Due to a lot of personal things I haven’t been keeping up on the blog for the last 6 months. Better late than never though. This covers the time frame from October 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024. Because I dropped the ball, there was no opportunity for user submissions.

Top Question

The question with the most votes was A hilarious story where “Cyclists” does not mean what you think. asked by Alfred and answered by Mithical. 

Top Answer

The answer with the highest score was to the question Why would a ship-launching woman need to resemble a champagne bottle? asked by Clockwork and answered by Valorum. 

Most Viewed

The question with the most views was Who are these characters in “What If…?” Season 2 Episode 9? asked by galacticninja and answered by LogicDictates. 

Controversial

The most controversial question was Why do they fight with knives and not with assault rifles in Dune? asked by Triceratops.

Bounties

There were 25 bounties awarded for 3450 rep.

Top Question

Question with the most votes was Who is Mario trying to rescue in Donkey Kong? asked by Nu’Daq and answered by Valorum. 

Top Answer 

The highest voted answer was to the question Why couldn’t the dwarves beat/kill the Balrog? asked by Gridlock and answered by Buzz.

Top Views

The question with the highest view was When Tom Bombadil made the One Ring disappear, did he put it into a place that only he had access to? asked by user57467 and answered by Mark Olson.

The most controversial question was Are joined Trill effectively pansexual and gender fluid?

There were only 8 bounties awarded for a total of 1050 rep. 

Blog Posts

June

• The First Officer Alpha Protocol Book 2

April

• Favorite Question and Answers from First Quarter 2023

• Jack’s Bad Movies: Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

User Submissions

It was a weird one, but I really enjoyed that A film where a guy has to convince the robot she’s okay resulted in so many valid answers on what I thought was a fairly unique premise, counseling a dead wife in a non-humanoid robot body in a garden.

I enjoyed answering this one;

• Who is Mario trying to rescue in Donkey Kong?

I’ve never really dug into early Nintendo lore before and it was fun reading about all the characters that never made it to the big-time.

The Big Three

Well. The question with the highest votes, the highest voted answer, and the highest view count for the first quarter of 2023 is…

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Top Question

The top voted question was Was this reference in Starship Troopers a real one? asked by gowenfawr and answered by DavidW.

Top Answer

The top voted answer was to the question What story is Shrek’s donkey from? asked by AncientSwordRage and answered by SpaceWolf1701.

Top Viewed

The top viewed question was What was the first Really Big Thing to appear in Science Fiction? asked by Spencer.

Most Controversial

The most controversial post came from How did the Death Star 2 stay in orbit above Endor when it did not have functional ion engines nor a functional hyperdrive system? 

Bounties

There were 15 bounties rewarded for a total of 1850 rep. 

Blog Posts

• Firefly episodes ranked best to worst
• Favorite Questions and Answers from Third Quarter 2022