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My hottest Star Trek take: Miles O'Brien fucking sucks

Maybe I'm overreacting because of his Disastrous Irish pheno...
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
Is he just filler? 2nd most appearances of any Star Trek cha...
180 Wine Stage
  04/23/26
I literally said that in my OP l2read
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
I edited
180 Wine Stage
  04/23/26
O'Brien is Better than the Seinfeld characters bc his life i...
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
180 ya he lives in space. I agree he's kind of milquetoast. ...
180 Wine Stage
  04/23/26
I haven't watched BSG yet but I want to! Honestly I think...
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
No clue. I haven't watched enough of it. BSG is 180. Did ...
180 Wine Stage
  04/23/26
Don't think so, tell us
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
Don't want to doobs myself too much but long story short I m...
180 Wine Stage
  04/23/26
18000000 encounter and preftigious legacy. I know I'll like ...
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
I just watched a few clips of DS9. I realized how boring the...
180 Wine Stage
  04/23/26
Do yourself a favor and only watch BSG through the end of th...
.... -^^,--,~....
  05/20/26
no idea what this is, but just googled this person and it lo...
Floppy Regret
  04/23/26
Everything is connected
180 Wine Stage
  04/23/26
...
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
...
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
https://youtu.be/kqHGqkZ4Uew This seems like a wholesome ...
180 Wine Stage
  04/23/26
...
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
shut up
electric institution cuckoldry
  04/23/26
o'brien is the resilience, quite dutifulness and folk wisdom...
opaque gaming laptop
  04/23/26
I mean he's good at his job and loyal to Starfleet but that'...
copper appetizing space
  04/23/26
🤫
opaque gaming laptop
  04/23/26
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oomox
  05/20/26
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copper appetizing space
  04/29/26
He and Data used to go to 10 Forward to tag team phaser room...
Razzle-dazzle Carnelian Goal In Life
  04/29/26
...
copper appetizing space
  04/29/26
Which makes it even more tragic that he ended up in an AGWWG...
Blue violent locale travel guidebook
  04/29/26
It is funny that the second-most pathetic birdshit on the sh...
Big Insane Internal Respiration House
  04/29/26
180 and I agree with your ranking
copper appetizing space
  04/29/26
All of the DS9 characters are “flawed” in a prof...
olive lettuce public bath
  04/29/26
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arousing base police squad
  04/29/26
I think that all the time about Sisko and you're right, it e...
copper appetizing space
  04/29/26
You have a lifelong vendetta against boring white guys
180 Wine Stage
  04/29/26
Should I not?
copper appetizing space
  04/29/26
No judgment here. The heart wants what it wants.
180 Wine Stage
  04/29/26
He couldn't stand it that Garak was seducing his best friend
Blue violent locale travel guidebook
  04/29/26
Of course Julian would prefer Garak's stimulating Cardassian...
copper appetizing space
  04/29/26
...
oomox
  05/19/26
...,....,,........
  05/20/26
Hehehe that's why it's my hottest take :)
oomox
  05/20/26
crying rn... losing hoap now if you had said he was a Mar...
good poa, b.A.A.d views
  05/20/26
You're not a boring white guy FWIW.
oomox
  05/20/26
that is by far, by a country mile, the nicest thing you've e...
good poa, b.A.A.d views
  05/20/26
I mean you already knew that though. I wouldn't have wasted ...
oomox
  05/20/26
180 I know, I'm just being silly/flippant with my respons...
good poa, b.A.A.d views
  05/20/26
Crrrr
oomox
  05/20/26
Colm Meaney has said he hopes to soon move back to Ireland, ...
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  05/20/26
Lol. Celebs whining about Trump are always annoying, but at ...
oomox
  05/20/26
(Keiko)
my dog can log into xo more often than I can
  05/20/26
180
oomox
  05/20/26
i see what you're saying, but the irish are 180 actually
Kenneth Play
  05/20/26
(potatohead commie)
good poa, b.A.A.d views
  05/20/26
i'm no communist
Kenneth Play
  05/20/26
Miles is though. He brags about being a union man and tells ...
good poa, b.A.A.d views
  05/20/26
I agree but his phenotype is very unfortunate.
oomox
  05/20/26
He's a Dublin 9
good poa, b.A.A.d views
  05/20/26
I like that, immediately after the episode where he marries ...
.... -^^,--,~....
  05/20/26


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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:05 AM
Author: copper appetizing space

Maybe I'm overreacting because of his Disastrous Irish phenotype, but he's always come across as a bumbling idiot across both series. He also often serves as the foil for a moral lesson with his simple-minded, unethical takes.

