[-] Spot@startrek.website 11 points 10 hours ago

Some of do wish we were tall. Not all of us care what a potential mate finds "cute". We want to be able to be safe wearing seatbelts instead of higher chances of decapitation. We want to be responded to like adults, especially in our 40's, instead of treated like children. We want to be independent while working on and around our homes without fear of falling of stools and ladders to put dishes away or calling a man for help. Being told a job your interested in wouldn't be a good fit, because of your size...

I even have pairs of "shit stompers", as my friends call them, platform boots that give me about 2 1/2 inches more height so I can be self-reliant. Sold as "clubbing boots" but I wear them regularly for mundane shit.

Getting literally looked down on, by everyone, everyday, gets really tiring, especially after decades of it. I am 5"3 (so not even THAT short) and can't see shit in large crowds besides asses and backs. Have been actually stepped on by tall folks (even people just at 5'6"... like, come the fuck on) who don't realize there are people shorter than their eyes and don't care to look down. My head gets hit by average and tall people's elbows (hard) in club or crowd environments because again, they have no idea someone can exist below their eyeline, or just don't care. Can't go to bars or clubs alone because we are easy "marks" so we need an adult or a man to accompany us, to dissuade sexual preditors.

Anyone remember vehicles with bench seats? How degrading is it to not be able to reach the pedals because the seat only has 3 notches, and the closest one is still for people taller than you? Getting told "you should get yourself a booster seat" like I'm a kid in a restaurant.

Not every girl wants to be "cute". Some of just want to "be", and be safe. Self defense classes really drilled into my head the dangers of "looking like an easy mark" it's assumed short women won't put up as much of a fight and are easier prey. Learned to carry a "big" presence, and found a lot less sketchy characters would try to approach me. Staying that alert is fucking exhausting and makes going out, at night, in cities, to large parking lots, to bars and clubs, to concerts, a lot less enjoyable.

Sorry for the rant. But just because some folks might see short as cute, does NOT mean we short folks concur, or see that "cute" makes up for the rest of the shit and dangers we have to deal with. Or, even want to be "cute".

[-] Spot@startrek.website 77 points 3 months ago

Crazy how many folks can't scroll past something they aren't interested in. And not thoughtful critiques. Just whining really. Their delicate eyes witnessed it, thus they were compelled to come make a comment.

I don't think I'd ever find it appropriate to whine in the comments of a user's post, over a post breaking no rules. I have, and would... just scroll by.

I don't see "No Pizza Cake" in the rules... why would someone think it would just never show up?

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[-] Spot@startrek.website 85 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

On the jury, being shown some video evidence....

"It doesn't look like anything to me."

[-] Spot@startrek.website 43 points 11 months ago

Good thing Sherrick put his thumb over his name there.

[-] Spot@startrek.website 46 points 11 months ago

Our presidential election is coming up this fall and we are on the ledge of losing our democracy depending on the outcome. It's kinda on our minds quite a bit.

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A cartoon poster of the Swedish Chef from The Muppets assimilated as a Borg from Star Trek. The Swedish Chef has a Borg eye and a robotic double mixer arm. Text on the poster says "SMORGAS' BORG RESISTANCE IS HERDY FLERPTY FLOOPIN'"

[-] Spot@startrek.website 53 points 1 year ago

Might check into hotel reception too. I worked nights at one, and my main duty was making sure the building didn't catch fire or disappear while waiting to do the audit and start morning coffee before I left.

[-] Spot@startrek.website 42 points 1 year ago

Sooo... Not only has it not trickled down but, they haven't even paid their fair share, huh? Who woulda' thought?!

[-] Spot@startrek.website 229 points 2 years ago

Far-right influencer Rogan O’Handley went so far as to suggest that if the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Swift and Kelce would trigger an apocalyptic chain of events that would kill millions. “You MUST defeat the Chiefs,” O’Handley wrote in an X post addressed to the San Francisco 49ers. “If you don’t, Mr. Pfizer and his girlfriend are going to tour the country as ‘world champions’ helping elect Joe Biden WW3 will likely follow in a 2nd Biden term and millions will die. The fate of the free world rests upon your shoulders”

Just wow. Only a tidbit of the crazy they are spouting in this article.

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Oh, it'll still be there. What,are you afraid you're gonna miss something?

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[-] Spot@startrek.website 48 points 2 years ago

What about Vaughn Armstrong...

[-] Spot@startrek.website 70 points 2 years ago

"In a battle or emergency, where the survival of the vessel (or other protected asset) is dependent upon the continued operation of the equipment, it is sometimes wiser to risk equipment damage than have the equipment shut down when it is needed. For example, the electrical drives to elevate and traverse the guns of a combat warship may have "battleshort" fuses, which are simply copper bars of the correct size to fit the fuse holders, as failure to return fire in a combat situation is a greater threat to the ship and crew than damaging or overheating the electrical motors."

Huh. Learn something all the time.

[-] Spot@startrek.website 41 points 2 years ago

We used to just leave a vehicle parked somewhere while we made dinner or did other stuff and let the radio play!

People sometimes would stop by and realize, after a bit of convo, they were hearing something and be baffled as to what the hell we were listening too.

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