'The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.'
- Professor Charles Xavier
It's not that he's *wrong* in this case, but...
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NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 year ago
“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” -Spock
Maybe he just identifies with the Ferengi.
themoken@startrek.website 1 year ago
I legitimately can’t help tearing up when Picard tells this to Lily in First Contact. It’s pavlovian at this point.
Rhaedas@kbin.social 1 year ago
First Contact is definitely on the top list of Star Trek movies/episodes for hitting a lot of the basic Trek themes. And also music scores, I get chills anytime I hear that main leitmotif.
1simpletailer@startrek.website 1 year ago
I highly doubt he has ever sat through an episode of Trek. Well maybe he watched some Discovery. At any rate he is simply saying this because there is a public perception of Trek being nerdy and intelligent which fits his brand the the public persona he tried to cultivate, and its a show that stoked his ego once before.
xyguy@startrek.website 1 year ago
I’ll bet his favorite episode is DS9 S4E16 where O’Brian and the Ferengi start a union to protest against Quarks unfair business practices.
OrangeJoe@lemm.ee 1 year ago
No, it’s the episode of discovery where he is mentioned. It feeds his ego directly.
Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah that one made me barf. Wasnt it Lorca though? Which in retrospect makes sense via mirror universe
Infynis@midwest.social 1 year ago
He was more than a hero
dcpDarkMatter@kbin.social 1 year ago
He was a union man
thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Spoilers for Discovery Season 1 below
! it is probably because of that episode in which he is compared to Zefrain Cochraine or the Wright brothers. Must have been good for his ego.
What I found funny is that Lorca come from the mirror universe, it makes sense that Musk would ne idolized there. !<
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Of course, it wouldn’t explain Tilly’s junior high school. Unless it was named after a better Musk.
like100dollars@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s because we’re in the mirror universe. It all makes sense now, sadly.
Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Who the fuck cares. He also wears pants. Stop caring.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 year ago
I understand. You’re saying I should stop wearing pants.
On it.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 year ago
He just says that because he got name dropped.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Is there a petition to undo that?
teft@startrek.website 1 year ago
DarkGamer@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yeah he's the most Musk-like character on the show
Ser_Salty@feddit.de 1 year ago
Well, that guy at least ended up being of some help, even if he was a dick
CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 year ago
We don’t want you Elon.
kaitco@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Something, something, broken clock…
His behaviour more like a colony villain than anything remotely positive in the Star Trek world.
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
All I can imagine now is Trekkies desperately talking up Star Wars around Musk to get him to haunt a different franchise.
theinspectorst@kbin.social 1 year ago
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 year ago
Lol, what’s the story there?
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 1 year ago
Oh no please don’t say that he’ll bring the Muskites here; hopefully the fact it’s federated/not Twitter will keep them away
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 year ago
Yeah, there’s no way his fan club would jump ship to the fediverse while he’s on Twitter.
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 1 year ago
But when twitter inevitably dies, what then?
Corgana@startrek.website 1 year ago
Are we the baddies?
AceBonobo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Skulls are very fashionable
xyguy@startrek.website 1 year ago
I’ll bet his favorite episode is DS9 S4E16 where O’Brian and the Ferengi start a union to protest against Quarks unfair business practices.
Quindius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Leave no one wants you here mr muskrat
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
See Brock acquire. Acquire, Brock, acquire!
Windex007@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Elon Musk would not have been looked upon kindly by anyone from star trek. Maybe Quark… but even then I’m sure he’d be shaking his head with a “143rd rule of acquisition: never let ego interfere with profits”.
Even the antagonists would hate him for being so clumsy and amateurish in his evil.
aeronmelon@lemm.ee 1 year ago
No, there was that one episode of DS9 about selling weapons that firmly cemented that Quark would be disgusted by Elon Musk and not want to be associated with him.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Quark has no problem selling weapons. You forget Rule of Acquisition #34… or was it #35?
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Musk is the rich guy in season 1 TNG who wakes up after being frozen in the 20th century. He’s like:
“I have a substantial portfolio that must have grown since then.”
Picard just laughs and says:
“We don’t use money anymore.”
atlasraven31@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I think Dukat would like him. Elon is headed into his Pah Wraith phase.
But we all know Farscape is the best show.
Shialac@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dukat would like him as a useful idiot. Same as the Saudis do
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Gabriel Lorca
Windex007@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ahh good point. People from star treks “opposite land” think he’s great.