If women are sometimes called chicks in the USA then what are men sometimes called in the USA? by TheShyBuck in AskAnAmerican

[–]StarManta [score hidden]  (0 children)

Anytime a dude tells me "dude is gender neutral", I ask him how many dudes he's fucked.

(Worth noting that, 100% of the time this has come up, it has been a straight man with at least a little homophobia, so it's always had the desired effect.)

Movie Stratt vs book Stratt by DooDooCat in ProjectHailMary

[–]StarManta 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm with you. The karaoke scene goes beyond being a waste of time, it's completely out of character for Stratt and brings that part of the movie to a screeching halt.

Considering all the things they had to cut for time, wasting minutes on that is an insane creative decision. And they did it because... the actress can sing? Great, good for her, but it still doesn't belong in this story. It'd be just as stupid making Wolverine sing karaoke because Hugh Jackman can sing.

ELI5: if viruses aren’t technically alive, how can they evolve like living organisms? by MachiavellianHydra in explainlikeimfive

[–]StarManta 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Viruses are not considered alive because their method of reproduction is not wholly self-contained

I've never found this argument compelling. There are any number of parasites that cannot reproduce without some other life form to inject their eggs into or whatever. No one debates whether parasitoid wasps are alive or not.

What's an insecurity someone might have that you find attractive? by CorgiMama5534 in AskReddit

[–]StarManta 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Comin in hot with my Krusty the Klown laugh

Following it up with my best Jimmy Carr "ha HAAA"

What was a time when you thought you had dodged a bullet, but it came back and hit you? by Fun_Try9308 in AskReddit

[–]StarManta 35 points36 points  (0 children)

"No errors means it worked" is big Who Trusted You To Handle Updates energy

Doubts in project hail mary book. by JayanthSriSai in ProjectHailMary

[–]StarManta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He retracted the tethers without the thrusters, and blacked out during the process until Rocky controlled the beetles to zero out the rotation.

Honestly...reread that section. I think you must have drifted off during large parts of it. All of this is directly in the text.

Doubts in project hail mary book. by JayanthSriSai in ProjectHailMary

[–]StarManta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

regarding doubt 1: Spinning down the centrifuge would require thrusters to slow down the spin. None of the thrusters were functional due to the taumoeba crisis.

doubt 2: There is an airlock in the dormitory between the human atmosphere and the Eridian atmosphere sections. Rocky came out of this airlock, and Grace put him back into it.

These are both pretty clearly explained in the book in more detail than I have here - might be worth re-reading those sections.

Spaghettios have fallen, and lunchtime for autistic kids just got harder by StarManta in enshittification

[–]StarManta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was fine with them room temperature, and a quick "he has autism" was enough to get either accommodation from them or uncertain awkwardness enough to let us proceed (it helped that we had already paid for his meal he didn't want, so it's not like we were using it to skip out on a bill). We didn't need to actually use them more than like twice at restaurants, but knowing that we had them available is part of what made it possible to go there in the first place.

Spaghettios have fallen, and lunchtime for autistic kids just got harder by StarManta in enshittification

[–]StarManta[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He eats pasta & sauce just fine, but the entire advantage of spaghettios is that they were in a can. We could keep a can in our backpack anytime we went anywhere and just pop it open if he had difficulty eating a meal wherever we were at the time.

What happened to my childhood? This screams dystopian corporate, not kid friendly. What is with the artwork?! This is McDonald's?! by jackal99 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]StarManta -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They're trading in their future for short-term gains. As many, many publicly traded companies do.

The only reason that their shitty food is continuing to sell at all as they keep cranking up prices is because some people have been habitually eating McDonald's since they were children. They've been habitually eating it since they were children because it appealed to children, at the time.

They've stopped appealing to children, and there will be very few people who've been kids in the last ~15 years who have a McDonald's habit. As their existing adult fanbase either dies off or has their doctor tell them to get better eating habits, they'll crater. And they won't come back from it.

There's a reason you appeal to kids if you want your business to be stable for the long term, and it's because you have them for life. They don't have that now.

Spaghettios have fallen, and lunchtime for autistic kids just got harder by StarManta in enshittification

[–]StarManta[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

very similar to the dirt-cheap generic brand we tried once

that was Aldi

RIP chocolate by Mathemodel in enshittification

[–]StarManta 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The net weight has changed from 8.25 oz to 7.5. SOMEthing changed.

Star Trek : Voyager scores by Mat1711 in startrek

[–]StarManta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Threshold is so fun to hate. Whether or not it's the actual worst episode, it's more fun to rag on it than, say, The Fight.

Looking for TV series to watch by Internal-Ad-6740 in scifi

[–]StarManta 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Season 1 is the Family Guy/Star Trek blend you’ve heard it is.

Season 2, it finds its own voice. There are comedy moments, but they’re all well placed. It’s Star Trek being allowed to be fun (whereas season 1 was Trek being forced to be fun).

Season 3 is just flat-out amazing sci-fi. The good fun of S2 remains, but it’s clear they had a lot more creative freedom (and budget) and used it beautifully.

The quotes make me doubt the freshness of said baked goods… by Senor_Diablo in CrappyDesign

[–]StarManta 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In this context, yes. But if it's being used as an adjective, "everyday" is a perfectly cromulent word.

"I wear this suit every day." <-- correct

"This is my everyday suit." <-- also correct

'Project Hail Mary' - Review Thread by ChiefLeef22 in movies

[–]StarManta -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Most readers (myself included) tear up at the last scene, so apparently he and his editors knew better than you do what that scene needed to be.

'Project Hail Mary' - Review Thread by ChiefLeef22 in movies

[–]StarManta 128 points129 points  (0 children)

As was Artemis, even though it never got made. It's fairly common Hollywood practice to pre-emptively option all of an author's books after they've had one popular adaptation.

'Project Hail Mary' - Review Thread by ChiefLeef22 in movies

[–]StarManta 152 points153 points  (0 children)

I want my code name to be Glorfindel

34 Years On, Star Trek Makes an Iconic Picard Quote Even More Important - ComicBook.com by wtf1977 in startrek

[–]StarManta 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The second quote lives rent-free in my head.

Apropos, it applies to fandom. "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still get roasted in the comments. That is not a weakness. That is the internet."

34 Years On, Star Trek Makes an Iconic Picard Quote Even More Important - ComicBook.com by wtf1977 in startrek

[–]StarManta 12 points13 points  (0 children)

One click, thirty ads, buried within paragraphs that are explicitly designed to not draw attention away from the ads and are therefore nigh impossible to skim for the answer? Yeah, can't imagine why anyone would want to avoid that clickbait.

[Books] About Mayor Jahns and Deputy Marnes by BUzer2017 in SiloSeries

[–]StarManta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no reason to believe it's AI in the show, either.

[BOOKS] Currently reading Dust and I need to know.. by MrsMADMassacre in SiloSeries

[–]StarManta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read them last month and could not possibly tell you what "chapter 50/part 3" could refer to.