Trolls R Us Resurrections

[ASL_v2.0]

@wolfpup

Octo constantly references the alleged “hive mind” of the SDMB, while in turn, “the hive” posts recipes for calamari.

I went from reading this post to skimming through the title in the forum’s “latest” feed. For a moment, I could have sworn I read:

How long and vivid can you keep an image in your hive mind?

…and thought “Oh noes! You said the quiet part loud!”

The thread title was actually “How long and vivid can you keep an image in your mind?” Close call, right? Someone almost gave Octo et al rock solid proof that our thoughts have been connected since Operation Tentacle went active last fall. And it’s kind of ironic they called it that, right? I doubt old George even knows Octo exists. Okay, well he obviously knows now seeing as he can finally harvest our thoughts directly, but I mean back when he threw his many billions into creating the infrastructure and came up with the project’s name over pizza and a game of ping pong he didn’t.

…or did he?

[Johnny_L.A]

@wolfpup

Our resident Russian troll apparently has a pretty low opinion of any Doper who can’t see this.

Yep. I asked him why he’s defending the actins of a fascist dictator/monster, and that ‘lowered his valuation of my opinions /knowledge.’ (He didn’t get modded for, in effect, calling me stupid. I didn’t report him.)

[Morgyn]

@wolfpup

while in turn, “the hive” posts recipes for calamari.

I thought calamari was squid?

[wolfpup]

@Morgyn

I thought calamari was squid?

Don’t be getting all technical on me, buster! Octopus and squid are both cephalopods with eight arms. Put a top hat and a monocle on a squid and have it spout right-wing talking points and you can hardly tell the difference from Octo!

[Johnny_L.A]

@wolfpup

Octopus and squid are both cephalopods with eight arms.

Squid have eight arms and two tentacles.

[Dropo]

What’s the Difference? Octopus vs. Squid | How Many Tentacles on Squid

Neither should be confused with faux-cephalopods and especially not with faux faux-cephalopods (the lowest of the low).

[Morgyn]

If you want to cook the octopus, you need the right ingredients.

How to Cook Octopus so It Stays Tender

[bobot]

@JKellyMap

A good joke* from Jim B in the Jokes thread. Now that’s suspiciously uncharacteristic.

*I must’ve bought the world’s worst thesaurus.

Not only is it terrible, it’s terrible.

If that’s his going away post, I’ll give him a tip o’ the hat. As he leaves.

[Atamasama]

@bobot

As he leaves.

He didn’t “leave” so much as get tossed out the airlock.

[Riemann]

@Atamasama

He didn’t “leave” so much as get tossed out the airlock.

But Jim can be quite slippery.

According to the Star Trek movies, is Captain Kirk really dead?

[ASL_v2.0]

What I don’t get, re: the Captain Kirk who is “dead,” is the whole thing with the Nexus. Like, did anything in that happen in reality? Isn’t it just the naturalistic equivalent of a holodeck? So forget about whether Kirk is dead, that’s easy enough to imagine given the holodeck, too, could be fatal if safety settings were overridden/off. No, what I want to know is, did anything after Picard entered the Nexus really happen? Or is it like everything in Star Trek after that point—including the Kelvin timeline, as the destruction of Romulus came later—is really just Picard’s extended fantasy?

Help?

[crowmanyclouds]

Cue: Final scene of Star Trek, an autistic Andorian child, Terias Ch’thallan, staring into a snow globe containing the Enterprise,

[Atamasama]

@crowmanyclouds

staring into a snow globe containing the Enterprise

“Hey Terias, why so blue?”

[Darren_Garrison]

@Johnny_L.A

I asked him why he’s defending the actins of a fascist dictator/monster

And his myosins—don’t forget his myosins!

[Knowed_Out]

I make sure my opinion matches yours, fellow drone.

[Riemann]

@Johnny_L.A

he’s defending the actins of a fascist dictator/monster

@Darren_Garrison

And his myosins—don’t forget his myosins!

Don’t be silly. Actin is just a contraction.

[DesertDog]

@ASL_v2.0

Or is it like everything in Star Trek after that point—including the Kelvin timeline, as the destruction of Romulus came later—is really just Picard’s extended fantasy?

Occurence at Owl Creek Enterprise Bridge?

[MrDibble]

It’s better when someone else cooks the octopus. Or at least, the octopus balls.

You need a special pan, you see.

[Atamasama]

@MrDibble

Or at least, the octopus balls .

That stuff is delicious, I got an order of them last week at a new local ramen shop. It’s my favorite Japanese delicacy.

[GIGObuster]

First thing I thought was that someone should invent Tako Tacos.

And of course, someone did it already.

Japanese Tako Tacos Recipe