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[–] 17 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I always liked to think that some klingons truly do believe that some tales could only have come from a klingon mind, and that the work must have originally been a klingon work that was lost and then stolen by other species.

Really, would that be the most ridiculous thing klingons believe?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Yeah, I always interpreted it as jingoist propaganda. They poked fun at Chekhov a couple of times in TOS for similar Soviet propaganda like “it was a Russian inwention!”

    Basically, a culture so sure of their own superiority that they assume any great cultural accomplishments must be their own.

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