Cross-posted from "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
And this is precisely why you set up Approved Senders on Exchange distribution lists.
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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This happened recently with some crazy huge distribution list.
Easily 100 replies. About 40 in there were memes like "brace yourself reply all is coming" and "it can't be stopped"
I don't know how they killed it but they did.
“And then they switched from the Dustbuster phaser to the compact phaser, and I kept my Dustbuster because it easier to hold, and I kept the power cells for the Dustbuster…”
lets be honest here, the dustbuster was probably pretty heavy. I mean, the amount of energy they held is ridiculous and nobody actually needed that much power in a hand-held weapon.
(for example, in that episode where they're trying to evacuate an illegal colony before some assholes pyroform it for their own use; data blows up a dam. From miles away. that kind of firepower is just not needed.)
This is why I don't understand the rifles. What's the point if a normal phaser can atomize someone? Do you need to blow a hole in the hull behind them as well?
There doesn't seem to be a limitation to the normal phaser, like you've got two kill shots or 10 stuns then you need to charge. Why a bulky scary gun? Just for looking serious to the borg?
Borg. Klingons. Bulkheads. Entire cities.
They’re really quite adaptable.
Serious answer is that rifles are easier to aim accurately.
Pretty sure phasers have some type of aim bot built into them. The angle they deflect coming off the emitter changes and they never hit hostages.
(Given stun setting…. Being as reliable as it is… I never understood that. Stun everyone and call it good. Details.) (lost opportunity for Garak and Bashir, though. “You shot me!” - “You’re welcome.” - “my good doctor, don’t tell me you didn’t enjoy it”)
Oh, you haven’t seen the phaser blooper reel?
Better to have it and not need it...
Eh.
that's just it though. For an EDC type weapon, comfort and easy of carry is actually an important aspect. it being big awkward and heavy is how you get people to be like, 'I don't really need to carry this'. The keyfob phaser made a lot more sense. Though I'd probably have turned it into something more like the form factor of the goa'uld hara'kesh. maybe give it a holographic interface for aiming and power settings and such.
if you need something more powerful, it can get beamed down or grabbed out of a shuttle's armory, for example.
a photo of the hara'kesh from SG:1 for reference
At least the handling is much better than a Ferengi energy whip.
Ah yes a whip that is also a light saber. Surely there is no way this goes poorly in any fashion.
A lightsaber without Viagra.
Yeah, but do phazers have a "pleasure" setting?
Please remove me from this thread.
I work in a place where I'm in nearly the last group to work on a project, which are usually 9 months to 15 months long, and we don't know who in our group will be working on a specific project until a step or two before it gets to us. Some managers loop in all groups when they start planning a project
I usually filter those straight to trash and get a talking to for not being in the loop 6 months later. Luckily its a 1 in 8 chance that I'll be on that project.
Eh, please remove me from this timeline...
Can you stop cc’ing me, I have nothing to do with the timeline.
Remove me from this distro list
Stop with this, I'm reporting you to IT.
I am IT. (And was around for the big reply-all storm being referenced xD)
reply all
Please stop hitting reply all
It's hilarious when you get more and more strident responses, each one sent Reply All, which generates their own response from more and more people.
Then the comedians step up with more replies.
The only solution I've ever found is to stop email delivery and delete all queued messages, but that's getting harder the more we rely on external providers, fortunately they tend to get flagged as spam.
Had somebody give instructions on how to set outlook to ignore further replies... in the form of poetry.
Excellent!
Which is nowhere near as fun as a different guy i knew who would put notes in tickets in the form of poetry, that guy was awesome. Had a big ass whiteboard at the front of the room, in down time he would do huge Evangeleon art with markers
Unsubscribe .. please stop sending this.
This is why you have them send it to themselves and BCC everyone else.
Or .. you send an Excel spreadsheet attachment with your wholesale pricing to every .. single .. IT company in a city with over 2 million people and double down with an updated version when someone points out that using the To: field is probably not the best way to start your new business .. that immediately folded the next day when those same IT companies, now armed with everyone's email address in a single convenient discussion thread, started discussing matters at hand .. and related issues.
Source: I received that email and the rebuke and the subsequent discussion.