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

Maybe I'm overreacting because of his Disastrous Irish pheno...
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
Is he just filler? 2nd most appearances of any Star Trek cha...
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/23/26
I literally said that in my OP l2read
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
I edited
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/23/26
O'Brien is Better than the Seinfeld characters bc his life i...
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
180 ya he lives in space. I agree he's kind of milquetoast. ...
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/23/26
I haven't watched BSG yet but I want to! Honestly I think...
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
No clue. I haven't watched enough of it. BSG is 180. Did ...
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/23/26
Don't think so, tell us
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
Don't want to doobs myself too much but long story short I m...
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/23/26
18000000 encounter and preftigious legacy. I know I'll like ...
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
I just watched a few clips of DS9. I realized how boring the...
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  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...
Violent autistic digit ratio station
  04/23/26
Everything is connected
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/23/26
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Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
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Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
https://youtu.be/kqHGqkZ4Uew This seems like a wholesome ...
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/23/26
...
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
shut up
zippy at-the-ready dragon
  04/23/26
o'brien is the resilience, quite dutifulness and folk wisdom...
overrated indigo piazza
  04/23/26
I mean he's good at his job and loyal to Starfleet but that'...
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/23/26
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overrated indigo piazza
  04/23/26
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oomox
  05/20/26
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Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/29/26
He and Data used to go to 10 Forward to tag team phaser room...
Aromatic mentally impaired generalized bond
  04/29/26
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Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/29/26
Which makes it even more tragic that he ended up in an AGWWG...
buck-toothed persian main people
  04/29/26
It is funny that the second-most pathetic birdshit on the sh...
umber brunch famous landscape painting
  04/29/26
180 and I agree with your ranking
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/29/26
All of the DS9 characters are “flawed” in a prof...
vigorous whorehouse
  04/29/26
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Sick alcoholic nowag
  04/29/26
I think that all the time about Sisko and you're right, it e...
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/29/26
You have a lifelong vendetta against boring white guys
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/29/26
Should I not?
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/29/26
No judgment here. The heart wants what it wants.
flickering comical wagecucks plaza
  04/29/26
He couldn't stand it that Garak was seducing his best friend
buck-toothed persian main people
  04/29/26
Of course Julian would prefer Garak's stimulating Cardassian...
Cerebral hissy fit church building
  04/29/26
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oomox
  05/19/26
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  05/20/26
Hehehe that's why it's my hottest take :) I think HATP is...
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.
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
🤮
oomox
  05/20/26
I like that, immediately after the episode where he marries ...
.... -^^,--,~....
  05/20/26
Lmao yeah and I like that he and ADOS Sisko are often the mo...
oomox
  05/20/26


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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:05 AM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

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...id#49836266)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:31 AM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

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...id#49836277)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:32 AM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

I literally said that in my OP l2read

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:33 AM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

I edited

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:36 AM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

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...id#49836281)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:38 AM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

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...id#49836282)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:43 AM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

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...id#49836286)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:44 AM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

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...id#49836287)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:48 AM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

Don't think so, tell us

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:52 AM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

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...id#49836298)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:57 AM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

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...id#49836302)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:03 AM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

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...id#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...id#49892418)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:41 AM
Author: Violent autistic digit ratio station

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...id#49836284)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:42 AM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

Everything is connected

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:48 AM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:12 AM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

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...id#49836307)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:14 AM
Author: zippy at-the-ready dragon

shut up

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: overrated indigo piazza

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...id#49838056)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

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...id#49838071)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: overrated indigo piazza

🤫

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 7:41 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building



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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: Aromatic mentally impaired generalized bond

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...id#49852753)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building



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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:04 PM
Author: buck-toothed persian main people

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...id#49852831)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: umber brunch famous landscape painting

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...id#49852787)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

180 and I agree with your ranking

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: vigorous whorehouse

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...id#49852800)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: Sick alcoholic nowag



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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:43 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

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...id#49852809)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:53 PM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

You have a lifelong vendetta against boring white guys

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:56 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

Should I not?

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: flickering comical wagecucks plaza

No judgment here. The heart wants what it wants.

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: buck-toothed persian main people

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

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: Cerebral hissy fit church building

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...id#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...id#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...id#49892303)



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

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

I think HATP is right upthread that I am biased against boring white guys.

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



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

I mean you already knew that though.

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 10:22 PM
Author: oomox

🤮

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2...id#49892464)



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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...id#49892423)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 10:12 PM
Author: oomox

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...id#49892455)