Your freshman philosophy must have been way better than mine. My prof just droned on about that dickwad Spinoza.

Yeah, but you can say the same about Deadlock Kim. They were "quantum" duplicates; the exact same person with a few hours of different experiences. Besides, we see in Thomas Riker that the transporter doesn't work exactly like it says in the manuals, instead it creates copies in the buffer after destroying the…

To be fair, you can argue that happens to every character every time they beam somewhere. I mean, any society that can take that kind of existential horror and use if they're too lazy for an elevator has got to be made of some pretty stern stuff. Either that or they're all brainwashed utopians. Star Trek gets pretty…

I'm pretty sure that Harry's only successful relationship on the show was with Kes' two-year old daughter in a timeline that was erased from history. Take from that what you will.

If you want to read between some wholly unintentional lines, then Harry Kim's character is a stunning rebuke to the idea of Roddenberry's evolved society. Here is a brilliant, attractive, Starfleet up-and-comer that is also a bundle of crippling neuroses. All of his episodes are literally about how much it sucks to be…

I'm beginning to think that new media has turned socially and politically toxic ideas from unreasonable national fringe beliefs into international subcultures of hate. I've studied how improved communication technologies have allowed for fandoms to expand beyond traditional nation-centric groupings into actual…

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SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!

I should also add (a day late and a dollar short, I admit) that refugees are, almost by definition, legal immigrants and conservatives still seem to have a BIG problem with them.

There was no such thing as legal or illegal immigration in the US until 1875 and Busch emigrated in 1857, I believe. Up until then, basically, there was always somewhere new on the continent to move to so immigrants tended to settle in geographically distinct areas or within larger cities separated from the voting…

Mother of God. I haven't seen a gimmick account post this masterful since the glory days of Rappin' Jake Sisko.

If you reeeeeally like schlock anime I suggest you check out
Garzey's Wing which is a fantasy, but is universally recognized as a work that fails on every level.

On the one hand, it's not a very big deal. From a practical perspective you're right and no candidate with an IQ over orange would be caught flat-footed on any of the questions. Political parties are NOT public institutions and can conduct their contests in whatever manner suits them.

Ghost in the Shell has the reputation it does because it was, at the time, one of the only pieces of sci-fi animation that lived up to the potential of the medium. It's tough to overstate just how much anime of the early 90s was hyper-violent, brain-damaged, 9th grade philosophy dreck.

Inconsistent story-boarding in an ANIME movie!? We must alert the media!

Why don't more people ask whether they find love in either scenario? Should be the first question.

I'm gonna have to go with Alison Brie and Zouks going down the Lil' Picklegs rabbit hole. That, or Jon Hamm laughing the MASH theme song.

I am the pustulant blister that bursts in your boot!

This is practically a poem.

Man, Satoshi Kon needs more credit for his brilliantly cinematic directing. You never forget that a picture is animated when watching a Miyazaki, Disney, or Pixar movie, but Kon can make it almost real.