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

Maybe I'm overreacting because of his Disastrous Irish pheno...
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
Is he just filler? 2nd most appearances of any Star Trek cha...
Thirsty base
  04/23/26
I literally said that in my OP l2read
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
I edited
Thirsty base
  04/23/26
O'Brien is Better than the Seinfeld characters bc his life i...
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
180 ya he lives in space. I agree he's kind of milquetoast. ...
Thirsty base
  04/23/26
I haven't watched BSG yet but I want to! Honestly I think...
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
No clue. I haven't watched enough of it. BSG is 180. Did ...
Thirsty base
  04/23/26
Don't think so, tell us
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
Don't want to doobs myself too much but long story short I m...
Thirsty base
  04/23/26
18000000 encounter and preftigious legacy. I know I'll like ...
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
I just watched a few clips of DS9. I realized how boring the...
Thirsty base
  04/23/26
Do yourself a favor and only watch BSG through the end of th...
Kink-friendly Shimmering School Cafeteria
  05/20/26
no idea what this is, but just googled this person and it lo...
big pervert
  04/23/26
Everything is connected
Thirsty base
  04/23/26
...
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
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at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
Cr I was ready to defend my fellow potato man but the Spacep...
bossy brass garrison
  05/21/26
https://youtu.be/kqHGqkZ4Uew This seems like a wholesome ...
Thirsty base
  04/23/26
...
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
shut up
Godawful Partner Step-uncle's House
  04/23/26
o'brien is the resilience, quite dutifulness and folk wisdom...
talking hairraiser dopamine
  04/23/26
I mean he's good at his job and loyal to Starfleet but that'...
at-the-ready state
  04/23/26
🤫
talking hairraiser dopamine
  04/23/26
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at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
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at-the-ready state
  04/29/26
He and Data used to go to 10 Forward to tag team phaser room...
crusty beady-eyed chapel
  04/29/26
...
at-the-ready state
  04/29/26
Which makes it even more tragic that he ended up in an AGWWG...
maroon low-t headpube
  04/29/26
It is funny that the second-most pathetic birdshit on the sh...
Deep lilac dog poop
  04/29/26
180 and I agree with your ranking
at-the-ready state
  04/29/26
All of the DS9 characters are “flawed” in a prof...
clear stag film love of her life
  04/29/26
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irradiated legend
  04/29/26
I think that all the time about Sisko and you're right, it e...
at-the-ready state
  04/29/26
You have a lifelong vendetta against boring white guys
Thirsty base
  04/29/26
Should I not?
at-the-ready state
  04/29/26
No judgment here. The heart wants what it wants.
Thirsty base
  04/29/26
What was Dax's flaw?
indecent chocolate personal credit line pit
  05/21/26
Cq. Too hot and cool?
at-the-ready state
  05/21/26
tranny
sealclubber
  06/06/26
He couldn't stand it that Garak was seducing his best friend
maroon low-t headpube
  04/29/26
Of course Julian would prefer Garak's stimulating Cardassian...
at-the-ready state
  04/29/26
...
at-the-ready state
  05/19/26
Thriller Business Firm
  05/20/26
Hehehe that's why it's my hottest take :) I think HATP is...
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
crying rn... losing hoap now if you had said he was a Mar...
Thirsty base
  05/20/26
You're not a boring white guy FWIW.
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
that is by far, by a country mile, the nicest thing you've e...
Thirsty base
  05/20/26
I mean you already knew that though.
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
180 I know, I'm just being silly/flippant with my respons...
Thirsty base
  05/20/26
Crrrr
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
Colm Meaney has said he hopes to soon move back to Ireland, ...
hyperventilating adulterous center circlehead
  05/20/26
Lol. Celebs whining about Trump are always annoying, but at ...
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
(Keiko)
Nofapping Cream Organic Girlfriend
  05/20/26
180
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
i see what you're saying, but the irish are 180 actually
fuchsia property
  05/20/26
(potatohead commie)
Thirsty base
  05/20/26
i'm no communist
fuchsia property
  05/20/26
Miles is though. He brags about being a union man and tells ...
Thirsty base
  05/20/26
yeah you're right, i'm not cool with that
fuchsia property
  05/21/26
I agree but his phenotype is very unfortunate.
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
He's a Dublin 9
Thirsty base
  05/20/26
🤮
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
I like that, immediately after the episode where he marries ...
Kink-friendly Shimmering School Cafeteria
  05/20/26
Lmao yeah and I like that he and ADOS Sisko are often the mo...
at-the-ready state
  05/20/26
Dude I just watched the mind prison one and he is sooooo awf...
at-the-ready state
  05/23/26
remember when his daughter falls into a time portal and has ...
Ape Arrogance
  06/06/26


