Dharma Curious @ DharmaCurious @startrek.website

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Well fuck. Is America about to invade America? I don't know how much more freedom I can take.

To my knowledge the federation is completely post monetary. But, we do see individual people who in it that use money. Riker mentioned a few times owing debts or being owed debts from card games and the like, iirc. I think it's largely a personal choice, as money is unnecessary in their society. Nothing that matters has a monetary cost, like shelter, food, etc. And luxuries within the federation itself seem to also be free at the point of use, but I think there is some kind of credit system in use. Sisko mentions using up a months worth of transporter credits to come home for dinner during his time at the academy, if I'm remembering right.

Given the whole schtick of being a post capitalist, but not quite fully communist, society that the franchise has, combined with my personal knowledge of various socialist ideas around transitionary societies, my best guess is that they function off a form of labor voucher. Non transferable credits to be used for whatever goods are restricted or scarce. But with some kind of loophole around the transferability when it comes to dealing with non federation members who still use money.

Sing it with me now, folks: 🎶... o'er the laaaaaaand of the freeeee🎶

I need more information about your culture, if you're willing. Are you in a western country? Are you actually in danger of being buried in salt? Is salt burial common in your country? In your religion? Is it a legal practice? I have so many questions, and if you're open to answering them, you'd make me very happy. Lol. But if not, I understand.

Make the jump, my friend. I did it. This was my reddit name, but I've slowly madethis my name basically everywhere, and it's so nice not having to remember usernames.

Oh, God, the track titles.

Reminds me of Ferengi. I've used the word, obviously, but I have such a strong association of the word with the way the Ferengi on star trek say it, that even when talking about plumbing or electrical sockets, I feel sort of gross saying the word. It just feels disrespectful. :/

You're a good person. Thank you.

If you get one, will you ping me? Lol

Exactly. I found it, she sold it. We flipped s lot of cool stuff, including a vintage chester Cheeto sign, a Budweiser mirror from a bar. Bunch of stuff.

"tramp art"

My mom sold on eBay in the early 2000s. Spent my formative years in thrift shops. Found a small balsa wood merry go round that had a fan at the top. Burn a candle, blades spun, horses went around. It was hand made, and she sold it for like 500 dollars. We paid a buck for it.

Just wait until my father hears about this! Now I'm going home in my 1998 Toyota corola. I only drive it because my parents are trying to teach me what it's like to be one of the poor. They're quite wealthy, you see.

Easy veggie soup with brown rice. Take desired vegetables (I like yellow squash, zucchini, celery, potatoes, carrots, onion, garlic), chop roughly, add to instant pot, cover with water, pressure cook on high for 10 minutes. When done, spice it to taste now that you can actually tell the flavor. Use slotted spoon/spider to remove veggies, set to side. Extract 4 cups of the broth, add it to rice maker with 2 cups of brown rice. While your rice cooks, put half of the veggies in a blender, blend until smooth. Add remaining veggies back to the pot with the blended veggies. Stir in some sour cream to make it creamy. Serve it over the rice.

Can also skip the rice, use corn starch to thicken a bit, and serve it with pimento cheese and crackers. Sub brown rice for wild rice. Throw in some chicken. Use different veggies. Triple the potatoes instead of other thickening methods. Possibilities are virtually endless. It's a different soup each time, which helps with variety. Excellent recipe if you grow squash, because them suckers are prolific.

Easy tacos:

Half a pound ground beef, large can of Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies. Cook and drain the beef, add tomatoes and heat. Place corn tortillas (real ones, not those yellow "taco shells") in a lightly greased skillet and cook on one side for 30 seconds. Flip tortilla, add cheese of choice (sharp cheddar, various supermarket "queso," I prefer Oaxaca), cook another 30 seconds. Add to plate, spoonful of the meat/tomato mix. On the side, spoonful of sour cream with smoky hot sauce mixed in. Putting it on the sides prevents it from cooking off your taco too much. Dip and enjoy.

I read this at first as an ingredient list,band I was so concerned for your health and stability. Lol.

That tree has seen some shit, man.

That's amazing! Honestly, as someone who struggles with weight, I understand how difficult that kind of task can be. Congratulations, and I am proud of you, internet stranger. Keep it up!

And I'm in the hilliest part of TN, sadly. I live on a road that has about 400 feet of flat enough ground for me to ride on, but luckily it's just us out here, and one neighbor who has a visitor/leaves maybe twice a week, so I get to ride there 400 feet (120 meters in new money, if you're so inclined) fairly embarrassment free, which is nice. But but unfortunately, the head of my road links up with a main thoroughfare that brings traffic from the nearest city for people coming from/going to work and such. Apart from that, there's a bike trail that I use sometimes, but it's only about 3 times the distance I can ride before I have to get off the bike. I'm hoping to build up to the hills, but to be honest with ya, I'm just not up to even minor hills yet. :/ I'd like to get a stationary bike to help build up to that in an embarrassment free environment. I'm super self conscious being the fat guy out there huffing and puffing because of a 4 foot incline. :/

Free perhaps, not really local. I love an hour from the nearest city. Lol.

I do have a bike... but it's more reserved for riding up and down my own road for weight loss purposes. My county is rural, and does not have side walks or bike lanes, and the nearest store to me 15 miles. I am not capable of making of that ride, even if it were safe to do so.

But in principle, I fully agree. Fuck cars, fuck car culture, and fuck the governments for not doing more to make bikes a feasible option.

Actually it's super easy.

Step 1: be poor

Step 2: come to terms that you don't have, and likely will never have, enough disposable no income to afford 50 dollar tickets to a concert

Bonus optional step 3: be poor enough that you'll be unlikely to live in a city where musicians will come, even if you found some money. Then you definitely won't have gas money to drive there and see them. :)

It's fool proof.

Because they're grown now, and have asked star fleet not to use their image in any promotional material. They're still salty about being abandoned.

Where do I find these dime sized rubies for 20 bucks?