Got That Godzilla Ass

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So while it’s true that the Enterprise is not as big as people think, that goes double for the Falcon!

A good way of thinking about the relative size is by using a bridge comparison:

The Enterprise bridge has space for 11 people to work, as well as a significant amount of space between stations to move around comfortably:

[Bridge illustration by Tobias Weinmann via here]

And the whole thing fits in the nipple thing up on top of the saucer:

Meanwhile the Falcon (beloved weed bus) has a cockpit that seats 4, with only 2 main operational stations, and zero floor space:

And since Serenity was mentioned too…

Serenity has a bridge more comparable to La Sirena - with 2 stations at the front and quite a bit of floor space.

And for those interested in a visual comparison:

(Boeing 747 for scale as well as the Delta Flyer because Why Not)

This is not just something getting you from point a to point b, or for you and your rag tag crew to be in each other’s personal space on.

I get the desire to protect the children, especially from an obvious and immediate harm.

You know the last organization I want doing it on a blanket level*?

First: I don’t have a clear solution, and that is why I stand by no action until there is one.

But, what I saw working and not working was that any sort of blanket solution isn’t going to work because this isn’t a blanket problem. The kids I most worry about would also be the ones quickest to get around something like being currently purposed. I’m not gonna belabor why because I think other people have covered it, and to a large extent it is exactly what is self evident: Censorship bad.

But what did work was treating your child like a human and explaining what limits there were and why, and having an INDIVIDUAL AND OPEN DIALOG WITH SAID CHILD.

Most kids who REALLY get in trouble online aren’t looking for it, at least not to begin with. They wanted to male friends, they wanted to post to Facebook, they wanted to watch something fun.

And a lot of the times the real trouble happens in the mundane “safe” places. While I won’t say predators aren’t on this or that site, because they can be anywhere, someone actively looking to groom a kid is going to go where ever kids are. If you ban them from certain spaces, predators will just follow them to the “child safe” areas.

So not only can you not just ban porn, or whatever, you need to know what YOUR kid’s issue is and work with that. Because predators aren’t always the biggest danger they’ll face. Are they too trusting and share info they shouldn’t? Are they not discerning enough about content yet and get led down things like thr nazi pipeline on youtube? Are they finding things in safe space that, due to who they are as individuals, is unsafe but would appear normal from the outside?

You may notice with all of those that really…there’s only one solution. Involved parents.

And so far we have not figure out any remotely ethical way to enforce good parenthood.

But if you wanna be a good parent, be VERY aware of what your child is doing, but listen carefully to my last piece of advice from watching tense relationships where this monitoring was necessarily heavily enforced:

Don’t lie to them.

If you have to read their messages, tell them. They have the right to not share that info through messages. If you have to monitor their website, tell them. They have the right to reserve certain subject to look up elsewhere.

And you might be saying “then what’s the point?”

The point is you can’t control them, you can just guide them, and that’s an active duty, not a passive one.

It’a a lot easier to track who is talking to your kid irl and make sure they are staying safe. A kid is going to have a lot harder time becoming a secret nazi if they have to go to the library every day to be brain washed, rather than scrolling on their phone till 2 am.

Like why and how jazz exists. The reasons, the purpose of it. The way it’s made to respond and grow in the moment.

Or like….understanding how roots music intertwines with Irish/Scottish history, how these cultures spoke to each other through oppression and shared notes and beautiful music was made from is that saved so many lives, and that almost ALL our music now carries that connection.

Word already had a word count?! That WORKED?