MCU Thanos. Dude is a complete idiot. With the stones he could basically be a god and do whatever he wants, but chooses to half the universe in order to stretch resources… except that doesn’t actually do that. He halved all life. Most resources are themselves alive. And even then he’s only kicking the can down the road a bit. Why not double the resources? Why not fundamentally change life so that it doesn’t have to use as much?

The comics version works because it turns out that his justifications are bullshit; dude just wants to impress Death because he loves her.

I will grant that MCU Thanos works in the sense that he’s a tough-guy moron who surrounds himself with yes-men, which only enhances his danger. But I don’t think that this was the intent in how they wrote him.

His turn to the dark side is just so damn abrupt. Even Clone Wars, which does a lot to flesh out Anakin as a character, doesn’t even really show us the gradual seduction of the dark side on him.

I mean, I only shared it in reference to the supposedly Christian guy getting upset at the sight of a pride flag as though it’s completely counter to Christian belief and practice, meanwhile there are Christian churches that solemnize same-sex marriage, ordain openly gay and trans clergy, etc. Wasn’t really aiming for social points. But thanks for the comment!

Hear hear! (pounds cane)

This reminds me that I once, in the name of humor, tried to whip up a progress pride-inspired Confederate flag as a trolling tool and it’s among the most cursed things I’ve ever seen. Pretty sure I deleted it from existence…

Meanwhile my church:

(ALT: The words “The Episcopal Church” in white above a variation of a shield graphic that has a blue field in the upper left with a series of white crosses forming an X shape; pink, blue, brown, black diagonal stripes on the right; the classic Pride rainbow colors of purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red forming the remaining sections with a white cross holding them all together)

EDIT: I tried to use a spoiler tag/format but I apparently suck at that. Sorry. Don’t sue me!

Hell, there was a time where a single captured swear word like this would get the religious right all worked up and create a legit scandal. Pretty sure there was a lot of work done to keep LBJ’s famous potty-mouth concealed from the public. Remember when GOP got upset about Rahm Emmanuel telling someone to go “fuck themselves” or when then-VP Biden was caught on a hot mic telling Obama “you fucking earned this” or whatever it is he said about some accolade. “Let no filthy speech come from your mouth” it says in the Bible. “Unless it’s our preferred politician” they added with an asterisk.

THANK YOU!

Not sure if this actually counts for the question, but I had a friend who called the Hittites “hitty-titties” when we had a Bible class together, as a way to remember them for a test. I still think of that whenever I come across the word Hittite.

Sounds like a podcast featuring a Weyoun, ACA Brunt, and Shran. I’d check that out.

I actually like Jake. That being said, I always find it amusing when I read the production notes section of any episode of DS9 on Memory Alpha and I come across “Cirroc Lofton does not appear in this episode.” Part of me wants to believe that Jake or his agent went through every episode to look for the ones he/his client was not in.

They have the Star Trek equivalent of a podcast. Now, what’s the title?

Went to a moving sale a few weeks ago. Dude had a ton of computer and gaming related stuff. But what caught my eye was the translucent purple Drop mechanical keyboard. I was never a keyboard girlie. But I became one for that beauty.

My grandfather straight up told this to my aunt when she was a kid. Even went so far a few days later to tell her that he could see leaves starting to sprout when he looked in her ears.

I’ve had cats just shred the roll in their attempts. Toddlers don’t care about configuration. They will unroll that paper with impunity.

Don’t know if it’s still around, but Smucker’s or someone made a jar of peanut butter and jelly swirl. It was good, but yeah, the mouthfeel was off when used for the sandwich.

Oh man, you just reminded me of those… we don’t have Trader Joe’s in Hawai’i (which is kinda weird, yeah? Given their whole aesthetic and all). I’ve not really cared much. But you just brought to mind something they have that is truly excellent.

This is the first time I’ve ever heard of this. I’m guessing it’s to help prevent the bread from soaking up the peanut butter and jelly?