also  - public knowledge of a corrupt chinese leader = execution? there'd be no leaders at all except for those at the real top, who are never scrutinised… there's lots of public knowledge and a lot of laws, but no dependable universally applied rule of law, (which is, in my opinion, the greatest strength of the US…

also  - public knowledge of a corrupt chinese leader = execution? there'd be no leaders at all except for those at the real top, who are never scrutinised… there's lots of public knowledge and a lot of laws, but no dependable universally applied rule of law, (which is, in my opinion, the greatest strength of the US…

I think the Chinese have a better concept of irony than we do. In the USA there's a level of earnestness with which we view our own elected officials, and to a larger degree, the system they operate in.

I think the Chinese have a better concept of irony than we do. In the USA there's a level of earnestness with which we view our own elected officials, and to a larger degree, the system they operate in.

l/r is more a problem with Japanese L1 speakers, maybe korean, but certainly not northern Chinese (no real experience with the south).  r itself is a bit of a problem, in Mandarin it's more like a french r, a fricative sound, so they tend to mess that up.

l/r is more a problem with Japanese L1 speakers, maybe korean, but certainly not northern Chinese (no real experience with the south).  r itself is a bit of a problem, in Mandarin it's more like a french r, a fricative sound, so they tend to mess that up.

christ, thank you! if we must be racist, can we at least not be so friggin stupidly lazy about it?

christ, thank you! if we must be racist, can we at least not be so friggin stupidly lazy about it?

didn't go well

for a hindu, should be for gods' sake?

i remember one episode where i feared i might have some kind of stroke due to the flashing lights behind the characters.  might be this one.

Yes, all true - I really think this episode shows shimmerman's strengths that we see throughout the series- going back and forth between being the straight man for the rest of the goofball ferengi, and a comedic foil for the straighter-laced main cast.

I think people are focusing too much on the 'science' and the purple orbs.  I really do like rivals, and don't see the crap science as an issue.  I like seeing Bashir and O'Brien hate-love, and i liked a lot of Quark's lines, and I just liked seeing these characters deal with a goofy plot. 

So much hate for rivals! I feel like i should be ashamed to say I kinda like it.  It's silly, and at this point we know the characters well enough that just seeing them go through some silliness is fun. 

how did i get here?

me for one!

I recently watched LSOH again and it holds up miles better than you would expect - why would anyone want to remake it??!!

Kevin in full makeup looked like he could stand in for meagan draper in a pinch.

fire her out of the airlock of course!

kill it with fire!