Inspired by gregorum’s post concerning issues with startrek.website, which is ironic as lemmy.world is a bit glitchy right now and isn’t letting me upload and had to use my alt here.

    • HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      104·
      9 months ago

      And it’s always Discovery when these posts are made, isn’t it. Because Discovery never tried to be Star Trek in anything but name and when fans backlash, it’s always the fans’ fault, not the show’s fault (Paramount/CBS astroturf the shit out of this online, imo). Picard sucks too for similar reasons, and I just said so on an internet forum. So what?

      Maybe I wish these shows hadn’t got made because they were a giant waste of resources, but at the end of the day, I’m still enjoying LD and SNW. But no, I can’t tell the world what a pile of dogshit Discovery is, oh no, that makes me a shitty fan who deserves to be banned.

      Speaking of which, let me tell you about /r/startrek - those assholes can fuck themselves and if startrek.website is infected with that particular mind virus, it can fuck itself too. Being intolerant of opinions about a stupid tv show is far worse than any particular opinion could possibly be.

      • zaphod@lemmy.caEnglish
        73·
        9 months ago

        You know the old saying: you’re not wrong, you’re just an asshole.

        Hint: you can have a differing opinion without being a dick about it.

        • HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          22·
          9 months ago

          On /r/startrek? No, you can’t. You can be as reasonable as you please laying out your well-considered opinion and it won’t matter for fuck-all. The banhammer will have you.

      • limelight79@lemm.ee
        52·
        9 months ago

        This is the kind of thing that kept me out of the fandom for years. I have zero interest in hearing how bad you think Discovery or Enterprise or whatever is, but by God you and everyone else will be sure to explain it to everyone repeatedly. It’s tiring seeing it time and time again. I’ve enjoyed the shows, you didn’t, that’s fine. At least you aren’t belittling the people that do like it, but that happens, too.

        It reminds me of the Simpsons fans and their weekly discussions about which was the last great season. Who cares? It’s just an opinion. Can’t we just enjoy things we like?

        • HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          21·
          9 months ago

          This is the kind of thing that kept me out of the fandom for years. I have zero interest in hearing how bad you think Discovery or Enterprise or whatever is, but by God you and everyone else will be sure to explain it to everyone repeatedly.

          Only when asked. It’s a legitimate point for discussion and it comes up from time to time and so what? Can’t you read the subject line or look at the meme (see: OP) and just avoid clicking on the discussion? Why are you even here to read this? You knew what it was going to be!

          The only thing that’s wrong around all of this is that when I give my perfectly reasonable and widely-held opinion, I’m liable to be fucking banned for it in certain places because people like you are wielding the hammer.

          This keeps you out of the fandom? Jesus H. Christmas, maybe you need to spend your days in a room lit only by candlelight wearing earplugs and doing nothing but reading actual paper books? This is every fandom in existence on the Internet without exception.

          • limelight79@lemm.ee
            32·
            9 months ago

            Or maybe they had a point, I’m not the only one calling you out.

            Note personal attack you inserted into your reply. I’ll quote it for you:

            maybe you need to spend your days in a room lit only by candlelight wearing earplugs and doing nothing but reading actual paper books

            • HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              22·
              9 months ago

              You ignore my question as to why you’re even in this thread, naturally.

              Or maybe they had a point, I’m not the only one calling you out.

              Or maybe they fucking don’t. The top comment in this particular thread is “Na fuck discovery specifically,” and it has 6 upvotes. Second-most upvoted comment in this entire thread (currently 34 upvotes) is someone who says “No,” followed by “You have been banned from the community: [email protected].”

              So, my opinion about the practice of banning people for stating their opinions - as with my opinion about Discovery being dogshit - seems to be in a very comfortable majority, thanks.

              Also, if it makes you feel better to call that a “personal attack” - as if that has anything at all to do with anything I have said - then by all means, knock yourself out.

              Edit: And for anyone who might stumble upon this in the future, notice how this jerkoff both: a) refuses to respond to the perfectly reasonable question as to why he would even be here in the first place and b) downvotes me to zero because there’s nobody left in the thread to defend me because it’s been over for days. Get fucked you fucking coward. I’m guessing he’s an /r/startrek mod because petty and cowardly is what they do oh-so-well.