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She is despicable for using her position to talk politics. Shameful (-123)

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Episcopalian here. Where she's not the Bishop of my Diocese, Bishop Budde has already had stern words for Trump, since it was one of the churches in her Diocese that Trump took that photo op with a bible in front of, after tear gas disbursed a number of priests from the campus from giving aid to folk caught up in the protest... after another set of protesters set fire to part of the building the day before. So it's been rock vs. hard place all the way down. (3322)

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And I find the death of that horrible church amusing. Bless you  (-68)

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I won't forget the rioters who set the church of the presidents ON FIRE out of deep hatred. But she didn't have a problem with it. she diverted and said "it's just a building" I agree. But it is the hatred that is burning this country to the ground. it spreads when we let it take hold. Read about, think about it, talk about, and then eventually demonstrate it. I'm talking killings, burnings, looting, abusing. I am so disgusted with the lies and corruption. but the hatred and finger pointing has to stop. And we have to forgive (1)

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I liked her remarks about LGBT children, but her well-meaning racism upset me."The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens, or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals."It just gets so old. My wife is Latinx, and we have had to deal with so much discrimination from every direction.One side assumes my wife is illegal and scamming the government and should leave. The other side assumes my wife is illegal and a dishwasher and that she should work for less than minimum wage. My wife entered the US as a legal immigrant and she is now a citizen, she's an accountant FFS.I hate all these racists. (0)

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Died by CrucifixionThe fact that Jesus was crucified is a historical fact. The evidence for this historical event is found in various historical sources.The Jewish Historian Josephus (ca. A.D. 37-ca. 100)Josephus reports the crucifixion of Jesus with the words: "When Pilate, upon hearing him accused by men of the highest standing amongst us, had condemned him to be crucified . . . ."(4) Roman Historian Cornelius Tacitus (A.D. 55?-117)Tacitus, also reported the crucifixion of Jesus as an historical event: "Nero fastened the guilt [of the burning of Rome] and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus."(5) Mara Bar-Serapion (ca. A.D. 73)Bar-Serapion wrote a letter to his son from prison. In this letter, he wrote "What advantage did the Jews gain from executin... (0)

2) The tomb was emptyThe Jerusalem FactorIf Jesus' body was not absent from the tomb, the enemies of Christianity could have easily stomped out the movement by removing Jesus' body from the tomb and showing it to everyone. If they did that, Christianity would have died before it even began. It did not die back then. We can infer from this fact that they did not take Jesus' body out of the tomb in order to parade it down the street to prove to everyone that the resurrection claims of the disciples were false. Why didn't they do this? Most likely because Jesus' body was not even in the tomb to be taken out.*All four gospels feature women as witnesses to the empty tomb.Women were considered second class citizens back then and their testimony was considered worthless. The empty tomb narrative is most likely historical because it would have been awkward for the early church to have women as the chief witnesses when their testimony wasn't considered valid back then. They would have made m... (0)

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This happened on New Years and I don't know if someone already posted it nor do I care that it's a week old

Markiplier (the only popular youtube who hasn't touched a kid (yet??)) and also the most handsome between christmas and new year's, banned most of his subreddit mods, instated new mods, and laid out a couple of new rules (very very understandable rules, like "don't re-upload paid content or content I personally deleted from my channels")

The janny seethe is astronomical

(screenshot because I am lazy BUT ALSO because this ex-janny deleted all their posts after they got demopped in shame )

The thread is here btw

The strange thing is: most of these mods were inactive and shouldn't even be bitching at all (I guess I too wouldn't do my job if I wasn't being paid!)

Okay I stole this next bit from a pyrocynical video so I don't know where it got posted but I couldn't get the link if I tried (which I didn't) so please don't be mad, it's good seethe

Markiplier actually responded to this person, with this:

The bill seems aimed at limiting the less tech-savvy from accessing 'piracy' sites, as it says that the blocking order cannot "require service providers to take actions that would prevent users from using virtual private networks (VPNs)."

