I had always wondered the same thing about these cups

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• Brainsploosh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe the last bit is disgusting, much like certain earth beverages, and the cup is to protect you from the dregs?

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  • Chunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Damn what the actual fuck that is a good idea why don’t they serve Turkish and Israeli coffee out of these racktaccino mugs?

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    • theCheek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Mind blown. Brilliant.

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  • The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They’ve thought of everything in the future

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  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And you don’t even have to worry about cleaning that part. Just stick it back in the replicator.

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  • name_NULL111653@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, might have s strong concentrate or sludge in the bottom like kahvessi.

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• Norgur@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It's raktajino. It's Klingon. So if a spontaneous heroic fight erupts around you, you want to

  1. Use the cup as a weapon
  2. Swipe the cup away without it toppling over so you can toast on your glorious victory in the battle of the breakfast.

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  • The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Fun fact: these were actually real cups you could buy (they picked them because of how weird they were), so there are likely unsuspecting people out there using them still today. They don’t know that they’re prepared for a battle at any moment.

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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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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  • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Good point, the Peeky Blinders would line the bottom with a razor wheel.

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• MortBoBort@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My friend has one of these mugs! We call it the troll mug because the last sip is always bigger than you think and ends up all over you

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• Haus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The cup is bottom-heavy and usually has a high friction substance on the bottom so that it's less likely to spill when you take an unexpected wave on Earth, or an unexpected photon torpedo on DS9.

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  • Corgana@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah I always thought it was kinda funny that this became “the raktajino cup” when I always took the cup’s shape to be a symbol of how DS9 was this ramshackle station “on the frontier”. I mean it makes sense that Klingons would want a mug that can resist spillage but when DS9 first aired I never thought it was anything beyond just a robust mug.

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  • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    On DS9 you always expect photon torpedos.

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• quams69@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe it’s for a drink that has a lot of sediment or something, there are beers that do that. That’s my headcanon

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  • Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think it’s a nautical design. The wide base keeps it steady on ships. Hence why it’s used in Star Trek.

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    • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That style of mug became popular in the 80s, when corporate commuting and cubicle culture exploded, and cars didn’t all come standard with cupholders yet. A mug like this could sit on the dash or console with stability, and it was also good for a crowded desk because you couldn’t knock it over and spill it.

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  • The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They’re all just throwing back mugs of beer in the mornings while running the space station.

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    • Infynis@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A little liquid lunch-arino

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• Harpsist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’d have thought that the cylinder part was hallow. But the bottom part was solid. Thus. Seperate your hot beverage from your surface - be it table, hand, lap. No need to hold on to it if it’s not hot on the bottom.

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• juliebean@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  put your whole mouth around the top and invert it. just like drinking a water bottle.

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  • admiralteal@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is how I drink all beverages from all cups.

    I'm great fun at a tiki bar.

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• uralsolo@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You don’t. It’s probably got grounds or something settled into the bottom and the cup is shaped like that on purpose to prevent you from drinking them.

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• agentshags@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I had a crush on her as a kid

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  • PorkTaco@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    She’s still smoking hot

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• billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You laugh, but you’ll wish you had one of these when you lose your inertial stabilizers! You’ll go flying through the bridge viewscreen, but that mug will sit there watching it happen.

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