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I think part of it is also that a random stranger in a star wars shirt can be anyone. A random stranger in a star trek shirt is a nerd, and therefore more likely to be a cool dude.
Yes exactly, you can walk up to anyone in a Star Trek shirt and by simply saying the phrase “favorite captain?” you’ll probably have a new friend two hours later.
… Or a new foe, two seconds later
“ARCHER? SERIOUSLY?”
Oh man, there were a pair of middle-aged guys at the table behind me at a restaurant recently, and I SO BADLY wanted to join their conversation! Favorite Romulan ship class, U.S.S. Pegasus: treaty violation or necessary development?, Best DS9 episodes… they were my kind of people.
I have absolutely randomly jumped into a conversation like that before 🤣
I would have at least tried, but I was with my family and didn’t want to abandon them.
The star wars equivalent of this is dropping a tactical nuke with the question of modern or old lore and then asking for their favorite era.
I’m unaware of any star wars fan that would say new. Especially if you count episode 1 as new
I know plenty of folks who love the old clone wars multi media project from back in the 00s. When I say new I mean Disney specifically maybe including the 08 clone wars cartoon.
Yeah, it’d have to be a specific piece of Star Wars media the shirt referenced to compete for me. Like KOTOR or Andor.
The only Star Trek or Star Wars shirt I currently own is black with yellow gold lettering saying “Star Trek” in the Star Wars font. I think it makes some people uncomfortable. My S.O. hates it. I think it’s hilarious and I know immediately what type of “nerd” I’m dealing with based on people’s reactions to it. I suspect most people don’t realize it’s a joke or they are worried that I don’t know it’s a joke.
I have a Space Invaders shirt with warbirds and the Enterprise as your ship at the bottom. Sadly no one has recognized it as trek yet
That’s fucking amazing. I love it. I want games like that for real now (they say, knowing full well that historically games made from movie and TV IP have been largely awful, alas):
- Asteroids, but with Star Wars ships.
- Galaga, but you fly voyager through Borg space, trans warp conduits, etc. Occasionally you pick up a clone or alternate timeline Voyager to fight along side you.
- Space invaders I think would also be a good with a Starship Troopers skin and bugs lobbing rocks at your bases, could also be good in the style of Scorched Earth (or Worms Armageddon).
- An Apple II style text only adventure game in Deep Space Nine.
- A farming/trading/city sim on Babylon 5.
- Civilization, but it’s Babylon 5, Star Trek, or Star Wars, Dune, etc.
- Old school 2.5D Zelda adventure game, but it’s Firefly or The Expanse.
- A Mario Bros. game but it’s Farscape.
- Mario kart, also Farscape.
- Leisure Suit Larry in the style of Lexx.
I would play all of these.
Nice. I have one with a pic of the Enterprise and “Star Wars #1 Fan”
In a fight, side with the person with the Stargate shirt. They probably have a gun and a claymore.
Or with the person wearing a red shirt, as it’ll… act as a lightning rod of sorts.
As in a mine or as in a sword?
Try breaking into O’Neill’s room and you’ll meet one then the other
Me over here in my Spaceballs shirt.
Spaceballs and Galaxy Quest make you not just trusted, but require instant friendship.
You seem trustworthy.
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Here, I’ll copy/paste it.
With Imgur and Reddit having all the silly restrictions, I’m not sure why more people don’t upload their images directly to Lemmy?
Thank you 🙂
Get a better region mate
Trying. I’ll keep you updated 😂
The only sci-fi T-shirt I have is covered in Storm Troopers … maybe I should think about upgrading (both me and my other half are Trek fans)
Star Wars shirts are a lot more common for cheap in stores like Walmart, to be bought on a whim. Star Trek shirts have to be specifically sought out online or at conventions or something, and tend to cost more.
That’s why I, a trekkie, own more Star Wars shirts than Star Trek ones.
Yeah, I got mine in a thrift store … makes sense.
I would like a Trek t-shirt, but being outside the US I’m sure it’s even more difficult to find one :-/
Nah, plenty of geeky online stores in all places around the world.
But they do tend to have a limited selection of Star Trek shirts compared to Star Wars.