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1igqnoh/new_bill_to_effectively_kill_anime_other_piracy/

The original post: Petition to remove posts that show Nazi's in a positive light. E.G. "My grandfather fought in the German Army in the 1930s" posts, which always devolve into Nazi apologism, and similar posts. It's time to stop this kind of garbage from being accepted here.

Some of the reactions and arguments:

>I never really see posts like that example you have. Sure, there are Nazi posts sometimes, but they are almost always explaining what is going on the in the picture, not supporting it or anything like that

>Standing ovations for ukranian who fought with nazi. OOTL. What's up with everyone hating on Prime Minister Trudeau? https://i.imgur.com/a/rhg4Imq https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1hqhcd8/comment/m4rvhne/?context=8 https://old.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1hqhcd8/comment/m4ryddo/?context=8

>That's not this sub. It is implied that he's referring to posts on this sub.

>It's implied they referring to pro Hitler supporters. "That's not this sub. It is implied that he's referring to posts on this sub" deflection lol

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>Jesus people. Lets just ban every little thought that pops into your heads.

>[reply thread 1] Welcome to Reddit. The most deranged site on the internet.

>Not been to many sites?

>[reply thread 2] I know right it feels like the 100th petition post I've seen. It's an annoying new strain of bots.

>Anti Nazi bots > your Nazi sympathies

>Excuse me? Nobody ever speaks to me like that. I know you're a troll and that this is ragebait, but still. I can't believe you'd call me a foul thing over this. This behavior is disgusting, I hope you repent and self-reflect on this later.

>[another branch of thread 2] I think you're onto something there. My whole timeline has been an "anti-nazi" crusade. Bots seems likely.

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>Yes! Only through vigorous censorship can we defeat fascism!

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>Is saying, "Not every German soldier who fought in the Wehrmacht was a psychopathic Jew hater?" Nazi apologism? Should we also insist that every photo about Vietnam include a reference to My Lai?

>[thread 1] Yes. That is nazi apologism. If you actually wanted to talk about that, you'd post "this is x person who was drafted into the German military despite supporting the Jewish community". The "not all" argument is apologism and leads nowhere.

>Stating historical facts isn't apologism. I'd recommend reading up on the subject sometime, but people like you who are incapable of studying history without getting personally involved are the most likely to fall into dangerous ideologies like Nazism.

>I'm literally in the field of historical preservation, hence I know importance of wording when it comes to interpretation.

>[thread 2] Glorification and normalization of Nazi's should not be your goal, bud.

>I don't wish to glorify the Nazis, and I don't see anything in my original comment that suggests I wish to glorify the Nazis. I am a man who loves men; the Nazis would have killed me. That said, I think it's illogical to suggest that every single German man of that generation was a psychopath or that every single Russian man of that generation was a male feminist.

>Brain rot has convinced people that if you don't strap up every morning to prepared to stomp Nazis, that means you are one.

>Brain rot has caused people to forget that our grandfathers and great grandfathers were heros for stomping Nazis. The whole nation stood behind them and because of that we defeated the mass death, suffering and destruction that the Nazis brought with them. People need to be afraid of Nazi ideas again. You cannot cede them one single inch. The problem with Nazi apologism in even its mildest form of wanting to appear impartial, is that it convinces people that "they were just like us" means that it couldn't have been that bad instead of "holy frick we need to be careful."

>[another branch of thread 2] People didn't have to be psychopaths, or agree with every nazi position to either be a nazi or to help the nazis. Most evil in the world is committed by ordinary people.

>If they'd won, we would all be Nazis and be committing evil. Everyone seems to have this delusion that they would be one of the few resistance hero's but statistically, the majority would either be fervent supporters of the agenda that had been successfully propagandised into actually agreeing, or the other group who did horrible things because they and their families lives would otherwise have been at risk. See also: Stanford Prison Experiment

>The Stanford Prison 'Experiment' has been repeatedly debunked.) But you're right, people do go along with evil shit. It's still no excuse, everyone in germany should have resisted it way before the nazis seized power. Nobody's grandfather or great grandfather in the Nazi Wehrmacht gets a pass just bc it was difficult and unpopular to resist. Everyone has an obligation to resist fascism regardless of how many people actually do it.

