This is why I love TNG so much. Even though TOS is the original that laid the groundwork for everything, TNG took that “boundless optimism” and ran with it. Watching TNG inspires me to continue to self-improve and encourage it in others.

Also can’t forget gaming companies that have turned many modern games into Skinner-boxes.

You pass the perception check and spot the mimic.

Now you tell him

It made the world weird - especially politics. I still attribute the extreme polarization that we see today to the aftermath of 9/11.

Don’t get me wrong, I know people had strong opinions before 2001, but it didn’t seem like political party was as significant a part of the average person’s identity like it is now.

Ha, my wife does this too because she’s read the books and I haven’t.

If management hadn’t created that PR disaster, these people would probably still have jobs.

People keep their defenses up more when they have to do “facework”. If you’re not having to make eye contact, it’s easier to speak freely.

Even though it’s rare these days, it’s the reason behind that whole Freudian idea of therapy where the patient lies on the couch and isn’t looking at the clinician.

You’re not supposed to notice such things.

That sounds like a cool teacher

It’s like a small CD player.

That’s absolutely hilarious!

Yeah, he’s just a side character in two episodes.

Was that some unbelievable timing, or did the memes inspire you?

Can’t blame them. The stuff that makes it to their /All feed is pretty hateful and off-putting.

That’s a tough trail. It’s good to be prepared.

That’s an awesome story for your first run though. I like hearing about messy and less optimized runs.

Oh hey, I didn’t realize we had a best of lemmy community!

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