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This video is a roller-coaster of emotion.

• Ethan Peck
• Unboxing complete collectable in-box and everything
• Bewilderment ensues - this thing is weird
• Ethan Peck tries it on
• Doesn't fit on Spock's head

Morn: :: look of astonishment, throwing hands up in air ::

Morn: ...

Monr: :: shakes head and keeps playing ::

I dunno. Those may not be completely airbrushed in, but there's certainly some contouring going on.

All Ferengi coms really should be an ad-encrusted nightmare: trailer before session, banners and popups during, ad breaks, and then a trailer at the end. Oh and a prompt, either manual or automated, to dismiss all ads for a subscription fee or an expensive one-time fee.

But with that recent paywall joke in LD, maybe that's on the way?

Jellico: Hot damn, even their jokes are efficient. I like this crew.

Cheese flavor is the way to go here.

But given the color, I'm reminded of restaurant soda syrup bags. So is this one Dr. Pepper or Coke?

No matter when/how this show ends, it'll be the same way, and it'll be far too soon.

Also: is Pike aware that he's functionally immortal until the clock runs out? There's ample evidence that his future is unavoidable, so he'd have to come to this conclusion by now, right?

The quarterback, when he became toast.

Considering what goes into the more hard-core outfits, they deserve respect for their dedication. And there are lots of outlets for that too, which is great (e.g. SCA).

However, if someone gets their tabbard in a bunch because some sci-fi cosplayers ruined their sense of immersion, at what is arguably a pay-to-enter medieval-themed shopping mall, they may deserve what they get.

A lot of the Faire folk I have met are just happy people are participating and having a good time, and if you put effort into a costume, even better.

These people are the backbone of every Faire. Huzzah!

Don't know where that comes from, but I think it has to do with the institutionalized authoritative power that comes with the job. Both are positions that can be abused, and can negatively impact people's lives.

On the other hand, my past landlords were nowhere near as helpful about noise complaints, as the police. So there's that.

I'm all for it.

Janeway: beam Ensign Smartypants back on board. I want to have a little chat about attending staff meetings in uniform.

This guy gets a gig where he plays an instrument. That only has one note. That you don't even have to play in time, or with any particular sense of rhythm. For man-period induced deathmatches and Vulcan speed-dating ceremonies.

OP's deduction is quite logical.

Here's another one. Although their EU cookie compliance workflow is kind of bonkers to use.

Yup. If you want me off the ship that badly, you're gonna have to come down here and push.

Thank you! I never saw this one before.

This sketch has everything: Patrick Stewart, Peak 1990's SNL cast, licensed music, garbage special effects, celebrity impressions, a surprise cameo, Chris Farley flubbing his lines, and Sulu.

(To be fair I'd probably flub my lines too if I had to share the stage with Patrick Stewart on less than a week to rehearse)

This is most evident in the TOS episode "The Galileo Seven". It's a horrible scenario: Spock is in command of a marooned crew on a hostile planet. He fails to take both a scared crew and an aggressive native species of spear throwing giants, into consideration. He makes one logical survival choice after another, failing to address everyone's irrationality at every turn, which ultimately costs two lives. Nothing more than the crew's faith in the chain of command (and perhaps faith in Scotty's engineering skills) holds this disasterpiece together.

And Vulcans in Trek kind of just get worse from there. You'd think they'd eventually learn to take "irrational actors" into account with assessing situations, but they don't. While that seems far-fetched, our economists here in 21st century Earth don't either.

I bet the pizza was served cold by the time it got there.

Director: RIcky? Can I call you that? Ricky, look, we have to get all your scenes during this shoot since you are using all of the bronzer we could find in the whole LA area. We can't do this tomorrow.

Capt. Jellico approves.

$0.02:

We used to get plenty done with much less screen area, so there's isn't really a driving need, per-se. There's nothing wrong with that workflow, even today.

That said, more pixels does enable some useful possibilities. IMO, the major difference comes down to using your peripheral vision (which wasn't possible before) and less background tasking. Both converge on less cognitive load since you don't need a mental map of what's in the background (everything is "foreground" now). Instead, you can scan your immediate environment (screen real-estate, physical devices, etc) to find what you want. And I think it's ultimately a matter of taste: some people will find that overwhelming instead of helpful or useful.