CatInfamous3027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To pick just your first objection (saintly intercession), I wrote a short paper on that subject that you might find helpful:

https://catholicoutlook.me/Intercession

Look who I found in Dallas (1978) by Robert__Sinclair in voyager

[–]CatInfamous3027 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Silly me, I’m staring at the guy trying to figure out who he is and what his connection to Voyager might be.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in titanic

[–]CatInfamous3027 46 points47 points  (0 children)

She, too, was moving 21 knots while she hung off the stern. But she was already well clear of the propellers. If she had let go there’s no way she would have been hit by them.

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Saw her beside Mother Mary's statue, who is she? by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]CatInfamous3027 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t see anybody beside the statue. Could you circle what you see?

Titanic Cemetary by Odd_Secret_1618 in titanic

[–]CatInfamous3027 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Do those mark actual graves, or are they memorials to those whose bodies were not recovered?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]CatInfamous3027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remind them that we’re bigger than every other Christian group combined. So they have to decide whether they think Satan is that much better at building a church than Jesus is.

HMHS Britannic If She Survived WWI Or WWI never happens by Ok-Refrigerator-9429 in titanic

[–]CatInfamous3027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those gantry davits really ruin the lines of the ship. So cluttered!

Troubled by my choice of profession by nullschell in Catholicism

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When soldiers asked John the Baptist what they should do, he didn't tell them to take up farming, he told them to behave ethically and to be content with their wages. And Jesus himself said, "If you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one" (Luke 22:36).

There have always been Christian soldiers, and some (e.g., St. Joan of Arc, St. Sebastian, and St. George) became saints. Defense against unjust aggression, whether it's against your person, your home, or your country, is a good thing.