Empire did nothing wrong is such a fascinating joke. Because it was and mostly today still IS a joke. An obvious one. They are the baddies. But then we entered a political moment where it people started sliding into the sub that were doing it in earnest.
See also prequelmemes which started off as a subreddit dedicated to making fun of and dunking on the prequels and overtime became a place where people would honestly defend.
Isn't it sort of beta cannon that the Borg are the products and the voyager space probe? In some convoluted not very well thought out way, I think it got sent back in time or something?
As true as it is, it's not a monolith. ND Republican candidate Corey Johnson is supposedly a huge star trek nerd and I've been planning his assassination.
Isn't it running trope that most right wingers have virtually no media literacy and do not understand that their favorite show is actually entirely opposed to their political beliefs
I wouldnt say a majority but yeah there are a lot of trek fans who are were also pulling the "why you gota make everything political!" card . Nothing really tops the poop whirlpool that was the last jedi fallout.
I think the only ones who wouldn't inherently trust a Star Trek fan over a Star Wars fan are the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit circa 2005.
22 Comments
bobbyfiend@retrolemmy.com · 56 pts · 11d
I've never personally seen a gaggle of 18-40-year-old star trek fans explaining unironically how the Borg did nothing wrong.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 11d
well now i wanna go do that with my middle aged buddies at the mall.
inverted_deflector@startrek.website · 4 pts · 10d
Empire did nothing wrong is such a fascinating joke. Because it was and mostly today still IS a joke. An obvious one. They are the baddies. But then we entered a political moment where it people started sliding into the sub that were doing it in earnest.
See also prequelmemes which started off as a subreddit dedicated to making fun of and dunking on the prequels and overtime became a place where people would honestly defend.
echodot@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 8d
Isn't it sort of beta cannon that the Borg are the products and the voyager space probe? In some convoluted not very well thought out way, I think it got sent back in time or something?
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 11d
Yeah, ok...but, what color Star Trek shirt?
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 12 pts · 11d
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 11d
Green.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 11d
"Troi/Crusher exercise leotard" colour.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 11d
Terran Empire black, naturally
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 18 pts · 11d
As true as it is, it's not a monolith. ND Republican candidate Corey Johnson is supposedly a huge star trek nerd and I've been planning his assassination.
This is a joke btw
Steve@communick.news · 20 pts · 11d
Being a Star Trek nerd is nothing to joke about.
How are the plans coming along?
Kirk@startrek.website · 10 pts · 11d
No, but statistically speaking it goes bear > star trek fan > star wars fan > Lemmy user
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 11d
Okay but what if the bear is a Lemmy user?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 11d
i have a question for the bear
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 11d
so they are on hexbear?
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 11d
Where are the beats? Where is the Battlestar Galactica?
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 11d
echodot@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 8d
Isn't it running trope that most right wingers have virtually no media literacy and do not understand that their favorite show is actually entirely opposed to their political beliefs
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 11d
Pre-Discovery I might agree, but now the majority of trek fans are just as toxic.
Kirk@startrek.website · 6 pts · 11d
Sir this is a website
inverted_deflector@startrek.website · 2 pts · 10d
I wouldnt say a majority but yeah there are a lot of trek fans who are were also pulling the "why you gota make everything political!" card . Nothing really tops the poop whirlpool that was the last jedi fallout.
Stormygeddon@startrek.website · 1 pts · 11d
I think the only ones who wouldn't inherently trust a Star Trek fan over a Star Wars fan are the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit circa 2005.