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  • People with long hair, Have you just accepted having your hair hitchhike on your food into your mouth?

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  • It's just extra seasoning.

  • "Star Trek is dying." How would you sell it to a younger audience?

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  • I agree there's intention to present optimism and humanism in the face of conflict, but I find the execution to be lackluster. An example that comes to mind is Pike objecting to using mines in season 2 of DIS. He raises the issue directly to Cornwell, saying it's against Federation values. Then for some reason, the discussion becomes finding out why the Enterprise was diverted away from the Klingon war and ends praising Pike being "the best of Starfleet." The entire discussion about using unethical weaponry during wartime is sidetracked and left unresolved. The mines are still there on the station, and the responsibility of Starfleet Command for not taking down those Klingon mines is not explored.

    Another example is the explanation of the Burn. From interviews I've seen, the intention behind the crying Kelpien is to highlight the need to understand and sympathize with people vastly different from you even when the universe is as vast with warp travel impossible. The resolution is Burnham and Saru finding this Kelpien and help him understand his visions and thoughts, calm him down, and make warping safe again. But this Kelpien lacks characterization from the beginning. The audience doesn't know him that well, and we don't know why we should sympathize with his personal resolution. It would be much stronger if the cause of the Burn is the Emerald Syndicate, which we have established as a hostile force against the Federation. And we know they have good cause to be suspicious of the Federation from Osyraa's meeting with Vance. In the show, despite this message of reaching out to the vastly different, the Federation and the Chain never understood each other and resorted to using force. Another good candidate for the cause of the Burn is Ni'Var, which has its reasonable suspicions of the Federation at the time.

  • "Star Trek is dying." How would you sell it to a younger audience?

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  • We already have Prodigy, Strange New Worlds, and Lower Decks under Kurtzman that are considered "optimistic." The question is, do kids want optimism?

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    "Star Trek is dying." How would you sell it to a younger audience?

  • What are brand/product and features specific examples of enshittification?

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  • It's an example of one company coercing another to enshittify for revenue. Getty also gets the blame here.

  • What are brand/product and features specific examples of enshittification?

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    • Google Image Search removing the ability to go directly to the raw image after Getty complained that web users are bypassing its website and therefore not generating traffic
    • Facebook removing chronological feed
    • Facebook showing you pages that you never followed on your home feed without the ability to turn this off
    • Microsoft trying to introduce ads to Explorer and the start menu
    • Microsoft making it difficult to create a local Windows account by making the process unintuitive, leading the user to believe that a Microsoft account is needed to use Windows
    • Apple dropping support for iOS web apps because it doesn't want to support browsers other than Safari
    • Reddit and Twitter's ban of third-party API use that killed nearly all third-party clients
    • EA producing games that require users to be always online, despite the game being single-player, presumably as a DRM measure
    • Ad companies making it easy for you to give consent to data sharing and selling but really difficult for you to opt-out

    Edit: More examples

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    Michelle Yeoh asked Alex Kurtzman to do a Georgiou spinoff before Discovery premiered

    www.hollywoodoutbreak.com /2025/01/24/michelle-yeoh-predicted-her-star-trek-spinoff-before-discovery-premiered/

  • "Section 31" early review round-up

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  • Why the Left needs to watch Star Trek: It has lessons for today's techno-optimists

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  • I had the same thought when NFTs became popular, but no longer. NFTs are artificial scarcity, since they have no inherent value and the uniqueness of each should therefore hold no inherent value. But the hype's gone now. Nobody cares about NFTs because everyone knows their value is artificial. I think that is what's gonna happen when replicators are invented. There will be brief periods of hype to create artificial scarcity, but they will pass.

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    Why the Left needs to watch Star Trek: It has lessons for today's techno-optimists

    unherd.com /2025/01/why-the-left-needs-to-watch-star-trek/

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x09 "Fissure Quest"

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  • Mike McMahan had an idea that S5 could be the last season before the news was announced, so there was probably some pressure to tie some loose ends instead of focusing on the season arc.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 5x09 "Fissure Quest"

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  • Mike McMahan said on Reddit that that's how she wants to be credited. He didn't say why tho

  • Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city

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  • So Simcity 3000 meets the Sims?

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Prodigy | 2x18 "Touch of Grey"

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  • A slight inconsistency with Voyager logic is that the Doctor's mobile emitter seems to disappear when the Doctor is deactivated. That seems to suggest the emitter is holographic itself. But what emits the emitter?

  • [Community Challenge 40] Epic Raid Boss

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  • Battle of the Fish Tank

    Prompt: Menacing angry colossal big goldfish with open mouth attacks (plastic miniature castle walls) inside aquarium, ((knight figurines attack goldfish)), epic, realistic fish scale, aquarium glass reflection, water surface, fish faces camera, dramatic angle, dramatic camera

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  • Kate Mulgrew told Rick Berman she wanted a gay character on the Voyager bridge

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  • By ChatGPT:

    Tuvok: Ensign Kim, your dedication to your duties is truly impressive. I must admit, I find myself looking forward to our conversations more than I expected.

