It was a hostile takeover. One of the original founders tried to prevent it from happening.

“I tried to find out who was playing Baldur’s Gate 3, but all I found was this worthless pile of sexual abuse evidence!” [Throws cardboard box into incinerator]

Mirrored:

No, I took it

It occurs to me that, apart from their egos being too big to share one biosphere, Khan and Lex Luthor would get along like peas and carrots.

I got his autograph at a convention once. Most celebrities fall somewhere close to the middle of the “smile, nod, sign autograph, receive money” curve. Tony Todd started asking me questions about what I was doing at the con, what sort of stuff I was looking forward to. He was sweet and kind and giving to a gigantic dork to whom he owed nothing, and he gave me a memory that I’ll cherish forever. He deserves every ounce of praise he’ll receive, and more.

Don’t forget the mood “goo goo for babies”

Bluetooth speaker? No! Homemade PVC pipe passive amp? Yes!

I loved swordfish steak the one time I had it, so I’d bet that Scylla, Charybdis, or the Kraken would be quite good.

Oh, also The Kraken is quite tasty.

I love sitting neck-deep in an outdoor hot tub on a cold day!

It’s a little more expensive, but not dramatically so

Buying boxes of full-sized candy isn’t even that much more expensive than the fun-sized, and the psychological impact is immediate and dramatic. Every year I hear kids go “Woah, big candy bars!”

Better for what? I only listen to mp3s I’ve got stored on my phone; I use BlackPlayer for that, and I love it. For streaming music purposes… I dunno, I never got into that racket.

“You are Star Trek, but we do not grant you the rank of Generation.”

Probably The Asylum.

Admittedly, The Asylum has a quite a few rooms within it, but I’d say that the antechamber of The Asylum that abuts the outer wall to Outside comprises the majority of the surface of the Earth and its atmosphere, so that’s a pretty big room.

I have a theory about this!

It falls under the umbrella of why transhumanism (or transklingonism, or whatever you like… transbeingism?) is so rare in Star Trek. None of the major powers have fully embraced cybernetic or genetic augmentation. Why?

Earth has the Eugenics Wars which is used to explain how leery they are of genetic augmentation, and it could also explain their conservative attitude towards cybernetics. The encounter with the Borg would just reinforce this pre-existing attitude. But the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians? Why haven’t any of them fully embraced either genetic or mechanical augmentation?

The theory is that, in the Star Trek universe, “natural” evolution is the only stable way for species to advance. The augments led to the Eugenics Wars, and you’ve also got the Bynars who went full cybernetic and nearly had their civilization collapse due to one bad solar flare. The changelings, the Douwd, and the Q, on the other hand, seem to have evolved to their extraordinary powers taking the long route. The Borg are the ultimate example of the dangers of advancing too quickly; they became a cancer species so aggressive that every other sentient species cannot help but ally against them and seek their destruction.

If augmentation were a viable means of advancement in Star Trek you would expect to see more examples of it in the galactic community, but you don’t, so there must be a very good reason why it isn’t.

Did you see what he did to Dr. Dugong?!

One time in high school, I heard somebody yell “Steve, you [bundle of sticks], stop talking to your girlfriend and let’s go!” and Steve was in fact at the time talking to his girlfriend.

The sheer concentration of cognitive dissonance has stuck with me to this day.

We’re doing the extra-silly speedthrough right now. Next time will be much more comprehensible.

Instructions unclear. Got God diagnosed with lead poisoning

Well, that certainly explains the platypus!