Finally, not a fan of the theme song
Oct. 1st, 2017 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyInsufficiently "Fanfare to the Common Man" for my tastes, and I don't like the intro video either.
(And I have Thoughts. For a society so obsessed with the Prime Directive, Federation humans are equally obsessed with the idea that secretly, all species would be better off as humans. Here it is AGAIN in this ep. Nevermind that being raised by Vulcans is a strange plot contrivance, isn't it enough that she's content and functional, without having to ditch who she is to be "more human" by some arbitrarily emotional reckoning? Is this universal Trek belief a clever dig at Americans, or do Trek writers really agree with this? Eddington was right - they're worse than the Borg! They assimilate people, and they don't even realize it. This would be an interesting angle to take. They already have the seeds planted with the Klingons. They're not going to go that route, though.)
Ah well. In other news, J was thrilled with his bag. Also, I am sick. *sneeze*
Oh! And when I came home today from walking the dogs, there was a cardboard cat carrier and a small box of cat food on my porch. This is all a bit inexplicable, and I'm wondering if maybe somebody intended to leave a cat there? If so, kitty escaped. Just as well - I'm full up on formerly stray animals.
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(And I have Thoughts. For a society so obsessed with the Prime Directive, Federation humans are equally obsessed with the idea that secretly, all species would be better off as humans. Here it is AGAIN in this ep. Nevermind that being raised by Vulcans is a strange plot contrivance, isn't it enough that she's content and functional, without having to ditch who she is to be "more human" by some arbitrarily emotional reckoning? Is this universal Trek belief a clever dig at Americans, or do Trek writers really agree with this? Eddington was right - they're worse than the Borg! They assimilate people, and they don't even realize it. This would be an interesting angle to take. They already have the seeds planted with the Klingons. They're not going to go that route, though.)
Ah well. In other news, J was thrilled with his bag. Also, I am sick. *sneeze*
Oh! And when I came home today from walking the dogs, there was a cardboard cat carrier and a small box of cat food on my porch. This is all a bit inexplicable, and I'm wondering if maybe somebody intended to leave a cat there? If so, kitty escaped. Just as well - I'm full up on formerly stray animals.
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Indian Designers Built A Genius Air Conditioner That Works Without Electricity, And It Can Save Lives (Well, "invented" is a stretch, evaporative coolers already exist, but it looks nifty.)
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Date: 2017-09-26 07:28 am (UTC)(On Facebook, and not public, so I can't link.)
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Date: 2017-09-26 10:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-26 02:54 pm (UTC)I should watch DS9 again. It's so the best series, because it actually looks at that kind of thing. (Haven't seen Discovery yet, and won't until it comes out on Netflix or Hulu because I'm not adding yet another subscription.)
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Date: 2017-09-26 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-26 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-26 05:16 pm (UTC)DS9 is so the best series, and as far as Discovery goes... well... I take great comfort in knowing that internet piracy isn't literally stealing bread off peoples' tables.
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Date: 2017-09-26 11:29 pm (UTC)I've spent 25 summers in a place where the SEARS (or Montgomery Ward) catalog outlet store was the hub of town commerce. This wasn't a place that sold seconds; it was essentially a small warehouse where the trucks held on to your order until you drove into town to pick it up and take it back to the farm/cabin. Everything old IS new again, and I just read that John Wanamaker (Philadelphia's big retailer, like Macy's or Jordan Marsh or Marshal Fields) introduced fixed prices in his stores, based in part on a social justice rationale from the Quakers.
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Date: 2017-09-27 01:43 am (UTC)and may be different again....
Date: 2017-09-27 05:26 pm (UTC)https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/how-online-shopping-makes-suckers-of-us-all/521448/
Re: and may be different again....
Date: 2017-09-27 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-28 07:52 pm (UTC)