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  • @Windex007@lemmy.world
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    889 months ago

    Elon Musk would not have been looked upon kindly by anyone from star trek. Maybe Quark… but even then I’m sure he’d be shaking his head with a “143rd rule of acquisition: never let ego interfere with profits”.

    Even the antagonists would hate him for being so clumsy and amateurish in his evil.

    • @aeronmelon@lemm.ee
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      309 months ago

      No, there was that one episode of DS9 about selling weapons that firmly cemented that Quark would be disgusted by Elon Musk and not want to be associated with him.

    • @KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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      189 months ago

      Musk is the rich guy in season 1 TNG who wakes up after being frozen in the 20th century. He’s like:

      “I have a substantial portfolio that must have grown since then.”

      Picard just laughs and says:

      “We don’t use money anymore.”

    • @atlasraven31@lemm.ee
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      129 months ago

      I think Dukat would like him. Elon is headed into his Pah Wraith phase.

      But we all know Farscape is the best show.

  • @NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
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    469 months ago

    ‘The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.’

    • Professor Charles Xavier
    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      259 months ago

      “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” -Spock

      Maybe he just identifies with the Ferengi.

    • @themoken
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      139 months ago

      I legitimately can’t help tearing up when Picard tells this to Lily in First Contact. It’s pavlovian at this point.

      • Rhaedas
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        99 months ago

        First Contact is definitely on the top list of Star Trek movies/episodes for hitting a lot of the basic Trek themes. And also music scores, I get chills anytime I hear that main leitmotif.

  • @1simpletailer
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    409 months ago

    I highly doubt he has ever sat through an episode of Trek. Well maybe he watched some Discovery. At any rate he is simply saying this because there is a public perception of Trek being nerdy and intelligent which fits his brand the the public persona he tried to cultivate, and its a show that stoked his ego once before.

  • @xyguy
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    359 months ago

    I’ll bet his favorite episode is DS9 S4E16 where O’Brian and the Ferengi start a union to protest against Quarks unfair business practices.

  • @thepreciousboar@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Spoilers for Discovery Season 1 below

    it is probably because of that episode in which he is compared to Zefram Cochrane or the Wright brothers. Must have been good for his ego.

    What I found funny is that Lorca come from the mirror universe, it makes sense that Musk would be idolized there.

  • teft
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    189 months ago

    The Muskrat probably thinks this guy is right:

  • @kaitco@lemmy.world
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    109 months ago

    Something, something, broken clock…

    His behaviour more like a colony villain than anything remotely positive in the Star Trek world.

  • Chariotwheel
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    99 months ago

    All I can imagine now is Trekkies desperately talking up Star Wars around Musk to get him to haunt a different franchise.

  • Xusontha
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    49 months ago

    Oh no please don’t say that he’ll bring the Muskites here; hopefully the fact it’s federated/not Twitter will keep them away

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      49 months ago

      Yeah, there’s no way his fan club would jump ship to the fediverse while he’s on Twitter.

      • Xusontha
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        9 months ago

        But when twitter inevitably dies, what then?

        • The Picard ManeuverOP
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          59 months ago

          Hopefully his fans are just loud and not actually that numerous. I’ve not met anyone irl who still likes the guy.

  • Corgana
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    49 months ago

    Are we the baddies?