• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    19 hours ago

    the election has put me in a strange mood and that combined with the nostalgia (good and bad) of the past from things like that poster on the wall is so hitting very hard rn; jfc this is going to be stuck in my head all day today. thank you for sharing.

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      16 hours ago

      When Trump won in 2016, I binge watched the entirety of Star Trek TNG and DS9. It was therapeutic to escape for a while to a world of logical people who try their best to rise above their base impulses.

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        14 hours ago

        when i binge watch star trek i select episodes to watch based on a topic or theme. i’m almost done watching episodes with portrayals of excelsior class ships and i’m thankful that i watch start trek like this because it provides excellent mental health pauses from my own election coverage binging. the mini mental eye-bleach-like endorphin high that i get when i notice tiny details that i missed when i first consumed star trek as it was released plus the mini nostalgia rushes from the notables times i saw the episodes i selected i for the themed binge; is all sort of like re-remembering trek, but out of order so that i can appreciate it in a different way. i find it keeps old memories alive like: waiting in line for the premiere of movie #6; or the shock of seeing the new klingons in the first movie; or unsuccessfully begging my fiance to let us have our wedding at the star trek experience in las vegas.

        i also developed the habit of starting my election coverage binges with democracy now before anything else. I find that it does A LOT to sooth the anxiety i’ve been feeling trapped by the election and i think it informs my opinions better knowing that everyone’s wary of traps and that the best traps are the ones whose targets are unaware that they’re inside of one.

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          11 hours ago

          I have to recommend a certain Star Trek: The Next Generation episode analysis by Ross Scott of Accursed Farms.

          It analyses Symbiosis, a sorta forgettable (on first inspection) humanoid-culture-of-the-week episode. Ross Scott has a knack for looking at fantastic things with a pair of very realistic and practical eyes that I find very amusing. It was made during the first months of our SARS-CoV-2 apocalypse, so keep that in mind (see spoiler).

          punchline

          It was a time when “supply chain disruption” was a very hot buzzword, and is the main point and the punchline of this video.

          SYMBIOSIS: A STAR TREK APOCALYPSE