>"Difficult and unpopular" = you're definitely going to die and your family is also probably going to die. Understatement of the year. I admire those that resisted but I know I'd be in that third group. I don't think I'm alone and I don't think that makes me a bad person

>[another branch of thread 2] They didn't do that at all. With how die-hard you are about trying to erase Nazi history, it honestly seems like you're trying to run some sort of psyop to erase all posts about them so that it's easier for them to bounce back once nobody can recite what they did. Spreading knowledge of their existence isn't promoting or normalizing them, it's remembering them. And the horrors they committed are something we NEED to remember for the sake of humanity.

>[another branch of thread 2] Correction- If you don't say that you're prepared to stomp Nazis while impotently raging at the world from your computer

>At least we have principles, basement dwelling Nazi

>["Everyone I Don't Like Is Hitler" reaction image]

>CarolinaNaziCuck would literally be a better username

>He raged, impotently, from his computer…

>Awww poor Nazi getting sad

>Sad? No, not really. I do feel a bit bad for you, though. The world must be a sad, scary place when you think that everyone who doesn't think exactly the same as you is a Nazi.

>Awww poor Nazi getting more sad

>If you're going to troll, I'm sure you can do better than that. This is just lazy.

>Awwww poor nazi being disappointed now. Poor Nazi gonna tell me I'm on troll food stamps now 😂

>Come on, you can do better than that. If you're going to throw around insults, you need something much more cutting. So far, you've called me a Nazi, a cuck, and said that I'm sad and disappointed. I'm none of the first three, but if this is you trying to insult me, you're right on that last point. EDIT: I don't know why you edited your comment to add the Food Stamps bit. So far, I don't think that I've insulted you even once, except to say that you need to work on your trolling. Also, interesting that you would assume that that's the criticism I'd make.

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>Ya, probably a good idea. Just wait for them to consider it "censorship", though. How about this one? My grandfather was dragged into a war because Nazi Germany decided they wanted to commit genocide and violate the sovereignty of multiple countries. I'd rather not see photos celebrating the people who were shooting at him on behalf of the Nazis. I'm well aware that the Wehrmacht wasn't necessarily comprised of Nazis itself, but it was an arm of the Nazi Party, and did its bidding. I'm beyond certain there were good men in the Wehrmacht who had no choice but to serve and did in fact use their position to help people when they could, but again, it was a military doing the bidding of genocidal control freaks. The institution should not be celebrated, and I'm sorry to say, your grandfather's service in such an army should not be celebrated. I, too, would be sad if my grandfather fought and sacrificed for what he thought was right, only to find that he fought for a mass murdering dictatorship. I would remember him as my grandfather, but would never celebrate his service to any such organization. Ya, they had nice uniforms and did well for the first few years of the war. Beyond that, they were the sword and shield of Nazism.

>"Just wait for them to consider it 'censorship', though." Frick 'em. They're Nazis. Their opinion doesn't matter. EDIT: Imagine downmarseying a comment for saying Nazi opinions don't matter.

>[thread 1] Being interested in historical war photos doesn't make someone a Nazi.

>This is a disingenuous characterization of what's happening with Nazi apologism.

>But it's a perfect representation of what you're suggesting with this ludicrous post. You don't understand Nazi apologism, you're an internet vigilante trying to burn every book (post) that proves that they existed. Stop trying to help Nazis come back by erasing public knowledge of them.

>[thread 2] I'm not defending the Nazis, frick em, but not every solider that fought for the Wehrmacht was a complete Nazi psychopath. Some were forced in and didn't want to make a fuss about it or else they'd look suspicious and probably be killed. There were a lot psychotic Nazis in the Wehrmacht, but not every single one were like. A good example is the Battle of Castle Itter, when it was the ending hours of WWII and some Wehrmacht soldiers teamed up with U.S soldiers and attacked the SS that was up in the castle with POWs.

>Can you guess where stuff like this leads you? People taking it and running with is until it's apologist shit. That's why you don't allow it.

