The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[MarkB]

Cross-talk in these forums reminds me of a fable.

A boy was out playing by the river and saw a snake trapped in a fishing net.
"Please, somebody help me!" the snake begged. "I'm drowning!"
"I don't know," the boy said. "Snakes are dangerous."
"But I'm a good snake," the reptile replied.
"I don't know about that," the boy hesitated. "My brother says snakes are poisonous."
"I'm a nice snake," the snake said. "I've never bitten anyone before!"
"Oh?" the boy said. "Well, I suppose that is very nice of you."
"I promise not to bite you if you'll help me," the snake said, tears in its beady eyes.
So the boy agreed to help the snake. But as soon as the snake was free from the net, it bit the boy on the ankle!
"Ouch!" the boy cried. "You said you were nice! You lied to me!"
"Don't blame me," the snake said coolly. "You knew I was a snake the moment you laid eyes on me."

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

On the other hand you can feel satisfied that you are, in fact, better than some people.

You’ve read enough of my posts.

Did you think I was ever not satisfied that was the case?

 

[Gradine]

Look, I know woke culture is in full swing right now, with Star Trek and Pink Floyd and other franchises going full "woke," but I want people to remember the traditional values of these franchises: capitalism, masulinity, and violence. Will no one think of the violence?

Truest quote I've ever read was from a while back.

"Racist Star Wars fans sadden me. Racist Star Trek fans confuse me."

 

[Ryujin]

Truest quote I've ever read was from a while back.

"Racist Star Wars fans sadden me. Racist Star Trek fans confuse me."

 

[RealAlHazred]

Truest quote I've ever read was from a while back.

"Racist Star Wars fans sadden me. Racist Star Trek fans confuse me."

It's like that Star Trek episode from the original series, with the half-white guy and the half-black guy -- the moral (which a lot of people I've spoken to apparently didn't understand) was "Violence solves all problems." If you didn't get that, you didn't get Star Trek.

 

[Deset Gled]

Truest quote I've ever read was from a while back.

"Racist Star Wars fans sadden me. Racist Star Trek fans confuse me."

My parents are the biggest Star Trek fans I know. ToS fans from when it originally aired, loyal through the years. My father was upset about STisco getting too political and liberal.

 

[trappedslider]

Truest quote I've ever read was from a while back.

"Racist Star Wars fans sadden me. Racist Star Trek fans confuse me."

Fans in general confuse me

 

[Scribe]

I guess my powers have been underestimated all this time.

 

[Mad_Jack]

<looks at avatar>

Tell me about it...



In other news, there's legislation being proposed to make pizza the state food of Connecticut...
Apparently, there's no other state claiming pizza as its official food, and CT doesn't currently have one.
Thankfully, the bill appears to be non-specific about which kind of pizza...

(For those that don't know, the New Haven pizza scene is a pretty big thing around here - if you're looking to get into a fistfight over pizza, there are people there who will happily oblige you...)

 

[Hussar]

I just see the same interaction playing out time and again, in some form or another.

Poster 1: You can't hate a corporation for lying and blowing something up if it happens to be in the way of further profit.

Based Poster 2: View attachment 273488

Does it make a difference? Does it in any way help to be right?