Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Gradine]

The objectively best way to consume Star Wars is to start with the first movie released and to watch them in order of release until something breaks in your soul and you quit.

If you're a true Star Wars fan that will never happen

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Weirdly, that's the one I'm stuck on currently. I'm about 25% of the way through Wyrd Sisters and just checked out. Haven't gone back to it in months. Checking my posts...yep. July 2025 I was just starting Wyrd Sisters. Marched on to about 25% and stopped dead. Haven't looked back since.

The witches may just not be for you.

 

[Gradine]

Hmm. You are probably right when it comes to the first time around, but for some properties it can be nice to read/watch in chronological order on repeated attempts.

Oh yeah, definitely should've qualified that I meant the best way to consume media the first time

 

[gnarlygninja]

I started with Wyrd Sisters, so it wasn't too deep in, with that much lore in the past. I did go back to catch up from the beginning but The Colour of Magic felt like a REAL dip in quality and a slog by comparison.

I started with Thud! when I was in high school, and didn't really read any more Discworld until I met people in college who liked them. I had pretty similar thoughts about The Colour of Magic. But I'm also an outlier in the Discworld community because I think the right place to start is probably whatever book you have (with a few exceptions) and don't think it's really a series you need to read in a certain order.

 

[prabe]

If you're a true Star Wars fan that will never happen

I guess I was never a true Star Wars fan, then. I haven't seen anything since The Phantom Menace.

 

[SkidAce]

... I think I need to go eat my spam croissant ...

Huh, add that combo to my list.

 

[gnarlygninja]

Huh, add that combo to my list.

I get them from my neighborhood bakery. Imagine a pain au chocolat (or chocolatine if you're from one of those parts of the world) but replace the chocolate batons with spam batons, throw some spicy mayo inside it, and put furikake on top. It seems to be a love it or hate it item.

Also this post reminded me I have another one left over, so thank you!

 

[SkidAce]

I get them from my neighborhood bakery. Imagine a pain au chocolat (or chocolatine if you're from one of those parts of the world) but replace the chocolate batons with spam batons, throw some spicy mayo inside it, and put furikake on top. It seems to be a love it or hate it item.

Yup, I'm okay with spam, I'm going to try it out.

 

[Ryujin]

Ironically, the Federation had such bad luck early on with augments that they never really got it right; Khan and his kin other than their tendency toward antisocial personality disorder, were more consistent and less flawed than the much later group of human augments that showed up on DS9. Getting a good result out of doing that with humans (as compared to, say, the Illyrians) shows all signs that its hit or miss for a very long time.

The issue with later augments isn't a bug of The Federation, it's a feature. That's what happens when you don't treat people like Petri Dishes that you're willing to burn 10,000 of, to get one 'perfect' result.

 

[Staffan]

Ironically, the Federation had such bad luck early on with augments that they never really got it right; Khan and his kin other than their tendency toward antisocial personality disorder, were more consistent and less flawed than the much later group of human augments that showed up on DS9. Getting a good result out of doing that with humans (as compared to, say, the Illyrians) shows all signs that its hit or miss for a very long time.

That's like the easiest no-prize ever. Since genetic augmentation is illegal, the people who do it are going to be shady and quality control is going to suffer. If the feds had embraced it, they could probably have worked out the kinks.