Miles O'Brien

Evolution (2001) is an objectively bad movie.

It is also one of my all time favorites because it’s fun and doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Schindler’s List is an objectively good movie. It is decidedly not fun.

The “I’m doing the thing you’re doing but throwing it back at you” and “thanks or whatever” definitely is.

I’m cool with people snitching on someone pouring greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.

They’re being helpful and assuming you may genuinely not know the word, and are giving you the correct version for the context.

Getting defensive isn’t necessary.

Moth needs to stop runningaway when I try to let it outside, I just want to help but I can’t help if I can’t catch it.

the “optimal” economic path during climate change

The optimal solution is to spend as much as you can into preventing climate change, because a dead planet has no economy. No customers = no income, no profit, no business.

But that requires looking past the next quarter.

Also I’m convinced economics “professionals” have all figured out that the whole system is bullshit that gets made up on a day to day basis by people who inherited their wealth, and just want to gift along with it. “I know it’s bullshit but they’re giving me money, so…”

The only things that assume infinite growth are viruses and parasites.

And the best part is, you don’t have to try choosing the right one!

Just slap it all on, and each republican will happily pick the one they like best and cling to it, while dismissing everything else as immaterial to whatever discussion they are in.

See also: single issue voters.

Quark, you’ve been warned a hundred times about discussing human hunting techniques with menagerie owners.

Don’t make me get Odo.

… “FeEmAlEs”… you ferengi sure know how to raise 'em…

crazy journalistic cowardice

That’s all we’ve been seeing since the first time Ajent Ornj was in office.

And now that they know he has no problem arresting journalists who he doesn’t like, it’s even worse.

All the people in charge who could do something about it are showing they are excellent at two things: placating the masses, and kissing a dictators ass.

Too many normal people are just barely making it by and don’t want to lose what little they have by taking a stand, especially when they might be standing alone.

Well as long as no one tries to convince me there are more than four lights…

should be impeached

Impeached and then executed for treason.

I started running games for my wife and her niblings, and the oldest boy is getting into that “I’m such a rebel” phase where they think they’re bad ass for taking slightly longer to do a chore than needed and say “no” the first time you ask them to do something.

He thought it was hilarious to have a character that refused to join the rest of the group, so I said “okay, you can stay at the inn if you want” and then proceeded to intentionally ignore anything he was saying or doing, leaving him out of rolls, and never addressing him.

He’s 12 and started literally crying to his mother about how we’re all being mean to him. Apparently “he had the opportunity to participate and chose not to” wasn’t a good enough response to his mother. I stand by my choice. Although my wife managed to convince me to let him “rejoin” at the next town/session.

He doesn’t pull that shit anymore though, when he’s playing he’s playing or he gets shut out again.

Genuine question to anyone reading: does that make me a bad DM? If so, suggestions on how to handle it?

Might restart it

Or don’t give them money, and go sailing instead.