Miles O'Brien

Damn, that bait is so obvious, a newborn fish just looked at me like I was crazy for thinking it would fall for it.

The planet will be just fine. I’d wager that life will continue, the earth will still be filled with living creatures for a long time to come.

It just won’t include us. Or most of the things we care about.

It’s very much the “you’re locked in here with me” moment.

It’s been a bit concerning seeing all the people just giddy with the prospect of millions of people dying from internal issues, either idiotically not understanding or simply being too naive, that when an animal dies, it doesn’t go quietly. Especially not when it senses the cause of its death is near.

And I believe enough people will view the rest of the world as the cause, I genuinely think if it came down to losing control permanently or causing the literal end of the world by launching as many nuclear and conventional strikes as possible before death takes them.

Personally, I don’t relish the downfall of any major country, and despite other countries issues I’d rather see them overthrow their tyrannical governments than grab popcorn and cheer as they crumble to civil wars and starvation. That just seems a bit too close to being “arch villain from a cartoon” for my taste.

I’d really like to see the Cure For Fascism being used here in my own country, but unfortunately “be the change you want to see in the world” just leaves a dead crazed lone gunman in the street. Organization will be needed.

I absolutely like pests!

I like them to stay out of my house, mostly.

But you know, all the other stuff that helps keep us alive is a big bonus, too.

Damn, I’ve heard jokes about quebecios being snobby with their French but that seems excessive.

Which makes it all the more hilarious that the French people I know have joked about Quebec speaking “garbage French”

Ooh, yeah this is also a good one.

Any politician that speaks in favor of going to war is given front-line duty regardless of how they vote.

Again, if you’re going to demand it, you’re going to DO it. That means people who use their influence to sway others are also going to do it, even if they’re cowards behind a voting booth.

Planes over Toblerone?

Serious answer: not sure but I’d guess “bumps ahead” or something like that.

Every time. They’re well aware of my stance on war.

To go to war, every adult must vote yes or no. The yes vote is immediately signed up for military service, no exceptions given outside of life-threatening conditions. Everyone can do something even if it’s just logistics.

No votes go about their business as usual.

And of course, there will be people who for one reason or another, legitimate or not, can’t leave the general areas they live in. They can be national guard and show up to work the fields every day, ensuring wartime food supplies.

It may sound harsh, but unless you’re willing to get down in the shit yourself, you have no business demanding someone else do it for you.

Can’t wait for my in-laws to go on about how we NEED to invade them “for national security”

I use my cell data in my bedroom because it’s more stable than my router connection. I wish I had control of the router, but it’s not my house. I’d just move the router to a more centralized location instead of the farthest corner.

Back before I moved, I kept the router at one of the reduced power modes it had built in(can’t remember the exact settings) since the room it sat in was the best room for signal distribution, you still got full signal anywhere you went.

I need a cut of the movie that inserts a saber activation sound and flash, followed by the credits rolling.

Not great.

Last night my house flooded and I’m still cleaning up water and nasty shit. Everything smells like piss.

It triggered a fight over the fact that I still don’t have a full time job despite months of looking, and we are stuck in this place until I find something better than 3rd party labor.

My vehicle is leaking gasoline while running and the shocks are fucked but I can’t afford to fix it. My wife’s vehicle needs transmission work.

Also… gestures wildly around the US

Depression is a bitch and I don’t have insurance to go to a therapist or get my broken tooth fixed.

So yeah. Not great.

I’ve gotten “I don’t care” as a response too many times when I present facts and studies.

Education and understanding means fuckall when the person has no interest in understanding, especially when their entire worldview depends on them not understanding.

See, personally I assumed that’s why it was in the “unethical” life pro tips, but the ethicallity of cutting off vulnerable minds to fascist propaganda rounds it up to “ethical”, in my opinion.

Well, I know what other video I’m never watching.

And people wonder why I don’t like being around any vehicle that carries things…

I paid 1k for my shitty pickup in 2018, it’s in worse condition than when I got it, and about 100,000 more miles on it.

It’s supposedly worth 3500 now. It needs about $300 worth in parts alone to get it into what I would consider a condition worth buying.

I don’t understand.

If it’s what I’m thinking of, camera footage of a vehicle interior.

Driving down the highway, going under an overpass when a brick gets tossed by some kids and goes through the window.

Passenger hit, husband is driving and screams.

You know that scream they mention in The Princess Bride? That “only someone experiencing ultimate suffering” can make?

If you know, you know.

They like complaining and “being right” is more important to them than being helpful. Whether they are right or not is immaterial to the facts. Whatever the issue is they just need to be seen being right about it.

Incidentally that’s a common trait among narcissists.

Well, when the people in charge make abiding by laws means you sit quietly waiting to die, protesting is illegal, dissent is illegal, and even having a negative opinion of them is grounds for being mentally unfit, well there’s not much you can do inside the confines of their laws.

Laws are not inherently moral or just. They will have to be broken, and by many MANY people. As my dad used to say " ‘you can have my guns when you pry them from my cold dead hands’ just leaves you a crazy lone gunman dead in the street" he was just making fun of movies when he said it, but to me it’s a call to organize.