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We offer Palistine citizenship.

Now we have the presence in the middle east we've wanted all along.

The 52nd state will be a big Navy base

51st state will be West Carolina

52nd state will be East Carolina

What now?

"You don't know how to talk to people!" "You have bad communication skills!"

They tried to explain to the police about you.

The Police took witness statements and checked the CCTv footage. From everything thing in their training, local and state laws, and department policy. You were within your rights and the law to defend yourself.

"We'll have a talk with them"

Assured the police Sergeant,

but the other two officers knew it was Doughnut time and that the one girl, the good one, that throws in a Croissant and Sausage sandwich sometimes was working.

As the pork sausage juice stained his uniform the trainee officer forgot what their last call was about and his Corporal hates paperwork. They turn on the police cruisers radio. The men listen to the last minute of Dust on the bottle before Uptown Funk begins to play.

You made it back home and wash the blood off your knife and hands and decide to not go back to that store for a while.

Imagine this, buts Instead of cake, its Isreali C4 explosive booby traps.

Cake: The Movie (2020) dir. David Lynch & David Cronenberg

I'll admit it's been a while since I watched any of the star trek stuff involving the kobayashi maru, but I'm not sure it matters if it's a hologram, or a test, or a situation they're guaranteed to lose.

Here you are, on the bridge of a ship you've been trained to command. You're surrounded by every red flag of a worst-case scenario you've ever been taught to identify. Sure you could sit there and do nothing because none of it is real! It's just a holodeck, just a test, but there's a fearful edge to that engineer's voice as she comms you with a damage report and don't you remember the rumors about that time on the Enterprise where their holodeck came to life and "Captain, our shields are down to 15 percent!"

Could you stop yourself from trying to beat the odds, in such a context? From doing everything you could to save their lives, even if it's not real?

Would you want to serve under a captain who saw even a simulation of the deaths of all those under their command, and did nothing at all to stop it?

The funny thing is, I think the Kobayashi Maru is a very odd test, psychologically, depending on what it’s actually trying to determine. It changes over time.

Particularly after it’s been around for a while, you know it’s unwinnable going into it. Not only does that promote a sense of fatalism, but it paradoxically absolves the participant of any responsibility. If you can’t win, then you can rest secure that it wasn’t your fault, your choices didn’t matter, and the system was rigged against you. It’s not an especially good lesson to teach, though I suppose it does get you ready for evil Starfleet admirals and bureaucracy.

In a way, what Kirk did was more than change the conditions of the test for himself; by opening up the possibility of winning, he changed the psychological value of the test for everyone who came after him.

This raises the question: what is the Kobayashi Maru test really trying to measure, and what kind of captain is Starfleet really looking for? Someone who will accept an unwinnable situation with grace, or someone who knows the situation can’t be won, but fights anyway?

…or, possibly, someone who can change the parameters of a situation before it even happens?

Me *pauses Startrek in middle of sex scene*

I lied I don't care about the sexy aliens... I need to explain the entire lore of the Kobayashi Maru. *rants*

Actually, no let me explain the history of the Orions too.