As someone who is not disabled (also cishet, white, and male; but those privileges are for another post), there's often language coded into social norms that I don't realise are normalised slurs. The R-word was a big one when I was a kid that I've made a conscious effort since high school to stop using, for example.
Are there any resources you could share that might help educate me further on other common terms or expressions that people like me might not realise are ableist in origin?
Except for the "blue steel" ones. It's not even kind of a "blue steel" pose. Like not even a little bit. It's inaccurate and uncreative and, even worse, just unfunny.
Well shit. This is a problem for me, since the Kleenex brand is the only one with a lotioned variety that stores in my neck of the woods seem to carry. My seasonal allergies get so bad that normal/un-lotioned tissues leave my nose rubbed raw, even if I'm medicated.
The scariest for me is still Best of Both Worlds, Part 1. I was literally an infant when it first aired, but I remember seeing it in reruns when I was maybe five or six years old.
When I was a child, Captain Picard was almost a god to me — not in a hero worship kind of way, but almost a literal sense. He was firm but kind, intelligent but humble, and always did the right thing no matter what it meant for himself. And Patrick Stewart even sounds like what I thought God's voice might be like.
The Borg had been looming in the background all episode, and then when they finally show up they stole Picard, corrupted him, made him into a monster that wanted to hurt everyone Picard cared for, and forced Riker (who I vaguely remember believing as a kid was Picard's son) to kill him... it felt like the whole world was crashing down. And worst of all Captain Picard wasn't going to be there to put it back together, because the Borg just took him.
ETA: and when the away team is trying to explain to Riker what they saw, Worf sounds so lost and angry when he just shouts "He is a Borg". It was a terrifying, almost traumatic experience for me.
And then the episode just... stopped. I was so young I'd never experienced a cliffhanger before. And to this day I bet I could count on one hand the number of cliffhangers that hit me as hard.
Yeah, I struggle to identify a full episode of TNG that stands out to me as "funny" the way Voyager had Bride of Chaotica or SNW has the LD crossover; but there are lots of little moments like this one across the whole series that the other shows have a good number of, but not of the same caliber, y'know?
Please don't! The Fediverse needs content, and while I guess I can't speak on behalf of the whole community I will say that I've really come to appreciate yours.
When I first started venturing about the internet in the early 2000s, I came across a definition of spam that has yet to fail me as either a user or a moderator: stupid, pointless, or annoying messages. You haven't qualified as any of the above — except for those that are exactly the kind of stupid and pointless that Risa exists for.
Star Trek content is what we're all here for, and IMO there's precious little of it on the Fediverse. If posting here is the only way you're getting that sweet sweet serotonin right now, then I say post away my friend. You're helping yourself and providing much needed content.
I love that scene. Data apologizes for ruining their friendship, and Worf takes ownership of his mistake and says he still wants to consider Data his friend. It just made my heart happy.
It's my favourite as well. My parents watched TNG and DS9 when I was a kid, but Voyager was the first Trek that I went out of my way myself to watch. Kathryn Janeway is high on my list of personal (albeit fictional) heroes.
Adding to a growing list of new features to be released in the 3.5 update, a new temperature color option has been added. It lets you set the blue to yellow light range of the screen....
~~I read an article just this morning that said it's expected to release with version number 1.6.35 or something, meaning they been patching and updating it ahead of release. That's likely what the delays have been about — to polish it up in advance to avoid the kind of negative press that surrounded Cyberpunk 2077 at release, which came from a studio that had a great deal more goodwill from the community than Bethesda.
Same boat here. I've been mad interested in Starfield since it was announced, but my Deck is now my primary gaming device. I need to make sure it can be modded to a stable 30FPS before I buy it.
They are, and I wish more spaces (and people) understood and respected this, instead of tolerating and allowing language and attitudes that exclude and marginalise us (files.catbox.moe)
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*Sigh* Can we meme about something else please? (lemmy.world)
CBC: Kleenex maker says famous tissues to be wiped out of Canada soon, citing 'unique complexities' (www.cbc.ca)
Growing up in Canada we did not refer to tissues as tissues. We called them Kleenex. It’s one of those weird Canadian-isms.
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Unpopular opinion: Wesley Crusher is not the worst TNG character... Alexander is. (lemmy.world)
Give me 1,000% more Wesley before this kid ever stains my tv again.
Ontario court rules against Jordan Peterson, upholds social media training order (www.cbc.ca)
Jordan Peterson, unofficial head of incels and creator of Lobsterman, has to take a course on how to be professional on social media....
Wow! If I had a nickel for every time a Trek show had a blind engineer, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Right? (startrek.website)
Transcription: A side by side picture of Star Trek Strange New Worlds character Hemmer and The Next Generation character Geordi La Forge.
That time Neelix disabled the ship with cheese (beehaw.org)
Top up or down? (lemmy.world)
18+ [News] SteamOS 3.5 Beta Adds Color Temperature Option (steamdeckhq.com)
Adding to a growing list of new features to be released in the 3.5 update, a new temperature color option has been added. It lets you set the blue to yellow light range of the screen....
18+ Gameplay leak, first half an hour. Intro spoilers (www.youtube.com)
It’s a guy playing the beginning of the game, it’s filmed in vertical with the phone :) Will most likely be taken down very soon....
Lucy Letby will die in prison after receiving 14 whole-life sentences (news.sky.com)
I'm not asking for permission (lemmy.world)