Spagbook

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Indeed, the Borg Collective can be seen as a failed attempt at a Transhumanist interpretation of the United Federation of Planets.

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: For the Cause (#4.21)" (1996)
[Eddington has joined the Maquis]
Michael Eddington: [to Sisko] I know you. I was like you once. But then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed with the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves Paradise, everyone should want to be in the Federation! Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators because one day, they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways, you're even worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious, you assimilate people - and they don't even know it.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Indeed, the Borg Collective can be seen as a failed attempt at a Transhumanist interpretation of the United Federation of Planets.

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: For the Cause (#4.21)" (1996)
[Eddington has joined the Maquis]
Michael Eddington: [to Sisko] I know you. I was like you once. But then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed with the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves Paradise, everyone should want to be in the Federation! Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators because one day, they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways, you're even worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious, you assimilate people - and they don't even know it.

You're giving me a geek boner right now.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Indeed, the Borg Collective can be seen as a failed attempt at a Transhumanist interpretation of the United Federation of Planets.

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: For the Cause (#4.21)" (1996)
[Eddington has joined the Maquis]
Michael Eddington: [to Sisko] I know you. I was like you once. But then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed with the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves Paradise, everyone should want to be in the Federation! Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators because one day, they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways, you're even worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious, you assimilate people - and they don't even know it.

You're giving me a geek boner right now.

Oh?


http://citycyclops.tumblr.com/post/75029752215/if-they-assimilate-him-ill-bet-he-gets-numbered

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

Indeed, the Borg Collective can be seen as a failed attempt at a Transhumanist interpretation of the United Federation of Planets.

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: For the Cause (#4.21)" (1996)
[Eddington has joined the Maquis]
Michael Eddington: [to Sisko] I know you. I was like you once. But then I opened my eyes. Open your eyes, Captain. Why is the Federation so obsessed with the Maquis? We've never harmed you. And yet we're constantly arrested and charged with terrorism. Starships chase us through the Badlands, and our supporters are harassed and ridiculed. Why? Because we've left the Federation, and that's the one thing you can't accept. Nobody leaves Paradise, everyone should want to be in the Federation! Hell, you even want the Cardassians to join. You're only sending them replicators because one day, they can take their rightful place on the Federation Council. You know, in some ways, you're even worse than the Borg. At least they tell you about their plans for assimilation. You're more insidious, you assimilate people - and they don't even know it.

The only real difference between the Borg and the Federation is that the Borg are more effective. The Federation also pressures outsiders into assimilating -- and no doubt if they had a success rate like the Borg's, they would be similarly transparent about their expansionist motivations, rather than having so much empty rhetoric about the (desirable) goal of providing free choice when speaking to roughly equal powers and then turning around and pressuring the weak into joining.

There's also the fact that (up until the structural changes that were introduced as a result of Picard's meddling with that one disconnected group), the Borg was an absolute pure democracy (whereas the Federation is still drawn up along hierarchical lines with a command structure). A pure-democratic organizational structure in combat situations would not be possible without both the augmentation technology that caused a communication speedup (direct wet-wire leading to a hive mind) and the fairly advanced defense technology (pure democracy is slow, even at FTL speeds, which is why it's important that the phasers do nothing).

[Salty]

I sleep in a hammock, play the uke, own a washboard (which I have tried and failed to wash clothes with) and am generally the living emodiment of Teh Hipster.

So just remember, when you hate, you hate close to home.



But the room is coming along.

[Salty]

Also, this face.

[Left]

I sleep in a hammock, play the uke, own a washboard (which I have tried and failed to wash clothes with) and am generally the living emodiment of Teh Hipster.

So just remember, when you hate, you hate close to home.



But the room is coming along.

Nice room, I like the colors a lot.  Is the hammock hard on your back at all?

[Salty]

I sleep in a hammock, play the uke, own a washboard (which I have tried and failed to wash clothes with) and am generally the living emodiment of Teh Hipster.

So just remember, when you hate, you hate close to home.



But the room is coming along.

Nice room, I like the colors a lot.  Is the hammock hard on your back at all?

It is exactly the opposite, that is why I got it. Bad back, needs carefull attention and daily yoga.

That mayan hammock gently distributes pressure perfectly along my spine.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I sleep in a hammock, play the uke, own a washboard (which I have tried and failed to wash clothes with) and am generally the living emodiment of Teh Hipster.

So just remember, when you hate, you hate close to home.



But the room is coming along.

I've met you, and you're no hipster.

[Left]

I've met you, and you're no hipster.

What constitutes being a hipster, anyway?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I've met you, and you're no hipster.

What constitutes being a hipster, anyway?

Mainly being young, educated, and liberal. ie. "hip".

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Another definition, the one most widely in use these days, is "people you don't like".

[LMNO]

To me, a hipster is someone who does cool things, but you don't think they themselves are cool.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

To me, a hipster is someone who does cool things, but you don't think they themselves are cool.

That's the most unique and probably one of the best definitions I've seen.

[LMNO]

Why, thank you!


It's the best way I had to reduce the cognitive dissonance about being a 41-year old indie rock drummer who wears hats and makes his own hot sauce.