semisimian

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[–] semisimian@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the secret, and it's how they keep it hush hush: they don't take dollars, only shoes. Shoes for the wealthy is like Tide pods for the incarcerated: underground currency. It's more difficult to hide a shoe in your prison-pocket, but I think the wealthy have people for that.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 17 points 3 weeks ago

We just got a set for my son for his birthday. He likes the routine. We have a drip coffee procedure for us parents and I think he likes having his own thing. That said, he was disappointed in the set. The whisk doesn't work as well as the electric one we have for frothing milk. The cups aren't exactly his cup of tea, all puns intended. Etc.

I think it was important that he got the set so he could learn what he likes and doesn't like about the process. Lord knows we've gone through a dozen coffee gimmicks over the years trying to find the best brew. That is our experience. Good luck and have fun; it really is about the simple pleasures.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago

From monticello.org

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

This statement has not been found in Thomas Jefferson's writings, although it captures some of the ideas that Jefferson expressed in the Declaration of Independence, e.g. "...when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government..."

  • Anna Berkes, 4/11/13

First attribution of the above quote was 2006. I like the "tyranny" substitution.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

Ho ho ho, future Santa checking in. Mrs Claus is a hair stylist, so we have some insight into what I'm going to need when the days grow short and the beard (hopefully) grows long.

The biggest thing is: full beards take time. And not just time to grow the length, but time (years) for your face to mature and get those hair follicles in the Christmas spirit. There's really not much you can do if the fullness isn't coming in yet but wait. I'm in this phase now. It's hormones. What are we going to do? Not drugs, not Rogaine: not going to help. Take care of what you got.

But you mentioned you DO have a beard, so maybe you have the stellar volume you need to be St Nick, just not the length. Short answer, skin care IS beard care. Get a good skin care regimen that works for your face and your beard will fall in line. You've signed up for an everyday commitment to becoming a touchable beard, and they WILL ALL touch it. Toddlers to Grannies, especially, Grannies.

You have the beard! Now you need the color. This depends on your hair color and how your hair accepts color, so you really should go to a professional. If you want to be a paid, real-beard Santa, a good color job will be the LEAST of your expenses and it will pay off on day one.

Being a good Santa is being a good person. It really is just that. But there is a physical barrier that is conforming to the Coca-Cola ideal of Santa, which is the tutorial I just provided for the BEARD ONLY!

I wish you well and I hope you enjoy bringing hope, magic and love into the hearts of children.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I just started a TNG rewatch last night after finishing DS9. Worf looks so weird.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 31 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Well, that's one area you definitely don't want dandelions growing.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

"Wow, three whole openings!"

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a total flip of the intention of the source material, but in this moment (in the film) it reads in the character's voice. I think this is a good message buried in a questionable meme, unless I'm missing something. I'm old, so i used to be meta, but then they changed what meta was, and now what is meta is strange and scary to me.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're related, those incestuous, chinless WASPs. Brother takes sister to a formal dance and stops by the pharmacy to get a malt and let Dad get a whiff of sister's corsage. Keep it in the family!

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

They do, and as a Canadian, they should know that fellow Canadian John Hopps invented the 1st pacemaker. He's even considered the father of biomedical engineering. I dug through trying to find out if he coined the term "heartpacer," no such luck. It sounds like a Dutch translation to me.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 24 points 1 month ago

I am outside of the loop and I appreciate your break-down. I am all for paying for useful services, but I have such a backlog of media that I need to watch, I don't benefit from Trakt. I like a paid business model, though

We should all question a "free" app that lets us spend 1 or 2 or 8 hours a day on their platform. We've gotten greedy, thinking that everything should be personal data or advertiser supported. It stinks that Trakt is cutting features while raising prices, all for a pretty simple service, but I think subscription services that protect your privacy are worth funding.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

That's the part of The Hulk we are all just told to ignore.

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