• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOP
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      3 months ago

      Indeed.

      “Who’s in the mood to add a little bit of their biological and technological distinctiveness to our own?”

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        Honestly, I never really thought that being a Borg would be as horrific as the show tried to claim, especially with the way Seven described it.

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          I guess it just depends on how much of “you” is still in there and aware. If your consciousness and will are fully suppressed, yeah, it probably wouldn’t seem all that bad.

          OTOH, the body horror of the assimilation process could go either way. The nanoprobes could suppress the pain, or they could just paralyze you. I just try not to think about that lol.

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            I suppose it’s hard to know how much awareness there was in Seven compared to the general population since she was part of Unimatrix Zero.

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    More like a Borg drone voluntarily making ChatGPT her queen even though it’s an idiot and not Alice Krige.

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      Yeah, I had that same thought but figured they’d merge at some point lol

      even though it’s an idiot and not Alice Krige.

      Now I’m imagining a Borg collective of just Pakleds.

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    3 months ago

    Bell Riots start in a little under 8 days. They kick off in the early morning of September 1st. Our trio of temporal travelers will arrive in 6 days.

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      Yes, my bad. I always think there are only 30 days in August. lol. Aug 31st is always like a surprise “bonus” day for me. 😆

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        Then the site is wrong. 9am September 1st is past the time the riots start and thats 192 hours away. 192 hours is 8 days exactly.

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            I was only using that as a measurement to show that the site was wrong. Even when I posted it I was wrong since I’m in Bogotá time.

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              Ah! Colombian deception! I never trusted you folks and your… um… Rainforest? I don’t know enough about Colombia to insult you properly. Oh well.

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                I’m american but you really wouldn’t want to insult these people. They’re the kindest coolest people I’ve met. It’s like if Risa were a country.

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                  I can believe it. I knew a Colombian exchange student when I was in high school and she was awesome. I would love to get in touch with her again, but I only remember her last name, and it wasn’t exactly an uncommon one.

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                I don’t know enough about Colombia to insult you properly.

                Just remember that they fuck donkeys. I think that should be enough

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        I figured out what the clock on that site is calculating. They’re showing time until the riots end

        var countDownDate = new Date("Sept 3, 2024 05:00:00 PDT").getTime();

        So just take two days and a bit off that display and that’s when they should start.

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      Roddenberry better be right about this one. If the Simpsons can call it as much as they have, Star Trek can have this one.

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    That’s… just weird. There’s performance art, and whatever this has turned into with time.

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    Anyone wearing headphones while having a conversation IRL is very disrespectful.

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      I agree with that and also agree with the opposite: anyone trying to start a conversation with me while I’m wearing headphones is very disrespectful lol.

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        Yeah, I can see that, though you might want to give the other party some time to explain what the issue is, just incase it is something important

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        Then the other party would probably need translation back, so just use a loudspeaker and swap translation direction.

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    But, the all important question remains: where is the best place to eat cheesecake within a mile of New York???