That bastard and the rest of the Star Trek people here! They got me watching Star Trek because of their damn memes. They were often funny even without context, what can I say?
I had literally never watched it before. I’ve now gone through TOS, TNG, Voyager, Lower Decks (save the last season), and I’m over halfway through DS9. Mother fuckers assimilated me… and I’m ok with it
Stamets@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Genuinely? You have no idea how glad I am to hear that. I mean that’s a whole lot of Trek to watch, damn. When you did fall to our invasive efforts?
MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 hours ago
Yup, got the wife on board too lol. We both love Sci-Fi, but neither of us ever watched it. And then suddenly, we had an enormous pool of great sci-fi to watch! We started probably around October, 2023
I had posted this on !risa@startrek.website around that time
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Stamets@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
So what you’re telling me is that I had a hand in your infection… mwahahahaha. No but for real. I fucking love Star Trek and by now you clearly know why. You’ve seen everything the shows have to offer. And no matter whether they’re “good” or “bad”, they all have some hope to give or moral to tell or journey to go on. They’re awesome. I’m glad that someone else has shared in the joy of that too. Just… give Discovery a chance despite what you’ve heard… New shows, fans get salty… Make up your own mind on if you like it. But I will say that like every Trek show, first season is a bit rocky…
MrShankles@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
I do plan on watching Discovery, despite what I’ve heard, because I still love the premise of it all, at the end of the day. I already know the first season will be rough… but idk, if I can get through season one of DS9 (and let’s be honest, season 2 as well), I think I’ll get into it. Cause by season 3 of DS9, it started to slap and felt like good 'ol space again, and I started to love it for it’s own flavor. So I’m optimistic and persistent enough lol
But yeah, it’s the best thing Lemmy has given to me because I’m more than officially hooked. Hell, my text ringtone is the TOS intercom tone and my wife has a Janeway popsocket on her phone (There’s a right way, a wrong way, and the Janeway). We have TOS on blueray and I’m planning on hitting up the library for the rest… y’all got us pretty good, to say the least lmao But we appreciate it