Miles O'Brien

I know for a fact I’m opinionated, and don’t have problems sharing them.

Please, by all means, block me if you think seeing my comments is adversely affecting you. I’d rather be ignored by someone than make their day worse (unless they’re actively trying to make others miserable, but that’s a separate discussion)

The fediverse has definitely gotten a little less hostile after blocking a few things.

And remember you can jump ship to another instance at any time! I’ve hopped a few times but for now my instance is filling my needs without much drama that I am aware of.

I’ve had more conversations than I can count with people I would never be able to talk to in person, all using our own native languages.

The original posts are in English, people comment in their native language, and I use a translator, then respond in my own language. Is the translator perfect? No! Neither is theirs.

With the way most translators I’ve used work, it’s easier for the non-native speaker to try translating, since the translator might try and use different words that entirely change the meaning, but likely list possible alternatives. A native e speaker will understand the alternatives while a non-native speaker probably won’t.

That’s my thought process anyway.

Never had anyone who wasn’t pearl-clutching or virtue-signaling complain about it. And I’ve had tons of conversations with people I’d never have talked to otherwise.

Nothing says “we are a free and open community that welcomes others” like moderators banning discussion of poor moderation.

Yes, I do understand what the rule is there for. No that doesn’t make it any less hilariously shitty.

Well, here I go watching another couple hours of haka videos whose significance I probably don’t fully grasp but always make me emotional when they’re for someone who has passed.

They didn’t have to learn this, but they did. They can’t do much, but they do what they can.

Okay so I stopped reading at “unmanned ground vehicles” because I’m an RC nerd and wanted to see the cool robot.

Took me a second to realize those aren’t normal wheels.

My mother always said RC cars can be dangerous…

I knew of two other people on lemmy who lived in my state, and then following the tradition of so many astronauts before us, one of them left due to governmental persecution and fled to another country.

Shout out to all the people stuck in these states without enough funds to leave for a better life.

Projection and insecurity often make people lash out.

As an American midwesterner, I support the effort to buy California, and will be making my way to the state border to finally move to a better country.

If every soldier turned toward Moscow right now, they’d have the higher ups scrambling to throw each other out windows, starting at the top, before they get to the city limits.

Same.

I imagine it’s partly because we “don’t do football”

I have a little giggle to myself every time one team beats another and half of my family is pissed and the other half is happy.

The “Ohio? Or is this Ohio?” is a great way to start a fight in both states, depending on how dedicated to American football the listener is.

10/10

Can confirm, I was in my living room playing it and suddenly got teleported to the front lines with my new CO screaming in my face.

Luckily I could just transport back.

I’ll be honest, I thought Ohio would be higher…

US can’t be relied on for the next four years, at minimum.

Probably Optimistic :(

I don’t think the US has been reliable since 2016 at the latest. And honestly after this… I don’t think it ever will be again.

It’s a simple case of “if we hold this, the opposition will have no issue ordering their soldiers to blow it to shit and causing a major disaster that will affect countless people for generations to come” vs "Eh. You go ahead and ‘hold’ it for us. We will be back when you run away trying to catch up to your retreating front line