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Mark Finn's avatar

Nice breakdown and summary. I assume you've watched ep 5 now, so you get the drumstick.

The hatred online baffles me. You and I are of the age that we fought bitterly with our friends over which Captain was best, but when Next Gen came on, we all sat down and watched it together, because what else were we gonna do? Not hang out with fellow Trekkers?

This tribalism is really hurting us, especially because it's taking root in the thing we used to use to escape situations like politics and modern society. Now you can't get away from it anywhere.

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Jayme Blaschke's avatar

Yeah, ep 5 is covered in my weekly retrospective which went out earlier today. Brutal man.

The polarization of all media is driving me buggy. When dudebros complain "Trek is all woke now" I want to kick their ignorant mouth-breathing selves back to 1966. And don't even get me started on the ubiquitous misuse of the term "Mary Sue" to dismiss any female character they don't like...

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