I was speaking more of the general social acceptance of pornography as part of a broader acceptance of individual sexuality. But that's a good point, there is some real problematic porn out there that plays straight into damaging racial and gender stereotypes.

I'd like some of the old Star Trek gimmickers to come back at least once. Cardassian Waitress, Rappin' Jake Sisko, Will Riker, all great.

I would argue that there American society is far more open and inclusive than it was 30 years ago. From destroying the stigma of AIDS, to the widespread acceptance of LGBTQ individuals, to the proliferation of Latinx culture, none of those things were possible during the Reagan years.

Progress doesn't mean that things get more liberal, it means that things are moving in a way that does not match the immediate past. The conservative of Reagan's time, or Eisenhower's, or Hoover's has been functionally and ideologically changed into the conservatives of today. From their perspective, universal…

All societal views of more than 10 years prior look regressive from one perspective or another. Society is a constantly shifting morass of competing interests. If anything has changed it's that new media has allowed for an innumerable number of functionally distinct and parallel sub-societies to form and take on…

I believe that the Secret Service, like the FAA, FBI, and Border Patrol, are Essential Personnel. That means they have to show-up if their boss tells them even if they're not being paid. That doesn't stop them from quitting or doing a really pissy half-assed job.

I think this is a likely outcome as well; it would fit both their character arcs and the general tone of the last two seasons for two women to overcome the leering, scheming, old-world Littlefinger through their trust in and bond with each other.

Spot and Perception are both Wis, something I think we can assume Littlefinger has maxed, so I don't mind him noticing her.

Late Roman Empire dudes! Some of the most bureaucratic and asshole-ish dudes in the history of humanity.

In my view, it's often not real faith. Real faith is a deep and meaningful confrontation with yourself, your beliefs, the world and making a decision to reconcile those beliefs with the reality of life. So often what fundamentalists call faith is simple repetition of accepted notions in order to maintain social…

It's stupid on so many levels. In no way does it fit with their characters in the trilogy who were obviously far above petty physical squabbles. Yoda never once encourages Luke to use a lightsaber and Palpatine clearly thinks the whole fight at the end of Return is just adorable and hilarious.

People like to sweep it under the rug of history, but the Civil Rights Movement was heavily armed. Lots of people sitting on their front porch with shotguns and rifles.

Rome is a fascinating subject, partially because of the similarities and differences between our cultures, and partially because we know more about them both as individuals and as a society than almost any other ancient civilization.

I still like the Dollop, but it's not because of Dave. He seems like a lazy, lazy man. The only time he brings up problems on the show it's to blame someone else for something that clearly could have been mitigated by action on his part.

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I strongly disagree . Season three was a bit of a slog, but it payed off with some great episodes like "Damage" and season four has some great four episode serials. The stand alone episodes are the weakest. "Fortunate Son", "North Star", that shitshow of a finale, plus the ones I mentioned above, just to name a few.

Enterprise is really murky on the hierarchy and management duties of the officers. Serving as the Science Officer does not disqualify one for First Officer; Spock was both. Also, this is the show in which the Communications Officer (arguably the most important job on a ship without a god-like universal translator)…

Well, no shit right? Is anyone actually surprised? Repackaging mass-produced goods was pretty much the only way they could be available at the price points offered.

Oh! Oh! Oh! I would like a Star Trek with Captain The Doctor, First Officer Tom Paris, Second Officer/CMO Julian Bashir, Chief Engineer Miles O'Brien (got them officer pips), Security Chief Ezri Dax (got hard after the divorce), Science Officer Sonya Gomez, Ensign Harry Kim, and Frozen Corpse Floating Through the…

Did anybody else read the headline as "Stephen Colbert Reacts to the Kinjapocalypse"? For a moment I thought were were going to learn the true identity of Velocirapstar was a lot more famous than we thought.