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Dear Lemmy, why Star Trek?? (programming.dev)
submitted 10 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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[–] Bongles@lemm.ee 171 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think it's nerds. /s

I think a lot of the lemmy userbase are at least somewhat techy (also see the Linux communities), and a lot of techy people like Star Trek.

[–] Namstel@lemmy.one 59 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Techies are Trekkies!

[–] Travalanche@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Eh, more like Trekkies are techies. I would consider myself somewhat of a techie, definitely nerdy, and very much into sci-fi, but I really don't give a shit about Star Trek. I've seen a lot of it, just because I've had a couple girlfriends that really enjoyed it, but otherwise I probably wouldn't have watched any after my childhood.
Now, if HBO were to do a hard R version, I'd probably get into it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's a fun documentary called How William Shatner Changed the World about all the scientists and inventors who have been inspired by Star Trek.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I wish that title was different. Bill doesn't need his ego stroked anymore.

[–] acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

It’s ok, whenever you get annoyed about his ego, just go watch the clip of Ole’ Bill trying to pontificate after his trip to space and Jeff Bezos cutting him off. The look on his face is so sad and frustrated.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah, not the best, but still a really fun documentary.

[–] bronzle@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

hard R version

[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I find star trek boring too, there’s a lot of far more interesting and exciting scifi out there so I really don’t get how it still has such a huge fan base still.

That said, if they start dropping the hard Rs in Star Trek I will definitely tune in to that catastrophe.

[–] z500@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If it's hard Rs you want, just put on any episode where O'Brien is mad at the Cardassians

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Star trek: in our universe racism is no more...

O'Brien: Damn Spoon heads!

Star Trek: Except Miles, he's the exception to the rule.

[–] jack55555@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Not everything needs to be action or drama packed. It’s like a good documentary, the premise is usually very exciting. Kind of like a what if.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Tech nerds are Trekkers!

[–] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I never really thought about it before, but it seems obvious now. Trekkies and open source tech folks would have a massive overlap, and Lemmy kind of exists perfectly within that intersection of utilitarian principles. So of course we would all find each other here.

[–] Osa-Eris-Xero512@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

I'm convinced that Trekkies and open source tech are concentric circles.