Jaytreeman

Srsly Wrong’s latest podcast talked a lot about how oil companies funded grassroots pro oil campaigns and then linked it to our larger culture and how we can’t trust anyone anymore.

I never thought I’d be able to say not trusting each other is big oils fault, but here we are

Will they fight the suljuks?

Every interaction with you so far has been very pleasant. Keep up the good fight. I look forward to our next one

Umm are we friends now?

Wait for the last season. It’s kind of awesome what they did with everything. Big and small come together in pretty great ways

Katara had an entire character arc where she flipped gender roles.
She was also an active participant in the action rather than a passive emotional anchor

My thought too. It’s amazing how having a professional makeup artist can turn an average into a stunner.

Who was ugly in previous star treks? Green bikini woman?

I watched TNG with my daughter. Every time there was a trans episode we felt a little cringe. Expecting a show from the early 90s to have horrible takes, but every time, they did well. Our cringe was misplaced

It’s just eugenics.
Hot take: the philosophy behind eugenics isn’t bad.
Real life take: it’s impossible to implement without increasing inequality

So yes, I think the federation was right to do that. One of the things they show is that all these cultures are different, but the individual is largely the same. Humans aren’t much different from Vulcans, Klingons or ferengi.

But that’s also why this is good sci-fi. Because it’s supposed to make us think about issues that aren’t black and white.

‘it appears that we’ve lost all sexual attraction’