Bill Gates mind control chip FTW!!

I can’t be the only one that involuntarily heard that in Fran’s voice while I read it.

This. 100%.

This Hammer is 2 legit 2 quit.

Told you it was controversial ;-)

Controversial take (without having seen it yet): this is dumb, doesn’t belong in Star Trek, and shouldn’t have been done.

Better watch it now, they’ll probably pull it from existence by tomorrow.

I think you’re digging a little deep here. It’s all just interesting coincidence.

But it was set in 1984. Different way for the year to be prophetic, but nonetheless peculiar that it was that year and that it foretold a world with electronic surveillance to the point of privacy not existing – something else we’re running dangerously toward.

You can hand me my tin foil hat if you like, but you’re not going to convince me that Google and Facebook aren’t listening in the way we think they all are. Here’s the thing – a) they don’t constantly listen, they just “pop in” every once in a while, which is why it doesn’t always happen and doesn’t use a bunch of…

Combine these with the literal book 1984, and that keeps turning up to be an awfully prophetic year...

Unfortunately, I fear you’re right.

I had a Countach ride at about the same age – it’s one of the most glorious memories I hold. And FWIW, the guy driving it said that it wasn’t bad to drive at all and all of the bashing was overblown – just don’t be over 6' tall.

Fuck. These. People.

According to Variety, Disney+ ended Q1 2023 with 157.8 million subscribers (down 4 million from the previous quarter, which Disney obviously paints as the apocalypse). Assuming every one of those is at the cheapest tier of $7.99/month (obviously not the case), Disney+ would still be raking in $1.26 billion per month.…

Same.

I’m not seeing the “you can do better” part...