It’s like reading a news article and seeing horribly constructed sentences and typos. Like, this is your main job! I know there are a lot of English majors out there who would love to find work.

Is there more to life?

They talk about a few causes, but this is the gist of it for anyone who doesn’t want to click:

Researchers cited the pandemic as the biggest factor in the widening gender gap; it took a heavier toll on men. Unintentional injuries and poisonings (mostly drug overdoses), accidents and suicide were other contributors.

There are worse people to resemble!

TNG is a great place to begin. It’s usually what I recommend to anyone who hesitates to start the original. It matures the series and gets into the philosophy of trek more.

You can always go back to TOS later if you really get into the whole universe of Trek. It’s light-hearted and campy, the characters are cultural icons, and it’s fun to see where everything got started.

I respect the attention to detail in making fahrenheit imperial.

I love it. Like they all know him as this overzealous explorer-type with a flair for the dramatic, but he’s bored as hell staring at empty space all day.

other lore implications

Here’s the rest of the (long) thread that I cut off for readability, but it’s also pretty funny:

Lol, it may be the goofiest shot of him that we have.