I’ve had it with weird nerds shitting on Academy so thankfully I’m a bigger weird nerd.

@hacks4pancakes I literally chipped my front tooth in high school off by laying on a couch and dropping a hammer into my own face accidentally, so I get it.

@hacks4pancakes Growing up in a farm town and attending the local university, with a public scrapyard full of rust and a hardware store that sold powdered aluminum and magnesium tape, I am amazed that any of us lived long enough to graduate.

can't imagine what we woulda done with a warp core.

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Someone hasn't been around much.

@hacks4pancakes that second one is impressive. I only have things like: disassembled an alkaline battery not realizing that those are pressurized, and did an unauthorized check of circuit functionality using a live 450V circuit and an ammeter alone in an emergency space.

@hacks4pancakes that's... experience.

@hacks4pancakes Jesus do not radar your balls people

They absolutely act like every 17 year old cadet I ever met. Yes, they’re painfully cringe. You’re 30-40-50something and teenagers are cringe to us now, I’m sorry - it is what it is

@trib @hacks4pancakes it is almost a meme at this point that new 2nd Lieutenants (or Ensigns, depending on service) believe that they are immortal and that it is the job of the Sergeants (or Petty Officers) to teach them that they are not…

@mwl @hacks4pancakes We blew every fuse in the house with a stripped extension cord and a knife, we nearly blew up a gas station cleaning the inside of a car with a gas soaked rag, I nearly blew myself up trying to make naplam from gas and a styrofoam cup. And we were smart kids.

@hacks4pancakes > sterilize himself with a radar dish

Oh sweet Jesus ._.

my space girlfriend is back and you can’t dull my shine (no spoilers)

@hacks4pancakes *chef's kiss*
Now I may need to watch Academy...

@ferrix @hacks4pancakes

Don’t you kink shame me

@scottley you really should it’s very entertaining if cringe teenage stuff

@virtualbri @hacks4pancakes
I worked as an engineer on the Channel Tunnel project.
I also automatically pull every door that says Push. Every. Single. Time.

@hacks4pancakes I don’t know what you’re watching or reading to trigger that toot, I only know that I wish you joy of it!

@hacks4pancakes have they met teenagers?

@hacks4pancakes shine on!

@marcotietz no, weird sci fi nerds have never met the following:
Women
Queer people
Kids (strangely)
Actual military members

@hacks4pancakes also: https://metro.co.uk/2026/02/01/man-24-goes-hospital-ww1-bomb-stuck-rectum-26650643/