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What are things that mildly annoy you in SciFi?
  • "This is especially a problem in Star Trek"

    It gets really bad in ST Discovery, especially in the last season. Any time the ship gets into trouble, a cascade of sparks starts falling down. It looks like a waterfall made of sparks. The bridge basically looks like a KISS concert.

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  • Not mentioned in the article, but mentioned elsewhere - trains. Russia relies heavily on trains to move things. One part of train maintenance is the replacement of bearings. Russia can't manufacture bearings for its trains and it can't import them either because of sanctions. Russia has fewer and fewer operational trains and train cars. One very important thing that the trains haul is grain. There are reports that Russia could face starvation by the end of the year if it doesn't get its trains repaired because they will be unable to haul food to the cities. Russia doesn't have enough trucks and roads to replace the trains.

  • Ukraine's Army Now Larger Than Russia's
  • Google "russian trains" and "ball bearings". If the sanctions don't end soon for Russia, their economy absolutely will break down.

    Russia moves the vast majority of its good by rail, but the trains are breaking down because the ball bearings are wearing out and Russia can't produce new ball bearings. I'm busy at work, so I can't look for the article now, but if things keep going the way they are now, Russia won't be able to transport its food harvests to its people in 1 to 2 years. There will be starvation in Russia if they don't get their trains fixed. #1) Russia doesn't have enough trucks to transport all the food it needs. #2) If Russia did have enough trucks, it still doesn't have enough roads nor good enough roads to handle all of the trucks it would need to transport all of the food it needs.

    And honestly, I hope they do starve.

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