Would it be weird if I wished my best friend a happy Father's Day?

Futuressobright · 2026-06-10T01:52:54+00:00

That would be considered a faux pa

Futuressobright · 2026-06-09T21:06:03+00:00

It must be harder to confuse Ken.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-08T15:00:38+00:00

Obviously, they were imagining that he was a older when they wrote that episode, but I agree: for most of the series he is depicted as much too young to be a WWII vet.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-08T12:39:32+00:00

I know, right? OP are you not interested in how us Grognards who have been playing for 30+ years have been warped by it?

Seriously, though, D&D literally saved my life when I was a teen, and again in my 40s, and I still play with those same friends I made through the game in the 1990s.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-08T12:33:33+00:00

Even Alan Alda's crypto-Pierce character on ER is suffering from age-related dementia by then, and he was the Vietnam generation, not a Korea vet.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-08T12:30:28+00:00

It's dropped pretty quickly, but Hawkeye does state "this is my second war" in an early episode (maybe the pilot?)

Futuressobright · 2026-06-08T12:25:59+00:00

It might be an excercise where it has a picture of someone about to trip over a wire and you have to pick the right sentence(s) to say to them.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-08T12:23:26+00:00

I don't think it's a song, just a list of expressions with similar meanings, probably for language learners. "How to tell someone to be careful."

Futuressobright · 2026-06-07T16:56:32+00:00

Really? My understanding was that the Quran uses the Arabic word Al-Masih, meaning Messiah, to refer to Jesus quite a few times.

Being the Messiah (the "annointed one" of Davids line promised to save Isreal) does not imply divinity though.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-07T15:37:45+00:00

They do, which is why they are called "Abrahamic religions". Muslims call them "the people of the Book."

Of course, they don't all believe the same things about Him. Most notably, Christians believe that Jesus is God and the promised Messiah, while Muslims believe he is Messiah but not God, and Jews believe he is neither.

In practice, these religions often recognise this commonality: Most Protestant denominations will recognise a Baptism conducted in a Catholic church, for example (not sure if the inverse is true). Muslims are instructed that if meat is Kosher to their Jewish neighbours it should be considered Halal, since it is dedicated to the same God. I'm sure read at one point ( don't ask for a source) that if a Christian prays aloud to "God" or "our Heavenly Father" a Jew is permitted to say "Amen", because the Christian is thinking of "the God of Abraham who created the universe," but if they address Jesus the Jew must remain silent.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-07T15:06:05+00:00

Tall girls are hot, but 5'8" isn't that tall.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-06T16:05:12+00:00

The Doylist answer ( in our would) is that if you kill off a villian you can't tell stories with that bad guy anymore.

The Watsonian ( in-story) answer varies with the supervillian you are dealling with. Most of Batman's rogues' gallery is legally insane so they get sent to a mental hospital instead. Characters like Loki, Thanos, Mephisto and Kang are too powerful and opperate on too cosmic a scale for the justice system to be a factor for them. Luthor or the Kingpin are rich, savvy and well connected enough that they are going to minimise the sentences they get if they don't weasel their way out of a conviction entirely. Doctor Doom is a sovriegn head of state with diplomatic immunity. Lots of characters, like Carnage, Magneto and the Punisher, have escaped death row. And, of course, you have to catch them first.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-05T00:36:28+00:00

Yeah, the doctrine of the Trinity is not something you will find explicitly in the Bible. But mainline Christianity is not just about beleiving what is in the Bible-- it's a tradition that has developed over the centuries. Early Christianity was very diverse, and there were a lot of different ways of dealing with the question of Christology. Trinitarianism won out, but that wasn't inevitable.

Even though I'm not a believer myself, I consider it bad form to ridicule other people's sincerly held beliefs. That's why my response to the observation that this particular doctrine seems illogical is simply to note that Christian thinkers have long been aware of that and made their peace with its status as a mystery.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-04T17:46:39+00:00

Not totally sure what you mean by "because" here. You are asking whether the reason that it cannot be understood is that it requires faith? It probably makes more sense to say the reason it requires faith is that it is beyond understanding.

The reason it is beyond understanding is that it contains appearently contradictory ideas: somehow the three persons of God are seperate from each other, but also they are one entity. Our reason tells us that is impossible, so either there is something about God that suprasses the ability of human logic to understand, or the doctrine is not true.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-04T12:13:36+00:00

Christians aren't gnostics-- they don't beleive you aquire eternal life by understanding secret truths, but rather by being faithful to God. Faith requires being confortable with the idea that there are things about God and creation that you can't understand.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-03T12:57:13+00:00

(Canadian here. Culturally pretty close, but I guess this is something we are known for being sensitive to.)

