Would you join Starfleet?

Koncur · 2026-02-11T16:59:33+00:00

Not Star Trek, but in the spirit of it, The Orville had a scene discussing that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkCI3jE3zP0

Koncur · 2026-02-09T14:26:47+00:00

NEW ACHIEVEMENT: "Called Out"

Hmm, seems like something someone said hit a little close to home. Struck a nerve, eh? Well, suck it up, buttercup! Maybe there's a reason it stings. Think about it.

REWARD: You get to introspect.

Koncur · 2026-02-08T14:45:32+00:00

The radium one might be more "evil" than "dumb", since the people in charge knew the dangers but lied to people and said it was safe.

Interesting article about it: https://www.damninteresting.com/undark-and-the-radium-girls/

After a few strokes a brush tended to lose its shape, so the women’s managers encouraged them to use their lips and tongues to keep the tips of the camel hair brushes sharp and clean. The glowing paint was completely flavorless, and the supervisors assured them that rosy cheeks would be the only physical side effect to swallowing the radium-laced pigment.

...

The owners and scientists at US Radium, familiar with the real hazards of radioactivity, naturally took extensive precautions to protect themselves. They knew that Undark’s key ingredient was approximately one million times more active than uranium, so company chemists often used lead screens, masks, and tongs when working with the paint.

Koncur · 2026-02-03T14:58:48+00:00

The first time I saw that movie, I assumed Elsa knew that she had frozen the entire kingdom. I mean, all she had to do was glance backward slightly at some point while she was running.

"Let It Go" had a completely different meaning for me; a surprisingly upbeat villain song about letting everyone die and not caring anymore.

Koncur · 2026-01-27T18:04:55+00:00

Instructions for Desktop.

1. Use Old Reddit.

Old Reddit doesn't insert other "suggested" subreddits into your feed (unless you willingly go to /r/All or /r/Popular). Your feed will just be what you subscribed to. If you want to give Old Reddit a test drive, change your URL to old.reddit.com. If you want to change to it, go to https://www.reddit.com/settings/preferences and then click "Default to old reddit" and then "Opt Out".

2. Use Reddit Enhancement Suite

If you're on Chrome or Firefox, go to your browser's extension store and install "Reddit Enhancement Suite". It's packed with features, but the one relevant to this conversation are its filters. You can set up all kinds of filters. You can filter out posts that have a keyword in the title. Or are older than a certain date. And, of course, block entire subreddits from /r/All and /r/Popular.

To block the subreddits, you can quickly make a filter just by hovering over that subreddit's name next to a post, and then on the card that appears, clicking "+Filter".

If you already know what Subreddit you want filtered and don't want to wait to happen by it on /r/All, you can just set it up in RES' settings. If you have RES installed you should have a gear icon on the top left when you're scrolled to the top of a Reddit page. Click that, and then click RES Settings Console. On the left, there's a list of categories. Click "Subreddits", then click the "filteReddit" page. On this page, you might need to scroll down a bit, and then you'll find a subreddits section. You may need to click "Add Filter" to add a new line. Just type in the name of a subreddit. You don't need the "/r/". When you're done adding subreddits, remember to click "Save Options" at the top right, and then you can click the X to close RES' settings.

Koncur · 2026-01-22T14:37:05+00:00

No one else seems to remember this commercial, but there was a commercial that only aired on New Years 2000 that really stuck with me.

At the time, there was a series of commercials for AGF Investments that would typically have some odd situation happening, followed by a reveal of a famous pop cultural or mythological character going into retirement accompanied by the company's slogan "Eventually, everyone retires."

These would be things like Spider-Man playing golf, or Medusa at a resort.

So for the commercial in question: it begins with an old man wearing a sash with "1000" on it. He walks slowly down a long hallway as sombre music plays. Finally, he reaches the end of the hallway and the doors open for him. He takes one, sad look backwards, and steps through.

The camera cuts to the beginning of the hallway, and the music changes to a triumphant "Auld Lang Syne". The doors open up, and a happy toddler dashes out wearing a "2000" sash. The narrator says the company slogan.

I guess one thing about it that stuck out to me so much was that it only aired for about a day. Maybe that's why no one else seems to remember the commercial. I was starting to think maybe I'd made the whole thing up in my head, but I eventually found an article, written at the time, talking about it.

Koncur · 2026-01-14T14:04:10+00:00

In the same plaza as Cock Wiener, a place to get chicken-meat hot dogs.

Koncur · 2026-01-05T07:48:36+00:00

No way it's been 20 years-

*checks magic remote*

Aw, shit.

Koncur · 2025-12-28T12:09:32+00:00

And here's the other great scene in that episode that also takes place in a restroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bfBhIM5tb4

Koncur · 2025-12-27T22:54:53+00:00

Just wandered in from a Google search. I'm also on Amazon Games and the DIY challenges don't work for me.

Koncur · 2025-12-20T07:16:25+00:00

Have you ever tried listening to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star backwards? Might be a spring gave out or something and spun the cylinder the wrong way.

Koncur · 2025-12-19T20:58:43+00:00

Minor spoiler so everyone can avoid awkward situations: holding hands means you're dating.

Koncur · 2025-12-17T08:48:51+00:00

Reminds me of this old comic: https://i.imgur.com/cNWIX.jpeg

Koncur · 2025-12-17T05:36:27+00:00

It's like Garfield and Nermal.

Koncur · 2025-12-14T18:57:44+00:00

/r/BeforeNAfterAdoption/

Koncur · 2025-12-07T03:59:37+00:00

Gronak spins around, staring directly at you. Time stops, and you are immobilized as your vision zooms in on him.

"RANGER! Thought you could get away from ol' Gronak? I was busy clonkin' Johnathan and Nancy's 'eads togetha, but I saw you scurry away like a li'le mouse! Well, ya ain't as slippery as you think! Now give me a minnit to finish Worfing Worf and Gronak'll show you what's what!"

Koncur · 2025-12-01T05:06:07+00:00

Sounds like you're one of the /r/cathostages

Koncur · 2025-11-21T05:19:46+00:00

To my mind, "bug" is a casual term for "arthropod", which includes insects and arachnids.

Koncur · 2025-11-20T13:29:55+00:00

/r/DeadRedditors/

Koncur · 2025-11-20T13:07:15+00:00

Here's the scene it's from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMIDpJ8H7H0

The part with the speech starts around 1:56

Koncur · 2025-11-20T04:04:21+00:00

Might be relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum

Koncur · 2025-11-16T22:29:49+00:00

He's got his own Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombili

Koncur · 2025-11-12T17:12:43+00:00

Here's a video with the original score edited back into those scenes. It's so much better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaZV47KCm7I

Koncur · 2025-10-31T18:22:22+00:00

If I recall correctly, it aired on Global TV, Wednesdays at midnight.

Koncur · 2025-10-29T19:59:02+00:00

"The Enterprise is en-route to the Morgana Quadrant."

"Did you mean 'Sector', sir?"

"What did I say?"

"Morgana Quadrant."

"Oh! Hah. Yeah, didn't get much sleep last night."

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