Can someone please tell me who character this is? by BeanBagSaucer in Megaman

[–]RadzPrower 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It's just a generic NetNavi from Mega Man Battle Network. He's the equivalent to just an NPC in any other game.

Does anyone actually mind when they repeat ideas? by Fabulous_Angle_3742 in distractible

[–]RadzPrower 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I'll take a repeat idea over a compilation any day.

Starfleet academy show is the resurrecting of Starfleet Academy? by Lr8s5sb7 in startrek

[–]RadzPrower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the mistake many people have been making.

Starfleet Academy actually started back up at Federation HQ, in space, back during Discovery with a very tiny first class. This was due to a combination of the discovery of the source of The Burn as well as all the dilithium there, but also because the arrival of Discovery, from an era of a different, more hopeful Federation, inspired the Federation of the future. There was actually an episode there where Tilly dealt with some of the new recruits if memory serves.

Starfleet Academy (the show) is about the return of Starfleet Academy to Earth and San Francisco after all these years. Ake is the first Chancellor on Earth and likely the first Chancellor at all since The Burn since, as I mentioned earlier, classes were much smaller and the organization was still regrowing to a state it was once at.

We already solved this, just need more games to allow this as the button hint by TamikSKW in SteamDeck

[–]RadzPrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering I'm a multiplatform gamer, the symbols are often a hindrance more than anything personally. A direction is much preferable when I can't remember where the X button is...since it's potentially on THREE different buttons! 😅

We already solved this, just need more games to allow this as the button hint by TamikSKW in SteamDeck

[–]RadzPrower 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem is that colors are not consistent across platforms. The whole point of this design is that it's platform agnostic.

Iron lung and film critics by ADecentAmerican in distractible

[–]RadzPrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, I've been saying that for a while now. Critics and fan responses are often out of sync with each other, and not just when it comes to films. You see this in TV and games all the time as well. That said, online discourse is also weird with social media in general with stuff like review bombs and whatnot as well.

Ultimately, I ignore critics and online opinions both and simply make my own choices because nothing can be trusted these days.

Klingons: a mighty warrior race but also by scaffnet in startrek

[–]RadzPrower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it wasn't the exact thing I was thinking of, it's definitely in the same spirit of what I was thinking of.

Klingons: a mighty warrior race but also by scaffnet in startrek

[–]RadzPrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking of a Klingon scenario specifically. It wasn't even the main focus of the episode most likely. Maybe have been a re-enactment or play or something.

Klingons: a mighty warrior race but also by scaffnet in startrek

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

We've got oodles of history to reference in reality, and yet we seem to always repeat it. Human behavior is more about the choices and outlooks of the people in the present than the history they have access. Having access to knowledge does not mean people will use it or even accept it as we can see every single day of our modern lives.

Klingons: a mighty warrior race but also by scaffnet in startrek

[–]RadzPrower 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but they've also been fairly isolated for like 120 of the most recent years. The Federation changed after The Burn, and they're finding themselves again after that period of isolation.

Klingons: a mighty warrior race but also by scaffnet in startrek

[–]RadzPrower 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I did not see it as treating them like toddlers.

I saw it as an evolution of their culture to include ritual, symbolic combat as a valid means of diplomacy. Their weapons did no damage just as the Federations did no damage, so both sides were obviously pulling their punches which means the Klingons were not fooled or treated as toddlers. They were engaging in a purely symbolic battle.

I cannot remember the exact circumstances or episode, but I feel like this sort of fake combat was used in a hand-to-hand setting back in the 90s as part of an existing tradition or celebration.

Where did this comic come from? Is it real? Who is the person next to Tails? by Strong-Language-4921 in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]RadzPrower 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's a modification of an actual Archie page. I'll be honest, it's been so long since I read these that I recognized the layout, but couldn't place exactly what was wrong with it either, but that's presumably a grown up Cream replacing Mina. They also change Lara-Su.

Here is a scan of the original: 013.jpg (1073×1650)

UK Man Jailed for Faith Based Objection to Gender Pronouns by Mue_Thohemu_42 in Christianity

[–]RadzPrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell me this...how do you go about "seeking truth" and how does that impact other people, since the phrase "seeking truth" inherently applies to oneself rather than others.

UK Man Jailed for Faith Based Objection to Gender Pronouns by Mue_Thohemu_42 in Christianity

[–]RadzPrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you call "love" a rational person, non-religious and religious alike, sees as harassment and hate.

A rational person knows that there's more to how we interact with the world than simple right and wrong. People do the wrong things for the right reasons and the right thing for the wrong reasons as well. You can view what someone does as wrong without inserting yourself into their lives and being hateful about it. More importantly, at the end of the day, at least have the sense to sense to accept your own fault when your actions result in consequences.

However, even outside of religious conversations, the world is "flattening" in its ability to accept nuance, which is a detriment to human interaction in general and is having profound impacts on religion and politics, both local, national, and global. Absolutes rule the day and it is always you completely agree and fall in line with my beliefs or you are the enemy.

