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For the record, this guy seems to be based somewhere in Europe and at worst he'd get government subsidies for minimum wage-ish amounts for a year, at best semi-indefinite support while he seeks new employment based on his previous income level.

If this teaches you something besides "don't make or read posts in LinkedIn under any circumstances" is that a sensible safety net really enables you to recover from shitty situations and everybody should have access to that. Because if you don't, then you DO deserve better.

MudMan ,
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LinkedIn was just as much of a destination for the Twitter exodus as Mastodon and they had been adjusting in that direction for a while beforehand.

LinkedIn is just Twitter for the most annoying people you know now. And that's saying a lot, because Twitter was already Twitter for the most annoying people you know before it became Twitter for the most annoying nazis you know.

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Weeell, SNW is only on season 2 and we've already had an animated crossover, a musical episode, two characters doing Star Trek mythbusters, a double date sitcom setup with Spock and a renfair episode.

SNW isn't a self-parody, but it's certainly aiming for TOS' blend of camp and speculative sci-fi more than the "serious tone" of 90s Trek, if that's how we want to describe it.

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Agreed. I'm using serious here to meet the previous poster halfway and... well, because yeah, if you compare it to TOS I guess it's more serious than that.

In any case, TOS and TNG (and especially DS9 and Voyager) are on different tones and SNW is, appropriately, aiming for modern TOS, not modern TNG.

Can someone give me adivice on how/where to get back into star trek?

As a kid i loved watching the next generation and deep space 9 with my dad. Ive always liked sci fi, more of a (stargate fan) and wanted to get back into star trek, but Im just so lost on timelines and whats going on. There are like 6 kirks and I have no idea how/where to get started with watching this again.

MudMan ,
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Man, no, I'd stay away from Picard to start. It's such a bummer if you jump into it back to back.

Granted, I like it a lot less than most in general, but "hey, it's the guys you remember, just old and cranky now" is not the vibe I'd like to come back. I'll post it separately, but the current show that carries the serialized, free-form tone best is probably Strange New Worlds. There's plenty of time to get into Picard for continuity and nostalgia's sake later.

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Season one of Lower Decks almost put me off the show entirely. It's trying too hard to be Rick and Morty in Star Trek. There's a particular joke about what people do in the holodeck that is so trite and obvious I almost stopped watching right there.

It does find its own much more gentle tone after that, though. I actively like it now. I'd start in Season 2, but it's not a bad way to keep it light and episodic. I still think Season 1 of Strange New Worlds is an easier transition from the old shows, though.

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In that both The Orville and DS9 miss the point of Star Trek despite being made by people who clearly like Star Trek.

Sorry, I know I'm alone in being grumpy about DS9, but I've been grumpy about DS9 since the 90s.

My vote is for Strange New Worlds. I don't hate The Orville, I think it's funny and has its own sense of internal consistency, but I'd definitely watch it as a loving parody from a different political tack. If one is into academia or analytically-minded, comparing where the humor comes from in Lower Decks and The Orville would be a fantastic paper or video essay to put together, though.

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