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   lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 05:16:25 JST lainy
   i'm anti prime directive. They don't honor it in the show in most cases anyway and there seems to be no real reason for its supposed goal, to not disturb developing cultures. I'd rather give penicillin to those cavemen than fly away.
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     augustus pugin 🌖 (augustus@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 05:18:06 JST augustus pugin 🌖

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     ☑⚡thurisaz⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 05:26:59 JST ☑⚡thurisaz⚡

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     it's to prevent stuff like this...
     
     https://news.mongabay.com/2020/03/bringing-christ-and-coronavirus-evangelicals-to-contact-amazon-indigenous/
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 05:26:59 JST lainy

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     @toiletpaper no it's not
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     Eiko Sarada (Alt/Back-Up) (echo@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 05:28:10 JST Eiko Sarada (Alt/Back-Up)

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     @lain Especially since, according to the show's lore, all "humanoid" species owe their very existence to outside interference.
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     ☑⚡thurisaz⚡ (toiletpaper@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 05:33:51 JST ☑⚡thurisaz⚡

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     nearly all sci-fi/fantasy is based on metaphors for things happening real life. imo that's what it stems from. ymmv. incidentally, it's a superior ethic to the one motivating the idiots featured in that article.
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     Conspiracy-addled GenX'er (viking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 05:46:40 JST Conspiracy-addled GenX'er

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     Star Trek with more genetic engineering, and no prime directive:

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series

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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 05:46:40 JST lainy

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     @Viking i've read a few culture novels but idk how i feel about it.
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     Conspiracy-addled GenX'er (viking@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 06:04:01 JST Conspiracy-addled GenX'er

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     It is probably 80% fantasy and 20% science fiction, but that describes Star Trek as well.

     I think the ideas about the "minds", the self aware computers are quite interesting.

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     Living in a tree (joey@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 07:10:33 JST Living in a tree

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     @newt @echo @lain I'd assimilate Jeri Ryan's boobs. Resistance was futile.
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 07:10:35 JST :suya:

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     @echo @lain it's either us or the Borg.
     
     Just kidding, the Borg originally didn't care about underdeveloped species. Only when they were made into the great main baddies they started assimilating everything that moved.
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     Eiko Sarada (Alt/Back-Up) (echo@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 07:16:46 JST Eiko Sarada (Alt/Back-Up)

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     @joey @newt @lain Kes was a pretty weak character, and I wasn't sorry to see her go, but I always thought she was much prettier.
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 07:23:35 JST lainy

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     @newt @echo @joey i think voyager was probably to blame for the failure of enterprise, i was a big star trek fan but i tuned out during voyager and didn't even take a look at enterprise, when i finally did i really liked it.
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 07:23:36 JST :suya:

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     @joey @echo @lain there's a funny story here. Jeri Ryan told in an interview how Kate Mulgrew hated her for stealing everyone's attention with her boobs and tried to ruin her every performance, borderline bullying her.
     
     Also, Voyager is shit. Until Picard, Voyager was probably the worst ST series.
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     Eiko Sarada (Alt/Back-Up) (echo@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 07:39:34 JST Eiko Sarada (Alt/Back-Up)

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     @newt @lain @echo @joey Voyager wasn’t very good, of course, but I watched it anyhow because it was easier to watch because of how TV worked where I lived back then. It was UPN’s flagship (no pun intended) show, and they also showed TNG re-runs five or six days a week, which was my favorite. DS9, on the other hand, was relagated to a different channel, on Saturday evenings, where it always got delayed or not shown at all due to sportsball games.

     I wanted to like Enterprise more than I actually did. Everyone says it got better with the Xindi arc, but I just saw that as pandering “We 9/11 now, but IN SPACE!” garbage.

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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Sunday, 21-May-2023 07:39:35 JST :suya:

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     @lain @echo @joey I only watched Voyager after I had already seen Enterprise. The latter one is my personal favourite. Too bad it got canned, the last season was really promising.