Just once I’d like a post where everyone is chill and positive about stuff instead of focusing on negative

Edit: I dunno why I expect people to ever be capable of being positive anymore. Dunno why I bother.

  • JWBananasEnglish
    24•1 year ago

    And then when I asked advice from people in Hollywood—I knew a handful of people, not many in those days—and I said to them, “Look, I’ve been offered this, what should I do? I’ve got plays lined up in London, I’m finally beginning to get a reputation in the West End playing leading roles.” And they told me now, this is a six-year contract, don’t worry about it. You cannot revive an iconic show like Star Trek, it cannot happen, you will be lucky to make it halfway through the season before it’s canceled.

    – Sir Patrick Stewart, on his decision to accept the role of Captain Picard

    • JWBananasEnglish
      22•1 year ago

      Let me see if I can explain it to you: Nerds don’t have a problem with women; they have a problem with change. I’ll give you an example: Nerds are upset at black stormtroopers in the new Star Wars movie. Do they have a problem with stormtroopers being black? No. They have a problem with you changing their definition of a stormtrooper. I’ll be a little clearer: If the first time you introduce oatmeal to a nerd it has maple syrup in it, it better have maple syrup every fucking time, or it’s not oatmeal.

      – Larry Wilmore, on the closed-mindedness of sci-fi fans.

      • @samus12345English
        5•1 year ago

        I take issue with the idea that being a nerd is the problem. Some people are just assholes, nerdy or not.

        • JWBananasEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          I tend to think of the term as meaning “obsessive to a fault” (versus simply being passionate about something).

      • @[email protected]English
        4•1 year ago

        Oh my god that is the perfect explanation of the (often unintentionally / incidentally) bigoted opinions I hear around.