>I'm not a Nazi sympathizer at all, I am literally just saying what happened in the past. It's literally true that Wehrmacht soldiers fought with the Americans to kill the SS and free the POWs in the castle and some just served because they were forced and had no choice. It's history and it happened whether you liked it or not. I'm not a fricking Nazi sympathizer

>I know you aren't. Truly, I get that. But once you make an exception for something, while legitimate, it just attracts the actual nazis. Maybe I'm wrong. It's totally possible. But I don't think so. Honestly, I really didn't think you were a nazi sympathizer.

>That is true, those people can definitely chime in

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>Someone saw an out of context picture of Elon

>[thread 1] Although I disagree with op, here's context [gif of Elon Musk]

>Where's the sound? He literally says he's throwing his heart out to you.

>If I say "i love before" before punching a stranger in the eye, does that change the gesture? The man is 53 years old, so stop wiping his butt like he's a kid. Everyone else on the planet has managed not to do this, I watched it live, and that shit shocked the frick out of me as someone who has defended Elon for the past decade

>Everyone on the planet? There's pictures of practically everyone caught "saluting". You're just looking for something to relate them to Nazis.

>No. Not a picture. A video, a very clear 4k video of him doing the salute multiple times. If you want to carry water for nazis, instead of just acknowledging your own two eyes, then I don't know what to say. The man is again, 53yrs old and has made his decisio

>International audience here. It's a horrific look. The republican's that are defending him by saying its a Roman salute OR its throwing his heart out are pathetic. After all, it can't be both. Better yet. A particular German dictator in the 40's also did his salute by "throwing his heart out" as well. Go look at footage of him doing it.

>What's crazy is you think I give a shit about outside opinion.

>I love their self awareness

>[thread 2] Yea, they should definitely watch the video where he turns around and does a nazi salute to the flag lol

>Like this? [gif of Hitler and Elon doing similar gestures]

>No. His hand is flat against his chest, grabbing at his heart.

>So now it's not "pound your chest" because you realize that's exactly what he did. You can literally hear the pound of his hand against his chest as he did it live.

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>I mean history is a serious academic discipline after all. Not at all written by the victors - it's objective!

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>I agree. As a Pole can we also refer to them as what they were Germans. Luftwaffe, Wechmacht all committed atrocities and not all were members of Nazi party. Do you refer to the Brits during the war as Conservatives

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>Agreed! Jews deserve to feel safe and heard! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

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>No, unless you agree with Elon?

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>This sub is mostly Nazis or sympathizers so this will probably not happen

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>I petition that you remove posts that falsely accuse people of being nazis first.

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>HATERS GONNA HATE… sounds about right….

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>Ideological purity is often at odds with the truth.

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>Lmao but I'm sure you have no problem showing communists in a positive light huh?

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>Why is anyone for banning any speech I don't get it! Do you think the Constitutional Right of free speech is for popular speech that everyone loves? No it's for unpopular speech that everyone hates! Speech is just speech words shouldn't mean that much to anyone!

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>with this sort of sensitivity I'd assume any portrayal of them you'd see as a positive portrayal and an attack on yourself. Nazis will be portrayed, they existed. Though not in a positive light.

Edit: added some more recent comments

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1i7tsvo/an_rrarehistoricalphotos_user_asks_others_to_stop/

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A short recap from the last drama:

PS is a streamer/gamedev who has a lot of hate for his takes and is under kiwifarm crosshair for being a furry lolcow. Despite that, he is still fairly popular.

He plays WOW hardcore or something with his clan (or whatever in wow) OnlyFangs with are a bunch of streams apparently. This is a recipe for disaster.

In one of the WOW encounters that leave 2 permanent clan members dead, he has a dispute with his clan on stream because he ran away. Whether you agree with it or not, he is so unlikable during the stream everyone comes out and dunks on him. From a simple clan dispute, it turns into a massive drama in which people send him death threats for the lol. He takes it pretty badly and gets kicked out of the clan.

recap over

This time, he went into Asmongold stream to explain his situation. Needlessly to say, this cause a massive massive seethes from the leftoid

lets enjoy this

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Background: /r/straighttransgirls is where the s of the Blaire White variety go to rant, away from their overwhelmingly transbian ("it's maam!") counterparts.

