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[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We're obviously in the Terran universe

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

We're actually still on track for the prime Star Trek universe. Things got really, really bad before humanity got its shit together. That last part is how you know it's fiction.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Things regularly get bad and then good again. The Star Trek lore is modeled on the Hoover Great Depression giving way to a New Deal and Great Society.

The fact that it was written in the 1960s, when that monumental economic transformation was just wrapping up, isn't a coincidence.

Places like Texas and Florida were being transformed from agricultural backwaters to the forefront of interplanetary travel. The distance spanned between 1929 and 1969 is borderline magical.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

I think the point where the universes diverge is when we decide how cool goatees are.

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

I say it's not too late to start the Bell riots.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you mean Earthlike, yes, we are on Earth (Latin name Terra)