Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario. Believe in equality, Indigenous rights, minority rights, LGBTQ+, women’s rights and do not support war of any kind.

This is my alt-Lemmy account … my main account is at @ininewcrow@lemmy.ca

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Joined 1 year ago
Cake day: February 25th, 2024
  • ininewcrow@lemmy.worldtoDull Men's Club@lemmy.world•GE Coffee maker from 1987 still going strong
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    2 days ago

    Popcorn machine from 1978 still going strong after being fixed and repaired by me three times now. I bought one new modern popcorn machine because it was on sale … it burnt out in two months and the built in electronics were designed to never be fixed. The old 1978 unit is basically just a blower motor operated by switch, controlled by a simple thermostat attached to a heating coil … every part is easily accessible and can be fixed … all of it easily repairable, fixable and parts replaceable.

  • ininewcrow@lemmy.worldtoTenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•At least they're becoming partially self-aware
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    6 days ago

    It was always simple for me

    Stars Wars is about war, fighting, conflict, heroes, villains, basically the Wild West but in space … and to upgrade the story a bit, the turned it into WWII in space … then to upgrade it even more Cold War conflict in space … basically its always about war and the always simplified message of ‘Good guys against bad evil guys’

    Star Trek to me has always been about hope and change. A future where humanity goes out into the cosmos and runs into all kinds of situations (including war) and deals with everything in a civilization where everything and everyone is complicated but we learn to work and live with one another as a functional society. We also learn to admit everyone and anyone can take the roles of being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ depending on what is happening and nothing in society is ever simple or clear. Star Trek has also taken the position of constantly holding a mirror up to our current society and showing us how backward, undeveloped and uncivilized we can still be while also giving us hope that we could be much more.

  • ininewcrow@lemmy.worldtoTenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•You are the dreamer .... and the dream
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    29 days ago

    (I’m having trouble responding to this post because my Lemmy instance at Lemmy.ca has been having problems for the past few days)

    Thanks to people like you and everyone at c/tenforward for giving me the motivation and enthusiasm to get back into Star Trek. It’s people like yourself and especially @Stamets@lemmy.world that really got me back into Star Trek. @Stamets@lemmy.world was probably the first person I chatted with on Lemmy when I first got on this social media platform and he has always guided me to the right people and places which led me here to c/tenforward.

    I watched Star Trek many times over the years but it was always a lonely experience. I’ve never known a group of people in real life in my circle of friends who enjoyed Star Trek. My wife is partial to it and only enjoys watching The Original Series and dismisses all the others. It’s fun to relive and rewatch these episodes because many of them are truly wonderful writing and acting. This episode of DS9 was particularly outstanding. I was thrown for a complete loop when everything blasted back to 1950 and again caught off guard when they introduced all the characters. I thought at first it was weird that they brought in new actors but then realized who they all were. The intro scene with the sidewalk paper boy had me totally confused, I knew the voice, I knew the character but didn’t realize until later who it was. The same for all the other alien characters. It was also thrilling to see Marc Alaimo and Jeffrey Combs - I really loved hating those two and its part of what makes the series so memorable. The only character I really missed in this episode was Garak (Andrew Robinson).

    It is a really enjoyable show and it’s made even more fun because I’m able to share the experience with people like yourself and this online community at c/tenforward

    I don’t know if I’ll live long (I hope I do) … but I’m definitely prospering.

    Meegwetch Mina Doodem … it means ‘Thanks again my friend’ in my Native Ojbway/Cree language

  • ininewcrow@lemmy.worldtoTenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•You are the dreamer .... and the dream
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    29 days ago

    Trust me the beginning is not easy … I think I started and stopped watching DS9 about five or six times over the years. I started it again last summer and the first season is a bit of slog, second season felt a lot better and by three and four, I was looking forward to it all. Once you get past those first few episodes, there are some definite jewels to see and you get to enjoy all the major cast members and characters that are part of the show. At times, the good guys become the bad and even the bad guys become the good and sometimes you can’t tell which makes you realize that this is what life and society is all about. You get to love the protagonists and you even grow to enjoy and appreciate the antagonists because there is so much great writing and acting in the series.