Mantergeistmann
No bio...
User ID: 323
Mantergeistmann
2d ago
When I was a teenager, I thought Office Space was representative of real life.
20 years later, that wasn't really true
Let me tell you, at least in my white-collar office, Office Space is considered by most people I talk to to in fact be completely true, and if anything an understatement. Of course, it helps when you have reports of your own with a 3-letter acronym that everyone knows for a fact nobody reads...
Mantergeistmann
7d ago
The others in his gang claimed he was possessed by a female spirit and would commit suicide (kill him)if she lost the baby, so he had to be on light duties till the baby came to term.
I'm sorry, what?
Mantergeistmann
7d ago
Would it help the US to get rid of all their black soldiers if they were fighting some white supremacist state?
See also: the US civil war, and the CSA opinion of black soldiers serving in the Union army.
Mantergeistmann
10d ago
So clearly it's possible to tell a dramatic story in this genre, where the heroes win a desperate victory against overwhelming odds, without incompetent commanders.
Case in point, LotR. The good guys are fairly competent, just up against a juggernaut of an empire ruled by Satan's lieutenant himself.
Mantergeistmann
13d ago
an ingenuous device that will let him know which way on the starship to face so he can pray towards Mecca.
I unironically like that idea, though? How to incorporate religion into sci-fi is always a neat thing when done well. I'd also like some discussion about communion wafers/wine made via the replicator device, and any potential implications of that.
Mantergeistmann
13d ago
Furthermore, he became a lodestar for people who cared more about religion than sports. His jersey was among the best-selling in the NFL. The people who wished him the most success, though, apart maybe from people in Denver, were those who weren't so much impressed with his playing ability as they were his evangelism.
I think this is an understated part of it: wildly popular backup quarterbacks are not a thing any team/coach wants to deal with.
Mantergeistmann
14d ago
You could at least provide us with what was said, rather than "go google this news story and then come back."
Mantergeistmann
21d ago
Wasn't the pro-life/pro-choice gender gap formerly pretty small? That is, there used to be a similar amount of pro-life women as pro-choice up until the last decade or so?
Mantergeistmann
24d ago
I suppose I could do something like a, "So you think you are an inventor, whats it like to get your invention patented?" Post if that would interest you, because that is something I could cobble together in a week or so.
Yes, please!
Mantergeistmann
26d ago
I'd recommend giving Heroes of Might and Magci 3 a try. It ticks the co-op and strategy boxes, and if you like it, there's a decent modern sequel shaping up.
Mantergeistmann
26d ago
It's also one of the best scenes in Bill the Galactic Hero.
As an incentive to future collaborators? "Help us out, and you can earn your citizenship. Also, if everything does go to hell, we won't leave you in the lurch to be executed by the government you turned against".
More options
Context Copy link