this post was submitted on 19 May 2026

249 points (98.1% liked)

Risa: Your Home Away from Spacedock

747 readers

183 users here now

Welcome to Risa

All the pleasure of shore leave, none of the holodeck glitches.

Rule 1 — Be Civil, Not Klingon

This is a vacation planet, not the neutral zone.

No harassment, brigading, or trolling
No bigotry
Keep the banter playful, not hostile

Rule 2 — No Prohibited Cargo

Some things aren’t welcome aboard.

No spam or scams
No porn or sexually explicit content
No illegal content
NSFW memes must be properly tagged

Rule 3 — Keep It Trek

Posts should be Star Trek memes or Trek-adjacent humor.

Crossovers are fine
Low-effort “unrelated” memes may be spaced out the nearest airlock

Rule 4 — Gatekeeping Belongs in a Black Hole

You’re welcome to have your own opinions on what counts as “real” Star Trek but forcing your view on others or pretending it’s the only valid one? That’s not the Starfleet way.
Everyone’s Trek is valid, from TOS purists to Lower Decks shitposters, and you don't get to dictate what is real or not for everyone.

If you see a post that violates the rules, or that doesn't inspire Jamaharon, report it so the mods can handle it.

Otherwise grab a horga’hn, order a Risan Mai Tai, and enjoy your shore leave.

founded 11 months ago

MODERATORS

Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com

249

there is such an existential dread to it (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 months ago by Andy_R@feddit.uk to c/Risa@lemmy.dbzer0.com

29 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Crossposted from https://lemmy.ml/post/47539985

I am sure the germans have a precise term for this

all 33 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 37 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I hate to admit it, but we're on the wrong side of World War III aren't we? We're gonna get anhilated in an AI-fuelled nuclear war, and we can only hope that an enlightened post-scarcity utopia is on the other side.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

We are gonna get annihilated

Thank fucking god. The plus side of everything going to shit is all I want to do is run towards the Nukes with open arms and just be fucking done.

[–] whalebiologist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Im with you, i dont want to be a doomer but if someone handed me a special vest and said go shake hands with jeff bezos id hand my cash to my family and start driving to jeffs house

[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

I want to live long enough to see boomers and the wretched fossils we have running the place realize it's all ogre and their retirement is to be carbonized or choke on iodine and strontium dust.

[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As an American, this video is all I could think about when I heard about the grim reaper patches at alligator Alcatraz. "They've got skulls on it."

Edit: vid link as well for those that haven't seen

[+] adam_y@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

[deleted]

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I just wish I saw this path to action like every European and Canadian does. Like, if you speak out or burn shit it's just jail and no job. How does that help anyone? Like, what is a plan y'all think would work? I just don't get it.

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s the frustrating part. I keep seeing videos taking about how we can resist, but they never really have a solution. It always comes back to no violence, but general strike maybe?

Ok, so I’ve been general striking. I refuse to be violent. So what now? It’s still shit.

I call my useless reps, I write emails, I help where I can (admittedly little, but it’s all I’ve got). It’s still shit.

I spent the last 20+ years trying to help politically dense individuals understand the how and why. It didn’t move the needle.

I’m so tired.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think you lost the plot somewhere around "I refuse to be violent"

Do you want a world where only innocent people are hurt or a world where mean/evil people are hurt as well in response?

If you only want innocent people to be hurt, keep being non violent. It only helps the oppressor. When you resist, when you thrash and smash and burn and stab, you force them onto their backfoot.

[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seriously, pacifism is an evil idealogy that a lot seem to subscribe to as if it is some noble ideal. When in reality it is a selfish one that requires you to stand by as the meek and innocent are trampled, as your friends, family and community are trampled. It is isolationism for the individual.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The question that always finishes the argument is "why do you believe your moral character is more important than other people's lives?"

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Also people are like "Pull a (Insert Country)" and march and throw your leaders out.

Without realizing just how fucking huge vs how fucking small these countries are. Like, yeah, that's great when your entire country is the size of Ohio and has one major city where 90% of people live and its also the capital.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

I know. It's feels like protesting a whole planet because it's so big. Half the country is illiterate and on board with this shit too. My dad just died and I'm not going to the funeral because of the Trump cult and how betrayed I feel. My family sees me as less than. People have no idea the pain some of us feel from this shit. It's beyond awful. I'd leave the country but it's spreading everywhere else too and nobody wants shitty Americans in their homeland.

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Posters stop existing when I navigate to another page. We all know this. Its why I feel such an obligation to linger on this page.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No please don't go I haven't finished my bucket list

Buy a bucket
Fill the bucket with water
Put a frog in the bucket

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

I'm here comrade. You can tell I'm here because you can read this.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago

If it's any consolation, there are quite a few countries where this is a thing. I don't want to think percentage wise, it would make me sad.

[–] halfdane@piefed.social 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am sure the germans have a precise term for this

I propose these:

Existenzkrise (existential crisis)
schleichender Verfall (creeping deterioration)
schleichende Faschisierung (slowly becoming more and more fascist

In increasing order of specificity regarding your text

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Modern term is "staying competitive in the realities of a global marketplace." Or some such BS.

[–] halfdane@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That would probably be " Wettbewerbsfähigkeit " from "Wettbewerb" (competition, but it's actually from "Wette" (bet, rivalry) and "bewerben" (to vie/seek) ) and "Fähigkeit" (ability).

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Cardassians? Arent those the big ass famous women?

[–] EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

I am sure the germans have a precise term for this

We call it Russland