• @[email protected]
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    722 years ago

    Well that’s what happens when you put fads and pop culture references in TV shows. They can become pretty dated pretty quick.

    I mean, imagine if one of the shows were to praise someone like, oh idk Elon musk… Oh wait…

    My headcannon is that like many things over the years, sports will come and go, and this is the new “retro thing that become ironically popular, then became legitimately popular again”

    And the engineers just happened to discover an unused space that perfectly fit those dimensions for the lanes, and DEFINITELY didn’t make the lanes the very first consideration and design the ship around them…

      • @[email protected]
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        522 years ago

        In star trek discovery, one of the characters puts him on the level of Wright brothers and Zefram Cochrane.

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          2 years ago

          I think it was actually clever ::: spoiler the character who references Musk is a mirror universe evil doppelganger. Him admiring Musk is one of several clues that he’s evil. :::

            • Nakedmole
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              62 years ago

              Agreed, you’re not missing anything, same with the Picard show. I wish I could unwatch New Trek.

          • ThenThreeMore
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            42 years ago

            You could read it as clever, if you want to be really kind. However, I don’t think anywhere near that much thought went into Discovery.