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   Jaap Zeldenrust (jozeldenrust@social.sdfeu.org)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 07:55:26 JST Jaap Zeldenrust

   • c.reider :queer_cat_nonbinary:

   @c_reider
   I wish DS9 hadn't aged so well.

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     💜 🩷 Iconoclast Beryl 🩷 💜 (rasp@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 07:55:24 JST 💜 🩷 Iconoclast Beryl 🩷 💜

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     @dresstokilt @jozeldenrust @c_reider

     I guess that would make the EU the federation and like... china the Romulans I guess?

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     DressToKILT (dresstokilt@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 07:55:25 JST DressToKILT

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     @jozeldenrust @c_reider it is really amazing how well it has aged, and not just in the "lol we told you war was bad" sort of way.

     The downside of DS9 is that Americans can still look at themselves as the Federation. "Yeah we're not perfect, but look at the bad guys!" without zero introspection, not realizing that we are, in fact, the Cardassians.

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     💜 🩷 Iconoclast Beryl 🩷 💜 (rasp@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 10:54:11 JST 💜 🩷 Iconoclast Beryl 🩷 💜

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     @dresstokilt @jozeldenrust @c_reider

     I was wondering why that lined up too damn well.

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     DressToKILT (dresstokilt@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 10:54:12 JST DressToKILT

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     @Rasp @jozeldenrust @c_reider Interestingly, the Romulans were *always* a stand-in for China, just as the Klingons were a stand in for the Soviet Union. But yeah, the Federation being sort of an EU-cognate right now really tracks. Better question is who is the Earth in this analogy? I.e., the ones in the driver seat while everyone else does just enough to keep them from driving off a bridge?

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     💜 🩷 Iconoclast Beryl 🩷 💜 (rasp@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 12:58:29 JST 💜 🩷 Iconoclast Beryl 🩷 💜

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     @dresstokilt @ShadSterling @jozeldenrust @c_reider

     Both Definitely Both

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     DressToKILT (dresstokilt@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 12:58:30 JST DressToKILT

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     • c.reider :queer_cat_nonbinary:

     @ShadSterling @Rasp @jozeldenrust @c_reider No, definitely the Cardassians.

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     ShadSterling (shadsterling@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Mar-2026 12:58:31 JST ShadSterling

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     @dresstokilt @Rasp @jozeldenrust @c_reider also wondering who the U.S. is… are we the Ferengi?