• UlyssesT [he/him]
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    8 hours ago

    I stopped paying attention to it right around the time that the "dae le section 31 adults in the room getting shit done amirite" and "dae le epic terran empire humanity fuck yea amirite" glazers started shaping the discourse as they did on Reddit.

    • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
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      20 minutes ago

      Damn, it's a shame that led to defederation though. I had thought that they were cool with us and were mostly Leftist because of the political stuff on Star Trek.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        12 minutes ago

        mostly Leftist because of the political stuff on Star Trek

        Decades of festering contrarianism and "bad guys are cool actually" ideology in the Trek fandom made far too many people seem somehow embarrassed by the idea of a brighter future in the setting, or that the Federation was actually cool and good and didn't need to have edgy murderfucking black ops "Adults In The Room" no matter how much Rick Berman pushed the idea because he was always a piece of shit.

        Those toxic fans are numerous enough that I lost count of how many "USS AYN RANDs" I saw flying around Star Trek Online. The zone chat in Earth Spacedock is basically /pol/, 24/7.