I was going to say that this idea doesn’t fit in with the lore at all. But when I think about how a lot of Trek tech has hilariously bad failure modes built in (e.g. transporter malfunctions, rogue holodeck programs, consoles that double as fireworks storage lockers, flame-throwers on the bridge), accidentally cooking crew-members insides for want of perpetually hot coffee is weirdly on brand here.
So much so, that everyone in Season 3 basically forgot that Season 2 … happened at all.
And Prodigy.
More likely: “Bridge Crew”
The best take on Black Flag I ever read was something like: “It’s a great game, except for all the Assassin’s Creed parts.”
I thought she assimil-eight nine?
Ah yes, that brief moment of cold panic where you sincerely contemplate being deathly ill but still able to do something about it… right before your memory kicks in.
Dry, salty, black olives. Best paired with a light beer and a blazing-hot summer day.
Pickled jalapenos are just fantastic. Hot, sour, flavorful, and just versatile at ‘waking up’ all kinds of food.
Capers are great on all kinds of savory dishes where you want a little salt and sourness, but other pickles would just be overkill.
Canned black olives belong on pizza, and the occasional loaded nacho plate. They’re kind of awful in other applications.
As for the classic dill pickle, ever had one in Dr. Pepper?
Yup. Learned that one back in the 3rd grade. This stuff is hard if you’re not experienced enough to know how people work.
On the upside, I learned that one cannot buy their way into other’s good graces, especially if they’re going to require you to modify your behavior to get there; they’re lying and that was never the issue. On the downside: holy shit that hurts once it goes wrong the first time.
As an adult I can also appreciate that there are situations where you can “buy your way in” to a club or status of some sort. IMO, those situations are generally not worth it to begin with, requiring an never-ending stream of cash to keep up appearances. Plus, it surrounds you with other people that also believe, and are invested, in the program. It’s a recipe for elitism at best, and a big 'ol grift at worst. Better friends and relationships can be had for $0 everywhere else.
I was introduced to flyweight RPGs a few years back and I absolutely love what they can do in the hands of a creative group.
Roll for Shoes is about as minimal as it gets. You will need one D6, and something to track player inventory. The game world is best started by the GM in the abstract, letting the players fill in the world’s details through creative use of questions that prompt die rolls. This is fantastic for players that want to stretch their improv skills.
Lasers & Feelings has a tad more structure. Everyone has exactly one stat that sits on a spectrum of “lasers” to “feelings”. The difficulty of challenges in the game sit on the same spectrum. Depending on the nature of the challenge and what the player’s stat is, a single D6 roll decides the outcome. Everything else is role-playing in what is encouraged to be a Trek-like setting.
In my experience, Roll for Shoes usually turns into a cartoon-esque “let’s see what else is in my backpack” affair, that usually ends with everything on fire (because of course it does). Lasers & Feelings typically devolves into Lower Decks. All of these are positives in my book - I’d play again in a heartbeat.
It’s sister setting, Earthdawn, also had a lot going for it on top of the typical D&D formula. Weaving, instead of casting magic, was a much more involved process for the player/character which did a lot to ground such awesome power. At the same time, fighters of all stripes were also more or less magic users, which unified the whole rule system in a nice way. The setting itself was a fantasy post-apocalypse, troubled by evil horrors that dominated the landscape in the centuries before. In fact, much of the lore was intertwined with how people survived those times.
And like Shadowrun, there were lots of dice thanks to the “step table” system. It could be a huge PITA to sum all the rolls on high steps, but then when else do you get to roll entire fists full of dice all at once?
Whoa, you are not kidding. The toilet is powered (not so unusual for bidet toilets), but it looks like there’s no mechanical override. Just a ‘remote’ control panel with a flush button (among many other features). That I’m sure is hygienic.
The video is about how to bluetooth pair the remote to the toilet. There are so many points of possible failure here, I can’t even.
Opportunities are actually abundant. The problem, as I see it, is a lack of time, money, motivation, and energy, to seize almost all of them. Plus, not all such ideas and openings are on the level - some are just plain illegal. Also, I’m unwilling to completely upend my life just to run a business, take on huge risks at the peril of poverty, or risk prison to make a buck.
Edit: Also, ethics. There’s a lot of unethical opportunities out there.
You mean: Saving the Gundam franchise while milking Otaku wallets, since 1979.
I know exactly why, but I’ll say it anyway: Witcher 3 vibes. I bet the camping out there is incredible.
Exactly. The GOP is a big (circus) tent.
This is true. I loved Ghosts, The Good Place is peak for a bunch of reasons, I’ve heard great things about Ted Lasso, The Great British Bake-off is always wholesome, and so on. That said, I think the feel-good offerings are far outweighed by the sheer volume of new/current stuff on Crunchyroll right now. Plus the syndicated Anime content on the main streaming platforms are also pretty stacked.
Hot take: Most of Anime right now is far removed from the remaining unpalatable options these days. Every time I look at what’s on offer for live-action streaming, it’s either “reality TV” garbage, or some post-apocalyptic hellscape filled with graphic violence and PTSD inducing plot points. And it’s been like this for years at this point.
Meanwhile, even the most violent Anime on offer has the make-believe veneer of animation over it, which is enough for a lot of us to not get triggered. The rest is either thought-provoking, a good feels-trip, or just slice-of-life stuff. It’s nice.
Actual belly laughs here. Bravo. I give it a, very rare, -0/5.
That’s easy. It’s more dull here, and there’s less lock-in.
No, really. Social media without the dopamine-pump-style algorithm behind it is far less stimulating. Meanwhile, the Federation model itself allows us to abandon nodes that are co-opted by bad actors. So there’s always somewhere else to go with all your favorite stuff when things go sour.