I liked that episode, and really liked Deep Space 9, but DS9 was so different than other Trek of that era that I don’t know if I’d think of it as a good entry into Star Trek in general. TNG, TOS, and Voyager are all going to feel weird as hell if DS9 is how you get started.

Also, it’s almost at the end of the run of the show, and extremely spoiler heavy. It might make a good episode for a top ten list, but for someone just starting the show an episode that need six and a half seasons of exposition probably isn’t the way to go.

I was just recently talking to my wife about this, and we tend to think with serialized shows, better than saying “watch S0xE0x” is to say “you have to watch X number of episodes before you can decide whether you actually like this show.”

Agreed, it also almost omits the main characters, and is during the run of one of the least popular companions. It’s one of my favorite episodes, but I wouldn’t use it as an entry point to the show.

I use an adblocker, though not that one, but I like to whitelist on sites that I support, where the ads aren’t completely obtrusive.

I use one, but I like to whitelist on sites that I support, and aren’t completely obtrusive.

I don’t mind the extras like requests to subscribe. It’s the cost of “free,” entertainment, but it would be great if youtube were smart enough to know when I have subscribed or donated or whatever so that I could stop getting sold on things I already bought.

There’s also an element here of developing good habits.

There are milks, from animals, and juices, from plants. I understand the term “soy juice,” is insanely gross, but stop lying to yourself. It’s juice.

This sort of seems like that old (and apocryphal btw) story about the invention of the lightbulb, the final line of which is usually something like “I didn’t fail, I figured out the 499th way not to invent the lightbulb.”

I was thinking about this the other day when a cop pulled in behind me on the highway. I hadn’t been speeding, my plates are correct, and my car is in good working order, and yet I was sitting there nervous as hell (I’m white by the way, can’t imagine what that sensation must be like if you’re not).

Not going to lie. First thing I did when I saw this was to bust out the calculator to figure out what ratio gets you to 82%. I’m honestly sort of impressed you have it figured out that far back on both sides.

Ugh, can’t stand it when white people use the N-word, largely because of it’s racist history, but 15% because they just sound stupid and clunky when they do. It sounds a lot like when my 60 something year old manager used to call things “rad” (this was 2009, not 1985). Don’t do it, because it’s completely…

Haha, I was confused too.

Agreed, especially if you’re including the UK as a whole, Scottish cooking rules.

Ugh, can’t wait for this weekends rambling logic train from the more racist side of the family explaining how:

Appropriation on this level really should have sound effects:

Really playing fast and loose with that “comedienne” title aren’t we?

Seems to me that the problem is “universal japanese motorcycles,” are also ubiquitous, so if he was shooting for the initialism, he blew it, if he was just saying the things are everywhere, then he was spot on.

True, if push comes to shove, I’ll be “forgetting” things on the plane next time, though this wasn’t in carry-on.