I am as needlessly hardcore geeky as it gets, but the powers at be at Star Trek should have flat out said, “They have ridges because now we can afford to do it. We couldn’t afford it before on the 60's show. That’s it. There will be no ‘in-story’ reason given and the difference between them will never be acknowledged.”

This killed me last night. It makes me think of the “More Cowbell” sketch. The premise is ridiculous, it’s a one-note sketch, it isn’t so inherently funny as it is bizarre, but based on the total commitment of the performer is an instant classic.

You saying this is worse than Trump saying what he said.

Uh, Mon Mothma said they intercepted a coded Imperial transmission, not that they received it. Does that not suggest Galen Erso didn’t send it to the Rebels on purpose, that he’s not some kind of sympathizer? Maybe he’s an Imperial officer or scientist whose daughter was on an Imperial service track before she quit to…

#madaboutMads

Yep, I’m with you. Sous-vide is not no-fuss. Besides, I can get the same even doneness on my grill with the help of a Thermapen and my modest experience cooking meat over fire. And isn’t that what steak is about? Meat and fire? Not boiling a rib-eye in a sad Ziploc bag.