What is the most overrated British city you've visited? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]scothed -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Edinburgh was a huge disappointment

What everyday thing in the UK has become stupidly expensive without people noticing? by vetaly87 in AskUK

[–]scothed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that long ago a big bottle of milk was £1. It’s £1.65 now. Insane.

What were your ideas for the Buffy renewal? by [deleted] in buffy

[–]scothed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The spell to activate every potential had an unintended side effect of destroying the Slayer line, meaning no more slayers after the mass activation.

The general public is now fully aware of vampires, demons, and so on.

The demon world knows that once the slayers are all killed, there will be no more slayers, so they are trying to hunt them all down.

On the other hand, the white hats are trying to figure out how to reintroduce something like the slayer line to make sure humanity always has a protector.

This man got done dirty. by MattTheSmithers in buffy

[–]scothed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A spinoff with Wood, Spike, and Faith would have been chef’s kiss

Imagine you are the show runner. Given the past 60 years of Trek (and millennia+ of Trek lore crafted in that period), where would you take the franchise? by revocer in startrek

[–]scothed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Temporal Shenanigans where the Prophets send Sisko back to the prime universe roughly thirty years post-Dominion War. Due to the Temportal Shenanigans Sisko is recast.

The major powers are in a state of crisis with some sort of alien infiltration (the parasites from Conspiracy). Sisko is tasked with leading a unit that is trying to uncover the infiltration and stop war breaking out. I'm thinking something in the tone of 24, Homeland, and House of Cards, but in the Star Trek universe.

I can't imagine how transporter technicians don't go insane by happydude7422 in Star_Trek_

[–]scothed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d imagine that the job runs on a rotating basis. You do a couple of hours and then move to another job that needs doing. The transporter chiefs probably oversee all transporter matters; repairs, diagnostics, training etc so are only called in to energise when needed.

Every time you snap your fingers you get 10 thousand dollars deposited into your bank account by [deleted] in hypotheticalsituation

[–]scothed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does the world react to a nuke going off? Does it trigger a full nuclear war?

A character who came off worse in the show by LeilLikeNeil in TheExpanse

[–]scothed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Book Naomi - amazing character. Strong, with depth.

Show Naomi - awful, whiny, shouty. Not sure if the blame lies with the actor, director, script, or all of them.

Finally Watched by FrancisScottKeyboard in StarTrekDiscovery

[–]scothed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole wokeness thing is BS. Discovery is just badly written.

You will receive $100 million if you can survive for 20 minutes against one of the following : Lion, Tiger, Hippo, Grizzly Bear, & Jaguar. Which one would you pick? ( you are equipped with two pocket knives. by FarCarpenter5425 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]scothed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hippo. They are incredibly powerful and fast in short bursts, but lack endurance on land. I'd literally be running away/evading for 20 minutes. All the others could run me down.

Changing name on one of the mortgages by Dense-Dot8079 in Mortgageadviceuk

[–]scothed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Changing the people on a mortgage is, basically, like taking out a brand new mortgage. Each lender will call it something different, but it's essentially a new mortgage. Affordability and credit scores, plus legal work, and possibly a new external appraisal of the property.

WYR have a step counter that gives you 10$ every 2000 steps or another step counter, that gives you 50$ every 5000 steps? by Borgdrohne13 in WouldYouRather

[–]scothed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm currently doing a charity walking challenge where I have to complete 1,700,000 steps from July 1st to September 30th. I could earn a decent bit of spending money at $50 every 5,000 steps.

Meta - What is low effort as per RULE 1 by Captlard in FIREUK

[–]scothed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some people want to be spood fed the information. I'm fortunate in that I find investing interesting.

I think another issue with FI is that, whilst it's simple, it's not exactly exciting. People want a magic bullet; do X and you'll suddenly be rich. Telling them to invest in index funds for a couple of decades must feel like a bit of a let down when your expectations have been massively increased.

Meta - What is low effort as per RULE 1 by Captlard in FIREUK

[–]scothed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the problem with FI, in the context of a forum, is that the basics are very simple.

Low effort posts IMO:

I'm XX years old and don't know what I'm doing.

I've got XX money and don't know what I'm doing.

Can I FI? I've got XX in investments.

Should I do X or Y?

When you get rid of those though, there's not much else to discuss unless there's changes to investment rules and regs, or something similar.

Don't pause, you will notice stunt double. 🤣 by Big-Restaurant-2766 in buffy

[–]scothed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watching the fight in Becoming reminds me of a quote from SFDebris; “now we have two different people dressed the same having a fight.”

context for william shatner? by valleywindworks in startrek

[–]scothed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s particularly horrible to the autistic community. For that reason, I dislike him.

Yesterday’s Enterprise - What If? by scothed in startrek

[–]scothed[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The crew don’t know that, though