Wooster

joined 2 years ago
[–] Wooster@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Does cruel and unusual punishment apply here?

My limited understanding of the topic is that ‘cruel but usual’ and ‘unusual but not cruel’ can invalidate the charge. And unfortunately, the mistreatment of the homeless could be seen as usual.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I empathize, but that’s like boycotting word or acrobat.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Vaguely reminds me of “The Batman” Batmobile.

Also, why is the lighting poor in every shot?

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

How would it be split? Unless Trump is successfully removed from the ballot, Trump is the only candidate that republican voters actually want.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 108 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Mmm. Malicious compliance.

Honestly, it’s pretty ingenious. If they can get their publishers to help push for appeal, then it’ll be worth it in the long run.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 46 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Feels like something I’d read about in WWII.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Wasn’t he the guy who screamed at you if you set funding at like 95%?

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I find it fascinating how there are so many high profile POIs in that list. Like, specifically that they’re high profile and not from the same line of work.

If you’re working in Hollywood, you’d expect to know stars, but only incidentally politicians. If you’re in DC, the reverse is true.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Hydroelectric production has dropped by about six percent since last year, causing it to slip from 6.1 percent to 5.8 percent of the total production. Depending on the next couple of months, that may allow solar to pass hydro on the list of renewables.

That’s a little disappointing. Hydro seems to always be forgotten amongst renewable sources. Granted, it’s the most location specific of the renewables, but still.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn! It’s Aaron Waltke himself! Will do my part good sir! 🫡

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

The narrative problem with the kids arriving in Federation territory in a stolen ship was that the Protostar would be impounded and the kids would be sent packing.

They needed a narrative reason to give the kids a chance to command the Protostar and have their own adventures, which means dragging out returning it to Starfleet. But rather than resorting to stalling tactics, they opted to have the kids fight to keep it out of their hands, and for good reason.

With Picard and Discovery, I felt more like that trope was used because the writers had no better ideas on how to keep the stakes high.

With Prodigy, I felt that the stakes were made essential to its premise.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In Prodigy’s defense, they waited the equivalent of two seasons to play that card, and the execution was IMO, better than what we saw in Picard and Discovery.

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