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My hottest Star Trek take: Miles O'Brien fucking sucks
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:05 AM Author: ferengi 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. |
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:31 AM Author: aromatic emerald shrine 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 |
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:32 AM Author: ferengi 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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: ferengi 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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. |
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:43 AM Author: ferengi 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? |
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:44 AM Author: aromatic emerald shrine 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? |
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:48 AM Author: ferengi 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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"). |
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:57 AM Author: ferengi 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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. |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:53 PM Author: Slate startling gaping 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: bright boiling water 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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: ferengi (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: ferengi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49836293) |
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Date: May 21st, 2026 8:54 AM Author: Khaki supple theatre Cr I was ready to defend my fellow potato man but the Spaceporn hair gene is devastating (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892812) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:12 AM Author: aromatic emerald shrine https://youtu.be/kqHGqkZ4Uew
This seems like a wholesome scene. Makes me nostalgic for old TV shows. |
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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:10 PM Author: ferengi (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: multi-colored sound barrier garrison 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: galvanic depressive den 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: ferengi 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: galvanic depressive den 🤫 (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: ferengi (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: ferengi (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: Beta federal chapel sandwich 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: ferengi (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: rebellious karate native 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: Elite Ocher Kitty 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: ferengi 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: Razzle mentally impaired toilet seat trailer park 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: hilarious goyim hell (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: ferengi 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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: ferengi 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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: May 21st, 2026 8:52 AM Author: Bateful hominid stain What was Dax's flaw? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892811) |
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Date: May 21st, 2026 5:58 PM Author: ferengi Cq. Too hot and cool? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49893331) |
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Date: June 6th, 2026 10:29 PM Author: Marvelous kitchen tranny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49919551) |
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Date: October 11th, 2026 5:31 PM Author: Genius Bear on the loose in Japan (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#50184361) |
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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:05 PM Author: rebellious karate native 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: ferengi 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: ferengi (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: Zombie-like church nibblets Subject: DELETE THIS SHIT!
O'Brien was one of the most authentic characters in Star Trek. |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:39 PM Author: ferengi Hehehe that's why it's my hottest take :)
I think HATP is right upthread that I am biased against boring white guys. |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:53 PM Author: aromatic emerald shrine crying rn... losing hoap
now if you had said he was a Marxist potatohead, I'd fully understand |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:54 PM Author: ferengi 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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: ferengi I mean you already knew that though. (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: aromatic emerald shrine 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. |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:46 PM Author: ferengi 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: Nudist Shimmering Pistol Abode 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 |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:53 PM Author: ferengi 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: October 11th, 2026 6:06 PM Author: carmine windowlicker people who are hurt "Miles, half the kids in Molly's class don't even speak fucking English! You need to get real!" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#50184432) |
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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: ferengi 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: effete turdskin center 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: aromatic emerald shrine (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: effete turdskin center 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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 21st, 2026 8:47 AM Author: effete turdskin center yeah you're right, i'm not cool with that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892807) |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:46 PM Author: ferengi 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: aromatic emerald shrine 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 10:22 PM Author: ferengi 🤮 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892464) |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:56 PM Author: Slate startling gaping 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) |
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Date: May 20th, 2026 10:12 PM Author: ferengi Lmao yeah and I like that he and ADOS Sisko are often the most racist people in the room in DS9. Sisko is more of a pragmatic race realist imo whereas O'Brien's a simple-minded tribalist traumatized by his personal experience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49892455) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2026 10:42 PM Author: ferengi Dude I just watched the mind prison one and he is sooooo awful. He handled prison horribly and also behaved even worse than one would expect when he "returned." It's understandable he'd be shitty after such a traumatic experience but wow. He even physically threatened his baby daughter. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49897394) |
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Date: June 6th, 2026 10:13 PM Author: Motley lemon public bath candlestick maker remember when his daughter falls into a time portal and has to survive on her own for a decade lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#49919539) |
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Date: October 11th, 2026 5:30 PM Author: ferengi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#50184357) |
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Date: October 11th, 2026 5:35 PM Author: Genius Bear on the loose in Japan It's funny how his character is simultaneously the most technically competent character, while also being the Dumb Normie Everyman character
It doesn't actually make any sense. They really overdo his "dumbness" and lack of civilized manners sometimes. It doesn't fit. The actor does a good job of communicating what the writers want; it's definitely the writers' fault |
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Date: October 11th, 2026 5:40 PM Author: ferengi cr because when he has to perform some act of heroism and everything depends on him my immediate thought is, not this retard, then i have to remember oh yeah he's good at his job. hard to suspend disbelief (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#50184375) |
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Date: October 11th, 2026 5:41 PM Author: Razzle mentally impaired toilet seat trailer park he was like the Irish Scumgineer version of Scotty, agree with you though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2#50184376) |
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Date: October 11th, 2026 5:51 PM Author: Genius Bear on the loose in Japan The patronizing/condescending attitude of the writers (and presumably Sophisticated, College-Educated Viewers) towards O'Brien just oozes through the Screen. It's less offensive or cringe than it is humorous. Like, it's just funny that this was the prevailing attitude among the self-conceived Sophisticated Class so recently in history
Today, O'Brien would be a q anon Drumpft-supporting prole who is simultaneously "racist" while also having a brown wife who he deeply adores and is a turbo-simp for. He would be constantly chided for Mansplaining things to Strong Female Characters who would swoop in to magically fix his awkwardly and poorly written mistakes
Also, the Asian wife angle is just fucking lollll |