Comment on I had always wondered the same thing about these cups

• ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah they’re basic, over-the-counter no-spill mugs, generally for use on boats.

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  • The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m currently googling where to buy one that looks close to theirs. Lol

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    • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I said “no spill,” but I think “no tip” will actually yield better results.

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    • ggppjj@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Search for Feltman Langer mug, should get you there.

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• rivr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  IIRC people had laughs in Picard S2 seeing lamps from Ikea on that synths planet

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  • NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Like so many others, synths have become slaves to the IKEA nesting instinct.”

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• theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yep. I laughed when one of those showed up like it was the cup of the future when I literally used one every day during my morning commute in the 20th century.

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  • essellburns@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I thought the same when I saw that episode with the humans in it.

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• ggppjj@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I bought one and have it at my office. It’s a fine mug.

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• 567PrimeMover@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think a good head cannon for this is that a mug is such a basic thing that you don't really need to keep re-inventing a new design from scratch. So when a new replicator system/technology comes out, you just port stuff over from the old one. Like maybe it's one of those patterns in the replicator database that just goes back eons to united earth or something.

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  • Norgur@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think my "battle of the breakfast"-theory is the better explanation. Less "kept for backwards compatibility purposes", more "Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam!"

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