Previously on Star Trek: The New Cable Management:

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[–] 33 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)
  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    I loved that character. It kind of made the argument that the Borg will self-correct over time if left to their own devices.

    Interesting fact: That’s the same guy that played the overzealous SS Officer in Killing Game.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    People say Voyager sucks when it has dope ass characters like One. It amazes me. Voyager was always my favorite.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago

    Voyager has problems, and one of the worst episodes of all time, but it’s also awesome and worthy of being called Star Trek.

    What hit me the most about that episode is Ryan’s acting at the end. Because it was good of the show to remind us that she’s an excellent actor.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    What are your thoughts on the ending?

    It’s been years but I recall being shocked that they just get home so quickly, not like in the scheme of things but for that specific episode

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Them never actually landing on Earth frustrates me. Honestly, I kinda wish they'd gotten home sooner so that we could have some time seeing them adjust to life back on Earth/Vulcan/wherever.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Think my biggest complaint is that it kind of established a premise and then quickly left it behind.

    Stranded far from home with meager resources and a decimated crew. A renegade force and starfleet having to figure out how to work together. Having to be sparing with materials, no backup or allies.

    Then pretty much instantly the two crews are just peachy operating as one under a starfleet command with barely a word said otherwise. They are endlessly replicating everything they might need, with the cook kept around not as a necessity but more like a "fun quirk". Their relatively run of the mill ship facing off against borg ships multiple times at the same time when First Contract showed a single vessel could still stomp a whole fleet of the most battle hardened ships they had. Their supposed key diplomatic figure seemed ill fitting to the ostensible role.

    Felt like they had a mind to try something a bit more "rough around the edges" with more tension, but just didn't follow through.

    Decent enough show, but a premise kind of at odds with the execution.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)
  • [–] 25 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Evolution sucks. Look at the recurrent laryngeal nerve:

    Instead of going 2 inches from your brainstem to your larynx, it goes all the way to your aorta, wraps around it, then back up. This serves absolutely no purpose and is like that because of random, gradual evolutionary changes.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 weeks ago

    Oh my god, they've assimilated Sweden!

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Hey, yeah. They're all about perfection; why are their cables all over the place? Only the Queen seems to have any cable management worth a shit; and it's basically just to make it look like she has a pony tail.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    "We are perfection." You sure about that? Your guys shamble about, instead of adding appendages you remove them, there are loose cables everywhere that catch on everything, and your ships CLEARLY have inefficient use of space if a Galaxy-class starship is capable of maneuvering inside of it.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    cable management like this is all well and good until it's time to unplug any individual item

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    With how difficult good cable management is, Borg 2 is way more intimidating

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    To make a Devops quip, "Cattle, not pets."

    Each drone doesnt matter enough to be tidy. They need to be minimally viable, then sent off go do their tasks. They get treated like disposable things, because thats what the collective sees each individual as.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago

    In Borg Voice: Cable management is irrelevant. Increased mass resulting in increased signal pathway and higher latency is inefficient.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Now you can oneshot that borg, because it's not spreading out it's soft spots.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    The borg’s greatest weakness was a pair of scissors

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    On a related note: the Jem'Hadar have a crippling addiction to drugs to the point that denying them those drugs kills them. The main delivery mechanism of said drugs is A HOSE STICKING OUT OF THEIR CHESTS and not once do we see someone rip the hose out. I mean, Worf carries a knife on him at all times and is highly skilled in its use and nope, Worf never slices the hose. FOH

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Slicing the hose kills them later, not now. Y'all dont use a knife to kill someone next week. Y'all use it to put someone down on the ground immediately.

    As a less quipy followup, Jem'hadar are established early as clones that mature to adulthood in a matter of weeks. Thats their real threat. Even if you had the inclination to kill them slowly, its almost irreverent. More will come, enmass.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Funny, but actually a bit on the nose, repeatedly in the show.

    Phaser blast? In short order they have shields that block them. Time for some good old punching, which somehow the drones always seemed to be fairly vulnerable to. Also holodeck tommy gun made short work of them. Seems like starfleet should have just issued good old fashioned guns...

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    I chuckled pretty good at the Borg!

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    I mean, it kinda does makes sense - I always knew it was meant to portray their utilitarian nature yet thought that many loose cables & tubes was def a bit of a fashion design choice too.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    They had yet to assimilate enough Starfleet engineers to fix that problem.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    At least they didn't go to Bluetooth pairing. All my homies hate Bluetooth pairing.

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    [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago*

    "Kalkstuff" translates to "geological sample of chalk", which is a weirdly fitting description.

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    [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Borg design always bothered me. "Ooh, a laser! Do you project your own PowerPoint too?"

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Um, I might be heading to IKEA in the near future to step my Kalkstuff game up. I use zip ties, and that looks far better.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    After looks kinda Rasta!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Should have given him at least a smirk on the second picture

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