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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/70086414

Given Lemmy’s leftward sociopolitical skew, the appreciation for Star Trek makes perfect sense, but what do we think of “MacGyver”? I specifically refer to the 85-92 Richard Dean Anderson show; I know there’s a reboot but I haven’t seen it yet.

Let’s see…

-Leftward Socio-political Commentary, including environmental activism and anti-authoritarianism

-Male protagonist with actual outward sensitivity & feelings

-“Open-source”; makes his own tools/gadgets from whatever’s available instead of relying on a corporate supply chain.

Sounds right up this platform’s alley.

I’m halfway through season 2 and it’s pretty damn good; it’s basically James Bond as an overgrown Boy Scout and that’s actually rather endearing.

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Please explain the difference. We are both repeating the same statements across multiple instances.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't tell if you're either disingenuous or dense, but I guess I'll take the bait.

They're spreading new information across a wider space. You're just whining and contributing nothing to the communities or the discussion.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ah, well, ok, Mr. Toxic Positivity, here's an argument that is implied by my whining which might contribute more greatly to discussion:

  1. You're diluting your own discusssion and
  2. It also puts commenters in the position of deciding where to put their comment.
[–] ScientifficDoggo@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Point to the toxic positivity please?

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

Discarding complaining as "whining"--and my attempts at more substantive discussion was met with the eye roll emoji, so perhaps nothing negative has any value at all to this person.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, no, what happened to contributing the discussion?