Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:25 am
For all we know, there could be a "no interpersonal conflicts" rule still on the books in starfleet, or that could be an unstated rule of the "human culture" of the future. There can be a non-4th-wall justification for it if you want.
A) You know that's not what the line meant.
B) That's literally the joke.
Seriously people, like the show if you want, but don't gaslight me that it's not exactly what it is.
If references were all you got from the show, you weren't really watching.
For example, just watch the end of the second episode, "Envoys". It sums up all the beauty and optimism that we've been hungry for to see in Trek. That's the moment the show won me over and made me realize it wasn't the cynical poking of Trek that I assumed it would be.
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:25 am
For all we know, there could be a "no interpersonal conflicts" rule still on the books in starfleet, or that could be an unstated rule of the "human culture" of the future. There can be a non-4th-wall justification for it if you want.
A) You know that's not what the line meant.
B) That's literally the joke.
Seriously people, like the show if you want, but don't gaslight me that it's not exactly what it is.
Disagreeing is not the same as gaslighting. Jeesh.
"Believe me, there’s nothing so terrible that someone won’t support it."
— Un Lun Dun, China Mieville
I'm not entirely kidding either as the setting showed a Federation that was now heavily infiltrated by Romulans, banned technological research, and turned its back on refugees (after horrifying losses). By the end, they've gotten rid of the Romulan infiltrators, overturned the ban, and are now probably open borders too.
