Haha tbh I think I was just a kid like 8 years old or something and it probably just didn’t register until that episode. Growing up my family would watch Trek every Wednesday when new episodes came out, but we weren’t allowed to watch a lot of TV.

I’m guessing my parents thought we wouldn’t care/understand much of DS9 as I didn’t really watch it until I was older. I think VOY came on earlier in the night and DS9 may have been past our bedtime too.