I really liked this episode. Next gen was always my favourite series, it always presented calamities and tragedies as problems to be solved.
It conveyed the analysis in a level headed way that removed (attempted really would be the right word) either blame or bias towards either party involved, something depicted as necessary to consider the right or appropriate tools for the situation.
It always got me through my toughest times, and yes I should read more XD
Given that stance, I can only hope that you’ve watched The Orville. It stands as the spiritual successor to TNG. Gotta trudge through the 1st season, for the sake of getting FOX Entertainment hooked on the line.
Thereafter, they managed to tell the sort of contemporaneous stories that otherwise qualify for TNG in its time.
You really only have to trudge through the first episode, the rest of the series feels different. Every season has a few groaners depending on your preferences, but those are isolated instances.
I tried the first episode and immediately wrote the show off. Now you’ve got me thinking I might give it another go.
In my estimation, its biggest fans, often (but not always) folks who are also Discovery’s loudest detractors, overpraise it. It was made by a TNG superfan to let him be a TNG captain acting out TNG scripts with TNG production values and TNG acting, and – for good or ill – with his particular sensibilities about what makes doing so fun. It definitely gets much better than the first couple of episodes, once they’d successfully tricked Fox into thinking it was a full-on Galaxy Quest spoof, and overall I enjoy it, but it has its issues.
its biggest fans, often (but not always) folks who are also Discovery’s loudest detractors
This is because The Orville and Discovery premiered nearly side by side. Off by two weeks.
You could not possibly make a stronger case for how severely Discovery missed what the spirit of Star Trek is than by simply watching the newest episodes of both series, week after week.
“What’s up, doc, is your life, if you don’t cut it out!”
And here’s evil Mickey Mouse just to fuck with you
I always heard this growing up (though phrased as “but now you get high to feel normal”), and then when I tried weed for the first time I felt normal for once. It shut the constant noise in my mind off, allowing me to think. It melted away my anxiety. I didn’t just feel good. I felt like the veil was lifted and I was seeing clearly for the first time in my life.
I do not get high to “feel good” outside of the fact that feeling normal and functional is a good feeling.
Have you ever considered an ADHD diagnosis?
I have one. And autism. And BPD.
But I was only diagnosed like 5 or 6 years ago. Started smoking weed at 19.
I feel like Tasha was talking more about heroine and less about weed.
True but opiates are similar. The American opiate crisis began with prescribed painkillers. A lot of people slowly became addicts without realizing it was happening because they just took the pills when it hurt not realizing eventually that some of the pain was withdrawal.
The schedule 1 definition (high risk of abuse, no medicinal purpose) is the sort of thing that while I get it, I don’t know of any drugs that actually belong there. Psychedelics are on it despite having low risk of abuse and medical uses. Cannabis is an analgesic, antiemetic, and appetite enhancer. Ecstasy has a place in ptsd treatment. Heroin, cocaine, and meth are all schedule 2.
The schedule 1 definition (high risk of abuse, no medicinal purpose) is the sort of thing that while I get it, I don’t know of any drugs that actually belong there.
Hmmm… I wonder if krokodil (a slavic concoction of under-the-sink chemicals that is like meth on crack) has a medicinal use we just haven’t thought of yet? 🤔
Isn’t krokodil a variety of active chemicals? There are absolutely drug combos that are entirely destructive
