You’re right. I must have been remembering a fever dream

I respect your opinion, and fundamentally disagree. You’re never going to convince me it wasn’t great. But I do get why people didn’t like it. It just happened to sit really well with me, until the last episode which didn’t actually happen and was never filmed nor aired. Nope. Nuh uh

Can’t help it. Love it. Love Trip, love T’pol, Phlox is life, and the theme song fucking slaps. Humanity at odds with the Vulcans? The andorian plotlines? An actual feeling of newness and discovery? It’s so good.

DS9 is still my favorite, though

Oh I’m checking this out! Minority opinion, I know, but Ent is my second favorite trek

This sounds amazing!

Legit thought that was a microwave at first lol

Most people on Lemmy, maybe. The smart watches are popular as shit, as far as I’ve seen. I rarely see someone without one out in public

And on top of that, a device to track your steps that you wildly overpay for isn’t exactly comparable to a full “I can think and know all the info on Wikipedia” sci-fi future of computer-brain interfaces. I absolutely do see the brand-loyal fanatics signing up for Google Grey Matter or the apple iBrain

Honestly? Terrifying. Not to get all "mark of the beast"y or anything like that, but they’re not going to have to force us to get brain-computer interface chips, people are going to line up for them and pay for it willingly. And then after a while, actual thought crimes become a real thing. I don’t want to live in a world where I have to worry about the encryption level of my brain. I don’t want Dear Leader, whoever that may be at the time, knowing if I like them.

10 years ago, this would have exited the hell out of me. Now? All I can think about is how fucking terrifying it is.

I’ve seen this movie. Run, Tuvix! Run for your life!

“Healthy” is sort of subjective, especially in an era where prepackaged snack cakes and cookies and all manner of processed foods are super common, and often far more available than fresh alternatives. Is this healthier than just eating a handful of spinach leaves or a bowl of riced cauliflower? Likely not. Is this healthier than opening a package oreos, saying you’ll have 2, and then eating the entire thing while binge watching something on Netflix? I have no idea. I assume so, maybe I’m wrong. But this take effort and time to make, so you’ll probably eat fewer of them, and not snack on them absent mindedly as you would with something that took zero effort to obtain. Plus, this looks like it tastes way better

Yeah, I went and checked to make sure they weren’t aggressive or hostile before posting my comment. I think they are genuine, and they’ve responded to people who told them basically “wrong community” and then posted in a different community. I think there might also be a language barrier at work here. The particular “denomination” (not really a fitting world, but “sect” is loaded and “path” sounds hippydippy to most people) is in hard to pin down, but it sounds like a guru-centric Vaishnavite group with a lot of Christian influence in their morals. Hinduism doesn’t really have a lot of the “no sex!” Rules until Christianity influenced it, which is why I’m guessing a specific guru lineage and not just a general Vaishnavite family tradition. But, not an expert. Either way, I think they’re at least attempting to act in good faith

Jai parabrahman! Hare Krishna! I checked out your profile. I’m an Advaitin, so I hope you don’t take this as hostility.

I see what you’re trying to do, and I respect it. You have a sincerely held belief, and you want to share that. But this really isn’t the place for it. Evangelizing Bhakti in communities that aren’t designed for the discussion of religion or philosophy is just going to end up with locked threads and eventually probably a ban. You need to read the community rules before posting, and seek out communities specifically for this kind of discussion. They do exist. There are Buddhist communities already, though I have not found a Hindu community yet. Consider creating one! While you and I do not agree on many things, I would join a Hindu community on Lemmy.

I know you think you’re helping, but in reality you will drive people further from your position by attempting to go around the rules and brute force your opinions. Sanatana Dharma is a big tent, with a lot of variation, and Bhakti has its place, but these sorts of posts are quite similar to some of the harmful things that people around here have experienced with other religions. Evangelism hurt a lot of people, in India and in the west, and Lemmy is primarily dominated by users who have rejected it or have negative associations with Christian evangelism, and will not react fondly to being preached at, especially when it so closely resembles what they’re actively attempting to move away from.

I do hope you can find or create a community here on Lemmy to discuss your beliefs! If you’d ever like to have a discussion about Advaita, vishtiadvaita, Shaivism, or nondualism I would love that. I’d even be very interested to talk about Bhakti some time! My personal path is attempting to find and understand Nirguna Brahman, but I would love to discuss your Saguna and learn more about that path. I’m assuming you’re a Vaishnavite, and I have always been interested in learning more about that tradition.

Om Shanti. Om tat sat.

What’s the best alternative?

Haha. It’s so fucking awful, ain’t it? Lol

Yeah, like, at first I thought they were sacrificing to a false god through the effigy, but then I saw it’s definitely him with the hose, clearly they are sacrificing to Hose God. I mean, good lesson for them, I guess? No sacrifices, it angers the Hose God. But I don’t see jealousy…

Is this one of the lizards you can keep as pets? Can I have a giant wall sized glass tank just absolutely full of these little derps living their lives and eating stuff and generally being happy?

American or European standard?

Does it make you want a hotdog real bad?

It kind of is. Like, I imagine back in the day before we had refrigeration and other methods like canning it was something to do with excess turnips and then eventually pumpkins, but it is weird.

The one that really bothers me, though, are the mini pumpkins and gourds. Folks might have one, maybe two, jack-o’-lanterns, but they’ll waste dozens of those mini gourds on decoration. Those things are delicious! And if you’re buying them every year, not carving them, they always look basically the same… That’s a pretty good use for something like plastic or glass, and save the food for, like, food. The pumpkins I get people want to do something creative and different with each year, but the mini gourds? They just sit there like lumps!

That’s really interesting! Thanks for explaining. How often do you play music for your patients? I’ve never had a doctor do this, but I haven’t had a lot of procedures