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The Picard Maneuver @ The_Picard_Maneuver @startrek.website
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  • Now I'm imagining someone legitimately putting their Jan6 involvement on a resume.

    Window Structural Integrity Tester (Jan 6th, 2021): Responsibilities included - unconventional team-building activities, conditioning, navigating unfamiliar territory, and breaking down barriers.

  • Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek??

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  • Lol, you mean you didn't like them singing Row Row Row Your Boat around the campfire? Or Uhura's sexy fan dance? How about Scotty running into a crossbeam like he's in the Three Stooges?

  • Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek??

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  • It seems like such a creative way to do social commentary. We get to see our present failings in aliens, and then contrast it with how the crew (future humanity) carries themselves. Sometimes it's very clunky and heavy handed (like that TOS episode with the half-white/half-black aliens), but it's still good. My favorites are every time Picard monologues about their values to an alien race in TNG.

    Even if you already share the values, it's fascinating to hear them laid out so clearly.

  • Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek??

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  • Oh yeah, it's TV for sure. The original ran from 1966-69 with 79 episodes, and that was going to be it because they had never heard of a "fandom" before.

    Then, they realized that people were showing up to conventions and obsessing over the show, so they finally made the first movie in 1979 and then started the next show in the 80s (which ran for like 140-150 episodes).

    The TV series is the main draw, with any movies along the way just being a bonus.

  • Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek??

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  • That sounds like such a an awesome early internet thing.

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  • The Star Trek TV shows are far superior to any of the movies anyway.

    Even starting with the original series' movies, they tried to make them more action-y than philosophical to appeal to a broader audience, and while they're a lot of fun, I rewatch the shows WAY more for a reason.

  • Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek??

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  • The Star Trek community has been going strong for nearly 60 years for a reason - Star Trek rocks.

    When it started in the 60s (and continued especially strong with TNG in the 80s), it was unique in depicting a hopeful look at how things could be rather than a reflection of how things are, differing from how most shows do social commentary. It's refreshing.

    Star Trek is attractive to people who want to see a world where people work together toward great things in a post-scarcity utopia, with current day conversations of race, nationality, sex, gender, etc. being so far in the rear-view mirror that they're non-issues. Plus cool technology. I think that appeals to the Lemmy crowd.

  • Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek??

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  • Also credited with the first widespread fanfics of a TV show, I believe.

  • Motivational

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  • I know it's not a business, but the whole fediverse gives "garage startup" vibes, and it's refreshing.

  • Motivational

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  • Sounds like a burgeoning business to me!

  • Motivational

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  • If you start a business in your garage, I want in.

  • Just speak normally

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  • It's hard to imagine. I guess some people just don't picture a clockface or proportional time.

  • Just speak normally

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  • Isn't 'quarter of' 10:15?

    (I always use "quarter to" or "quarter til", but never "quarter of")

  • Just speak normally

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  • I'm afraid you're not counting all 100 minutes in an hour.

  • My opinionated list of FOSS applications

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  • This is incredible timing. I just downloaded F-Droid for the first time this evening and thought "Wow, there's so much here, I don't even know where to start. I bet I could ask Lemmy for app recs."

    Opened Lemmy, saw this post.

  • What's the equivalent now?

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  • I'm only just now realizing they're the same company.

  • Further study is needed

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  • I don't know, but it sounds awful.

  • rule

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  • Redshirt Spock isn't real. Redshirt Spock can't hurt you.

  • You can now share posts as images too :)

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