Wayne Allyn Root - seriously, look his face in the last gif.
This smug motherfucker.
I don’t even know whether to classify this as classism, the dehumanizing effect of capitalism, or simply “look at this fucking asshole”. The most appropriate is most likely “I’m a rich white guy; nobody’s suffering matters more than my money” - a brief synopsis of a good 65/70 % of the world’s problems.
Look at white supremacy.
And understand that it has no concept of how to understand our humanity
My dad has tried to “explain” to me how racial profiling at airports “makes sense” because “financially it’s more efficient and effective than total random profiling.” But I wonder what he’d feel like if EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. he walked into an airport he would have to spend extra hours being humiliated and inconvenienced so that a stranger can make more money.
“I got a fan letter from a young lady. It was a suicide note.So I called her, and I said, “Hey, this is Jimmy Doohan. Scotty, from Star Trek.” I said, “I’m doing a convention in Indianapolis. I wanna see you there.”
I saw her — boy, I’m telling you, I couldn’t believe what I saw. It was definitely suicide. Somebody had to help her, somehow. And obviously she wasn’t going to the right people.
I said to her, “I’m doing a convention two weeks from now in St. Louis.” And two weeks from then, in somewhere else, you know? She also came to New York - she was able to afford to got to these places. That went on for two or three years, maybe eighteen times. And all I did was talk positive things to her.
And then all of the sudden — nothing. I didn’t hear anything. I had no idea what had happened to her because I never really saved her address.
Eight years later, I get a letter saying, “I do want to thank you so much for what you did for me, because I just got my Master’s degree in electronic engineering.”
That’s…to me, the best thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
One of the best moments from Trekkies.
(Source: lesliecrusher)
Teenage chemistry enthusiast won’t be charged with felony, will go to space camp - Boing Boing
Good job, internet!
(via mordicaifeed)
Good stuff
(via perzadook)
This makes me happy
He said Star Trek is too “philosophical”? Screw that noise.
I don’t know when this interview happened but I AM SAD AND ANGRY NOW
The philosophies in Star Trek are kinda part of the actual setting. If you don’t get that, why are you allowed to make Star Trek movies.
Sigh. The whole point of Star Trek is that it’s philosophical. If you don’t want philosophical Science Fiction, there’s plenty of that for you to enjoy, but Star Trek is philosophical. Philosophy is part of Star Trek’s DNA, and if you’re given the captain’s chair, you’d better damn well respect that.
(Source: catbushandludicrous)
This is what my Credit Union puts after you complete a transaction.
So, I just finished my astronomy class this semester. I’ve also been re-watching Star Trek TNG. I have to say that although I understood a lot of the science in Star Trek, the class has helped me even more. They really do go all out to make the science as believable as possible.
One of the many reasons I love Star Trek.
I'm a fan of Tool, Star Trek, Zelda, Final Fantasy, and too many other things
