Need to enter the way-back machine and add punch cards (no instructions included), magnetic tapes, every size of floppy disks. There was even downloading a game from your favorite BBS at 110 bps for early adapters, to 1,200bps for late comers; unzipping it to floppy just to install it and play. A perfect time to watch TV, nap or play D&D.
My family didn’t get the internet til I was in grade 9 or 10, used to go to an after school group at the local university to use their internet, I remember taking along a few 3 1/4 inch disks with me each time to bring home a few games on
Flawed analogy. While it is true that storm troopers rarely hit anyone, its is also true that the redshirt always dies–always. Therefore there’s no duality–the redshirt is dead.
I beg to differ. The redshirt scenario we are all familiar with originated on TOS, the Kirk and Spock era. Only that era. Back then, redshirts were engineering and grunts. Once TNG appeared, that all changed. Gold/yellow was no longer command colors. Red was. That carried over through TNG, Voyager, DS9, Picard, Lower Decks.
So, your logic only applies to TOS. The vast majority of Trek, redshirts were valuable command, or command-bound individuals. Far less redshirt deaths beyond TOS.
Good points all. BUT–the individual is not a recognized character and he’s wearing a TOS uniform. Likewise, the context of the humorous image depicts an anonymous redshirt in peril, thus implying that TOS is the frame of reference.
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Hahaha, me too