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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 94 points 4 weeks ago (9 children)

kinda makes sense to me

one is an attempt at a hopeful, logical view of humanities future.. the other has laser swords and magic.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 51 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The Expanse: space will always try to kill you, humanity still sucks, everything still hurts, everything is still dirty.

[–] Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Far superior option. Mostly because it has real space physics with minimal hand waving.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Minimal hand waving

Except for the alien tech. The proto virus or whatever it's called. People talking from the dead. Teleporters to the other side of the universe. Crystals growing out of people's heads. Alien bug swarms. And a whole bunch of other hand-wavey things.

[–] Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, good point. And fuel density and accessibility.

I guess I just really like space physics without fake gravity, but instead being generated by thrust. And the realism of the time everything takes to travel.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 4 weeks ago

One is a broad base for story telling, the other is one long story about how a single family and their granddad's hetro-lifemate can fuck over an entire galaxy,

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 17 points 4 weeks ago

And politics, and wealth disparity, so basically the opposite of a utopia.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

the other has laser swords and magic.

And it always sucks no matter who wins.

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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 58 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I have never watched even a single episode of Star Trek, but I like you guys for your memes.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 61 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

I have never watched even a single episode of Star Trek

but I like you guys for your memes.

Okay, call off the mob!

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, just convert it into a party!?:-P🥳🎉

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

One preaches hope for a better future.

One preaches a never ending cycle of ambition, corruption, and cruelty.

Who would have ever thought time would prove Star Wars more thematically realistic 😂

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Star Wars was based on the past but set in the future. They borrowed "stormtroopers" from Hitler. The space battles are just like WWII dogfights. Star Wars was never looking forward it was looking backwards.

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 35 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Are you sure Riker doesn’t perform jizz?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Riker got that taken care of before even joining the academy.

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[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

StarTrek all the way, actual REAL peaceful space communists or religious Knights with magic powers? That's not a hard choice

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Everyone thinks I'm super into star wars cause I enjoy building Lego space ships and star wars is the option in that regard. Mind you I've just noticed a Chinese brick company have dropped a giant Enterprise and there's a Rocinante on the way too!

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does it come with a LEGO man polycule???

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[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Especially this one:

Either you're into Star Trek and understand the self-burn vibes here or it's just a random not-overly-nerdy shirt.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I just applied for my UK passport and the photo I gave to them was me in a red T-shirt with the TOS delta on it. I'm guessing the delta will be cropped out, but here's hoping.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

When people conjure mental male representation of Star Wars, they think of fat neckbeard Lucas and the lizard. When they think of Star Trek, they imagine sly silver fox Picard and Datas most probable mechanical prowess.

This tracks.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Stranger in a Farscape shirt: knows how to party... possible cast or crew member.

[–] nzeayn@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

did they even bother making farscape shirts when any bdsm attire would work?

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[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I have both tshirts, my trustworthiness also happens to fluctuate wildly based on my apparel.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 34 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I have this T-shirt. People have no idea what to do.

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd suspect you of having a snake in your belly.

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Total stranger in a Stargate T shirt. They probably have way more firepower, and enough C4 to solve all my problems.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Jizz was first mentioned in canon in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization, authored by Ryder Windham and released in 2017.

Oh, then they absolutely knew.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The Return of the Jedi novelization introduced the term "jizz-wailer" to describe a musician, but the term "jizz" as the name of the musical style was not introduced until the publication of Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, twelve years later.

The original RotJ novelization was released in 1983. Don't discount Legends!

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, that unfortunate term has been around forever. I think I first ran across it in a West End Games sourcebook from 1990-ish.

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[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

If your interstellar society has slavery, I'm not interested. Didn't the Jedi free Luke and just leave his mom in captivity?

Way too many Star Wars fans like the Empire for my taste. (And the rebels aren't much better, if they're better at all.)

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

That was Anakin Not his son Luke. And Qui-gon tried to free Shmi as well but Watto was too resilient.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

We don't have a style of music called jizz, because we classify our birds with it instead.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

So I could talk about the jizz all over those boobies (or tits) and not have it be NSFW?

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 weeks ago

That's how I make it through the dark times.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Star Wars Jizzed right into my ear....

This isn't as funny since Disney renamed it to Jatz

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[–] sircac@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Probably because of the virtues that each fan seem to seek with their choice…

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