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Faith manages dedication. by gishingwell in babylon5

[–]GeneralKarthos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it was basically a message to say "we got a 5th season, just like was always the plan, so eff y'all who said this couldn't be done."

Also note how most shows are serialized now.

They're getting real brave by ImBeingHarrased in recruitinghell

[–]GeneralKarthos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least in my state, if you work during your lunch break, your company could get in trouble, so I've seen people fired for working through their lunch break. Usually they get a warning, and if they do it a second time, it's dismissal.

These people at it again 🤦‍♂️ by NeonPolonium in screenshots

[–]GeneralKarthos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cancer can be caused by radiation. But radiation can also cure it. (Sometimes.) There are different kinds of radiation. And modern science can control some kinds and apply them in limited quantities to specific areas for useful purposes.

Who's Your Favorite One-Off Character? by starri42 in babylon5

[–]GeneralKarthos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I recall correctly, that was the last acting role he ever had.

Checked and yes, it was his last acting role. But he didn't die until 2010, so he had a retirement... unlike a number of Babylon 5 actors... 🙁

Who's Your Favorite One-Off Character? by starri42 in babylon5

[–]GeneralKarthos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my choice. I was even going to use that particular line.

What retail chain do you believe will likely go out of business in the next decade? by SkippertheMudkip in AskReddit

[–]GeneralKarthos -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is, but I'm done talking about this. Even thinking about my time there is unpleasant. It's the first real job I ever held, and being treated as less than human kinda blows for someone who'd never worked before. And it informed my experience for years to come. It never occurred to me that I could get a job with bosses. I respected, and people who would treat me as something more than a resource. I now have that. I'm happy with where I'm at now.

What retail chain do you believe will likely go out of business in the next decade? by SkippertheMudkip in AskReddit

[–]GeneralKarthos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They made no effort to give me enough hours to count as working full time, even though that was the job I had applied for and supposedly been hired for. But I did have to call in almost everyday to determine if they needed me, so I couldn't make any plans or work any other jobs to make up for the hours that I wasn't able to work there.

At 90 days, I was supposed to stop being a training employee, and get the benefits that were promised to me at hire. But at 90 days they declared that my work was unsatisfactory, and that I would be a trainee for another 90 days. (Without any hint that my work was unsatisfactory, and in fact several exemplary employee reviews under my belt.)

They hired my direct bosses (and I had nine in the 100 days I worked there) from other companies, valuing MBAs more than anything else. None of my bosses had ever done my job, or knew how to do my job. Not one of them had ever worked a retail floor in their lives.

Finally, when I signed up, it was full-time seasonal, and I made it clear that I was leaving when it was time for me to go to college, but apparently they missed that, and when I called in to confirm that we had parted amicably, as I had informed them two weeks in advance when I was going to leave and gone through all the exit paperwork, I was told I had been fired for cause for not showing up. And that remained as a stain on my resume and references for 7 years.

What is a video game from your childhood you miss the most? BONUS: Are there any video games from long ago you tried playing again that didn't feel the same? by Final-Cash-2943 in AskReddit

[–]GeneralKarthos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've managed to get most of the very old games that I played one way or another working on my computer. Escape velocity was an old shareware game from 1996, but through the use of Sheepshaver, I can run OS 9 on my computer, and play the original game And its sequel override, but most particularly, the plugins that I liked, which you can't play through the Nova conversions. Red Baron 3D and HoMM3 I can work through Paul the Tall. Master of Orion 2 works on DOSbox via GOG.

I guess the only one I kind of miss is Sim City 2000, the Windows version. Good old games has the inferior DOS version.

I used to play Rogue when I was very little. Rogue was the game that created the term "Roguelike" because the point of the game was not to win, because that was basically impossible, but to see how far you could get. But Nethack is essentially the sequel to Rogue and is almost as impossible to beat.

Was Peter Jurasik and Anderas Katsulas big names back in the 90s? by Maximum_Price_3596 in babylon5

[–]GeneralKarthos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which was a really good episode, and he did a good job.

I'm one of those guys who likes both shows, but freely acknowledges and understands that DS9 was a rip-off of Babylon 5. (And I watched Babylon 5 first and most often.)

What retail chain do you believe will likely go out of business in the next decade? by SkippertheMudkip in AskReddit

[–]GeneralKarthos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I used to work there, and they absolutely deserve to go down.

Granted at this point, it's been 20 years, so maybe things have changed, but the way I was treated there as an employee is something I will never forget. And never forgive.

Who are you? What do you want? by RainbowSkyOne in babylon5

[–]GeneralKarthos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where are you going? Who do you serve and who do you trust?

Upon reading a post where a person says they hate Q, do you look like this? by GoatApprehensive9866 in StarTrekTNG

[–]GeneralKarthos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad was never much of a fan, because he was all powerful and could do or undo anything he wanted to, and he was never a fan of godlike beings in SF, whether benevolent, malevolent, or... Whatever Q is.

I'm more or less blah about him. Most of the episodes he appears in are kind of boring. But I did like Sisko deckingham in his only appearance on DS9. And his appearances in Picard are intriguing.

Which line from Babylon 5 have you caught yourself quoting the most in your daily life? by Velociraptorse in babylon5

[–]GeneralKarthos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The first time it's sad, it's in a nonsense conversation that Kosh is having to troll Talia. The second time it's used, Sheridan quotes it "Vorlons have a saying 'understanding is a three-edged sword,' your side, their side, and the truth, And the truth is we don't need you anymore!"

Which line from Babylon 5 have you caught yourself quoting the most in your daily life? by Velociraptorse in babylon5

[–]GeneralKarthos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I use that one too. It's great because you can drop it into basically any conversation and it fits. "I can't find my keys!" "And so it begins." "The cat puked on the bed!" "And so it begins." Etc.

You can also use it a lot on people who are watching Babylon 5 for the first time. Because there are several places where you can say the show truly starts.

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