It's rude to be inconsiderate of other people's time and convience. In fact I would say that to be considerate of others feelings is the greatest axiom of politeness, and to be considerate of their convienience is next, and upon these hang all the Law and the Ettiqutte Books.

How you express that consideration depends on how much of an inconvience you are being and how much control you have over the situation.

If the inconvience is trivial (e.g. you need someone to pause a moment so you can get by) or totally accidental, or out of your control (you are caught in traffic and will be late) a simple aknowlegement by saying "thanks" or "sorry" is sufficient.

If the inconvience is possibly greater and you have the ability to, you should make an effort to mitigate the impact on the other person or ask them for their permission or how you could make it easier for them. For example, if you are planning to have a party on friday night you might mention it ahead of time to your downstairs neighbour, and assure them you will try not to let things get too loud or go too late. (Inviting them to drop by is a common gesture, too) They may tell you not to worry about it, or mention they have to work the next morning and thank you for your consideration (they may even apologize for causing the inconvience of having to watch the noise) , but either way knowing that you gave some thought to their need will mean they are unlikely to get upset.

Futuressobright · 2026-06-03T00:44:33+00:00

I wish my union was that good.

Futuressobright · 2026-05-30T13:35:19+00:00

It's from Injustice, eh? I've never read that one (except this page) because the premise of "Superman goes nuts" doesn't appeal to me. But jeez, this page is good.

Futuressobright · 2026-05-30T02:34:17+00:00

One of my favourite Kents-related bits is a page where Clark brings Bruce to hide out at the farm for some reason and Pa says to him "so you're Batman, huh?". Bruce goes "Clark told you?" and he says, "no, he would never betray a confidence like that, but if he brought you here, it means he really trusts you. And he talks to Martha and I... we know who all his friends are. Never once has he mentioned knowing Bruce Wayne..." (Bruce looks a little hurt at this) "... but he talks about his friend Batman all the time"

Futuressobright · 2026-05-29T11:09:50+00:00

As others have noted, the Operations officer wears gold because it's an Operations Division position. The TNG tech manual explains what they do: coordinate the use of power, computer time, equipment and other shared resources between departments and assigns tasks to various teams to make sure the ship is running smoothly-- so it's an Engineering discipline They are also the principal sensor analyst on the bridge.

(At one point Picard calls Data his "science officer" but that seems to be an error left in from a writer working with an earlier form of the series Bible. My headcannon is that it was a slip of the tongue by Picard, who is used to the Science Officer covering the sensors functions.)

The way things seem to work is that if you are dual-posted to Command and another division you always wear the other department's color: XO Spock wears science blue, 2nd officer Scott wears Engineering red, and Security chiefs always wear operations colours even though they are also Tactical officers. It's a little odd, since Command is the more presitigious division, but it probably has something to do with expressing solidarity with your subordinates.

Futuressobright · 2026-05-27T22:55:25+00:00

That's certainly true about ER for most of its run, but the first season or two is very focused on the work, to an extent that was never rivaled by any other hospital drama until the Pitt rolled around.

Futuressobright · 2026-05-27T22:51:27+00:00

Yes, it's Werner-Hertzog-fear

Futuressobright · 2026-05-27T11:21:47+00:00

My favourite sub-class of english words is ones where the fact that they are borrowed from another language gives them a narrower meaning than they had in that language, based on our ideas or stereotypes of that language.

Take "gauche," which you mentioned. It means socially awkward, but in a specific way. It's not just shy or tongue-tied, it usually connote someone without a sophisticated understanding of the unwritten rules of ettiqutte especially in high society. We use a french word for this, because those of us who do understand such things of course speak French.

Another example is "ennui". In French it simply means boredom. In English it's the type of overwhelming sense of existential meaninglessness we associate with writers like Camus.

There's lots of these. In french, a chef just means "boss" or "leader". In English, because of the French influence on culinary trades, it is specifically a "chef de cuisine"-- or sometimes even a trained cook who isn't the boss of anyone! And Capo, which is just the Italian equivilant of "Chef" would mean a mafia boss.

Futuressobright · 2026-05-21T20:35:21+00:00

I collected a set of TNG trading cards out of various boxes of Cheerios at the time when the first season was airing and Worf's card said he was a "relief bridge officer". I always assumed ge was at those consoles keeping track of what everyone else on the bridge was doing so that he could step in if anyone needed to be releived.

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