Geordi’s literal prompt that one-shotted Moriarty: “Computer, in the Holmesian style, create a mystery to confound Data with an opponent who has the ability to defeat him.”

“Overcome by lust, Mr. Spock nearly kills Captain Kirk during a Vulcan mating ritual.”

Adding on to what you said, another reason older people in general can be wary of sitting down if it isn’t absolutely necessary is that it can be very difficult for them to stand back up without assistance. Especially if they are used to being somewhere with grab rails or other safety affordances.

So it might not be stubborn masculinity as much as bad knees and stubborn independence in some cases: if they stand, they can be in and out quickly on their own. If they sit, they may need to call for help.

I can’t believe they missed the opportunity to say it’s “Wheel Engineered”

The Vampyre doesn’t get enough love 😿

The scariest part is this lack of safety culture spans multiple national labs.

That quote is one of my favorite moments of SG1. It defines the series imo: this is not Star Trek. The captain can’t just ask Scotty to get it done.

The commentaries on regular episodes are fantastic, and if you’re able to find them I highly recommend checking them out. There are a ton of them and by the end you feel like you know the creative team personally. You get a very different view of the show, with a lot of great film/tv tradecraft being shared too.

One of the best things about the DVD commentary tracks was how much love Siler got.

“But Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.”

“What happened?”

“He lived happily ever after.”

Is this an actual artifact? I never ran across this when I researched the origin of “Information wants to be free”… and it’s a word for word match to how Steven Levy later described the hacker ethos of the era in his own words in his book Hackers. I’m wondering if someone just rendered it out to look like it came from an old typewriter, and that context got lost as people shared it.

At the late great Robert Anton Wilson would say when making the motion of the cross: “Spectacles, testicles, brandy, cigars.”

One adjacent term is “frisson”: when it’s so sublimely awesome it gives you chills.