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Blasters and turbolasers being about as fast as a thrown stone is another ridiculous point. They have "slugthrowers", they know about solid projectiles, and thanks to ewoks we know that stormtrooper armor ain't shit against rocks and sharp stocks. Presumably the entire galaxy, other than Tuskens and sometimes Mandalorians, decided that carrying ammo around wasn't worth it. Whatever, it kind of makes sense for small arms.

But space! Use one of those hyperspace drives to launch a modest plasteel rod at relativistic speed from the absolute edge of sensor range. No need to get anywhere near the turbolaser batteries. Small ships should be for boarding/anti-boarding exclusively.

Maybe the problem is that everyone in Star Wars is super racist. We know that druids are a slave class of sapient beings with no rights and we know that Tuskens are feared and/or reviled by most that know of them. So maybe nobody wants to benefit from working guns or computer minds because of the association.

That's a strange thing to fixate on considering it's absolute nonsense. They work because they look cool as hell but nothing about them makes sense in a logistical way.

Why are the defense batteries manually aimed? Why are capital ships engaging from within visible range? Why do they only do the lightspeed-suicide maneuver one time when it's clearly the perfect weapon in space? Why do they fly like they're moving through air?

Green burial. No preservatives, no permanent structures, just natural decay and completing the circle of life. Don't pickle me for a funeral just get me in the ground asap.

Yes please performance class tiered licensing.

Too many M states, shoulda diversified.

The actual laws also don't seem to matter, in all fairness.

To be fair, we sorta knew it was possible because birds. I think it's more impressive when we don't know what can happen, like breaking the sound barrier or putting people in space.

I don't need ignorance to feel wonder. I think things are cooler when I can marvel at the complex mechanics behind it all.

We keep living next to rivers because reliable water is the single most important consideration. Flooding happens. Most parts of the world independently developed sun and moon worship as well, and name colors in roughly the same order.

Remote start of any kind is a luxury and it's wild to me that someone would defend internet car controls as any way important or even desirable. That's what I'm talking about. Physical keys work totally fine and add like two seconds of time to the process.

It's a good thing we invented remote start at the same time as the car itself, I can't imagine the horror of only operating a motor vehicle I'm next to (let alone touching)

They have to believe in meritocracy, that wealth isn't intrinsically tied to exploitation and a long history of classism.

I live on top of a hill that drains directly into the ocean. If my house floods I have different problems.

I also won't live on the side of hills without a very clear understanding of the local watershed, soil stability, nearby land rights... I took a lot of Earth science classes and honestly it's kinda traumatizing to peek behind the curtain. Shit is fucked.

We don't respect rivers enough. I would never live in a floodplain.

Some of us never left.

Our whole-ass society is structured around Christian norms. Holidays, liquor laws, businesses closing on Sunday, loads of idioms and turns-of-phrase, it is pervasive and so normalized that any deviance is seen as shocking. (At least we aren't one of the countries where heresy is still an actual crime)

Dude's a Christian Zionist.

Or. Or. And hear me out on this: participate in society.

Off power grid maybe, imagine the nightmare of urban well-digging or apartment septic tanks.

What, and take any responsibility for the Commons?