Further, while Keiko is obviously awful, I don't think she'd be like that if he weren't such a little bitch.

Don't get me wrong, he's a great character; I enjoy his constant misfortune and contentious marriage. Just saying he's TTT as a person.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836266)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:31 AM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

Is he just filler? 2nd most appearances of any Star Trek character. It sounds though like you like to hate him. Maybe he's a worthy character even though he sucks as a person.

Edit:

Given how much you hate the characters on Seinfeld if he were a Seinfeld character would you still hate him or would he be an improvement over the canonical 4

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836277)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:32 AM
Author: copper appetizing space

I literally said that in my OP l2read

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836278)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:33 AM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

I edited

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836279)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:36 AM
Author: copper appetizing space

O'Brien is Better than the Seinfeld characters bc his life is way cooler

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836281)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:38 AM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

180 ya he lives in space. I agree he's kind of milquetoast. I think they put him in so many episodes because he's inoffensive. And then because he's so boring the writers were probably like let's give him a dark side.

Who is the better Hapa space couple, Miles and Keiko or Chief and Sharon "Boomer" Valerii from BSG.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836282)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:43 AM
Author: copper appetizing space

I haven't watched BSG yet but I want to!

Honestly I think it's hilarious how shitty Miles and Keiko's relationship is, so I love them. I really enjoy every scene they're in. Is it supposed to be funny or is it intended sincerely as part of Miles' long-suffering shtick?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836286)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:44 AM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

No clue. I haven't watched enough of it.

BSG is 180. Did I ever tell you about it the time I met Ronald D Moore?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836287)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:48 AM
Author: copper appetizing space

Don't think so, tell us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836295)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:52 AM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

Don't want to doobs myself too much but long story short I met him randomly in public. I didn't know who he was but this turbo nerd I was with recognized him. He ended up talking to me about his divorce and what it was like to coparent his daughter with his ex wife. So random lol. Same guy who wrote BSG also wrote many episodes of TNG and DS9.

During his time on Deep Space Nine, he continued to write episodes that expanded on Klingon culture such as "The House of Quark", "Sons of Mogh", "Rules of Engagement", "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places", "Soldiers of the Empire", "You Are Cordially Invited..." and "Once More Unto the Breach". He also wrote episodes that dealt with controversial subjects such as genetic engineering ("Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"), co-wrote the episode that featured Star Trek's first same-sex kiss ("Rejoined") and killed off another popular character, Vedek Bareil Antos ("Life Support").

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836298)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:57 AM
Author: copper appetizing space

18000000 encounter and preftigious legacy. I know I'll like BSG, just gotta get around to it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836302)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:03 AM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

I just watched a few clips of DS9. I realized how boring the show would be without the ever-present bleeps and bloops of the ship in the background of every dialog scene. The sound engineer who makes all those little ear wiggles is the real hero.

BSG is kind of a boring action show for the first two seasons and then in Season 3 it gets all political and in Season 4 it gets metaphysical and philosophical. I think the latter eps are my favorite. It sort of devolves into Neo-Platonism. Tp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836305)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:53 PM
Author: .... -^^,--,~....

Do yourself a favor and only watch BSG through the end of the first season, then pretend it was cancelled. If you do that, it's the greatest SF series of all time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892418)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:41 AM
Author: Floppy Regret

no idea what this is, but just googled this person and it looks vaguely like Spaceporn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836284)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:42 AM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

Everything is connected

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836285)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: copper appetizing space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49838037)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:48 AM
Author: copper appetizing space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836293)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:12 AM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

https://youtu.be/kqHGqkZ4Uew

This seems like a wholesome scene. Makes me nostalgic for old TV shows.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836307)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: copper appetizing space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49837315)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:14 AM
Author: electric institution cuckoldry

shut up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836308)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: opaque gaming laptop

o'brien is the resilience, quite dutifulness and folk wisdom of the everyman. if you hate him there's something seriously fucking wrong with you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49838056)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: copper appetizing space

