
Yes, it's real. No, it probably won't be as bad as TAS.
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Voyager was pretty shit too.
TNG + DS9 FTW!
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It's not very good, in retrospect. I was a child when I watched it. That's when it was good.
( , Wed 15 Jul 2020, 11:16, Reply)

a lot of it stands up as decent hard science fiction. Can you think of another optimistic scifi show that comes close to TNG?
STD was as bad as its acronym suggests. STP was kind of worse because it tricked you into watching it under false pretences.
Every single one of the 28,972 producers from both shows should be boiled alive. Especially Patrick Stewart.
( , Wed 15 Jul 2020, 15:25, Reply)

This at least looks better than Star Wars Detours. Looks more like a Final Space ripoff to me (which was just a ripoff of The Incal, etc).
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This is great, thanks.
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I'd heard this idea before the article below (Kermode) but....anyway...I can't find who said it first
www.newstatesman.com/node/158366
( , Wed 15 Jul 2020, 10:28, Reply)

... who looked at the thumbnail and thought "Oh, I wonder what the bloke who played Riker on Star Trek is up to?"
( , Thu 16 Jul 2020, 6:39, Reply)

My memory of those shows is of them seeming 5 hours long.
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for all those who've been suffering bad obsession withdrawals
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 22:58, Reply)

Cat owner baffled by pet's swimming goggles antics

Tom cat Avery has taken to bringing home pairs of swimming goggles as gifts to his Bristol owner.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 16:03, Reply)

Swimming in pussy, better bring goggles..... No.
Goggling at pussy..... No.
Cat fuck eye protectors.......No.
I've got nothing.
Sorry B3ta.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 16:29, Reply)

And the results were catastrophic.
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no need to catapult increasingly obscure species into this, they serval no purpose except to make us all hope this tails off...
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 23:20, Reply)

They're both animals that's the only lynx.
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The nearest natural prey I can think of is worms.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 18:04, Reply)

Fuck you 2020, etc.
Mythbusters host Grant Imahara dies at 49

Imahara also appeared on BattleBots and White Rabbit Project.
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Is that it's a fucking terrible story
( , Wed 15 Jul 2020, 22:23, Reply)

Walking past people is awkward, even in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Arty but silly skit I made.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 11:33, Reply)

Strikethrough R
Replace with N
Then refilm with everyone being Christopher Walken
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 14:00, Reply)

I've always liked The Orb, and "Blue Room" in particular, but I don't think I'd ever seen their ToTP performance of it.
I like them more now.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 10:17, Reply)

It brings back some good memories. I did not know there is a 40 minute version - not heard it all yet but pretty good so far.
youtu.be/MrzqO7t-Q60
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 19:07, Reply)

I often wonder what became of Kris Weston aka Thrash - a real boy genius.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 10:56, Reply)

... an excellent read ;)
www.theransomnote.com/music/filling-void/kris-weston-filling-the-void
"I would rather have watched Warren Beatty and Gene Hackman tickle each other's walnuts than this sorry excuse for erotica"
( , Wed 15 Jul 2020, 16:09, Reply)

krisweston.com/
Initially assumed it was just someone with the same name, but there are a couple of pages about a legal dispute over old samples that seems to indicate that it is him:
krisweston.com/umgs-lie/
All a bit sad really.
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krisweston.com/news/how-we-really-made-the-orb-little-fluffy-clouds-interview.html
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Just to be clear: I've been reading the newsletter since I was in secondary school and I am now 32 years old. But yes, this is my first post. It's the first time I've made something b3ta appropriate.
It's a game where you get points for predicting how your friends will respond to moral dilemas. The book contains 320 questions (kickstarter link in the video) but you can play right now, for free, via video call. Message me for details.
I have asked for advertising rates for the newsletter and nobody has got back to me so SORRY FOR THE SPAM!
NSFW for kissing and shirtlessness. Enjoy!
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 9:54, Reply)

(Cards against humanity tires very, very quickly. It’s Blankety Blank for hipsters)
But, PUT SOME CLOTHES ON MAN!
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 10:07, Reply)

