• maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    So I’d completely wiped this from my memory … but Elon Musk is Star Trek canon now?

    Like even if Musk doesn’t do anything justifying him being remembered by Starfleet … in the Star Trek timeline … he did??

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      3 years ago

      SpaceX pretty much kept US Spaceflight alive between the time of the Space Shuttle, and… whatever comes out next. Tesla corporation has proven to the rest of the car manufacturers, and other startups, that the way of the future is not via burning fossil fuels.

      Elon showed the world what a shitheel he was after that.

      So, I’m pretty sure that this dialogue was written before Elon became the obvious shitheel that he is now. And, as many point out, mirror universe Elon Musk might’ve been even more instrumental to their world, than ours.

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      3 years ago

      Keep in mind that in the Star Trek canon, Joe Piscopo is regarded as the greatest comedian of the 20th century. It’s already an extremely weird alt timeline.

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      3 years ago

      Also on Discovery, Tilly mentioned attending Musk Junior High School, so yeah, apparently. Both of these mentions would have been before he bought Twitter, I’m not sure if the writers would be so quick to name drop him today.