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[–] 69 points 8 months ago (11 children)

I think part of it is also that a random stranger in a star wars shirt can be anyone. A random stranger in a star trek shirt is a nerd, and therefore more likely to be a cool dude.

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  • [–] 27 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    Yes exactly, you can walk up to anyone in a Star Trek shirt and by simply saying the phrase "favorite captain?" you'll probably have a new friend two hours later.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Oh man, there were a pair of middle-aged guys at the table behind me at a restaurant recently, and I SO BADLY wanted to join their conversation! Favorite Romulan ship class, U.S.S. Pegasus: treaty violation or necessary development?, Best DS9 episodes... they were my kind of people.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The star wars equivalent of this is dropping a tactical nuke with the question of modern or old lore and then asking for their favorite era.

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  • [–] 56 points 8 months ago

    The fandom knows itself

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  • [–] 46 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    The only Star Trek or Star Wars shirt I currently own is black with yellow gold lettering saying "Star Trek" in the Star Wars font. I think it makes some people uncomfortable. My S.O. hates it. I think it's hilarious and I know immediately what type of "nerd" I'm dealing with based on people's reactions to it. I suspect most people don't realize it's a joke or they are worried that I don't know it's a joke.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I have a Space Invaders shirt with warbirds and the Enterprise as your ship at the bottom. Sadly no one has recognized it as trek yet

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That's fucking amazing. I love it. I want games like that for real now (they say, knowing full well that historically games made from movie and TV IP have been largely awful, alas):

    • Asteroids, but with Star Wars ships.
    • Galaga, but you fly voyager through Borg space, trans warp conduits, etc. Occasionally you pick up a clone or alternate timeline Voyager to fight along side you.
    • Space invaders I think would also be a good with a Starship Troopers skin and bugs lobbing rocks at your bases, could also be good in the style of Scorched Earth (or Worms Armageddon).
    • An Apple II style text only adventure game in Deep Space Nine.
    • A farming/trading/city sim on Babylon 5.
    • Civilization, but it's Babylon 5, Star Trek, or Star Wars, Dune, etc.
    • Old school 2.5D Zelda adventure game, but it's Firefly or The Expanse.
    • A Mario Bros. game but it's Farscape.
    • Mario kart, also Farscape.
    • Leisure Suit Larry in the style of Lexx.
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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    In a fight, side with the person with the Stargate shirt. They probably have a gun and a claymore.

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    As a Star Wars fan, I heartily concur

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  • [–] 22 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Nobody hates a star wars fan like another star wars fan.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    They are liking the thing I like the wrong way!

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  • [–] 38 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    Me over here in my Spaceballs shirt.

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  • [–] 27 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Spaceballs and Galaxy Quest make you not just trusted, but require instant friendship.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I am your nephew's second cousin's boyfriend's roommate's uncle's brother!

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    never give up, never surrender!

    unfortunately my view of trekkie gear has been clouded by reading the bobiverse novels...

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Now I'm trying to think of what I'm forgetting about trekkie gear from those books. All that comes immediately to mind is the Bob that names himself after Riker, but that's less gear and more a virtual persona or something.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    is tumblr a "Star Wars site" now?

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    You...may have the best username I've ever seen.

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    Content not available in my region 😭

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I really don't understand why a user base predisposed to Lemmy is okay with using a proprietary centralized service that isn't globally accessible. I might understand it if Lemmy didn't support image uploads, but it does.

    It's like you're not okay with your text being censored by private corporations and governments, but here, take my images and please make sure some people can't see it.

    I get that some probably have muscle memory for certain services but it just seems like the majority here don't even care to unlearn it.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Star Wars shirts are a lot more common for cheap in stores like Walmart, to be bought on a whim. Star Trek shirts have to be specifically sought out online or at conventions or something, and tend to cost more.

    That's why I, a trekkie, own more Star Wars shirts than Star Trek ones.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    There's a guy at a customer's IT that regularly wears a Rebel Alliance hoodie. I've been wary of him since I first saw him.

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    [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    It’s not fair! How can you be on the Poll and not be a Master?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    In SW the Empire are the bad guys, in ST the empire are the good guys.

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