OP wonders if these euphoria boners often discussed on the main trans subs are real or are just a terf psyop. Commenters proceed to fight over:

• AGP is a fake term and transphobic to even mention

• AGP is real but it's perfectly fine

• boners indicate transbians are just fetishizing perverts

• it's fine to get boners over spinny skirts…not sexual at all

Excerpt:

[–]AbsolutelyRidic 7 points 23 days ago

[euphoria boners] normal things that happen if you have a peepee, aren't taking estrogen yet, and aren't constantly miserable.

[–]Pink_T-Goddess 0 points 23 days ago

Oh shut up gurl.. stop making stuff up.. I didn't experience this so called "euphoric boner" even when I haven't transitioned back then and was just starting on Estrogen... I literally have fluctuating libido but I don't get a "boner" by the sight of me looking like a very beautiful woman.. This is not a thing, you guys are just making it up to cover your fetishes... Having a fetish is not a bad thing but don't lump is in with you.. Don't treat our existence as the same as your existence...

More coping seething and coping again in the comments.

Graduated last year and have a useless degree now. I'm technically doing my masters but I'm thinking of dropping out (haven't told my parents yet). Still live with my parents. Never had a real bf. Don't really have any friend. Is it over?

!bardfinn

pretty cool

also that , comma

The Nagus

The cold open drops more foreshadowing than sunshine on my butt: Sisko wants go to Bajor with Jake- he plans to visit The Fire Caverns (later revealed to be home to the Pah-Wraiths and they will be the site of Sisko's last confrontation with Dukat in the final episode)- Rom is acting like Rom and he quotes our first ever Rule of Acquisition (Number One, no less- "Once you've got their money, never give it back". As the episode progresses we get the sixth rule too- "Never allow family to stand in the way of opporunity")- we see Grand Nagus Zek, his weird staff and his huge manservant Maihardu. Loads of important shit gets shown for the first time this episode (EDIT NB: Because some r-slurs need it spelling out- the writers did not preplan anything in DS9 and merely returned to these ideas later on). This is also the first proper "Ferengi Episode"- a controversial concept as a lot of people don't like them. Although there were some rotten Ferengi episodes, there were plenty of good ones and I've always had a soft spot for them because they show a slice of Star Trek life from a different cultural perspective- a window into another way of thinking and existing within a setting we've only seen from one perspective in the past. Also, they're kind of like Fiddler on the Roof in space.

The Nagus has arrived on DS9, apparently on a cooming expedition. He intends to indulge in five of Quark's most popular holoporn programs. They would tone down the gooning implications in later seasons (and the holosuite would be used more for recreations of the Battle of Britain, somewhat-self-indulgent Rat Pack knock-offs and copyright infringing James Bond parodies- no seriously... Paramount got threatened with legal action by MGM after 'Our Man Bashir' in Season 5. How New Line's Austin Powers avoided this I don't know) but here in season 1, the message is clear as to what people are paying for in the holosuite:

_{They were together in real life btw: deal with it...}

_{At least he's not really a Jeet}

Zek invites himself to dinner at Quark's apartment. Side note- Ferengi use chopsticks and a lazy susan. There he explains his real reasons for the visit: he plans to use Quark's bar to host a biznez meeting to discuss Ferengi biznez, especially Gamma Quadrant biznez. He's chosen Quark's bar because apparently only Quark can arrange some uncomfortable-looking Ikea furniture in a room for short men with big ears to sit on. During the dinner Zek expresses disdain for BIPOC attending the hoo-man school so Rom tells BIPOC not to go there any more. BIPOC is less than happy about this and matters are not made better because Chief Obrien is currently teaching classes because the casting budget for this episode was already stretched by the Ferengi characters & would not cover Rosalind Chao's fee while Keiko is on holiday. This is the same Chief Obrien who literally had to fix every replicator on the station a few weeks back- now his wife's away he suddenly has all the time in the world to moonlight as a teachercel.

