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[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 22 hours ago

I enjoy Star Wars for specific reasons that I like in entertainment. The ragtag underdog fighting a strong oppressor and winning. The classic fantasy story, but in space. Swords. Small fighters dogfighting more than large ships shooting at each other.

Now, that's entertainment, in an action fantasy judgement. Would I want to live in a Star Wars universe over a Star Trek universe? Absolutely not. Do I agree with the moral guidelines of either major side of Star Wars? Again, not really. I definitely don't like the empire, but even the Jedi are too much of religious fundies to me. I also think the lessons/message of Trek is generally better too.

It's a bit like food that's tasty but not good for you. I enjoy it, but I'm not claiming it's the better of the two.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of Star Wars fans are either idolizing the Empire and the Dark Side for their positions of power and control, or the Space Wizards who go out of their way to be naive and get struck down for the better good. If they're not wearing rebel gear, they're not default trustworthy.

If someone watches enough Trek to wear the gear and is open about it, they are at least not against diversity and equality in their fantasy choices.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Also, a lot of normies like Star Wars as a normal action franchise, so there's some general randomness to the sample. Star Trek pretty specifically appeals to that specific type of nerd, there's a lot more consistency in the results you can expect.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

For me it would depend on what kind of Star Trek shirt it was. If it's just a shirt that says Star Trek then not really. But if they're wearing a fucking Starfleet uniform I will trust them with my goddamn life.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

What about the one that has "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh..."?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Star Wars is so heavily merchandised that you really can't tell anything about someone wearing a shirt with Yoda on it, impulse buy at a Wal-Mart. But show me someone wearing a Riker T-Shirt, and I'll show you someone who went to a convention or decided to order a shirt off of a website. More likely to be one of us harmless earnest dorks who knows who did what at Tenagra.

[–] gnufuu 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lucas when the merch prevailed

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[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

As Star Wars fan and someone who have been following the community for some time, i totally agreed with those people

[–] arcine@jlai.lu 12 points 1 day ago

Star Wars is too widely popular for much to be inferred by the shirt, whereas Star Trek fans tend to be more alike : nerdy, generally nice.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

With the laugh track edited out:

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can someone tell me what my reaction to this poll should be?

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 111 points 2 days ago (8 children)
[–] negativenull@piefed.world 57 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@quokk.au 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Where does 40k fall on this spectrum? Is it just a nope by default or is it dependent on faction or memetics.

[–] davetortoise@reddthat.com 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

HEAVILY dependent on faction

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel this is a very clever joke but I don't know enough lore to appreciate it.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Less a joke about the lore and more a joke about how some people get really weird about some factions, like the Death Corps of Krieg and the Black Templars who are fan favorites but also attract a very fashy side of the fan base. Personally I'm more of an Armageddon Steel Legion, Blood Ravens, Adeptus Mechanacus type of guy.

[–] davetortoise@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

People who play Black Templars are always going to be either the most horrible or the sweetest person you have ever met with no inbetween

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[–] Technotica@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can trust anyone with an admech shirt.

Trust me.

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[–] Stonewyvvern@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jokes on all of you...I sport a shirt with Leto the God Emperor of Dune on it.

For the greater good of humanity, I don't want to see our extinction. Leto truly was the least selfish person/god to ever grace the Duniverse.

[–] Vreyan31@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Finally, a third worst option.

Star Wars guy might tell you to fuck off, give bad info over confidently, or expect something in return for their help

But God Emperor guy will lead you to a dark alley to shank you to protect the future gene pool from your weakness, and feel good about it.

It’s your fault for not seeing it coming really.

[–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Not all Star Trek fans are deep thinkers.

Not many Star Wars fans are deep thinkers.

And that's all I have to say about that.

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[–] negativenull@piefed.world 67 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I saw this posted before elsewhere (but can't find it now). In that version, it was stated this was posted in a Star Wars forum, which makes it doubly hilarious if true.

[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not quite. It was posted on Tumblr, by a star wars focused account, with star wars tags, so mainly star wars fans saw it (at first).

At no point during the poll was star wars in the lead, but the poll did breach containment and got seen by most of the nerd community there, which definitely did not help the voting spread.

[–] MohamedMoney@feddit.org 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It had to be tumblr because of the useless included comment as a modern day laugh track

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[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 49 points 2 days ago (21 children)

what about someone in a stargate shirt

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Treat them nice, they probably think all problems are solved with C4.

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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 39 points 2 days ago

That's who you get your supply from

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[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I have 2 Trek shirts, 3 Star Wars, 2 Doctor Who, and a Stargate shirt. Where do I fall?

But one of my Trek shirts is a blue Andorian Mining Consortium shirt, (They run from no one) and it's so awesome.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I was bleeding out in the street, and you approached me to help in a Doctor Who shirt, I would pretend I'd already died.

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[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

I'd wear a Blake's 7 shirt if there was an iconic logo that wasn't also the emblem of the fascist reigime in-universe.

The bland target logo from Series D doesn't really appeal to me.

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