Nihilism, pessimism, jadedness, misanthropy etc. (qualities that I myself possess in varying digrees of crippling severity and realise their unwholesomeness) aren't excuses for not being kind, tolerant, generous and compassionate. These things aren't mutually exclusive, in fact the latter ones are an antidote to the former ones and everyone should nurture them. That's my take.

Reading this, and remembering the context of the source material, my thoughts deviated to our present day problems. I can’t help but ask myself, “how can humans hate each other and commit the atrocities we do to other ppl?” Especially for totally pointless shit like skin color or what they would like to be called ffs. I had a thought that those ppl are presented with the struggle of life and misplace their angst at the prospect of the daily challenge of self improvement. They don’t hate ppl for the little things, not really, they just don’t know how to use their inner conflict productively.

I love Star Trek for stirring these thoughts. Thank you for your posts Stamets. Peace and long life 🖖🏻

Well fuck me, that made me stop and think for a moment. That’s my brain.

Dammit, Stamets… I’m so glad you’re here. ❤️

God I fucking love this community, I like memes like anyone else but I don't usually check meme communities that often and just rely on the front page to provide my daily dose of memes. But this community in particular is absolutely top tier and I find myself checking it daily and sharing the best memes with my hardcore trekkie mom. Thank you to everyone that makes this place awesome, you're bringing happiness and laughter to a dude and a woman in the ass crack of Canada.

C/Risa is easily the best community on lemmy and I will die on that hill. You're all awesome!

I needed this.

I'm really angry at speciesists though.

Live fast and get fucked or whatever 🖖