Thanks! It's pretty light in terms of gameplay (similar to cards against humanity) but it is a lot of fun and printing it as a book means I've given it a few narrative elements.
aaaaaaaand my prediction is YES, you would tell them about the asteroid. DO I GET A POINT?
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Seems like that was part of the reason to go into space, regardless of the outcome of what is observed.
Your physics is totally out though. An asteroid falling into the sun would do practically diddly squat, I doubt it would even generate a flare.
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I'll take the win.
Okay, it's my turn to answer and your turn to predict:
My wife's body is destroyed in a dramatic skiing accident. Miraculously, doctors are able to transfer their brain into a donor body. The operation is a success! The only problem is, the donor's body is male. Do I end the relationship?
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You’d shag anything that moved.
A profoundly traumatised woman in the body of a dead man, who used to be your regular “l’orifice de l’amour” is just a bonus.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 13:01, Reply)

Okay if anybody wants a question let me know and I will make a prediction based on your username (and just so everyone knows, I'm a b3ta backer and paypal donor and would love the chance to get this as a sponsored link in the newsletter!)
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 13:13, Reply)

It's not politically incorrect enough to be enjoyable. It's the kind of game that's safe enough to be played with the family after Christmas dinner and is undoubtedly made slightly more bearable by a few drinks, but it has the distinct air of a game designed by somebody who is either too easily offended or wanted to appeal to the largest possible audience without upsetting too many folk.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 10:24, Reply)

I thought Cards Against Humanity was pretty funny for the first 10 minutes I was looking at the cards with some friends. But when we started playing it according to the rules of the game it quickly got boring. It's like "okay, I get it, dead babies are funny..."
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 10:30, Reply)

It's core audience is definitely teenagers and twenty-somethings. I can see it would have been great to play when I was at uni. That was a few years ago now though.
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After a few years together, it becomes clear that your partner is a robot. You decide to bring the subject up, but your partner denies it, insisting s/he is a human just like anybody else. Do you go along with it, and pretend they are human out of respect?
My prediction is that you would because under your evil exterior, you have a heart of gold (and you would be afraid of losing them)
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He’d toss her in the river with a sack load of kittens to weigh her down.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 14:45, Reply)

Hey fishman let me ask you a question and we'll see if evil andy gets it right.
The end of the world has come, and only you and your sexual partner have survived. If you do nothing, humanity will become extinct after you both die. Do you do your bit to repopulate the planet?
(my prediction is NO, because I think you don't have a heart of gold and you'd rather watch the world burn)
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Congratulations on having a baby, and enjoy shitting in peace!
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 16:12, Reply)

Oh. Oh God. My whole identity is a sham. I've just been pretending this whole time. It was fun at first, but then I couldn't stop.
No. Hang on. It's what that thundercunt up there ^ said.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 14:54, Reply)

CAH is a gateway drug. To be honest I need videos of a full-on nazi goatse suicide cult just to feel normal
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To play this game you'd need friends.
So b3ta may not be the best place to advertise.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 13:33, Reply)

Hey by the way, imagine your cat was hit by a car and they call you from the vet's office and put the cat on the phone and the cat says "listen Tusk, be straight with me: do cats go to heaven and they die?". What would you say?
(my prediction is that you would say yes because you've got a big ol' heart of gold under that gruff exterior)
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 14:09, Reply)

I did just back your kickstarter because I can see this sort of thing appearing at a team building exercise and it's good to be forearmed.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 14:29, Reply)

which means that even though I don't technically get a point, I will accept your cash.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Everything will be shipped on or before the 16th of August.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 14:52, Reply)

But they're a bit shit at parlor games, unless the game is 'get the big stupid human to fetch the catnip mice from underneath the couch again'.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 15:56, Reply)

Honestly, I was just trying to find out why some people are so priggish about "rule" vs. "ruler".
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 3:35, Reply)

Somebody should start a Facebook campaign to have this clearly bigotous piece of equipment renamed to something more in-line with our tolerant Millennial society.
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 10:11, Reply)

Oddly compelling viewing. Some on here saw the first attempt, this time he tries again to do it in one go
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Maybe it will mutate and they'll put a kitten or a puppy in a flying helmet in the box
( , Tue 14 Jul 2020, 0:21, Reply)

Is it a Hindenburg cup & saucer by any chance?
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