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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by electric@lemmy.world to c/risa@startrek.website
 

This template lives rent free in my head.

Oops, forgot transcript.

Transcript: The character Gul Dukat from Deep Space 9 on a video screen with the top text: "ATTENTION BAJORAN CITIZENS"

Bottom text: "YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO EVACUATE TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE"

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[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] electric@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

To me, it's a marathon. One I'm losing. 🫡

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Oof.

Is Janeway going to send them billions of credits?

[–] electric@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No, this guy will.

Janeway's been sent to "monitor" the situation with 2 starships though.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's funny here

Not so funny in real life

[–] electric@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does Bajoran come before or after Brazilian? Hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, trillions, Bajorans, Brazilians, bajillions?

Is there even anything after a bajillion?

[–] electric@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Your brain on Ketracel White.

[–] orthen@feddit.de -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Equating Israelites to the space Nazis is a bit harsh and also ironic, isn't it?

[–] electric@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The intent was to portray Netanyahu as Dukat, not to disparage a nationality. But yes, the irony is dangerously sharp.

[–] orthen@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I see. I agree that the middle east would very very likely be far better off without Netanyahu. It's just that so many people seem to oversimplify the situation -for one side or the other- and I'm somewhat wary of that.

[–] electric@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Risa is a safe place. I would hope that a Star Trek fan is capable of understanding nuance.

[–] simpleTailor@startrek.website 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

DS9 writers modeled the Cardassian occupation of Bajor (in part) after the Israeli occupation of Gaza. The book A Different Trek goes into detail if you want direct sources and a fuller discussion of how the Jewish-American writers and actors involved with the show didn't think it was "ironic" as you put it.

[–] orthen@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Interesting, I'll have to look into that. So far, I have rather identified Bajorans as the "space jews" and Cardassians as the "space nazis".

[–] wombatula@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

If the STATE of Israel (note: not the Israeli people, not the Jewish faith or people) would stop acting like Earth Nazis then maybe this joke wouldn't have been immediately recognized as that by you and everyone else.