    Harry Kim: Thanks, Tuvok. Your guidance means a lot to me. There's something about our talks that feels different. It's like we're on the same wavelength.

    Tuvok: Indeed, Harry. I sense a connection between us that goes beyond our roles on this ship. It's a puzzle that intrigues me.

    Harry Kim: I feel it too, Tuvok. It's like we have this unspoken understanding that's hard to put into words. I've been thinking about it a lot lately.

    Tuvok: Perhaps it's time we acknowledge this connection and explore it further. How about we have dinner in the astrometrics lab tomorrow evening?

    Harry Kim: I'd love that, Tuvok. I've been hoping for a chance to get to know you better outside of work. Tomorrow evening sounds perfect.

    Tuvok: Excellent. I'm looking forward to it, Harry. The idea of spending more time together and unraveling this mysterious bond between us is quite appealing.

    (They share a smile, their unspoken feelings now out in the open, as they finalize plans for their upcoming date in the secluded corner of the lower decks of the USS Voyager.)

  • Why in 2024 do people still believe in religion? (serious)

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  • I think you missed the point here. To the believer, evidence is not the main concern. Many Christians talk about their connection and relationship with god, which is subjective. To them, god exists because they have faith, not evidence, that it exists. Where's that faith coming from? As many others explained in this thread, it's about finding the sense of community and comfort in knowing that somebody higher us knows best in the world of uncertainty.

  • Kate Mulgrew told Rick Berman she wanted a gay character on the Voyager bridge

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  • Crew romance doesn't play a big role in Voyager tbh, gay or not. The only proper relationship we see fleshed out is between B'Elanna and Tom Paris. We hear about Tuvok's wife, Janeway's fiance, and whatever that is between Seven and Chakotay.

    It will be interesting to see Harry dating men but I don't see a pairing on the bridge.

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    Kate Mulgrew told Rick Berman she wanted a gay character on the Voyager bridge

    collider.com /star-trek-voyager-lgbtq-character-kate-mulgrew/
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    What happened to LineageOS? Has it been replaced by GrapheneOS?

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    real man

  • I feel like I need a separate body towel (big towel), and 3 other small towels for hair, face, and hands. 4 towels in total. Is that normal?

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  • It depends on what you're wiping off. If it's for drying yourself after a shower, then I'd just use my big bath towel to dry every part of my body since they should all be clean by that point. I sometimes use an extra towel for my hair since I have long hair and it needs some extra fabric to help dry out.

  • Firefox Is Going To Try And Ship With Wayland Enabled By Default

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  • Good bot by not doing your job.

  • The Making of 'Star Trek: very Short Treks' with Casper Kelly

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  • For how much he says "funny" in this, the series wasn't very funny.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
    concrete_baby @sh.itjust.works

    You're the president of a democracy and your army just deposed a dictator with a war. What's your plan to rebuild that country, and what's your exit strategy?

  • Amidst Franchise Changes, Star Trek: Lower Decks' Mike McMahan Gave Us His Worried Perspective On The Show's Future

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  • Nothing new really. A series producer asks fans to watch his show.

    PIC was always meant to be a three-season series, and DIS is the first show of the Kurtzman era to air, so it makes sense its the first one to end to make way for new shows. Dropping PRO from Paramount+ before season 2 is surprising though.

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    What was one thing your teacher did that you still can't forgive them for?

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    EA vs. Atari: which is worse?

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    I'm sorry but Very Short Treks is horrible

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    Music appreciation: Prodigy theme by Michael Giacchino

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    Anson Mount Shares His Love of Star Trek and Fatherhood

    piped.video /watch
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    What's the most ridiculous phone case you see somebody use?

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    Portrait of Dal removed from SDCC2023 promo wrap after Prodigy got canceled. He got replaced by Emperor Georgiou, who doesn't even have a show yet.

    nitter.unixfox.eu /TrekMovie/status/1680649316493594624
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    SAG-AFTRA says actors cannot promote projects of companies they are going on strike against. That includes promoting Trek at cons, panels and fan greets.

    www.sagaftrastrike.org /cons-appearances-faqs
  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Mastodon users, how did the Reddit exodus to Lemmy change your Masto experience?

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    TIL wefwef has been renamed Voyager and its URL is vger.app

  • Star Trek Social Club @startrek.website
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    What are some canon myths that keep perpetuating in the collective headcanon of fans?

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    Who are your favorite Trek reviewers/Youtubers?

  • Asklemmy @lemmy.ml
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    Why is your best friend not an alien disguised as a human?