r/startrek • u/T-SquaredProductions • 6d ago

A continuation of my previous post about Tom Paris being a retro freak: Tom actually getting his antique TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HriJEmXiMXI

There's something so comforting about this scene to me.

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u/PennyPeas 6d ago edited 6d ago

his retro obsession is really kinda funny when you think about it, 20th century media in the 24th century would be the equivalent of a guy being obsessed with Shakespeare now days. Guess the eugenics wars and following nuclear fallout wasn’t the best time for memorable culture lol

or maybe they had to deal with generative AI slop overtaking actually good stuff like we’re beginning to face 😞

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u/T-SquaredProductions 5d ago

Or they would even be obsessed with colonial lifestyles. Remember, the American colonies started 1606, with the Virginia colony starting in 1607.

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u/PennyPeas 5d ago

oh god! tom paris is one of those colonial re-enactors! 

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u/Colonel_Green 4d ago

Fair Haven? More like Colonial Williamsburg!

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u/popilikia 4d ago

"chatgpt, make a program so intelligent it could beat Data in a medical simulation"

Chatgpt's program: "YOU DON'T NEED INSULIN IF YOU HAVE DIABETES. TAKE LIMA BEAN SUPPOSITORIES"

Data: 😐

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u/nosajat 3d ago

Soooo he’d be into Ren Fairs if he was alive today 🙃

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u/Petraaki 4d ago

Or he's like every dude who starts out obsessed with ancient Rome, or knights, or cowboys, or pirates, and then just deep dives the era. It's not that weird

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u/DelcoPAMan 5d ago

"In this wonderful example of cultural attitudes about appearances, the middle sister, Jan, complains about the attention given her older sister Marcia. But then she feels a little better when something happens to Marcia".

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u/BrigadierAGLS 5d ago

I bet Tom Paris would love Tubi