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Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek?? (programming.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by actual_patience@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Every single large server in this federation has at least one Star Trek community. There is even an entire server dedicated to Star Trek.

Not only that, these communities are some of the most active I've ever seen. There is no other franchise I know of that dominates the federation as much as Star Trek does.

So, what's the correlation with Lemmy and Star Trek? Why not other sci-fi series? Please, are there any connections?? Is this all coincidental?

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[-] JWBananas@startrek.website 34 points 8 months ago

In an interview during the 90's, William Shatner told of a story of him being recognized in mid-perfomance by a sword dancer in a small Iranian village. The man stopped dead in his tracks and looked straight at him uttering with utter amazement; "Captain Kirk?!?" That should give us perspective as to how deep and far Star Trek reached people for the last 51 years.

Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-approximate-number-of-Star-Trek-fans-worldwide

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

There's also the song 99 Luftballoons which includes the line "Everyone's a Captain Kirk."

Not exactly a positive analogy, but it shows how deeply embedded it is in a collective culture.

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Dude, I hate Nena so much!

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 8 months ago

i hate to break it to you, but i heard she doesnt dig you either

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago

In fact I would take it as a compliment, especially considering that she is a conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer ...

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

bonus!

(i kinda thought she was dead)

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023

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