Shinta's Asylum

Another source of menagerie from Internet's Des Shinta. Internet Reviewer, Gamer, Craft Enthusiast, and Anime/Tokusatsu Afficiianado.  You can find me Here: Shintasbrainpan.blogspot.com  Twitter.com/Des_Shinta Patreon.com/Des_Shinta...

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Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, 11x14

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Potapple

[atopfourthwall]

This was a interesting debate I saw recently and I was curious what your opinions were: If another of the Trek show captains (and let's throw reboot Kirk in too because why not?) had been in Sisko's place in "In the Pale Moonlight" would they have been willing to do what he did to get the Romulans involved in the war or would they have completely refused, either finding another way or even done nothing? Could they have lived with it?

Kirk: No, and he certainly couldn't live with it. While he MIGHT be willing to do the deception, the initial escalating unethical stuff would discourage him from pursuing the matter further. Even when they did the Enterprise Incident, the plan seemed to be about minimizing any loss of life on either side other than grabbing the cloaking device. Picard: No, and DEFINITELY couldn't live with it. He'd hope to find some other way than deception in general. Janeway: Willing to do the deception and keep quiet about it... but Garak would have been thrown off the station and ordered to never return after he murdered the Senator. Archer: Season 1-2 Archer, no. Post-season 3 Archer yes. By that point, he has already done the deception game once and had to do unethical and morally questionable things for the sake of what he hopes is the greater good. He wouldn't like it, but he'd definitely do the deception and he'd keep quiet about the murder. Reboot Kirk: Harder nut to crack since we only have the three movies, but most likely he'd be onboard for the initial deception, but the murder would be where he drew the line and try to expose it afterwards. Modern Trek I've only seen so much of, but I can say from what I have seen (Discovery 1-3, Strange New Worlds 1) Georgieu: No idea, since we only saw so much of actual Georgieu. Saru: Would have strong moral objections to the deception, but would go through with it - not the murder and while he might keep the secret, I see him resigning afterwards in shame. Burnham: Go through with the deception, expose the murder plot and either way would cry a lot about it. Garak would berate her for somehow making this all about herself and not the bigger picture. Pike: Depends on how desperate they are at the moment. I see him going through with the deception if things are severely dire, but not early on. Don't see him letting the murder go through, either - he seems the sort to try to expose it and put Garak in jail.

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[des-shinta]

Symphogear fans be like: "that's our Idiot"

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.hack//Infection Playstation 2 2002

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In the early 70s Sesame Street was created with an eye towards educating poor, inner-city children for free, and became a massive hit with all children. In 2016, faced with going off the air forever after facing conservative efforts to destroy public broadcasting since basically its beginning, new episodes became a timed exclusive for premium cable network HBO. In 2022 HBO Max, newly merged with and taken over by reality TV channel Discovery, removed Sesame Street episodes and spin-offs from streaming as a tax write-off and scheme to avoid paying residuals.

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Sesame Street's official YouTube channel is uploading the episodes for free, btw. A lot of creators are rebelling against this bullshit.

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Sesame Street on PBS KIDS. Play games with Elmo, Big Bird, Abby and all of your Sesame Street friends. Watch videos and print coloring pages

As always, America, PBS has you and your kids' backs.

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I also want to put in a plug for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, spearheaded by GBH in Boston to preserve and make available public funded programming from around the country.  More than 7000 public television and radio programs are available to stream through the website, with more than 40000 hours of programming archived and available to researchers and educators through the Library of Congress and GBH itself.

https://americanarchive.org/

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.hack//G.U. 20th Anniversary celebratory Illustration [13/23] ⬡⬢──────────⬡⬢ A celebratory illustration from the CC2 staff

Illustration by Aomomiji

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.hack//G.U. 20th Anniversary

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A celebratory illustration from the CC2 staff✨

🎨 Illustration by Kitsu

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Illustration by Shu

⬡ 23 celebratory illustrations over the three days leading up to May 20 ⬢

[.hack//G.U. 20th Anniversary Celebration Illustration 10/23]

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.hack//G.U. 20th Anniversary celebratory Illustration [08/23] ⬡⬢──────────⬡⬢ A celebratory illustration from the CC2 staff:sparkles:

Illustration by Reina Ban（ @baba_cc2）

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My grandfather and my godfather (a beloved neighbor and dear family friend) had a long standing bet- for one dollar- about who would die first. Both of them being slightly pessimistic (in the funny way), they both insisted that they themselves would be the first to die. Any time my grandfather had a health scare, he’d gleefully call up my godfather to boast that he’d be passing “any day now” and he was sure to win the bet. It was a big family joke and they were always amiably sparring and comparing notes about who was in worse shape, medically speaking.

When my grandfather was in hospice care dying of liver cancer, my godfather was quite ill also. It took him great effort to make the journey to see his dying friend. As he came into the room, supported by a family member, he shuffled to my grandpa’s bedside and silently handed him a dollar bill. He was ceding his loss of the bet, as they both knew who was going first. My grandpa had been in quite bad shape for a while and was no longer able to speak but let me tell you he snatched that dollar with unexpected strength and literally laughed aloud. He knew exactly what the gesture meant and he couldn’t help but find the humor within the grief. It was the last time any of us heard my grandpa laugh, as he passed shortly after.

When I talk about my appreciation for “dark humor” I’m not so much thinking about edgy jokes, but rather the human instinct to somehow, impossibly, both find and appreciate the absurdity that is so often folded into the profound grief of life and death. When I tell this story I think it kind of perturbs people sometimes, but it’s honestly one of my favorite memories about two men I really deeply admired. I could never hope for anything more than for my loved ones to remember me laughing until the very end, and taking joy in a little joke as one of my final acts.

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Gosh I hate grind culture. My little sister just started medical school and all of her orientation leaders are like “you absolutely cannot have a life WHATsoever you WILL have to give up EVERYTHING besides this program say GOODBYE to your hobbies and relationships” and now she’s calling me feeling guilty for running and going to the grocery store and that’s just WRONG! And that is exactly what I was told starting law school as well, and rejecting that mentality was the best thing I ever did but it was so hard not to buy into. Anyway if any of you are in an intense academic program PLEASE take time to sleep and eat and exercise and maintain your relationships and keep up your hobbies! you are not a robot who exists solely to study and I promise that living a life and staying physically and mentally healthy is not going to make you fail

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Workaholism is not just a “millennial quirk”, it’s a very real psychological problem that should not be normalized and praised. Diligence and self-realization? Awesome!!! Working so much you forget to eat, sleep and socialize? Not okay under any circumstances.

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“Raw milk is better for you as long as you boil it” so true bestie now imagine if we could like. Super boil it. To really get all the bacteria out. And if we could do that quickly and efficiently. Imagine that.

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