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carolina | 28 | she/her

[dorothygale]

longtime swiftie. longtime trekkie. enjoyer of the gay firefighter show. unsuccessful lesbian. partaker of grandma hobbies. fake movie buff. scholar of friends (1994-2004). lover of levelheaded and nuanced takes. buffy summers forever.

star trek watch order spreadsheet

❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🩷 🤎 🖤 🩶 🤍

ko-fi

[dorothygale]

sometimes i randomly check out various merch shops online. just saw this. why is it the funniest thing i've ever seen. who designed this.

[apolladay]

How old were you when you first had a grandparent die?

I wasn't born yet

less than a year old

1-5 years old

6-10 years old

11-20 years old

over 20 years old

I don't know/it's complicated

results/no grandparents have died yet

Remaining time: 5 days 8 hours

[jakeperalta]

imagine your beloved partner is planning to propose. would you want them to go to your parents for blessing beforehand?

yes I'd appreciate them getting my parents' blessing

not necessarily blessing, but I'd want them to discuss it with my parents

don't care at all either way

I'd prefer they don't go to my parents beforehand

no parents/doesn't apply to me

Remaining time: 5 days 4 hours

blessing being along the lines of "can I marry your child" vs discussion being more "I am planning to marry your child"

[obliviousmelon]

headcanon that a ferengi tradition is putting your new baby up for sale at a ridiculous price to show how valuable they are to you (everyone has to be polite and not actually buy them or hands will be thrown, people will be sued, etc etc)

[libraflyter]

I love the idea of Ferengi traditions that are both ha-ha capitalism but also create a functioning culture that’s more than a metaphor.

[thecottageinthedark]

[datasoong47]

So, this is related to a headcanon I have. There's a kind of ritual sale of childhood goods as part of the Ferengi coming-of-age, which was featured in an episode of DS9. The ostensible purpose is to raise capital for the young Ferengi male. But, like, if the Ferengi were approaching this in their usual capitalistic mindset, you wouldn't really get much from what's basically a glorified garage sale

My headcanon is that it is the accepted practice to buy those goods at much higher prices than you would normally pay, serving as a culturally acceptable way of effectively giving financial support

[shiroikabocha]

Oh I love these, especially because of the spoken and unspoken meta-traditions around the tradition! Maybe they work similarly to the “speak now or forever hold your peace” thing in human marriage ceremonies. Everyone at a human wedding understands you’re not actually supposed to say anything at that point, it’s just a formality—but you see characters do it all the time in literature and entertainment, because it makes for such a juicy plot twist.

I bet “newborn gets purchased by evil jealous ex-business partner” is a classic plot hook in Ferengi soap operas. It’s their version of getting sold to One Direction.

[politedemon]

I promise you, there is something worse out there than being sad, and that is being alone and being sad. Ain't nobody in this room alone.

[headspace-hotel]

the thing about getting the world changed for the better is you gotta learn how to make your ideas sound appealing and positive to people who might not agree otherwise.

But on the internet people describe their ideas in the most shocking and extreme way possible as a way of sifting out people who are "really" on their side

That is bad for forming a movement or sparking any kind of action

it's gotten so outrageous that people will have an idea like "we should have a strong public transportation system that is accessible to everyone" but they will express it like "FUCK CARS! WE SHOULD BAN CARS! IF YOU LIKE TO DRIVE YOU'RE A FASCIST! NO ONE NEEDS A CAR!"

This causes everyone to get into arguments about whether it is true that no one needs a car, and whether banning cars would make places inaccessible for people with certain disabilities.

The whole time we don't need to "ban cars" to have public transportation and it makes no sense why we are talking about it

We're never going to get accessible public transportation like this.

[mariacallous]

[maryoliveoil]

OH GOD

Glen Hansard, Irish Musician and ‘Once’ Star Who Won Oscar for Best Song, Dies at 56

Glen Hansard, the Irish musician who starred in the film "Once" and won the Oscar for best song, died on Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. He

[fictionalauthorityii]

Finding out AI companies are chewing through - literally, they’re pulping and burning them as they go - millions of books often including 1/1s and old texts that cannot be reprinted

Meanwhile there’s always some dipshit telling me AI is the future and we’ve got to just let companies erase human history and literature so they can train their abomination machines to pretend to think like people because a judge said it’s fine

[wageronancap]

[odessa-edmundson]

'Modern Poisoning Tools': AI Firms Buying and Destroying Thousands of Books To Feed AI Models

AI companies are buying and scanning printed books for training data, raising copyright and cultural preservation concerns as rare volumes a

[dorothygale]

star trek tng made a character that can do literally anything. and wisely they did not make that character a hero nor a villain. just a nuisance. no plot holes, no writing themselves into a corner. only a little freak who shows up once a season or so to bother the main cast. impeccable narrative design

[smokeys-house]

So how much longer are we gonna pretend "higher than normal call volume" is a thing that exists. I think its normal call volume actually and you just arent hiring enough people. I think if you experience higher than normal for a very long time its no longer higher than normal its just normal and youve failed to adjust accordingly

[readysetjo]

Both scenarios have a bedroom and kitchen for you. Food you like will be delivered.

Would you rather:

Be locked in a library for 3 months (only books)

Be locked in a movie theater with every film possible for 3 months

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Remaining time: 4 days 16 hours

[curiositysavesthecat]

If you could restart your life from age 15 with all the knowledge you possessed now, so that you COULD go back and fix all your regrets/mistakes, would you do it?

Yes

No

Remaining time: 4 days 4 hours

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[dorothygale]

got a mint chip milkshake yayyyyy

[apolladay]

have you ever seriously considered leaving tumblr? (choose whichever option fits best. you can also choose one of the yes options if you’ve actually left before)

- yes, long-term or permanently

- yes, but only as a relatively short break

- no

have you ever seriously considered leaving tumblr? (choose whichever option fits best. you can also choose one of the yes options if you’ve actually left before)

yes, long-term or permanently

yes, but only as a relatively short break

no

Remaining time: 3 days 18 hours

[anik]

i love this guy