Lol, I felt like a dick replying that, but I figured someone would go to lemvotes, see i downvoted it and assume i'm maga or something. Nope, totally agree with it, just tired of seeing politics in the places I go to avoid politics lol
IcedRaktajino
joined 2 months ago
Downvoted not because I disagree but because I'm tired of political crap in non-political crap communities.
Gonna pull from TrekLit alternate lore a bit (IFKYK), but if you think that bitch is bad, wait till you meet this bitch:
spoiler
Yep, Kai Weyoun...also he's a nigh-unstoppable Pah-Wraith. From "Deep Space Nine: Millennium"
Colors -> Shadows-Highlights
Occasionally I'll need to use Colors -> Brightness-Contrast to bump the base brightness a little bit first. I also do it on a per-layer basis since the source images are all from different scenes/shots.
Like another commenter said, polarization and cemented, frequently extreme, views. You're not going to change their mind on anything, but they're constantly trying to change your mind on everything. I consider them shills and hit that block button.
I also block people who are here "on a mission" for whatever cause. Social media has enough activists, and even if I agree with them, I'm still thinking "will you shut up, man?".
I also block people who intentionally take others out of context as an excuse to attack them or inject drama into every interaction. There's plenty of that to go around, and thankfully, there doesn't seem to be a limit on the number of blocks I can issue.
Basically, I'm not here for drama or activism or circle-jerking any political cause or to suffer immature edgelords. I just wanna talk about cool stuff with rational people. Blocking helps separate the wheat from the chaff in that regard. Anyone who has a pattern of making this place unenjoyable gets blocked
It's like phone manufacturers have run out of ideas and will do anything except stop making tall, skinny phones. I miss horizontal pixels and not needing a step ladder to reach the top of the screen, dammit!
I actually did a post a while back asking for recommendations since, yeah, there's a lot of them and I really only have time for the "must reads".
https://startrek.website/post/28030285
So far, I've read two and 2/3 (one single, one trilogy, and 2/3 of another trilogy). I can recommend them all as "must reads" (unless Millennium falls apart in the 3rd book; just started it last night).
- A Stitch in Time
- ST: Destiny
- DS9: Millennium
Probably next up is the first in the "Titan" series (as recommended by someone in that post). I only bought the first one in that series. If it's good, I'll buy the rest of them.
Iโm not seeing any mainstream media coverage.
- https://www.kbtx.com/2025/09/16/students-body-found-hanging-tree-mississippi-university-authorities-say/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/black-student-demartravion-%E2%80%9Ctrey%E2%80%9D-reed-21-found-hanging-from-tree-on-delta-state-university-campus/ar-AA1MCbF3
- https://www.newsweek.com/trey-reed-college-student-death-mississippi-2130545
- https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/09/16/students-body-found-hanging-tree-mississippi-university-authorities-say/
- https://www.13abc.com/2025/09/16/students-body-found-hanging-tree-mississippi-university-authorities-say/
- https://www.fox13memphis.com/education/delta-state-university-student-found-hanging-from-tree-no-foul-play-suspected-officials-say/article_f5278a0a-0b0f-47c6-b829-a8cffc78a75e.html
- https://mississippitoday.org/2025/09/15/delta-state-university-is-investigating-a-students-death/
- https://www.wdbj7.com/2025/09/16/students-body-found-hanging-tree-mississippi-university-authorities-say/
- https://www.wbls.com/news/deceased-black-student-found-hung-at-delta-state-university/
It really irks me when people use "mainstream media" as a pejorative like there's some kind of conspiracy. There are way more sources covering it than that, but I think that's more than enough to make my point.
Still deeply down the TrekLit rabbit hole.
Finished the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy early last week (amazing, BTW) and am now through the first two books of the DS9: Millennium trilogy.
Absolutely! I still laugh at that even knowing what's coming.
I can't speak for your situation, but I do know of too many examples of marriages "just because" that made both partners completely miserable for decades. And their disgust at each other definitely was not good for the kid to grow up around.
If she's someone you could see spending your life with, just not right now, then it's worth considering. But either way, I would advise against agreeing to a shotgun wedding and leave that decision between you and her.
Anyone know if that adapter is compatible with my AC-1200 Wifi Einstein-Rosen bridge?