“Hmm. There’s an idea. Like a captain’s log from Star Trek? Hey, what is today’s stardate?” “Which version?” “Which version of what?” “Of the conversion of regular calendar dates to stardates, dumdum.” “It isn’t just, like,” I waved my hands in the air, “math?” “No, Joe,” he chuckled. “Star Trek used multiple schemes for stardates. In ‘The Next Generation’, stardates began with ‘4’ to designate the 24th century. The next number represented the TV show season. The other numbers were just random bullshit.” “You’re kidding me. I thought it meant, uh, you know. Real dates.” “No. Originally, the
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I like how the author pokes fun at the fans of pop culture who spend more energy defending their pet theories than actually living real life.
