She will never be that “old.” She has the heart, soul, and energy of a 30 year old.

This is a top tier Trek meme.

Now do the other series.

First Robot Teenage Werewolf President

I’m ready to serve.

I’m a similarly aged and gendered human.

There is research out there somewhere that confirms the commenter’s memory. I can’t find it on a whim unfortunately, I’ll post if I can find it. From what I recall from the research (I’m sure I’m butchering it): In the 80s and 90s trans people were a lot more accepted. At some point when certain monied bigots saw the writing on the wall that they were losing the fight of gay and lesbian hate they started a campaign to vilify trans people.

Yes there were always assholes and prejudice, but it’s only in the past 20 years that trans hate became a calling card of demagogues. It really was more accepted in the 90s.

In no way do I want to minimize the awful way trans people are treated, regardless of age. I’m just trying to remember some research I read once.

I am libertarian-ish, but generally don’t like all the loud libertarian nuts (I register Dem and vote Dem because the things I care about aren’t represented anywhere on the ballot anymore).

For me, it comes to a very simple economics truism: Governments are pretty damn inefficient and tend to waste a lot of money because of the process and bureaucracy. Markets on the other hand, tend to be really efficient at allocating capital when left alone. The times a government should step in is when the market has created a form of externality that breaks things. The old economics example is the people downstream from a chemical plant are paying the price for the plant’s pollution.

From a libertarian lens:

• The government should negotiate SPH b.c. it’s obvious that markets failed and we’d all be better off (spend less money) if everyone had healthcare.
• The government should stay out of people’s bedrooms and love lives, it has no business there.
• The government should use UBI and then eliminate every other deduction, and tax break, and subsidy (Social Sec, . The office running UBI could be one guy sending checks out once a month (exaggerated obvi)

Unfortunately the things I’d like to see from a libertarian don’t actually show up.

PLOT TWIST: I have IBD. (really)

There are two types of men, men that like pegging and men that haven’t tried it yet.

Top tier roast

Would you like there to be?

Two VPs in one place.

Totally not a Romulan operative dressed like a Cardassian operative dressed like a Bajoran Maquis who gets absorbed into a Starfleet crew who bails for the Kazon.

Bonk. Straight to horny jail brig.

Uhhhh YES

I know this is a work example, but it’s pretty good at writing Excel formulas. Helpful because my brain works in Python, not spreadsheet.

Also, when I have a word on the tip of my tongue (I know someone said this already), beyond helping me get the word it can help me out context around how it is used.

Economists hate this one simple trick . . .

Although it isn’t really shown, Odo is nonbinary by definition isn’t he?

Now do Armada!!

I mean, I mix up my kid and my dog’s names all the time. And they aren’t the same species.

There is a solid counter argument here (to play devil’s advocate). This is what a right wing American would say to this:

See, we don’t have to tax the rich, they’re so generous. It’s more efficient to let them have their money and donate it directly to causes. The federal government is so bad at allocating wealth, reducing taxes so more people can be like her is the way to go.

If the person above is not wealthy themselves, the following thought to this is Well, when I’m inevitably wealthy because of how great I am, I don’t want the government taxing me so I can be like her.

Then they pat themselves on the back for being so ((in an impossible future)) generous.

It’s worth thinking about how to counter this argument.

You know what we should study? What happens when you sniff women’s tears.

Uh, what did you say Steve?

I said sniffing women’s tears! It’ll be awesome!!

Steve, are you ok man?