Getting back to the meeting: Nagus Zek explains that it's important that the Ferengi expand into the Gamma Quadrant so as to exploit a market where the unfounded reputation they have in the Merchant-phobic Alpha Quadrant can't ruin their chances.

Everyone agrees that this is an unreasonable goyim misrepresentation of a simple hard-working people.

But Zek feels he's too old to lead his people into this new frontier and he announces that he will now appoint a successor... Quark.

Nobody's impressed and spend the next few days low key threatening Quark- someone even tries to assassinate him. Compounding his woes, Zek suddenly dies leaving Quark without any support. Odo suggests doing an autopsy but everyone laughs as Zek's body is already gone- upon their deaths Ferengi are vacuum dessicated and the dishes of their remains auctioned off. One piece of Zek is worth 20 bars of gold-pressed latinum and is expected to double in value by the following year.

I'm not sure what Ferengi do with these powdered remains but those of great men like Zek sell for a high price and generally increase in value over time.

Quark tries to play it tough and act like he knows what he's doing which leads to this bizarre scene:

Turns out the bomb was Rom and Zek's useless son. They then try and blow Quark out of an airlock- something they're only prevented from doing by the reappearance of Zek who faked his death to test his useless son. A test his son failed uselessly. So Zek must remain Nagus and exploit the Gamma Quadrant personally, a task which will have huge implications in season 2. Far from being angry at his brother, Quark is just pleased he's not a complete failure as a Ferengi. For some reason Rom does not face charges for attempted murder.

There's a B plot about Jake teaching BIPOC to read which isn't worth getting into except for this bit where they goon over a hot Vulcan girl:

The first true Ferengi episode is... fine.

It lays the foundations for a lot of future Ferengi culture- their society is not one of true capitalism and free markets but rather a rigidly hierarchical one based on monopolies and price-fixing with the Nagus sitting at the center dictating everything and taking a cut of it all. Later we will learn of the Ferengi Commerce Authority which creates an impossible web of red tape in the Alliance which can only be navigated via extortionate bribes. This is why Ferengi have to gouge the life out of any non-Ferengi they do business with: their margins are so narrow due to all the bureaucracy and corruption.

Quick note on gold-pressed latinum: it's not a currency- it's a commodity and therefore it's price presumably fluctuates. Latinum is a metal, liquid at room temperature, which cannot be synthesised or replicated- hence it's intrinsic value. The latinum is traditionally pressed into sleeves of gold (which can be replicated and therefore has no real value besides looking nice) which are shaped as slips, strips and bars. Although the value of latinum fluctuates 100 slips make a strip and 20 strips make a bar. There are also bricks which are massively expensive but I don't know how many bars make a brick. I think that if you consider a slip to be worth about $1 you are in the right ball park. Other non-replicatable materials include dilithium crystals and possibly uridium (a fictional metal, originally invented for the 1980s vidya of the same name, from which starship sensor arrays are made) because the whole reason for the Cardassian occupation of Bajor was to strip-mine the planet for uridium. I suppose it's possible that different materials use different amounts of energy to replicate and it might just be more energy efficient for the Cardassians to mine the stuff. I suppose it's also possible that Cardassian replicators (which the show has established already as being a bit shit) can't do it but Federation ones can. Anyway...

Vortex

Jeff Lynne from ELO (or an alien who looks a lot like him) comes aboard DS9 and gets involved in some plot to rip off a Faberge egg thing Quark's trying to sell to a pair of twins (it is never explained why Jeff's involved in this). In the ensuing fight Jeff shoots and kills one of the twins and is arrested on suspicion of murder (although the twins fired first, it was Jeff who pulled a gun on them) while the surviving brother swears revenge.

I do wonder how they cast these twins and who got the decision on which one lives (and gets most of the speaking lines) and which one dies. Did they share both salaries equally? After all- they wouldn't have gotten the gig unless there was two of them.

Anyway, Jeff is one of those tricksy types who gaslamps Odo into believing he can lead the constable to his people- as proof he shows him a shapechanging butt-plug thing he keeps in a locket (why the heck was he allowed to keep this in his cell?).

