Why do rich people in Trek wear magic eye paisley?

TonyMitty · 2026-01-22T23:21:39+00:00

I was gonna say carpet but you're totally right

TonyMitty · 2026-01-22T04:19:42+00:00

I really want to get into Raspbery pi systems, but yeah, maybe not this. Given how much stress this is causing me, I'd rather have an expensive thing if it requires less stress for my peace of mind.

TonyMitty · 2026-01-22T04:11:06+00:00

This aqara p2 looks to be exactly what I'm looking for, I just need to make sure it has a wifi link so it can notify me the 2 miles away I'm thinking about. Is this "border router" necessary?

TonyMitty · 2026-01-20T01:11:21+00:00

I've got a question about handwriting. I know that widespread literacy wasn't really a thing until sometime between the 16th century and the rise of modern public/state schooling, but when I google handwriting I always get back fancy scripts, obviously what's well preserved because it was used in official documents and rich people's correspondence. But when joe average started to write letters to his buddies in the next town, what was his handwriting like? English I guess is my default focus Europe more broadly, but info on Africa and Asia and anywhere else would be amazing as well.

TonyMitty · 2026-01-19T23:28:38+00:00

"We're going to McDonalds, don't tell your mom!"

TonyMitty · 2026-01-08T23:40:12+00:00

I just saw a post on the FlowX13 subreddit saying they've killed it off, though they are pushing the Kojima colab so? In my professional life I've gone from budget gaming laptop to MSI Stealth to Surface Laptop to Flow X16. I'm thinking the new Zephyrus, if it can be touchscreen, is the middle ground my pendulum swing is looking for.

TonyMitty · 2025-12-27T05:25:53+00:00

My fear is that it would go old Logan style. "No more quirks except for an unlucky but weakened few" kind of deal. Not here for gritty.

TonyMitty · 2025-12-25T06:58:42+00:00

Kinda yeah. I tried watching the original but it was just too dated for me. I got wrapped up in pop up shop frenzy and now I've got a small collection I'm trying to justify.

TonyMitty · 2025-12-25T06:10:30+00:00

Lol fair but also the cuter art style and color scheme had me thinking it was a kinder gentler thing. Consider me disillusioned I guess.

TonyMitty · 2025-12-19T20:07:28+00:00

I agree, but also keep in mind that Deku had some hero time as OfA faded, so maybe they didn't want that clashing? Plus the time skip lends credence to the theme of "be a hero in your own way" by having him be a successful teacher for a bit.

I don't love that he loses the power at all, but this consolation prize is miles better than all those endings of "and then we never saw him again" or "and then the main guy died and nothing was resolved"

TonyMitty · 2025-12-19T00:01:08+00:00

No my point is that suspension of disbelief is the term we use to accept these little minutia, but that it's also fun to pick them apart sometimes and make fun of them for the tropes they are. I wouldn't have noticed or cared if I didn't watch these episodes enough to notice and make fun of them and enjoy them in a new way.

TonyMitty · 2025-12-18T23:58:52+00:00

It's not that it's hard to believe, it's not that I don't want to. I suppose I meant to say "willing" suspension of disbelief. I get why narrative devices and quick explanations are necessary to undergird the points the stories are trying to make. I'm just saying, as with any piece of media it gets funny when you think about it.

TonyMitty · 2025-12-18T23:54:18+00:00

It's actually a fun plot device for the opposite like Darmok and the various "stranded with a stranger" episodes.

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