Doug [he/him] @ Doug @midwest.social

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You are technically correct

The best kind of correct

I would think it would be calling yourself a professional vampire

So more Gmail than G+

Might Bluesky be doing the same?

This is inaccurate

Some of us aren't under 40

In fairness, Gmail had a similar invite system when it launched and that's been way more successful than G+

Just switch to talking Tamarian immediately.

Kiteo, his eyes closed

TNG season one is like beautiful scenery along a terrible road. At times you wonder why you're driving down it but then you remember.

Season two they switch to a gravel road. It's still not the best experience but it's easier to watch what you came to see.

By season three the road has gotten smooth but you wouldn't have the same appreciation if you'd just turned on to the road then.

Better get a tie breaker from the knees

Interesting choice given the way that's been shifting slowly back to the more accurate form in the past however many years.

If colloquial usage did trump all, irregardless would've been acknowledged as a correct word well before I was born. It may be the driving force but it's hardly the only, or even constantly deciding, factor

Frodo ate a Nazgûl?

We can read the same words and take something different from them. That reads to me like he was able to pretty easily dismiss the temptation. Maybe he would've been tempted like Boromir was, maybe he would've had the resolve of Frodo, maybe he could've held it for much longer like Bilbo.

His Hobbit-sense saved him there. The only one who can tell us with certainly where it lies in relation to Frodo is no longer able to.

We're clearly not going to agree here. Plenty of people would rather be made aware of their mistakes and that's no less valid than your point of view. Personally I would rather avoid potential misunderstandings than deal with them after the fact. I'm not the only one who feels that way.

Just because you understand someone well enough to correct them doesn't mean everyone else will

Just because you understand them well enough today doesn't mean you will tomorrow

We should all be striving to be better than we are, not breeding resentment from contentment

Oh I'm not directing to complaint at you at all. Apologies if it sounded that way

Mr. Fragile Ego here may be one of the only people a "slam" might matter to.

It still almost certainly doesn't and it would be nice if the word stopped being such a mainstay of headlines

I've got three monitors and a few other PCs that are all interconnected so I can mouse off one on to another.

I just turn my chair

Like when Kirk et al left the galaxy but it's going to take Voyager decades to get back from another quadrant.

We could go on about just Voyager honestly.

Stardates.

The Warp Speed Limit appears to have just been dropped.

Pretty sure Kirk also broke warp 10 before and no one turned in to a lizard.

Star Trek has plenty of inconsistency too, these are just some examples.

It sounds more like you're unhappy someone is criticizing a thing you like. We like it too. Sometimes we do it so someone who is writing can recognize a problem and improve. Sometimes we do it because it's fun. Like Weird Al parodying a song you like.

Is it Star Wars fans complaining about Troi? I always figured it was Star Trek fans. Then again I never understood why there was a divide or why you have to be one or the other?

Even so empathy is the thing that Troi is supposed to excel at. She's the counselor presumably because she's an empath.

Vader, on the other hand is a capable warrior, commands the dark side of the force, is a legendary pilot, leads troops, and senses other force users. At this point neither Luke nor Vader is aware of Leia's sensitivity to the force.

This seems like the equivalent of the Flash being bad at running then saying Superman isn't very fast either.

I've got no problem criticizing Star Wars. There's plenty to over. But this isn't really a good comparison.

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