Tis’ also embarrassing to be cat.
Because we all need a picture of a fluffy cat and BB-8 right now.
drorah asked:
Push: Garashir
brinnanza answered:
I cheated a little bit, but there’s definitely pushing and kissing involved. BEHOLD it’s the smut fic (so it’s uh rated E for ExplIcit).
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Julian wouldn’t say he’s drunk, exactly. Not that he hadn’t given it the old college try - between the scotch he’d had with Miles, the beers he’d chased the scotch with, and the potent, fruity liqueur Quark had convinced him to sample, the only thing keeping him upright and not in a puddle on the floor is the alcohol tolerance afforded by his genetic enhancements.
So he’s not drunk. More like… pleasantly buzzed. As a medical professional, he’s qualified to make the distinction. He’s just tipsy enough that it seems like a good idea to be standing outside of Garak’s quarters in the middle of the night, leaning on the buzzer and seriously considering using his medical override. (It would be tremendously unethical, obviously, and would probably get him booted from Starfleet besides, but considering where he is and when, it’s safe to say that his judgment isn’t quite sound.)
He’s spared the humiliation of having to depart Deep Space Nine in disgrace when the door finally slides open to reveal the room’s occupant, wearing a soft-looking tunic and trousers and glaring at him.
“Doctor,” Garak says. His voice is all irritation, none of it fond. “I assume you have a very good reason for waking me at this hour?”
Why save money when an individual deposit isn’t worth much?
Your vote doesn’t do anything unless it makes or breaks a tie, which won’t happen, whereas your deposits each increase the actual utility of your savings
Your deposits don’t do anything unless they put you over the threshold of what you’re saving for.
Save as much money as you want, it will never destroy a corrupt and predatory banking system built by and through capitalism. Vote as much as you want, it will never dismantle systems of oppression built by and through the state. Individual acts are not systemic change.
The point of saving money isn’t to demolish the corrupt banking system, and the point of voting isn’t to demolish systems of oppression, so my point here still stands.
You tactically vote because if a shitload of people follow the exact same chain of logic as the top post here, the Democrat vote gets split between Gore and Nader and fucking Bush gets into office. Or your “individual vote” doesn’t actually affect the referendum so you can Stick It To The Man by voting for Brexit and oh hey whoops it won.
Basically, when considering a choice that is very important overall but in which you have a very small impact, assume everyone else is following your logic. Because all too often they are, and that’s why tragedy of the commons shit happens. If your carbon emissions have a negligible effect on the global climate, why not buy plastic and drive a Hummer?
Because when everyone thinks like that; everyone gets fucked over. That’s why.
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