There’s a Star Trek ds9 episode where a non-human alien gets sent back in time to 1947. They discover on their sensors the radiation from the continual nuclear bomb tests and are horrified that the humans would irradiate their own planet. I just recently became a ‘trekkie’ and I get it, it really has some of the best themes and plots in sci-fi
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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If aliens exist (and they probably do,) they’d probably take one look at our incessant sat tv broadcasts and nope the fuck out.
Also, probably just stay away because they’d know we nuked ourselves. Multiple times. We’re psychopaths.
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re talking about the one where quark and rom go back in time on accident? And get caught by military police?
It ain’t trouble with tribles, but it’s a good one.
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
That’s the one, I personally dislike even the smallest of spoiler so I was being vague haha. I enjoyed it though, I never watched any Trek at all before this and I’m so hooked lol.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The only Star Trek anything I haven’t watched is St:Discotheque- that one makes more sense if you just assume the entire crew is jumped up on space shrooms.
My uncle got me into when I was a kid. I was left alone at his place while the adults were either talking downstairs or at my brother’s soccer thing and I found his collection. (Everything that had ever come out, on VHS.) I was on trouble with tribbles when he came up stairs and said “OHHH that’s my favorite episode, back it up while I go make popcorn!” (And then we proceeded to binge Star Trek until way late.)
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Or they’re still watching single female lawyer and will visit when the feed cuts during the finale.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Can you imagine another species being addicted to reality TV?
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Absolutely. I think part of the day of reality TV is seeing people who are a bigger mess than we are (personally I don’t watch it, but the theme is consistent in comedy and sitcoms, Futurama, Family Guy, Simpsons all have kinda stupid protags to make it easier to relate/laugh at because they aren’t better than the general viewer). I could see an alien species laughing about how dumb humans are.
bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
You should see The Orville. There’s an episode about exactly that.