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hey everyone. if you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout today, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy! Thanks!

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[–] Woofcat@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm really hoping that lemmy can see a larger uptick in engagement. I know I should be the change I want to see in the world. However the thing I miss the most is pointless arguments in the comments section. :D

[–] Csynthare@dataterm.digital 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MrJukes@lemmy.one 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not an argument. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.

[–] Csynthare@dataterm.digital 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Kushan@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, is this the five minute course or the full half-hour?

[–] deephurting@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.

[–] get_the_reference_@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

An argument is where I convince you that I'm right and you're 100% wrong by Logic^tm.

[–] Dancomgat@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

It's like going back to an abusive relationship....🤣...ahhhh feels like home

[–] seducingcamel@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I think it's stupid and pointless that you miss pointless arguments. Are we doing it right?

[–] Woofcat@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I think it’s stupid and pointless that you miss pointless arguments. Are we doing it right?

Ohh for sure!

What you just want substance in your life? No debates over if Captain Picard could kick Luke Skywalkers ass? Everyone knows it's Picard all the way. :D

To me Reddit was always the comments and less about the news story. The pulse of what was happening in your country, or town, or hobby, etc. I'm sure that will happen here on Lemmy too in time.

[–] Yazee@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did you just say Pickard can kick Skywalkers ass? Luke is a jedi. And a trained knight who has fought many battles.

Pickard is a desk jockey who sits in a fancy chair. It's not even close.

Sure, the enterprise can best the falcon, but in a 1v1, there is zero chance of Pickard taking out Luke

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you're underestimating Picard. Like, not only was the man a wild punk in his youth before Starfleet straightened him out, but it's shown throughout the series that he's more than capable of bluffing opponents with access to things like literal time travel.

If nothing else, if he fights Luke, he's not going to fight on Luke's terms if he can help it.

[–] Yazee@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bluffing isn't going to stop a lightsabre through the face.

In all honesty, I'm probably over estimating Pickard. Luke can force choke him from across the room while Pickard is doing his fancy speech

[–] WillNeverCommentV2@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

But wouldn't they both win as neither would want to even fight the other so there wouldn't be a battle to begin with?

[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's no need to get into a fight when you can call for a site to site transport an intransigent Jedi into a hard vacuum.

"Mr. Worf, please facilitate Mr. Skywalker coming to a more complete understanding as to the relativity of his position by transporting his lower spine two feet to the left."

[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We haven't established the parameters of this fight well. If outside/friend help is not allowed, Skywalker wins. If outside help is allowed: Picard wins

Also it is canon now that jedi can survive a hard vacuum for a moment at least, per Leia in The Last Jedi (iirc). But Picard is definitely smarter so he'd find a way I think. Probably.

[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hard vacuum is survivable for a short amount of time, but The Force won't really help Luke if he's half a light minute away from the closest breathable atmosphere.