Nothing like a family emergency to distract from existential dread, but the help of a my good friend made all the difference. Vague story short, everyone’s fine and suffering minimized.

Friends are just the family you assimilate.

Now, back to the fight against fascism.

  • @[email protected]
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    Friends are just the family you assimilate

    I love this line, I’m assimilating that into my vocabulary.

    Paints the Borg in a much friendlier light too!

    • @ummthatguyOP
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      To be its own post soon.

  • Flying SquidM
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    I’m glad you were able to help your friend. We all need to stick together right now.

    That said, I’m not sure the womanizing creep of a doctor is the best person to have my back. It didn’t seem to actually help O’Brien much overall. They had a lot of fun in the Holosuites while Keiko was being shitty though.

    • @ummthatguyOP
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      Certainly not advocating Bashir’s questionable choices and ethics, just the good parts where he was at O’Brien’s side.

      Also, I was the O’Brien in the scenario that needed help.

      • teft
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        Bashir’s questionable choices

        Name one time he made a bad choice. /s

        Pic unrelated:

      • Flying SquidM
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        I know you weren’t. I just felt like bashing Bashir (no pun intended).

        Letting my anger out on fictional characters helps.

        • @ummthatguyOP
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          I find it therapeutic to take it out on a nearby console.

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      Pick your favorite Bromance:
      O’Brien & Bashir
      Archer & Trip
      Sisko & Dax
      Kirk & Bones
      Kirk & Spock
      Jeordi & Data
      Data & Worf
      Bashir & Garack
      Jake & Nog

      Edit:
      Neelix & Tuvok
      Boimler & Rutherford

      • @hOrni
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        Bashir and Garak, definitely.

      • teft
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        Edit: Neelix & Tuvok Boimler & Rutherford

        Call them by their true names:

        Tuvix and Brutherford

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          O’Brashir
          Archip
          Daxko
          Bork
          Spirk
          Jeorata
          Dorf
          Garir
          Jog

          (some of those are a stretch)

          • teft
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            Bork Spirk

            🤣

      • @ummthatguyOP
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        Boimler and Rutherford

      • TotallyNotSpez
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        Neelix & Tuvok

        100 % Neelix & Tuvok (one of my fav VOY episodes ever - S6E6 Riddles)

      • Flying SquidM
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        Kirk and Spock, no question.

        But also, what about Neelix and Tuvok?

        • NegativeNullM
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          I knew I likely missed a lot of them.

  • NegativeNullM
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    I’m glad everything is (mostly) okay with your friend.

    • @ummthatguyOP
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      Other way around. The post was me being thankful for the assist.

      But yeah, family.

      • NegativeNullM
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        Oh, I’m sorry! I hope everything is okay for you then! Thank Q for your friend!

        • @ummthatguyOP
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          Doing better. Just glad everyone’s ok.

  • teft
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    I prefer Omet’iklan’s speech:

    I am First Omet’iklan, and I am dead. As of this moment, we are all dead. We go into battle to reclaim our lives. This we do gladly, for we are Jem’Hadar. Remember, victory is life.

    It reflects how I feel dead inside while acknowledging that we can reclaim our lives by overcoming whatever bullshit the universe throws at us.