Also Tron: Legacy to a lesser extent, but that story was just corny and oddly paced, while doing a solid job of respecting the spirit of the original

I don’t know if I agree with that. The hero of the original was turned into a brainwashed lackey of the sequel’s villain, and had something like two lines in the whole movie.

Lineage, by virtue of it being the only one that has a version for my Samsung S10+.

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsin Muir. Necromancers in space, an irreverent heroine, a magic system which is clearly thought out but doesn’t get explained in exhaustive detail.

It’s exactly how my wife answers questions, tho’.

Covering your mouth like that is instinctive. It signals “I’m listening/thinking, not talking”. It’s encouragement for the speaker to keep going.

I read about this in a book on body language by Allan Pease.

Strawberry coffee? Glad you’re enjoying it, but I’m going to stick with my usual blend.

The dentist’s drill.

“I bet we’ll see you on the news someday.”

“Don’t worry, I got him with my door.”

“You should go to reddit” is an unpopular opinion around here.

I like anchovies on pizza.

He does not look well in that photo. It’d be a shame if he shat himself to death before the midterms…

You’re not wrong, we just love them anyway.

There’s two ways to go extinct - by coming to a sudden stop or by gradually changing over time until you’re no longer recognisable as the same species.

They’d be so much cooler if they followed their boss’s example.

Last week a teenage store clerk asked if I needed my purchases carried to my car.

I didn’t, because the question caused me to crumble to dusk.

They’ll make it all about them.

You should eat your green vegetables. Eat 'em up.

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I feel like there are some in The Culture series

The ship Grey Area uses technology to read flesh minds while investigating war crimes. The other Minds consider that an abuse of power and call it the ‘Meatfucker’ behind its back. I don’t recall any other (pseudo-) psychic phemonema.