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Canada mulling ‘game plan’ if U.S. takes far-right, authoritarian shift.
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Total tangent, but: the famous Stamets from Risa is also Canadian? 😀
You know I'm still trying to decide if being recognized constantly is a good or a bad thing lol
But yep. I'm Canadian, eh! Or b'y if you wanna be more accurate to my roots.
Oh a Newfie! 😀 I'm in / from Toronto but my dad's side of the family are all Acadian from Nova Scotia. (That's not me being an ignorant Torontonian assuming NS and Newfoundland are the same thing, just acknowledging they're both that side of Canada 😂)
You're being recognised for providing people with entertainment and joy. I'd say that's a good thing! You've certainly provided me (and my friends by extension) with a ton of entertainment. To that point, if you message me your details I'll e-transfer you $50 as thanks for all your good works.
All good! Nova Scotia and NFLD have a lot in common anyway. I'm in Toronto too actually. Have been for a few years now, for better or worse.
I can't take credit for anything I post. Just stuff I've collected over the years and finally found a place to share it. I mean I can't say that $50 is unappealing or unhelpful but I don't make the posts for money or thanks or anything. Just like seeing people talking about Star Trek and I like helping people laugh. The world sucks and if I can be part of the day being a little better then awesome.
Neat! What area of Toronto are you in? Toronto must be so grey and bland and depressing for somebody coming from the east coast. I was born here and have been here all my life, and quite frankly I am really starting to hate it.
Speaking of Star Trek, I re-watched TNG Relics last night and it bothers me so much that they didn't really do much to investigate the origins of the Dyson Sphere. Quite possibly the most advanced piece of engineering in the galaxy ever (well, maybe excluding Iconian gates -- they transport you to Toronto's city hall, after all), and they're just like "yeah, it's uninhabited; anyway, Scotty's sad"
The world does indeed suck, so if sending a couple of bucks your way makes your day better then please let me -- no pressure though! I would've offered to meet up and buy you a beer or two, but I don't get out much anymore, nor do I drink often these days, so e-transfer is the next best thing for me.
East-side although I've bounced around all over the GTA. There are some evil landlords out there who will take advantage of anyone anyway they can and I'm on ODSP so I don't usually have the best choice of landlords. Current one is amazing though. I lucked out.
The Dyson Sphere gets explored a LOT in other media but TNG left it alone. Star Trek Online, a free to play MMO that was released in 2010, explores the Dyson Sphere a lot. There's a whole series of missions and an arc based around it. The game can get obscenely complex in stats and builds but only if you want it to be. Otherwise it's really easy to sit back and blast shit while hearing Trek actors. However the game is in 'temporal flux', shall we say. It's both canon and non-canon. In Picard Season 3 we saw the Enterprise-F for the first time on screen but that ship was debuted in Star Trek Online years ago. Also it shows Harry Kim gets promoted to Captain so dope.
I mean it would but I'm just not great at accepting compliments, nevermind much else. Also I don't drink anymore either. I also don't get out much either for a whole bunch of reasons. Although when I do I usually do something stupid and go to Ripley's Aquarium or down to fucking Hanlans. I'm an all or nothing idiot.
Nice! I am west end / Parkdale-adjacent. I've been renting for a long time in this place, and it's an older building, so the property management probably hate me and my rent-controlled ass.
I did actually play STO briefly in the early 2010s, but don't think I encountered any stories involving the Dyson Sphere. It's cool that they picked up on it in a quasi-canonical way. I do wish TNG returned to the sphere in the series run, though. I'm surprised Berman didn't tackle it in an episode of Enterprise, although they would've made that a season long arc, and it would have turned out the sphere builders were actually the descendants of Porthos (who became enlightened and sentient beings after all of the space-cheese Porthos ate) who travelled into the distant past to build the sphere. Or it would end up being a Barclay holodeck simulation, one or the other.
Hey, whether Ripley's or Hanlans there's usually a lot of stuff to look at 😂
Similar sort of deal for me. My landlord is my roommate but she's been here for ages and is also rent controlled. Gets it dirt cheap. Even with ODSP I'm still able to afford half the rent and be fine. Mostly because the rent, while being so cheap, also includes utilities (minus internet). I don't want to leave this place.
I would totally be down for a Porthos focused series of animated shorts or something. I miss that adorable bastards. Captains need to have more pets.
Difference is that at Ripley's i'm looking at Marine Life. At Hanlans i'm the marine life in the form of a beached whale. Everyone else pretty though.
With this sentiment, you've already made my day a little better. That's something that I also try for myself and it's nice to see others expressing a similar view.
I've been through too much shit to do anything else. I'm not always the best at it and sometimes I can fuck up severely or just be an asshole. But I try. All you can do, right?
Similar here. Have been lucky but have also been unemployed and couch surfing. Hope you're doing well.
Mycelium*
You two have fulfilled all of my stereotypes today, this was a lovely conversation below.
May your day be as lovely as you are <3