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Miles O'Brien

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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.

  • Nothing else in life matters but you

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  • There was once an emergency medical flight coming into the hospital I live next to, but someone noticed that a person had parked dead center of the helipad.

    The hospital was undergoing some construction, and the crew was on site at the time.

    To my understanding, nobody saw what happened and no cameras caught it, but the car miraculously ended up about 40ft away from where it was parked, with orange-yellow paint scraped along one side and heavy equipment track imprints in the grass next to the pad.

    The helicopter was able to land, and someone had to decide whether they wanted to admit to blocking the helipad and try to blame the construction company for damages, or let it go and drive around with a big dent in one side of the car.

  • Minnesota US Attorney’s Office is bracing for a new wave of resignations

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  • I'm a big fan of "fuck quitting, make them fire you" and collecting a paycheck while doing basically nothing until they actually do it themselves. I'm not making their job easier when they deserve to get fucked over.

  • Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists

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  • English IS my first language and it still tripped me up. It's an easy thing to swap, especially without much context.

  • Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists

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  • I read it as "to break off" not "to temporarily interrupt"

  • What mistakes did your parents make while raising you that you will be careful to avoid in your own parenting?

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  • Having children.

    That's a mistake I'm not going to repeat.

    For interacting with kids, I always try to act like I'm interested in the things they're talking about. It doesn't matter if it's their tiny life goals, or that cool rock they saw yesterday that wasn't as cool as the rock they saw last month at the museum.

    Nobody was ever interested in anything I have to say, and even after being with my wife for 6 years, she's still trying to get me to talk more. Even I want to share something, my brain still says "they're not interested, don't bother" and I just keep it to myself. That's probably why I like to comment on platforms like this so much, I can speak my piece and then move on and if anyone is interested in replying, I get a (usually) nice interaction with someone for a few minutes.

    My wife's dead sister used to scream at her children when they spoke because she "doesn't want to hear [their] bullshit" and whenever her youngest would start giggling at something she was talking about she would scream at her to shut up because she's annoying. The oldest was old enough to remember all of this perfectly, the youngest just has night terrors she can never remember.

    My wife's living sister just ignores her 8 children when they're talking. Almost never even looks away from her phone or laptop when they talk and goes "yeah, uh-huh, mhmm, yep" and so on to make it seem like she's listening. The oldest has caught on and has started saying off the wall stuff like "my head came off at school and the teacher kicked it into the trash" and things like that to see if her mother even notices. Usually she doesn't.

    It's not enough to just be technically listening. You have to show interest. It's not always easy, and when you have a lot on your plate it's even harder, but you can sit and listen to babbling for a few minutes, it won't hurt you, and you might make that kid's day.

  • Drag

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  • I respect drag.

    I cannot respect showering corporations with money to buy lights to cover your already unnecessarily large mcmansion in gaudy baubles, and waste enormous amounts of electricity for over a month just so everyone can see how much more "festive" you are than your neighbor.

    The money wasted on the setup in just one of these pictures alone could feed dozens of homeless for a month. And I think feeding the hungry fits in way better with the supposed theme of Christmas.

  • Can one man look more cucked?

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  • It worked so well in the 1930s and 40s!

  • Massive ICE Goon ID Leak Halted by Cyber Attack From Russia

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  • demented rapist felon and a pathological liar.

    It's insane to me how little this narrows it down to someone who doesn't already know who you mean.

  • What's yours?

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  • Han solo didn't "shoot first", he was the only one who shot, period.

    Greedo didn't shoot the wall (and miss a 6ft target sitting 2ft away), that was added (poorly) many years later for a special edition.

    They changed the movie because in the interim years, George Lucas was feeling like it made Han Solo look less "noble" and more scoundrel-like.

  • Iran accuses foreign intelligence of being behind protest movement

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  • And I've seen people on lemmy going on about how it's all the US's fault because some reportclaimed us arms and supplies were discovered, but like.....

    You didn't HAVE to kill thousands of people for what you still call a protest movement.

    Whether protesters are backed by the west or not, the response to murder everyone at a protest is unquestionably wrong.

  • Mfw when 10,000 people die attempting a revolution while Lemmy's "revolutionaries" are silent:

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  • By all means, inform us of all you are doing to help so we can also support things.

    Otherwise you're just trying to feel morally superior

  • UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’

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  • Is..... Is he straight up just planning to do Holocaust Part 2?

    Because it really feels like he's not even trying to hide his desire to recreate world war 2.

  • The singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticing

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  • I've started yelling "NO PRONOUNS" and "USE HE/SHE BECAUSE HE/SHE IS NOT AN OBJECT" at my conservative relatives and acquaintances who complain about pronouns and gender-neutral anything.

    No, Deborah, the non-binary person who helped you figure out your phone today is not the cause of societies' downfall, nor are they responsible for high grocery prices.

    They complain about pronouns, but use them constantly. Clearly they don't truly know what a pronoun is. They complain about gender neutral stuff, but use neutral language all the time.

    So I've been loudly pointing out every time they do.

    I've been uninvited from a lot of future family gatherings. oh nooooooooooo

  • Kristi Noem impeachment will "move forward"—Lawmakers

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  • I think that's just a properly funded IRS

  • "Fuck 'em, we didn't want their votes anyway."

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  • "And besides, according to all known laws of aviation..."

    Lol I love when the bee movie script shows up in unexpected places

  • "Damn, guess the whole world's our's for the taking"

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  • Well someone has to educate these barbaric savages, don't you know.

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    Being short gives me a brutal advantage of exploiting particular vulnerability of a tall opponent's belly in fencing and in case of a fight

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  • I'm not going to tell you you're wrong about having a type of advantage due to size, but I will say in actual fights, unless you're against someone the size of Halfþor Bjornsson, it won't matter enough to protect you.

    And when it comes to knife fights, one person dies on the spot, the other gets to die on the way to the hospital.

    Someone once said "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth"

    Keep attending self-defense classes and learn to kick assailant ass the proper way!

  • Lemmy: Beans

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  • I feel personally attacked.

    I'm sorry everyone, I just like commenting and talking to people more than trying to be creative.

  • Top American Diplomat launches unprecedented attack against Britain 🇬🇧

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  • Tldr: Long winded way of saying "is he wrong to assume that?"

    American here, I can assure you that the majority of the people around me have absolutely no idea about anything involving the UK government.

    In the last month I have overheard two separate conversations in different states, asking if the UK has a "president", and at least one got the answer "no, they have a queen".

    I'm not even sure most Americans are aware the queen died. I'm not sure how they could possibly have missed it, but our country is collectively under a rock, so...

    I have heard many people over the years trying to argue US law for things happening in the UK.

    I have had to inform a great many people that the UK includes Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Most people have been surprised to find out Ireland isn't united as a single country.

    Americans in general are not smart. Even less informed about anything that happens outside the US than I assume most people in the EU know about the US state Ohio.

  • Garum - it's what Romans crave!

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  • I can't hear anyone say "Hard Tack" without immediately hearing clack clack in my head.

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    Miles O'Brien @startrek.website

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