Sisko and Dax go to Jeff's home planet and find them to be authoritarian buttholes but this week's interpretation of the Prime Directive demands that Jeff is returned to be executed without trial. Odo gets the gig to take him but re-routes to a nebula where Jeff says Odo might find his people. Of course he can't and it's just a stasis pod where Jeff has stashed his daughter (how did he get it here?). The shapechanging butt-plug is a key. He's a dissident, you see and was just trying to protect his daughter (from what? Are they a persecuted minority? We never find out).

The twin shows up in a sharp pointy-looking starship (must be a nightmare to dock) and there's a bit of action which, I'll grant you, does look nice...

...but this whole story makes no sense and Jeff's bullshit about the Changelings (this is the first time we ever hear Odo's people referred to as such) just feels like the episode itself bullpooping the audience into wasting our time watching this because we thought something important might occur. You might also notice a lot of "never explained" and "for some reason" bits in this review- that's never a good sign. There's also this bit where a rock falls on Odo's head and knocks him out- how the frick does that work? He doesn't have a brain.

It's all so disappointing.

Dramatis Personae

Another alien mind-virus has everybody on the station acting weird except for Odo. It was brought on board by a Klingon ship which asplodes after coming through the wormhole after cutting short their planetary survey mission into the Gamma Quadrant. I can't help but wonder how a Vor'cha class battlecruiser can blow into pieces right next to a busy star port and yet not cause any damage to any other vessels or the station itself.

One Klingon is successfully beamed over before his ship asplodes and mumbles one word before he dies; "victory". He carries his own personal logs which have suffered enough damage as to take a while to decipher (or maybe they got the logs from the cruiser wreckage, I can't remember). While this is happening Odo has a massive spazz in Quarks...

...but quickly recovers. This is never explained but is clearly his reaction to the virus. Quark also doesn't seem affected but his usefulness is restricted for reasons you'll see in a minute. Everybody else starts acting paranoid and weird and turns on each other forming into two groups- one loyal to Sisko and the other seeking to overthrow him, led by Kira. The Klingon logs eventually show that the exact same pattern of events occured aboard their cruiser but the significance of this is downplayed by Obrien (acting as Sisko's enforcer while Sisko hides insolently in his office and DNGAF) who, correctly, points out that Kingons tend to get promoted by assassinating their commanders. How the frick things like a Gamma Quadrant planetary survey mission get done under these conditions is unfathomable. The Klingons found some kind of ancient alien historical archive and it somehow causes people to reenact ancient historical events, presumably this was supposed to happen under more controlled circumstances than we see happening here.

There are two good things about this episode: the first is the subtle way the characters are afffected by the archive- they retain their sense of selves and their motivations seem consistent with their previously established characters. Kira's initial reasons for toppling Sisko is that she thinks he and the Federation are a threat to Bajor, Dax is an old man who is full of reminiscences and Obrien is a chippy and bad tempered Irish shit. The second reason is Kira being crazy hot. I never remember finding Nana Visitor this attractive before but, God-she is sexy AF and some of her antics in this episode are particularly coom-worthy.

God I wish I was Quark right here...

Avery Brooks is quite good doing Sisko's Nero act in this episode (Brooks was always better playing bad guys) and it causes him to make a strange alien clock instead of playing a fiddle. the clock was a really nice prop and we often see it in the background in his office during subsequent episodes:

Possibility of making a Starshit hole

I'm thinking we need to have a hole dedicated to SciFi TV and movies- particularly shows like old school Star Trek, Stargate etc. I'd be willing to put 50,000 DC towards it if other people could help raise the other half of the cost. I also have no ability with CSS or banner creation. IDK, what do you think?

i wonder this a lot and while i like to imagine she uses a nice green apple shampoo for fragrance at the end i feel like when she does wash it its probably with an unscented shampoo bar or maybe something boring like this if she's feeling fancier than usual or going out somewhere and plans to be sniffed but ive had this niggling uncertainty that maybe she floralmaxxes and doubles up on flowery conditioner and shampoo every other day and she just looks greasy by choice

anyway what are your thoughts

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