“Here comes the Intrepid class!” [Makes warp noises with their mouth]
I do this with my coffee or plate food while walking into the living room every time
Most short trips are uneventful forgettable flights
But every once in a while, there is a spacial disturbance that affects the flight trajectory, or some kind of unexpected anomaly, or obstacles that have been unexpectedly moved into the flight path unbeknownst to the pilot or even large sentient creatures suddenly appearing in the flight path resulting in tragic consequences and loss of cargo :( … it is a sad day when I lose a fresh hot cup of coffee. One of my most tragic events a few years involved a shipment of homemade chicken soup.
I’ve been wracking my brain for several days to think of a response equal to your comment, but I just don’t have it. All I can say is that was one of the most delightful, star-trek-themed, slice-of-life depictions I’ve read on Lemmy.
It’s mostly repetition and consistency. Just comment and fire away with whatever comes to mind when you read things.
At the start, you’ll probably miss a lot and get things wrong or you might even insult people without knowing it. I’ve been playing around anonymous social media like this for years. I had several reddit accounts that I kept running for about ten years before the purge happened almost two years ago. I jumped from there and just kept going like I did before but this time on Lemmy mostly. I go exploring on other sections of the fediverse to see what’s out there and to learn more from others. When I started years ago, I was just timid and careful about what and where to post … and much of the time, I just got ignored and the other times, I really got things wrong and either posted in the wrong place with the wrong people and got really terrible responses. At first I thought all conversations were open and fun but quickly realized that there are certain groups of people you can or can’t talk to. It took me a long while to find communities like c/tenforward
Even after you find a good community, it then takes practice and plenty of reading. You start to figure out who is who and what they like and dislike and you start commenting as best you can. Eventually you start to learn the rhythm of the community and figure out where the boundaries are in what you can or can’t say and when. You also start to learn to fool around with common memes and memery and general silliness. And even after all that you still miss … not everything you write has an impact on people, not every post will be fantastic, not every comment will become popular. You just learn to let loose and let your thoughts go out in whatever you find.
Just remember to always be kind and attentive to everyone of every colour and creed … don’t jump off the ledge into outright hate, fear or extreme views … and if people scold you for what you wrote, take it as a lesson in learning boundaries … if people ignore what you said, it doesn’t mean you are unliked, it just means you keep going … because every once in a while, eventually, a comment you make does make an impact on someone somewhere sometime.
Whatever you do, just keep contributing. It makes our communities here grow naturally and its a great thing.
Don’t worry about it … everyone is looking forward to what you have to share.
Don’t let Janeway know that about the coffee… ☕ if she knew there were droplets in your living room, you’d never be able to get rid of her!
In fact, she might get rid of you. She offed Tuvix under the pretense of needing her tactical officer back, but we all know it was just to ensure Neelix kept the coffee flowing.
Janeway doesn’t “compete” for resources, she simply WINS! (via any means necessary)
It’s the JANEway!
I would think a Voyager themed coffee mug would be better. Unless you’re calling that latte foam.
Hmm, could be the whipped cream from an Irish coffee 😋
I love eating huge spoonfuls of Garnier Fructis
I swear I remember one cereal having a spoon like this that came in the box.
Me too! Can’t remember where I got it tho.
Tried searching to no avail, but did come up with these:
It’s a comm-badge. The fuck is a beam-up badge?
i was going crazy over this so I asked AI lol
Here’s the answer it gave me:
What the Evidence Shows
• Star Trek Cereal Promotions in the Early 1990s: Cereal promotions tied to Star Trek were common, especially with brands like Kellogg’s, General Mills, and Shreddies. For example, Canada’s Shreddies cereal in the early 1990s offered unpainted starship toys, including the Enterprise-D, Klingon Bird of Prey, Romulan Warbird, and Ferengi Marauder, which came with stickers for decoration. These were small plastic models, not spoons, but they align with your memory of Star Trek-themed cereal prizes.
• Spoons as Cereal Prizes: Cereal box prizes in the 1990s often included plastic spoons, especially themed ones. For instance, Kellogg’s offered lightsaber-shaped spoons for Star Wars promotions in the mid-2000s, which were popular and memorable. While no specific Star Trek ship-shaped spoon is documented, the concept of a themed spoon as a prize was common, so it’s possible you’re recalling a similar item.
• Other Star Trek Collectibles: The early 1990s saw various Star Trek-themed food-related collectibles, like the 1989 Kraft “Marshmellon Dispenser” (which included a plastic spoon, fork, and belt ring as a mail-in offer) and Weetabix’s 1995 Star Trek Generations cut-out display scenes. However, none of these explicitly describe a spoon shaped like a starship.
• Memory and Confusion: It’s possible you’re conflating a Star Trek toy (like the Shreddies starships) with a spoon-shaped prize from another promotion. For example, Nabisco’s 1958 “Spoonmen” figures, which sat on spoons, or Kellogg’s Star Wars lightsaber spoons might have blended in your memory with Star Trek imagery, especially if your grandparents had Star Trek memorabilia around. Additionally, the term “spoon heads” (a derogatory reference to Cardassians in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) might have created a mental association with spoons, though this is unrelated to cereal prizes.
I’m willing to agree with this that it might have just been a plastic, unpainted Star Trek ship I am remembering but it was shaped like a spoon so my mind mixed the two up.
I do recall the lightsaber spoons mentioned:
Wonder what happened to mine? Oh, well.
Hey I have some of those!
And this is how your 3D printing journey begins.
I can never remember - is the sorbet with the Miramda-class or the Dreadnought-class spoon? I don’t want to make another faux pas.
