• frankPodmore@slrpnk.net
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    7 months ago

    True. But I think if I wore, like, a Star Trek comm badge, that’d raise more questions than if I wore an Arsenal t-shirt!

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      7 months ago

      One thing has shaped communities and defined cultures for a century and the other thing is a science fiction show. It’s really not comparable in my opinion.

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        7 months ago

        Maybe for soccer, but the above statement could apply to basketball, ice hockey, and football and those have only been around about 2.5 times longer than trek.

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          7 months ago

          It bleeds over though, they are all team sports. Just like Europeans grow up with their local football teams being celebrated, Americans grow up with their franchises being celebrated.