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In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The UK Government was well... being the current UK Government as an internal report slammed the conduct of those at 10 Downing Street. But it was only a partial report as other cases are currently under investigation by the police. Criticism of Prime Minister Boris Johnson ranged from the angry and wordy (Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer) to brief but withering (Former PM and fellow Conservative Theresa May, who loathes Johnson more than Starmer does)

In an apparent effort to seem like even more of a James Bond villain than usual, one of Elon Musk's rockets will crash into the surface of the moon.

The New York Times has bought Wordle

The Book of Boba Fett managed to spend most of an episode of it's already COVID shortened run not dealing with Boba Fett at all, but another fan-favourite, character, which seemed like an odd choice, but was a good episode in it's own right.

Wooden Overcoats continues it's fourth season, and is amazing.

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From:

malurette

I've been aware for a couple of years that Star Trek ~~authorized fanfiction~~ novels were available as epubs on that-online-Russian-library-that-we-do-not-advertize and I've fallen down the rabbit hole over the last month. Now that I've realized that I can ask Memory Beta for all appearances of my favourite characters then go hunt for theses novels the possibilities seem endless!

From:

scorntx

Just watch out towards the end.
David Mack apparently has a reputation for killing characters.
Especially show characters.

From:

beyondthefringe

My aunt gifted me multiple boxes of Star Trek tie-in novels after she downsized to ebooks. I have SO MANY now.

From:

donnblake

Got an online D&D game teetering along. It's a combat heavy dungeon crawl, which works for inconsistent and online attendance a little better than the RP-heavy story-driven one which remains on Indefinite Hiatus.

Been ill this week, but finally got the test to confirm it's just my usual season gunk, not Covid. So not fun, but could be worse.

From:

cricharddavies

This is a difficult post to write. Let me first state that, as far as I can tell, I have unbanned all users whom I have banned, so that anyone who wants to reply to this can do so. If I happened to have missed someone, that's regrettable, but it is now too late to do anything about it.

Last week, I did something both morally abhorrent and extremely stupid, by making a post using an anti-mutant slur and expressing the hope that the mutants of the Marvel universe would be subjected to a genocide. These are not my actual beliefs, though I doubt anyone cares about that. I did this with the full expectation that my actions would result in my banning, as I have already received two warnings and this surely deserved a third. My only defense, expressed by a private message to one of the moderators, was that what I had done was not different in kind than what had been done by another poster on these forums. This was bullshit and I knew it, but I hoped that putting this out there would result in some sort of sanctions against that poster as well as myself.

Instead, after that section of that post's comments was frozen, NOTHING HAPPENED. I did not understand this. After seeing a post from that user being censured for using pirated images, I came to the conclusion that the moderators were never going to do anything about their activities on any level other than the procedural. This is irresponsible moderation, so I am left with only one option.

I am leaving this board, as soon as I have finished making this post, and I will never return.

There is a lot that I could say about the situation that has led to this, but I'm sure that my thoughts on the subject are of no interest to anyone but myself. Suffice it to say that protagonist-centered morality is disgusting regardless of who the protagonists are.

To anyone whom I have inadvertently hurt with my inconsiderate and ill-chosen words, I offer my sincere apologies. I would like to single out history69, who has recently demonstrated that they are not a robot, and whom I rather cruelly described in that manner. I regret this, and regret that you don't participate in discussion here, even as I realize that my actions have discouraged that. I hope my absence will encourage it.

To anyone whom I have deliberately hurt, well, you are getting what you wanted and I hope you choke on it. I am honestly glad that I am dying and will not see what else you make of this shithole of a world in the years to come.

In conclusion, trans rights are human rights, BLM, likewise Asian and Pacific Islanders, ACAB, virtue signaling is sad but still better than vice demonstrating, and, in the words of someone whose works I'm not interesting in reading but whose philosophy has much to recommend it, "Love is real."

From:

deh_tommy

So YOU’RE the one who called

history79 a bot! I was wondering where I got that idea from.

I’d be lying if I said it was always pleasant (especially that last comment, the fudge bro?), but I was always curious to read what you had to say and that’s always sad to see someone leave for whatever reason. I’m sorry to hear about your condition; hope you get well soon, and if you don’t then I hope you have a good life and I wish you luck in your future endeavours. I’m sorry if you felt unwelcome here towards the end. If you ever change your mind, we’ll hopefully be right here for you.

Edited Date: 2022-02-01 02:06 pm (UTC)

From:

stubbleupdate

TBF, Mods locking a thread and then just...not visibly doing anything afterwards is pretty poor form.

the whole thing about Lord Hewart's Aphorism is especially true when it comes to upholding community standards.

From:

icon_uk

The thread was locked and then not acted upon due to, basically, crossed wires in the Mod Team.

I thought one of my co-Mod's was dealing with it. They thought I was dealing with it. As a result, nothing happened.

This will be addressed.

From:

dewinged

I watch the first three episodes of Vox Machina over the weekend while snowed in. I know of Critical Role, but never watched/listened to it. I love RPGs, but I can't get into just watching others play. (Also, while CR has brought a lot of attention to D&D, it sets expectations way too high for new players in my opinion.)

The first ep was a little bit of a turnoff because the group was so crass (I dislike that 'grownup' animation means '13 year old crude' . I've seen animation 'for kids' that deals with more maturity.). But after that, while the characters have their own off-topic style, they get more heroic.

Also, is the animation from Powerhouse? The art is damn slick.

From:

donnblake

The animation is from Titmouse, who also made Star Trek: Lower Decks.

I have a little more patience for LoVM's edgy nonsense than I usually do for that sort of thing because they come by it more honestly. It hits a bit more viscerally when animated then when it's just a bunch of people sitting around a table leavening the tension with dick jokes, but there's little there that wouldn't feel fairly natural if one of the Critical Role players mentioned it at the table- although I also think you're right, and that was meant to start us at them as screw-ups so we could see them become heroes.

Bringing the crack since December 2003

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