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A loud-ener?

It’s the same behavior as an abusive partner: do what I want you to do or I take away what you like.

I don’t negotiate with terrorists, so my main email is now with a better provider. Gmail is my spam account now.

May I humbly suggest a Gmail alternative? Gmail punishes you for disabling their AI striking by removing longstanding features that add value. My Gmail is my spam catcher now that I switched to Proton Mail

I have a very different take - like my annoyance that the “small” Land Cruiser has a longer wheelbase than the big 300 Series.

I’ve loved Land Cruiser for decades, the 250 series just makes my soul hurt.

Hundreds of millions spent each year on marketing & market manipulation, a pattern going back before you were born.
Heinz has been able to set themselves as the baseline that every product is compared to. Most of us never had a chance to form our own opinion. Monocultures make preferences difficult.

Or have the whole of Congress sequestered like a Jury until they figure it out. No calls, no contact with the outside world. You sleep on your office floor until you learn to get along.

Nope. This is why DS9 is so good: it explored a lot more morally gray topics than TNG and TOS.

This would be relevant if corn could vote.

I'm pretty sure we stopped accepting that excuse at Nuremburg.

Why does it have the stance of a startled cat?

If the options are "Embrace the Far Right or die" I don't suggest the Right hold its collective breath waiting for that hug.

"The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons." - Cosmo, "Sneakers" (1992)

It's Utah, maybe rub some essential oils on it?

Well, if the government this country elected wasn't run by grifters following a demented sociopath...

Can't wait for the counter-suit.

And TNG, Barkley, LaForge, and even Riker ended up in kind of unhealthy relationships with holograms.

To quote Guy, “Did any of you even *watch* the show?!”