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[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, the Federation was only founded after a world war decimated the human population. And I also think, looking at our world, that we are more likely to be the mirror dimension anyway.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

we are more likely to be the mirror dimension anyway.

We should all do routine checks to make sure we don't have goatees, excessive eyeliner, or suddenly start wearing sexy clothing.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

.....i have a goatee oh god

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That means there's a non-evil version of you out there somewhere!

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

...Imma fuck his mom.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Walmart vest. I'm at work faking a shit.

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[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Shit, that's how I dress every day...

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[–] zepheriths@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Just to be clear star trek also had a nuclear war

[–] 1simpletailer@startrek.website 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the Whales go extinct. The Star Trek timeline isn't as bright and cheery as most people believe. The franchise has always been collapse-aware, its just not front and center. Gene Roddenberry just envisioned that post capitalist collapse (And with the discovery of intelligent alien life) that humanity would be able to rebuild better from the ashes.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

We only know that humpback whales go extinct. The rest of the whales could be doing fine in the 23rd century.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago

Also I believe Star Trek is speculative fiction.

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I dream of Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I think the whole lack of sustainable fusion thing may be a slightly larger factor than capitalism.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So close it sounds like it'll be happening in our lifetime.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I think it's sounded like that for the past 40 years, but I am hopeful.

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[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Maybe when we live in a post singularity society where everything we want can be printed for free.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If by post scarcity you mean Western workers produce seven times more value in goods than they consume over their lifetime, guess what?

Don't worry though, we still have forty more years of nuclear genocide to meet the deadline.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Where are all these goods going?

And we produce far less than Asia. So they must be producing like 70 times what they consume.

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[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s why we rely on Asian slaves and indentured Mexican servitudes to keep us on the top.

That's for the love of the game, not a necessity.

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[–] TheDrunkard@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I also noticed that religion was absent from most of the star trek stories, and usually, if at all, was associated with an underdeveloped culture, and they would most likely be warlike and a threat.

[–] TransientPunk@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Did you not watch Deep Space 9?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yep, they pretty clearly stated that humanity had moved beyond religion, money, enslaving animals for meat (Riker's words), etc.

Whenever they wanted to show this stuff, they had to run into another civilization.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (7 children)

enslaving animals for meat (Riker’s words)

Yet in season one of PIcard he hunts meat he could have easily replicated.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Imagine if the Enterprise was constructed by the lowest bidding government contractor.

Also: Why aren't we at least the Farenghi?

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When reporters asked (Alan) Shepard what he thought about as he sat atop the Redstone rocket, waiting for liftoff, he had replied, ‘The fact that every part of this ship was built by the lowest bidder.’

[–] Khalic@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Beautiful quote

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No alien species will sell us warp.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because we haven't found anyone to buy warp engines from, unfortunately. You know of anyone?

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[–] bi_tux@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I like to think, that Star Trek and Fallout play in the same universe/timeline

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