BrooklynMan

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[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t want to discuss the incident in detail because it was very traumatic, but long story short, I had a near-drowning incident when I was 12 (technically not a drowning because I survived). I was technically dead for several minutes.

I saw nothing. total blank. I remember flashes of struggling to get to the side of the pool one moment, and flashes of waking up in an ambulance the next. then it cuts out again, and then I woke up in a hospital room with tubes in all my holes (plus some tubes in new holes) and surrounded by my mom and brothers.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I feel bad for the employees who have to clean that mess.

especially because 1) it will be trashed again in 30 minutes, and 2) they get paid crap

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

at least, in the end, they rid the world of themselves. MAGAts want everyone else dead.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It’s really great that they’re working to get the actors their fair share of those streaming residuals.

Have you seen how little they get from Netflix, et al? It’s horrible!

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I remember the summer of ’90 waiting for the conclusion of BoBW seemed like forever!

solidarity to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikers, but I’m sad we’ll have to wait so long :(

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

man, I hope this becomes available somewhere, soon.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree with a lot of this. I strongly disliked SNW in the beginning, but it stated to get closer to the TOS “feel”, and that was an improvement. But where they do lots of character work, they do too much, to the point where the stories lack depth. I mean… this is a sci-fi show, but the writers seem to want to make a dramedy set on a starship, and that’s not Trek to me. I want to see the science and tens solving problems together with science! not shooting everything or spending almost the entire episodes between flashbacks and the present, where every. single. thing. is all about working out some personal or interpersonal drama.

out of all of the SNW episodes, maybe 1/4 were actually about exploring space and Trek stuff. the rest are all character drama that’s really exhausting to watch.

S02 found a better balance and helped by making all that drama more “fun”, but the Trek part of the show shouldn’t just be a backdrop or pretext for the characters’ personal drama. I want good sci-fi stories, not convenient setups for will-they-or-won’t-they or having every other episode about dealing with someone’s PTSD. when DS9 did it, they sed a lighter touch so those moments were meaningful. with SNW, it’s everything, and loses meaning.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I agree that this era of Trek is getting overworn, and I’m very ready to focus on another time period with new and different characters. A break will be nice, at last.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

that would be a really cool trend to start

well, it would be very geeky, but still cool

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

well, I appreciate that ❤️

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

setting up the whole coin system would create server costs. you can already donate.

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2399016

Twitter’s new X logo wasn’t made by an in-house designer. It’s from an old podcast hosted by one of the cult that Elon took from his replies.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2399016

Twitter’s new X logo wasn’t made by an in-house designer. It’s from an old podcast hosted by one of the cult that Elon took from his replies.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2399016

Twitter’s new X logo wasn’t made by an in-house designer. It’s from an old podcast hosted by one of the cult that Elon took from his replies.

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