SaltSong

Thanks, Tribune.

Can you repost this? The link is dead.

I'm gonna argue for the Corvus, if only because the corvette is not expecting to be boarded by centurians.

Just like he was counting on China you need us more than we need them.

I really hate people who are constitutionally unable to negotiate in good faith.

That's the thing. You don't have to pick up the phone. You don't have to answer the text until you are ready.

Anyone who acts like they are entitled to an instant response is wrong, unless you agree with them.

You may have to do a little expectation management, but you'll be happier once you've done a bit of it.

Tell me when the training module covers "penguin stages mutiny."

I prefer the real Enterprise.

And what happens when he does it anyway?

“I’m sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be.”

And we want it to be the way we want it to be, and we are the ones who put money in your pocket.

I agree with you that the systems we have built keep the powerful in power. That's what they get out of the deal.

But the point of civilization has less to do with them, and more to do with interactions between regular people. If I have a dispute with you, for example, over some property, we can call on lawyers, police, regulatory bodies and similar to help us settle our dispute. We maybe don't like the resolution, but, by and large, we accept it.

Without those systems, I could just beat you up, and take the property for myself. You're only real option would be to kill me, and take it back.

Similar, we can do things like vote out our leaders, or move to other places. We have options besides burning down the castle, or setting up a guillotine.

Civilization is about giving us that alternative.

That's wife material, that is.