brbpostingJun 12, 2024

Give yourselves a round of applause đź––

https://sh.itjust.works/post/20758548

Give yourselves a round of applause đź–– - sh.itjust.works

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Show threadBappityJun 12, 2024
anyone that tries to say star trek has “gone woke” or some stupid shit like that clearly isn’t a fan of it and just trying to rile up stuff. I mean come on… how can someone say that and have watched the shows LOL
Show threadpleasejustdieJun 12, 2024
Yeah, its not like Star Trek suddenly went woke, its been woke. First ever TV kiss between mixed races was between Kirk and Uhura. Scandalous.
Show threadCarbonatedPastaSauce

That’s actually a common misconception. Not to downplay the significance of what Shatner and Nichols pulled off to get around the various censors (ruining alternate takes and such), but many TV shows did it before Star Trek.

en.wikipedia.org/…/First_interracial_kiss_on_tele…

First interracial kiss on television - Wikipedia

Jun 12, 2024 at 10:35pmWeb
Show threadVindictiveJudgeJun 13, 2024
I think it was the first one that was both broadcast nationally in a primetime slot and where the actors were easily identifiable as having different ethnicities on a tiny TV screen. Would explain the misconception.
Show threadCarbonatedPastaSauceJun 13, 2024
I think it certainly was the most noticeable of anything shown on American TV at that point. But the British had us beat by years.
Show threadstiephelandoJun 13, 2024
Shatner is on that list multiple times. That man had an agenda.
Show threadKushanJun 13, 2024
He likes his coffee how he likes his women.
Show threadstiephelandoJun 13, 2024
Mostly Asian?
Show threadshortypantsJun 13, 2024
To go?
Show threadpleasejustdieJun 13, 2024
easily within reach?
Show threadthe_crotchJun 14, 2024
Ground up in a bag in the freezer?
Show threadpleasejustdieJun 13, 2024
I stand corrected! Thanks for the info, I’ve believed that since 7th grade when I first learned of it from one of my teachers who was a massive Trekkie.
Show threadlolrightythenJun 13, 2024

Late 30s here- it blows my mind that we don’t have to look very far into that past for the Shatner/Nichols smooch to be remarkable.

It’s uplifting to me. This present world can be ugly, but it’s comforting to think that the kiss is almost mundane when compared to the present.

A win is a win!