Senior Chief Petty Officer. Starfleet is in my blood, and I’ve spent my entire adult life in service to boldly going.

Keiko and Molly are my favorite humans, but Transporter Room 3 will always be my favorite.

Just don’t ask who what’s in the pattern buffer.

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Cake day: August 27th, 2024

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  • "What were your expectations? "

    That the world I was raised to live in still existed?

    That the laws I’ve been told my whole life I HAVE to follow or I will be jailed actually mean something?

    That literally any of the lies I was fed about alternative economic systems, religions/nonreligion, or stereotypes were true?

    Unfortunately all we have is this shit.

    gestures wildly at humanity and what we have done to everyone and everything in our reach

    I might need a therapy or two…




  • The obvious choice is to buy a multi-piece rifle, full size or pcc is up to you, that breaks into 2+ pieces.

    Have your pet carriers modified to carry the pieces and some utility things like ammo/cleaning/batteries/etc.

    Now when you load up your pets, you also have your carry gun!

    No part of this was thought out for practicality, results may vary from intent.

    Arm your kitties.


  • Oh god it’s another cursed abomination from gunnitrust.

    This isn’t the first time I’ve seen it today, and if it wasn’t made by AI I have to assume someone crafted the original image, giggling to themselves as they put so many features that don’t mesh into it, while also seeming like it could.

    Honestly it almost looks like a Bren 805, but something doesn’t quite look right about the receiver. Like it’s a high receiver from an AR platform, but everything else looks like an 805.

    Ive been wanting to get a 308 for awhile since most of my stuff is pistol caliber or 556. Awhile back I almost got a coworkers dad to sell me his FAL, but then the day before the exchange he decided he wanted to keep it. Ah well.


  • What guns? I lost mine in a boating accident. Terrible tragedy, but I figure they’re a waste of money and haven’t bought another one.

    Oh, all that ammo? I just keep that for emotional support. It’s been hard since the accident…

    Just don’t ask what’s behind my “I sure do love me some Jesus” shrine or why the wall behind it doesn’t make sense with the wall placement in the other room, or why I have 42 copies of the Bible in extra large print on one shelf in the living room…

    (LPT: they don’t open bibles and they probably wouldn’t destroy a Jesus memorial in front of others who supposedly love Jesus in order to discover the hidden door to the storage room)


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    It was.

    In Ohio? I’m almost positive it isn’t legal. It’s definitely illegal in states like California. But they’re banking on nobody recording their interview audio (which I will now be doing as Ohio is single-party state) and nobody complaining if asked.

    I doubt it’s a company policy, but I did send an email to their company offices to complain about it, for all the good it will do.


  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websitetomemes@lemmy.worldHoptal :(
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    Look, if you want to wrangle with a bear to try and get that pelt, you go right ahead.

    I’ve had enough suffering in my lifetimes, I’m hunkering down and waiting for the department of temporal investigations to show up and take me home.

    Besides, you need at least 3μg of pergium, which I’m sure I don’t have to remind anyone is not native to the solar system.


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    Not programming, but in the same vein, A Trek Bicycle store manager asked me in an interview if I would be willing to work a trial shift the next day building bicycles. Unpaid, of course. Just to see if I was a good fit.

    Of course, since I was used to building 50 a day, I would have gotten all of them done in a single shift whereas they were needing to call in stores from surrounding areas to come help in a few days.

    I laughed and said if they needed help tomorrow I would be happy to work for my usual fee of $20/bike.

    Oddly, I did not get the job



  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websitetomemes@lemmy.worldHoptal :(
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    There’s 1,000 jokes that can be made in sure, but in the US I once found a grenade while magnet fishing and called a guy my parents know who is a cop. The moment I realized what it was, I told my friend to run to the end of the bridge, and I gently laid it on the pile of rope I was using.

    They have a whole bomb squad that’s about 30 minutes away at full speed, and they rolled up with their trailer, a guy in a suit came over to the bridge and placed it in a box, put the box in the trailer, and one dull THUNK later all I had to do was sign a paper saying this is where I found it.

    I specifically called my parents friend rather than 911 because I had read too many accounts of cops showing up and attempting to arrest the magnet fisher for any number of reasons.

    UXO is no fucking joke, don’t for a second think you can handle it without training. You really have no idea what explosive compound they used or what it’s stability level is after being exposed to the elements.



  • I’ve legitimately tried that, even tried no alarm at all.

    The no alarm is a bad idea just because every so often I just sleep right on through, if I’ve had a particularly harsh day.

    I think my brain just goes “you sneaky fuck, I know you REALLY want to get up at 7 so we are getting up at 630ishjust to be sure.”