Senior Chief Petty Officer. Starfleet is in my blood, and I’ve spent my entire adult life in service to boldly going.

Keiko and Molly are my favorite humans, but Transporter Room 3 will always be my favorite.

Just don’t ask who what’s in the pattern buffer.

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  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    8 hours ago

    Every argument I have ever heard boils down to “in my specific use-case because of X Y Z and Purple, all the benefits of wired are irrelevant” and the people espousing such opinions don’t at all take into consideration that other people exists and their specific use-case is not at all widely experienced.

    “My tinnitus means I can’t distinguish high tones well” okay buddy, but how many other people enjoy distinct highs?

    “I move around too much so Bluetooth is the only practical solution” okay my friend, but many people either don’t have that problem, or they’ve found a solution.




  • Meijer doesn’t sell anymore, and Walmart went to shotguns only around me.

    matches are genuinely inclusive, and homo-/transphobes are not welcome.

    This is important to me. I am CIS white guy, but too often when someone is wearing shit like “fuck your feelings/let’s go Brandon” and “your body my choice” and nobody says anything, but the moment you speak up you get shit for “starting something” and “making a scene” and of course good luck reminding that crowd what happens when someone like THEM makes a scene, people end up dead.

    Yeah, those $500+ classes don’t bother me with their time investment but holy shit I guess it’s just too expensive to help people… My account has under 400 until I can find a new job that doesn’t have so much down time between contracts…

    I would happily attend the WFR classes, especially since I go mountain biking, hiking, fishing, etc in the woods and know from experience a fun day riding a bike 20 miles from the road can quickly turn south when a carbon fiber part snaps and slices an artery. Luckily someone had a tourniquet in their bag and the bleeding was stemmed until EMT got there… Eventually.

    I’m sure they’re better for a variety of first aid than the TCCC-CLS is, but both sound like they would be worth doing nowadays.



  • Around my parts of Ohio, there are several different sporting goods stores, both chain and locally owned, with various outdoor activities to shop for. From fishing, to bicycles, to football stuff and hunting gear.

    I would say I’ve tried everything I can to get them to come with my wife and I when we bust out the targets, but one of them is concerned about messing up their gun (which I countered by saying better to break a bad gun in practice than when you need to shoot someone about to murder you, to recieve a hand-waved dismissal) and another just “doesn’t have the time”… but this is the first I’m hearing of inrangeTV so I am definitely checking them out myself as well.

    I really need to get first aid certified, but so far all I have done to that end is getting a couple first aid guides, a few kits of varying types, and watching a lot of videos… Basically FA… And I’d like to be able to patch someone up from a wound especially if I’m willing to put it there.






  • I sent the first news story about the signal chats to my parents ands in-laws in a big group that said “I had better never fucking hear another one of you dumbasses say a word about ‘HeR eEeEeEmAiLs’ ever again”

    Not a single one replied, both parents have (according to my wife) started taking Facebook posts they’ve made in the past down, and my in-laws have not said a political word in over a week. It’s been refreshing.

    They clearly aren’t ready to accept they may have been totally wrong all along, but it’s nice to see they might be self-aware enough to recognize when they might be potentially maybe SOMETIMES be less than correct about specific things.

    You need a microscope to see it, but i consider it a step up.




  • Honestly that just sounds like someone who just forgot to keep drinking while experiencing couch lock… When I’m smoking sativa strains like last night, I am perfectly okay the next day since I’m much more active, and therefore drink more liquids, than when smoking indica strains.

    While I’m sure it happens, it’s just not a thing for me or my wife and her friends I guess.

    I know someone who loves to smoke, but every time she does, her hands start shaking noticeably, but not enough to need help with things. Except maybe pouring a drink.




  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websitetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldIn heat
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    3 days ago

    Is it considered normal to type out a normal question format when using search engines?

    If I were looking for an answer instead of making a funny meme, I’d search “heat movie cast Angelina Jolie” if I didn’t feel like putting any effort in.

    Then again, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve seen someone use their phone to search google “what is 87÷167?” instead of doing “87/167” or like… Opening the calculator…

    People do things in different, sometimes weird ways.