Oh sure it’d be feasible. Holograms would also be a feasible thing to see. Usually we see neon instead. Loud, buzzy, kinda shitty neon. It’s not that it’d be unrealistic for Deckard to have an energy weapon, but rather that Deckard shooting any kind of energy weapon would look five different kinds of wrong for the…

I’d still call speculation. Blade Runner is inspired by “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” certainly, and a lot of stuff in Blade Runner makes more sense if you read the book... but the two are so different, you can’t really say that because it was an energy weapon in the book, it was in the film. I’d actually…

Oh yeah, big time. The only reason I ever knew about it was literally because I happened to walk past it in the store. Seeing how I paid 20 dollars for it at the time, and it runs about 200 on Amazon now, I’m guessing they discontinued it.

I think Diamond Toys did a whole line of plastic model ships that had about…

Oh yeah, big time. The only reason I ever knew about it was literally because I happened to walk past it in the…

There is, or at least was, a Megablocks Enterprise D. I picked one up for about 20 bucks from a hobby shop years ago. And, yes, it comes with a tiny little Captain Picard. I’m not sure they make them anymore though.

There is, or at least was, a Megablocks Enterprise D. I picked one up for about 20 bucks from a hobby shop years…

... No, physical violence has never been protected as free speech. If it were, it’d be legal to assault anyone, any time, for any reason.

Regardless of if Nazi’s should or shouldn’t be punched, there is no universe in which such an act is protected as free speech. YELLING at Nazis is free speech (and there is no…

Because the Royals hitters were not good enough to beat Mets starting pitching. Fortunately, the Mets hitters weren’t good enough to beat Royals relief pitching (which is WAY better than Royals starting pitching), and the Royals hitters were absolutely good enough to beat the Mets relief pitching. In short... the…

I can tell you, no Royals fans are upset about this, and I highly doubt there are any actual retribution plans. But yeah, we have no idea how to celebrate a victory.

Not luck. The Royals had okay batting, okay to poor starting pitching, pretty good fielding and okay baserunning. The Mets had very strong starting pitching and absolutely terrible fielding. The reason the Royals kept coming back for late-game wins was because their hitting wasn’t good enough for early runs, but Mets…

You’re part right, actually! BBC America originally aired BBC programming, but in America. Like a lot of other networks, they’ve drifted a little. The show Orphan Black IS made by BBC America in conjunction with the Canadian network Space, and not the BBC. They also tend to show a lot of Star Trek: The Next…

All right. Point by point. “So, you’d say someone who paid 50k per annum at Ursinus as opposed to 50k at CMU or Hopkins made a smart move?” Maybe, and this is a novel concept, not everyone can go to CMU or Hopkins. Maybe they got accepted to one of the elite schools they applied to, but it was out of state, and they…

You’re right. Entry level jobs don’t pay minimum wage usually. But you’re lucky to get an entry level job in one of those fields. And even if you do, it still might not pay off your debt. I know a lawyer, employed by a firm straight out of school. He got his degree. He has a job. Right now he’s projected to get out of…

I’m not okay with it. When you think about it, the idea of Superman is pretty disturbing. See the above for why. If Superman is going to be a dick, you’re pretty much screwed. You’re not gonna stop him.

That being said, Supes is a pretty nice guy. So, the cons of exposing him are: You destroy the life of a guy who…

That doesn’t really help either. I mean, if Superman got it in his head he was gonna kill someone, what would they? Run? He’s Superman.

If you wanna badmouth Superman, for all you know he’s inside earshot, but outside your visual range. That applies if you know he’s Clark Kent or not.

If you’re worried about pissing…

Firstly, your example isn’t representative. Mostly entry level jobs pay minimum wage. If it’s a job with tipping, less than minimum wage. Also, as I’ve pointed out, the cost of living has increased at a rate higher than minimum wage.

The average student loan debt in 1998 was 15,000 dollars. Today it’s 35,000. That’s…

Yeah, the difference is, student debt has increased massively, and entry level or dead end jobs no longer pay a living wage because minimum wage hasn’t increased to meet the actual cost of living. Tuition rates have also increased disproportionately, meaning a student has to work dramatically more hours to pay off…

What I never understood about Superman’s secret identity (and maybe someone can explain it to me, I don’t read comics heavily) is... I get he might want to be a normal person, but Clark Kent... isn’t a normal person. Clark Kent is a dork. I know there’s a reason for that, it’s so people don’t think him a legitimate…

That’d work with a lot of other vigilantes, but I think it falls flat with Superman. As a TextsFromSuperheroes pointed out, he’s not any less bulletproof in his pajamas. It’s not like Batman where you can at least try to arrest him as Bruce Wayne somewhere he doesn’t have access to his superhero stuff. If Superman…

Nope. I particularly like doing that when breaking into the Abby of the Everyman. I just like to imagine what things are like the next morning, when the church dedicated to hating the supernatural has all its members wake up in places they aren’t sure how they got to, or how to get down from.