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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:05 AM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49836266)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:31 AM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49836277)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:32 AM
Author: at-the-ready state

I literally said that in my OP l2read

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:33 AM
Author: Thirsty base

I edited

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:36 AM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49836281)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:38 AM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49836282)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:43 AM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49836286)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:44 AM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49836287)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:48 AM
Author: at-the-ready state

Don't think so, tell us

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:52 AM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49836298)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:57 AM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49836302)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:03 AM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49836305)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:53 PM
Author: Kink-friendly Shimmering School Cafeteria

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=2E#49892418)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:41 AM
Author: big pervert

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=2E#49836284)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:42 AM
Author: Thirsty base

Everything is connected

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: at-the-ready state



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 1:48 AM
Author: at-the-ready state



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



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Date: May 21st, 2026 8:54 AM
Author: bossy brass garrison

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=2E#49892812)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:12 AM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49836307)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: at-the-ready state



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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:14 AM
Author: Godawful Partner Step-uncle's House

shut up

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



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: talking hairraiser dopamine

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=2E#49838056)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49838071)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: talking hairraiser dopamine

🤫

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:25 PM
Author: at-the-ready state



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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 7:41 PM
Author: at-the-ready state



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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: crusty beady-eyed chapel

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=2E#49852753)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: at-the-ready state



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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:04 PM
Author: maroon low-t headpube

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=2E#49852831)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Deep lilac dog poop

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=2E#49852787)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

180 and I agree with your ranking

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: clear stag film love of her life

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=2E#49852800)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: irradiated legend



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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:43 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49852809)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:53 PM
Author: Thirsty base

You have a lifelong vendetta against boring white guys

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 8:56 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

Should I not?

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: Thirsty base

No judgment here. The heart wants what it wants.

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



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Date: May 21st, 2026 8:52 AM
Author: indecent chocolate personal credit line pit

What was Dax's flaw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2E#49892811)



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Date: May 21st, 2026 5:58 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

Cq. Too hot and cool?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2E#49893331)



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Date: June 6th, 2026 10:29 PM
Author: sealclubber

tranny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2E#49919551)



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: maroon low-t headpube

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

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



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Date: April 29th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49852836)



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Date: May 19th, 2026 7:28 AM
Author: at-the-ready state



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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: Thriller Business Firm
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=2E#49892303)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:39 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49892308)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:53 PM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49892325)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:54 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

You're not a boring white guy FWIW.

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49892327)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

I mean you already knew that though.

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49892356)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:46 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

Crrrr

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:47 PM
Author: hyperventilating adulterous center circlehead

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=2E#49892315)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 8:53 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49892323)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: Nofapping Cream Organic Girlfriend

(Keiko)

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:20 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

180

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: fuchsia property

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

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:43 PM
Author: Thirsty base

(potatohead commie)

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:48 PM
Author: fuchsia property

i'm no communist

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:50 PM
Author: Thirsty base

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=2E#49892412)



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Date: May 21st, 2026 8:47 AM
Author: fuchsia property

yeah you're right, i'm not cool with that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859654&forum_id=2E#49892807)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:46 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

I agree but his phenotype is very unfortunate.

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:47 PM
Author: Thirsty base

He's a Dublin 9

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 10:22 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

🤮

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



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Date: May 20th, 2026 9:56 PM
Author: Kink-friendly Shimmering School Cafeteria

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=2E#49892423)



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Date: May 20th, 2026 10:12 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49892455)



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Date: May 23rd, 2026 10:42 PM
Author: at-the-ready state

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=2E#49897394)



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Date: June 6th, 2026 10:13 PM
Author: Ape Arrogance

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=2E#49919539)