Topic: Modern Day Myths...
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Thu 10/12/17 09:50 AM

Modern Day Myths... What still baffles you?

Star Trek.
They have food replicators, don't use money, have rooms of perfect visceral virtual reality, and instant teleportation.
Why the hell are they exploring space in ships, far away from family, and ecopeace?

Send out unmanned staggered pods or something and just "beam" to them in succession to get where you're going. Or just send out sensor probes to send back information for the holodeck library.

Why threaten a "perfect society based on altruism" or whatever by creating a star fleet and officers which helps perpetuate a tiered, stratified, class society?

How can they build tricorders, talking ship computers, fix human beings like machinery (laforge) and almost instantly, yet Data is the first android? Why aren't there just AI or robot flown ships that then beam the people around the universe?
Why can't ship computers just fly the damn ship around, preferably cloaked, and then beam up an advisor when necessary or send back information to have a captain telecommute via holodeck?

What's with the dumbass prime directive? "Explore space! Find new civilizations and people!...But don't interfere with them, just watch...from concealment...we're space voyeurs!"

They used a viewscreen on their bridge, and no one else really looked outside, they didn't stand outside their ship. Even at warp 90% of their time would be just flying around watching a boring *** show on t.v., (oh look, a long light! Oooh, there's another one! Oooh! More stars going by real fast...wait, aren't we supposed to be exploring those?=!") why leave home? The programming would be more varied.



Star Wars.
Why do they keep building Death Stars?
I mean all that time, effort, money, personnel...how many planets were actually destroyed?
1st death star: 1 city then 1 planet in the prequel, then 1 planet in the first film, then death star destroyed.
2nd death star, 0 planets, then death star destroyed.
Like 5 planets in the 7th film by a planet made into a death star, used once, then death star planet destroyed.

2 death stars and 1 death planet for 7 planets (1 being their own) and 1 city (full of resources needed to build the death star), but all death stars completely destroyed.
The point being to become the ultimate power in the universe and death to the rebels/jedi, none of which was really accomplished except by the massive clone army.

Are there no accountants in the Empire to do a simple ROI?

"Pardon me, Mr. Vader, uh according to the P&L sheet...maybe less death stars and more clones? And maybe some of that death star R&D goes into stormtrooper armor? It doesn't really help anything...we got our butts kicked by teddy bears with sticks, and a blind guy...with a stick.

Maybe some camouflage paint or something? I mean they don't stop laser blasts...at all...it might actually be making things worse since we shoot at people without armor (and mostly miss) otherwise many times they're just winged. But one shot anywhere on our armor and we seem to die...Plus they're just big shiny white targets in that stuff. And did you know the helmets don't really do anything but filter smoke? Good thing our galaxy spanning culture developed laser guns and faster than light travel, bionic hands, magic medical tanks and robots, and the force, but not mustard gas...right?"

"I'm just saying, our ultimate goal is to conquer and control planets, yeah? Completely destroying them seems counter intuitive... So maybe a ton more inherently loyal and effective troops would be ideal as opposed to creating billions of martyrs by just completely annihilating planets we want to rule, or mobilizing expensive clones wearing armor that makes them less effective and at greater risk? Please stop choking me. gack."



Zombies.
Why should they be feared anymore?
Before Romero they were unkillable. They were animated by magic or voodoo or something. Cut off an arm, the arm comes after you. Chop them up into little pieces, pieces wiggle back to each other to reform zombie.
Now it's "to survive zombie apocalypse. Step 1: Find a long thick stick. Step 2: Sharpen the end to a point. Step 3: Take out zombie at knees. Step 4: While it's on the ground, poke in head with sharp point, or use spear as club to bash in head."
Based on the current movies and shows like The Walking Dead it seems it's "Step 1: Panic. Step 2: be melodramatic and stupid, overact. Step 4: figure out the least effective means of survival. Step 5: find people to fight over it. Step 6: Be melodramatic, stupid, and a dck, that creates luck."

I freakin love it!
Note on zombies, Zombies are room temperature...what keeps them from freezing solid in the winter? For that matter, so are vampires...

If my truck broke down as much as The Enterprise, I'd sell it for a better made model.
If transporter technology is so commonplace. Why have doors?

Long ago in a galaxy far, far away civilization works based on our same values.

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Thu 10/12/17 10:02 AM
Did Hitler only have one testicle. According to the song he did.

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Thu 10/12/17 10:06 AM
Myths:

That people will be honorable and compassionate towards each other no matter if there are laws or not.

That the human species, a mere 200,000 years of civilization, is intellectually advanced.

That our scientific level of understanding is significant.

That human beings are no longer animals.

That all the information, on any subject, at all times, is good.

That one person's opinion is valued over all others.

That Rap is music.

That wearing a hat and boots makes a man a cowboy.

That freedom exists.

That you actually own anything not your body.

That death is somehow special for humans but just death for every other living thing on the planet.

That money doesn't stagnate discovery.

That humanitarian aid is given freely.

That your taxes are fair.

That love conquers all adversity.

That no man is an island.

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Thu 10/12/17 10:15 AM
Do hurricanes start after a Bigfoot fart?

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Thu 10/12/17 10:41 AM

Do hurricanes start after a Bigfoot fart?


only when it intersects with the abominable snowman pissing on a fan.

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Thu 10/12/17 11:59 AM
my purose on this site is
the promotion of well ordered anarchy.

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Thu 10/12/17 12:25 PM
Edited by yellowrose10 on Thu 10/12/17 12:26 PM
Opps

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Thu 10/12/17 12:25 PM
^^^^Wrong thread... smokin

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Thu 10/12/17 12:42 PM
is it? bigsmile

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Thu 10/12/17 02:06 PM
Edited by IgorFrankensteen on Thu 10/12/17 02:07 PM
Something that is NOT a myth:

Tornadoes are caused by Trailer Parks and Farm Animals. And Wheat, possibly. Statistical correlation proves it.

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Thu 10/12/17 02:46 PM

Myth : men do not get blue balls from being on mingle laugh laugh


no, that's true. men do NOT get blue balls from being on mingle.

however, boys do.

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Thu 10/12/17 04:02 PM
Topic: Modern Day Myths...


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Thu 10/12/17 04:44 PM

Lol...Why did Hillary even run?

She hasn't. She just said she isn't going anywhere.

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Thu 10/12/17 07:10 PM

It is a myth that it is ok for men to fall asleep after sexlaugh laugh


What are we supposed to do? Stay up and talk? laugh

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Thu 10/12/17 07:24 PM
do 'er again.
duh.

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Thu 10/12/17 07:42 PM


It is a myth that it is ok for men to fall asleep after sexlaugh laugh


What are we supposed to do? Stay up and talk? laugh

At a boy your getting warmer. laugh

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Thu 01/25/18 01:46 PM
Edited by Toodygirl5 on Thu 01/25/18 01:47 PM

Neither denied, nor confirmed...
What still baffles the masses?...
What still baffles you?
spock



Why there are people who protest over just any thing they disagree with in society! Do they just like holding signs or hoping the media cameras will get a glimpse of them! whoa

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Thu 01/25/18 01:52 PM

Holds his hands far apart from each other and says

I swear to God it was this big.
Lol


It was though, I swear it was.

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Thu 01/25/18 01:58 PM
and you alomst got it in the boat using that 5lb test line right stu?bigsmile

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Thu 01/25/18 02:05 PM
The Flat Earth Society had a meeting recently..."that earth is round nonsense is still a myth"!

And add the group to them who still says "Hah..Neal Armstrong was on some Hollywood set...Walked on the Moon Indeed"...