I mean he's good at his job and loyal to Starfleet but that's a low bar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49838071)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: opaque gaming laptop

🤫

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49838076)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: oomox



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892286)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 7:41 PM
Author: copper appetizing space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852677)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Carnelian Goal In Life

He and Data used to go to 10 Forward to tag team phaser room sluts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852753)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: copper appetizing space



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852795)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:04 PM
Author: Blue violent locale travel guidebook

Which makes it even more tragic that he ended up in an AGWWG marriage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852831)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Big Insane Internal Respiration House

It is funny that the second-most pathetic birdshit on the show (Barkley is 1) has an Asian wife who henpecks him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852787)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: copper appetizing space

180 and I agree with your ranking

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852798)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: olive lettuce public bath

All of the DS9 characters are “flawed” in a profound way that they never are in other Trek shows. That’s what made it a compelling serial drama imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852800)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: arousing base police squad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852802)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:43 PM
Author: copper appetizing space

I think that all the time about Sisko and you're right, it extends to other characters too. O'Brien just doesn't have much going for him in the first place imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852809)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:53 PM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

You have a lifelong vendetta against boring white guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852821)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:56 PM
Author: copper appetizing space

Should I not?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852824)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: 180 Wine Stage

No judgment here. The heart wants what it wants.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852832)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: Blue violent locale travel guidebook

He couldn't stand it that Garak was seducing his best friend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852833)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: copper appetizing space

Of course Julian would prefer Garak's stimulating Cardassian conversation to O'Brien's whiny nonsense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49852836)



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Date: May 19th, 2026 7:28 AM
Author: oomox



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49889611)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: ...,....,,........
Subject:

DELETE THIS SHIT!

O'Brien was one of the most authentic characters in Star Trek.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892303)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: oomox

Hehehe that's why it's my hottest take :)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892308)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:53 PM
Author: good poa, b.A.A.d views

crying rn... losing hoap

now if you had said he was a Marxist potatohead, I'd fully understand

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892325)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:54 PM
Author: oomox

You're not a boring white guy FWIW.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892326)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: good poa, b.A.A.d views

that is by far, by a country mile, the nicest thing you've ever said about me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892327)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: oomox

I mean you already knew that though. I wouldn't have wasted my time with a boring white guy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892346)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: good poa, b.A.A.d views

180

I know, I'm just being silly/flippant with my responses. I think of zozo as a creative writing exercise to drum up drama for entertainment. I'm just trying to write good dialog.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892356)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:46 PM
Author: oomox

Crrrr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892403)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:47 PM
Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


Colm Meaney has said he hopes to soon move back to Ireland, citing his unhappiness with Donald Trump’s America.

The award winning actor has lived in the United States for many decades but said the nation had taken a dark turn in recent years.

Speaking on The Claire Byrne Show, Mr Meaney described the current administration as “terrifying” and its treatment of immigrants as “naked fascism”.

“At least the Brown Shirts, unlike these ICE guys, the Brown Shirts would wear a uniform [and] didn't wear masks,” he said.

“And a lot of these ICE agents, so-called federal agents are actually Proud Boys.

“What's their obsession with trans people? What's that about? Less than two percent of the population are trans.”

https://www.newstalk.com/news/colm-meaney-move-back-to-ireland-2230308

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892315)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:53 PM
Author: oomox

Lol. Celebs whining about Trump are always annoying, but at least the points he's making are valid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892323)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: my dog can log into xo more often than I can (thanks, Rach!)

(Keiko)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892347)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: oomox

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892350)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

i see what you're saying, but the irish are 180 actually

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892371)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:43 PM
Author: good poa, b.A.A.d views

(potatohead commie)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892396)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:48 PM
Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth)

i'm no communist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892410)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:50 PM
Author: good poa, b.A.A.d views

Miles is though. He brags about being a union man and tells Quark's underlings to chant workers of the world unite or something close to it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892412)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:46 PM
Author: oomox

I agree but his phenotype is very unfortunate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892404)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:47 PM
Author: good poa, b.A.A.d views

He's a Dublin 9

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892405)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:56 PM
Author: .... -^^,--,~....

I like that, immediately after the episode where he marries an Asian, we have an episode about how he is racist. Brave realism on the part of the TNG writers' room.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892423)