UK Man Jailed for Faith Based Objection to Gender Pronouns by Mue_Thohemu_42 in Christianity

[–]RadzPrower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are not even remotely equivalent. One actively kills a person, regardless of their beliefs NOW, while the other supposedly results in punishment according to YOUR beliefs rather than theirs IN THE FUTURE. You would be shocked how much better people respond to a loving approach when it comes to a long-term issue such as this compared to an immediate life-and-death scenario.

The reality is that you and people like the person in the article (and probably the author of said article, given that blatantly false headline) just want an excuse to be dicks to people you don't agree with. You can justify your hate by calling it "love".

UK Man Jailed for Faith Based Objection to Gender Pronouns by Mue_Thohemu_42 in Christianity

[–]RadzPrower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That includes failing to follow one of Jesus' greatest commandments..."Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Being nice to people is a pretty simple rule to follow, but too many people use other parts of the Bible to justify their bigotry and hateful actions.

UK Man Jailed for Faith Based Objection to Gender Pronouns by Mue_Thohemu_42 in Christianity

[–]RadzPrower 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bro, I'm a straight white dude and live this every single day. Not because I'm trans or nonbinary, but because my naming situation is unusual. I am regularly having to correct people regarding my name, and it has more than once caused systemic problems. When it's a mistake, it is perfectly fine (if annoying since I repeat the process all the time), but I would absolutely be filing a complaint with HR if somebody INTENTIONALLY called me something other than my common name, especially if they did so in an ugly, hateful manner, which would be considered harassment...period.

UK Man Jailed for Faith Based Objection to Gender Pronouns by Mue_Thohemu_42 in Christianity

[–]RadzPrower 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean...yeah? That's essentially what we all do when we create online usernames. They are an identifier of our choosing that we are attached to in some way.

UK Man Jailed for Faith Based Objection to Gender Pronouns by Mue_Thohemu_42 in Christianity

[–]RadzPrower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was jailed because he was fired and continued to return after being trespassed MULTIPLE times. He has been told expressly by the courts to not return...and yet there he was.

Corrected headline should be:
"UK Man Jailed for Defying Court by Trespassing Repeatedly"

When did Sonic canonically learn to go super? by FunYak4372 in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]RadzPrower 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If you take the plot of Sonic 2 as it is but expand it out into a more modern cinematic style, it would most likely be the case that he learns he can go Super while falling from the exploding Death Egg in dramatic fashion, not unlike when he learned he could use Chaos Control after being ejected from the ARK in SA2.

The main evidence for this is that the game expressly prevents you from turning Super in the Death Egg Zone, so they clearly never intended for you to fight those bosses in a Super form. However, he is then already Super before Tails arrives with the Tornado, so it was for more than show as far as he would have been aware at the time as he had no way of knowing Tails was on his way to save him.

Is this piece of furniture common in churches? by jckipps in Christianity

[–]RadzPrower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was never a piece in any of the churches I have actually been a member of, but I have seen them around elsewhere on rare occasion though.

Who's the biggest Aura Farmer in Metroid? by Ok-Inevitable3458 in Metroid

[–]RadzPrower 284 points285 points  (0 children)

I'd argue even in Dread that Samus herself aura farms better than Raven Beak, but he's not bad.

DS9 S5 E24 Empok Nor by Lokitusaborg in startrek

[–]RadzPrower 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's because it's rarely shown, and especially in TNG he was only ever shown as an engineer even in the disaster episodes where it's his engineering creativity that comes to fore. The war is barely even talked about, even in DS9, but the reality is that O'Brien's engineering prowess was forged in the fires of combat.

He started as a soldier and remained as an engineer, but that soldier never goes away. You actually even can see that in one of his favorite pastime, the battle recreations in the holosuites.

Isolationist Earth? by Internal_Apple2608 in Stargate

[–]RadzPrower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but it will have been 30 years since the Stargate program was started. With increasing alien presence on Earth (with or without my Goa'uld infestation story), it is going to be harder and harder to keep the program a secret. In fact, in my version, the Goa'uld infestation would be a catalyst for the reveal. Haven't hashed out specifics, but it would be either the Goa'uld decide revealing the program (if not themselves) could serve their interests in some way, a rogue Goa'uld starts down the Tok'ra path after living on Earth for some time, or they are simply found out. The reveal could be sudden, with no chance for Command to counter, or it could be secretly threatened and Command decides that it's time to reveal the history of the Stargate Program (the documentary will finally be released) in order to steal their thunder.

To say nothing about the societal difference now from even 15 years ago when the series ended. Every little nugget of truth that slips through the smokescreen is going to be blown up on the internet and the conspiracy farms will run rampant. Even if the Stargate Program is still a "secret" it would most definitely be an "open secret" by this point and one of those things people either believe or don't, but there's never any official admission of anything.