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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If aliens exist (and they probably do,) they’d probably take one look at our incessant sat tv broadcasts and nope the fuck out.

Also, probably just stay away because they’d know we nuked ourselves. Multiple times. We’re psychopaths.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or they're still watching single female lawyer and will visit when the feed cuts during the finale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can you imagine another species being addicted to reality TV?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Absolutely. I think part of the draw of reality TV is seeing people who are a bigger mess than we are (personally I don't watch it, but the theme is consistent in comedy and sitcoms, Futurama, Family Guy, Simpsons all have kinda stupid protags to make it easier to relate/laugh at because they aren't better than the general viewer). I could see an alien species laughing about how dumb humans are.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

You should see The Orville. There's an episode about exactly that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's a Star Trek ds9 episode where a non-human alien gets sent back in time to 1947. They discover on their sensors the radiation from the continual nuclear bomb tests and are horrified that the humans would irradiate their own planet. I just recently became a 'trekkie' and I get it, it really has some of the best themes and plots in sci-fi

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You’re talking about the one where quark and rom go back in time on accident? And get caught by military police?

It ain’t trouble with tribles, but it’s a good one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's the one, I personally dislike even the smallest of spoiler so I was being vague haha. I enjoyed it though, I never watched any Trek at all before this and I'm so hooked lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The only Star Trek anything I haven’t watched is St:Discotheque- that one makes more sense if you just assume the entire crew is jumped up on space shrooms.

My uncle got me into when I was a kid. I was left alone at his place while the adults were either talking downstairs or at my brother’s soccer thing and I found his collection. (Everything that had ever come out, on VHS.) I was on trouble with tribbles when he came up stairs and said “OHHH that’s my favorite episode, back it up while I go make popcorn!” (And then we proceeded to binge Star Trek until way late.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I haven't seen the original yet but the DS9 version of that episode was great, I was impressed they even used old style lenses and film to recreate the style of the 60s episode. It also made me realize "huh, William Shatner is kinda hot isn't he?" Ahah. I'll watch the original series eventually, I have a lot to catch up on lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yep.

For the record DS9 was my favorite show over all.

The cake was taken when Sisko TKO’d Q. Best captain ever. (“I’m not Picard!”)

Although if you liked ds9 s1, try giving Babylon 5 a chance- upn9 ripped off an early show bible from JMS to start ds9. Londo singing the Hokey Pokey is… amazing.