Yesterday a well-intentioned local friend (who knows I've been struggling to find enough income to help me reach a critical long term stability goal) sent me a job posting for Spanish speakers...
to spy on Spanish-speaking populations for government.
Ah. No.
Not that I'd ever get the job if I were to apply for it (so my moral objection is moot) - but it's always fascinating to see what others don't even realize might run afoul of a friend's ethics.
Hope your own weekends are less narc-y! :)
@MLClark That's... really something.
Just picturing you setting up shop as a simple tailor. 🙃
@JakeA 😠Oh Garak.
I know he's got a thriving life in fanfic, but the acute *loneliness* of his existence in that difficult role always breaks my heart.
What a great series. I'm currently rewatching Voyager & crushed at how simplistic it is in contrast to DS9 & TNG with respect to gender & relationships.
It's not even that it's very straight; it's that all the relationships are simplistic, patronizing, or abusive. There's none of TNG's fluid "I'm friends with my past lovers" here. Alas.
@MLClark Also, I'm enjoying S3 of Discovery because it seems to be starting to actually mean something, and that the world doesn't exist solely to justify the character drama. But I just watched Unification III and all that imploded in a single scene with a mother-daughter drama serving as an appeal to vulcan emotion. Very soap opera.
I stay for Saru and Tilly (though they seem to have artificially reduced Tilly's self confidence again, which is upsetting).
@MLClark I share your pain in regards to the weirdly reductive writing. I got through Voyager very quickly, mostly because it gave me nothingnto chew on. Except maybe Tuvix 😆
On my second and my partner's first watch of DS9, we're just kind of taking the subtext as text with Garak and Bashir. Makes for a better watch, at least before they introduce some love interests because "they're totally straight guys don't worry!".