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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoI like how every modern Star Trek show just ignores the silly idea that everyone has given up swearing in the 23rd and 24th century.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-21 year agoMost trek shows were on primetime network television. Once they went to streaming, the swearing came back.  Although, even during the primetime network era, we got plenty of alien swearwords, mostly in Klingon. One or two in Romulan.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoYeah, but that was said in a movie where they could potentially have sweared as much as they wanted to. Or at least acknowledged that ‘dumbass’ wouldn’t be some shocking thing to a guy from the future.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoTrue, however, we did get Data blurting out, “Oh, shit!” when Troi crashed the Enterprise saucer section into Veridian III in Star Trek: Generations.
minus-squareBlackout@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoYou can hear O’Brien cuss up a storm under his breath if you turn your volume up really loud
minus-squareMadMadBunny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThe lack of swearing wasn’t originally part of the “utopian ideal”, it was in fact censorship from the broadcasters.
minus-squareSeven@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe universal translator autocorrect used to be turned up to high. Probably for the best.
minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNow they just have a universal bleeper, at least on the Cerritos
I like how every modern Star Trek show just ignores the silly idea that everyone has given up swearing in the 23rd and 24th century.
Most trek shows were on primetime network television. Once they went to streaming, the swearing came back. 
Although, even during the primetime network era, we got plenty of alien swearwords, mostly in Klingon. One or two in Romulan.
Yeah, but that was said in a movie where they could potentially have sweared as much as they wanted to. Or at least acknowledged that ‘dumbass’ wouldn’t be some shocking thing to a guy from the future.
True, however, we did get Data blurting out, “Oh, shit!” when Troi crashed the Enterprise saucer section into Veridian III in Star Trek: Generations.
You can hear O’Brien cuss up a storm under his breath if you turn your volume up really loud
The lack of swearing wasn’t originally part of the “utopian ideal”, it was in fact censorship from the broadcasters.
The universal translator autocorrect used to be turned up to high. Probably for the best.
Now they just have a universal bleeper, at least on the Cerritos