I have a job, you fucking loser

I don’t expect anything. That’s why I’m asking if anyone has any ideas I haven’t thought of.

I wish i could qualify for a loan, or had rich relatives, or had something like that I could sell. Maybe I could sell a kidney

I’m not sure my ass is powerful enough

This is an absolute nightmare scenario

$40,000 would pay off all debts for me and my wife, and allow us finally catch our breath. The monthly payments have been annihilating us for years, and neither of our careers have recovered since COVID.

It feels like an endless tunnel.

Not knowing it was plant-based, I got a monstrous jumbo something-or-other burger from Monty’s Good Burger in LA.

Honestly I almost freaked out at how good it was, and even went back to the place just to tell them it was the best burger I ever had.

It’s the one thing pulling me west

The rich get richer / The poor get poorer / When our time comes / No guilt for the horror

or maybe

The planet is burning / We die of starvation / Abolish the wealthy / And claim our salvation

or maybe

One, two, buckle my shoe / Three, four, overthrow the 1% and bring about a socialist utopia, etc

Disco Elysium shattered me half a dozen times. Two moments in particular made me step away from my desk and go on a walk. It’s the best-written game I’ve ever played.

Firewatch. Gorgeous, emotionally honest game that wrings you out.

Inside. More of a stressful, cathartic cry, but it applies.

Mass Effect 3 - but only if you play the first two. Incredible story that beats you over the head with yearning .

This is exquisite

insulin

!listentothis@lemm.ee is popping off

good for you!

All the links are working for me!

This episode was fantastic. Christina Chong’s performance hit me in a way that a Trek performance hasn’t since Connor Trinneer at the end of Terra Prime.

Okay, I’ll give you Code of Honor.

As a purist, I’d say watch them all and in release order, but if you really have to be choosy with your time, here’s a list of things you can skip (in my opinion):

• Star Trek Into Darkness
• Discovery (whole show)
• Picard S1 and S2
• Short Treks

I know suggesting skipping Discovery outright is going to be seen as… extreme, but I suggest doing so only if time is a crucial factor. It’s a dizzyingly uneven show with the lowest points of quality in all of Trek. However, it also has some incredible highs and some truly great characters, so if you find the time to watch it, you should. And I know I’m in the minority on this, but I found Short Treks to be unwatchable.

On the flip side, Lower Decks is incredible, and Strange New Worlds is good. The third season of Picard is excellent. Prodigy is a little weird but it’s got a lot of strength. Star Trek Beyond is also a surprisingly good movie.

The Tholians are at the top of my list. I was absolutely thrilled when it seemed that ENT was going to properly examine them; it’s a huge shame they never got the chance. STO tried to tackle them, but they were heavily limited by the bounds of canon.

A very close second - though they’ve definitely gotten more love since ENT - are the Andorians. My biggest problem with Trek’s portrayal of the Federation is that it’s very much a Humans Club. At best, it seems like the Four Founders are really the Humans, their babysitters the Vulcans, and the two jerks they found.

Would love to dig in more on the political realities of the balance of power between Earth, Vulcan, Andor, and Tellar.

it’s so weird, the lemmy.world instances aren’t showing up for me in my searches. Maybe it’s a server thing