No. If it was SCRIPTED as fantasy it likely would have worked.

Thing is, with Superman or Thor, you know what you're getting going in in terms of science: very little. It's fantasy, and so long as it's consistent with its own rules, all good.

Right? I mean...what's the file system? And is it just a big SQL database, or what?

It was fun and visually compelling, but my wife and I definitely felt we had to power our brains off. And the ending was meh: after all that, we get a Space Thumb Drive?

Glad I'm not the only one. Whenever I do a DS9 watch-through, I usually skip the mirror episodes. Everyone hams it up, but Nana Visitor is so awfully over-the-top it just makes me cringe. Yuck.

Fair enough; I wasn't thinking about flirting/sexting in general so much as the specific case of unsolicited dick pics. I can't imagine that in the history of all things that that's ever worked.

Well thanks; I'm not looking for accolades or anything. I literally do not understand the thought process behind the practice of sending pics of genitalia to someone you're not already intimate with.

In general, yes, but from the article:

I know this gets said in the comments every time we have a dick-pic-related article, but...what is the thinking behind this strategy? I mean, I'm a het male, and I've been married for a very long time. If my wife is in the right mood, and I'm in the right mood, and the circumstances were right, I might — MIGHT —…

You deserve all the stars.

Can you confirm the existence of the Tandocca Scale?

AOL started as a dial-up service somewhat like CompuServe: you installed AOL software and dialed up using that software, and you got access to AOL's content including games, chat rooms, and so on. As the Internet started becoming a thing, AOL gave its subscribers access to that as well via an AOL browser built in to…

I have to believe that his awesomeness would have caused the Internet to spontaneously exist, JUST so it could go into meltdown.

Yep. The theater audience erupted. It remains my son's favorite Trek moment of all time.

Yep. Total punch-the-air moment.

I literally cannot think of a single industry that works like this. Why should the entertainment business?

Charlie Sheen didn't lose his job over salary demands.

The network doesn't WANT to give them all big back-end positions. That's why they're asking for the front-end.

You might want to say something of substance instead of meaningless quips.

Good thing you're around to tell us who should earn what.