How has Star Trek influenced your thinking, in embarrassing ways?

[Bamarren]

I'm a regular theatre goer, and during the interval to Hamlet, I got talking to a few English teachers (who else), but while we were discussing how we first got into Shakespeare and what we enjoy about the plays, I said, without thinking about it, the legendary line,

"You cannot appreciate Shakespeare until you've heard it in the original Klingon"

Suffice to say that started a pretty interesting discussion with the rest of the group. Funnily enough, one of the older teachers found it hilarious.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

^ That reminds me of something. One year, that quote appeared as the inspiration for an exam question in the Shakespeare paper at Cambridge University. Something about Shakespeare as seen through the eyes of different cultures or how his works are performed in order to reflect on different cultural histories, something like that.

As a Brit, I pronounce a lot of things the American way, mainly because of growing up watching Trek.

Same here. I use a few American pronunciations due to ongoing exposure to Trek.

 

[KimMH]

Hey, I wore a glow-in-the-dark Ghostrider shirt to the movie--and I was over 40! I had waited YEARS to wear that shirt, and the movie sucked!

Sorry! I didn't hate Ghostrider, but I never read it. Less expectation to squash, I guess! It is fun to remind kids that fandoms are for everyone!

I'd wear Trek shirts all the time if they came in a girl cut and were made with the same quality cotton the box like men ones are. As it is I only wear them to sleep in.

I sleep IN Janeway. Yes.

(It occurs to me that that's exactly the kind of fandom/trek joke I make in pubic which gets me flabbergasted looks and neatly answers the topic of this thread.)

You must be a hoot to hang out with!

 

[An Officer]

I say: "Dismissed" when I want to tell someone to "get out".

I flick my phone before answering it, even though it is not a flip phone, and I turn an imaginary knob when the reception is bad.

When I want to say I'm fed up, or exhausted, I say: "She cannot take anymore, captain!"

 

[Tora Ziyal]

For years, whenever I was having internet trouble, I would glance at the modem and say, "There are four lights." Now it's got one more light, for a wireless router. I do not say, "There are five lights."

 

[scotpens]

If I meet someone, and they're wearing a red shirt, I tend to think that getting to know them is a waste of time.

One time when I was getting a medical scan, I was wearing a red shirt. The patient ahead of me and the technician were also wearing red shirts. I looked at the three of us and said, "Well, I guess one of us is going to die in the next fifteen minutes."

Here's the clincher -- they both GOT IT!

Like gays and atheists, Trekkies are everywhere.

 

[propita]

When I went back to school to finish my degree, I opted for English and took Ancient Lit. The first work we were going to study was Gilgamesh. The professor had each student introduce themselves and state if they had ever studied or heard of the tale, and from what source.

Um...you can guess what I said. "I learned about the story from the Star Trek episode 'Darmok'."

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

That's a great one Propita!

 

[Gaith]

I made a few LCARS-themed powerpoint presentations for various random classes (such as chemistry) in high school.

Oh, wait, I thought this thread was about awesome influences. Never mind.