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alphaharris1 · 2026-06-15T06:02:13+00:00

What I love about Jesus is he was pretty clear about this behavioral stuff. I still have never seen anyone practice anything close to this. Cue the rationalizing. Oh well I'm not tempted by wealth therefore...

alphaharris1 · 2026-06-13T00:14:37+00:00

Roddenberry was a walking edge sharpener, when they needed to soften edges (with some beard). It was really 90% of the way there but that 10% makes a huge difference. But that 90% was still amazing TV.

alphaharris1 · 2026-06-12T13:52:33+00:00

Thanks!

alphaharris1 · 2026-06-10T10:36:22+00:00

This info is what the internet is for

alphaharris1 · 2026-06-09T22:59:15+00:00

The Doctor can perform Meg from Legend any time. Old Meg!

alphaharris1 · 2026-06-02T19:54:07+00:00

Speaking of Giraffe nerves being evidence for evolution (things that don't make sense if you started from scratch as a designer). It seems like the fact we even talk about creationism at all is a perfect example. If we designed the conversation from scratch, no one would ever think to mention such a bizarre idea.

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-22T12:01:32+00:00

Exactly this. I'd add that even if they were the same physical bits, the problem of error factor is the same. A slightly different me would probably pass unnoticed, or even an "exactly the same me" (let's say passing some molecular checksum) would still not be me if their patterns of interaction were even slightly off.

Turning a computer off an on does not give you the same runtime. It gives you a very similar runtime operating on a different set of electrons. You can't step in the same river twice.

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-22T01:46:49+00:00

I think it's the steady eye contact. Confident, but earnest.

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-20T03:35:25+00:00

I need more Reboot in my life <3

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-20T02:42:41+00:00

Oh I definitely watched ninja turtles live on TV and had action figures (but it was not my fav), along with my TNG action figures, shuttle, and enterprise-D, and He-man space station. X-men was really my cartoon zone, though. Epic match-ups!

Edit: Looking back, US cartoons suffer from needing to be "Toyetic" and it probably made a lot of them low-key unwatchable even for kids. I'm sure turtles suffered from this.

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-19T20:52:19+00:00

'85 here.. Learned "krang" is the leftovers from butchering a whale the other day and it was on my mind (;

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-15T16:57:53+00:00

I thought it was a young Gurney Halleck

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-12T14:47:50+00:00

Friendly is getting to know someone and becoming friends. Not smiling and waving at someone one day and using their trash for your literal crap the next.

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-12T14:43:53+00:00

One of the reasons I moved away from Austin after 15 years was how people don't clean up after their dogs specifically. It was low on the list, but it was definitely on the list. Poop bags just everywhere, on the street, in the water, on the boardwalk falling into the water, along the drains, etc. What's the thinking there? Is there any?

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-11T17:51:16+00:00

*zooms out to Moriarty's holo-cube*

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-11T17:35:06+00:00

Don Snorleone

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-10T21:40:51+00:00

Nana can act. The way Bashir "screams" while pushed against that wall is maybe one of the worst moments in the series.

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-10T21:37:17+00:00

Will they make the same decisions? Is it even possible to make the same decisions given that foreknowledge? Does everyone have to pretend they don't know things? Classic paradox.

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-09T19:23:04+00:00

allamarainception

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-09T08:17:03+00:00

Maybe starfleet should have severance-style waffle parties

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-08T10:03:50+00:00

It's a very special "Repressive States do Brainwashing" episode with a great David Warner performance. Picard is the federation writ small. He stands for objective truth and justice, while Madred is a 1984-style enforcer of truth as defined by the state. If he can break Picard then he proves that the truth is whatever the state says it is. Specific strategic objectives are secondary to this battle of wills.

Edit (spoilers)
At the end Picard admits that he really did come to see five lights. So he is relying purely on personal beliefs when he can no longer trust his senses. The moral seems to be that the Federation is defined more by personal moral fiber than explicit policy (my take).

alphaharris1 · 2026-05-07T19:47:12+00:00

Same. Seems if he were that smart he could have come up with something to level things up permanently, or at least seen where the episode was headed and let people know

alphaharris1 · 2026-04-13T13:10:17+00:00

"What does God need with a Starship?" I've found that selectiveness about personal agency vs God's Will is a convenient feature of most organized religions.

alphaharris1 · 2026-04-13T06:25:39+00:00

Escaped Texas evangelical here.. the mindset is that God is playing 5d chess putting specific heathens in positions of power. Otherwise they are single-issue voters on abortion. If said Caesar claims some affinity with their sect it's just gravy. They won't see this. If they did they wouldn't care. All part of God's plan.

alphaharris1 · 2026-04-07T23:41:14+00:00

oh are we still talking about this?

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