As a person screaming in my head "this should have been an email" during 30min meetings that accomplish less than a circle jerk, I should have realized this sooner about TNG. Marvelous.

And they disagree on things quite a bit in those meetings but still get things accomplished.

Well, even with disagreements, the Captain is the one in charge, and once he makes up his mind and says this is what we are doing, that is what gets done. Ran into this a couple of times in Field Artillery. Time for discussion, opinions, and debate, then there is decision time.

That's military chain of command for you. Also a really good episode to show how badly authority can be abused.

But what if they’ve gone into that room and had the same conversation dozens of times?

hm .. yeah.. ever since the ORIGINAL Star Trek, I've wondered how do "they" keep track of the passage of time ?? since in space, time does not "pass" as it does on Earth. And I doubt if the passage of time is same for every planet in the infinite multi-verses ...

My guess, at least for Starship time, for Federation Starships, they use the universal standard for Earth. Probably Greanwhich Mean Time. And when in orbit over a planet that has a society advanced enough to have time pieces that keep track of time, they also track local time.

I was disappointed when they changed from regular Star Trek to that show. I never liked the new actors or the new way of doing the show. The original Star Trek has always been the best.

That's the hardest disbelief to suspend? How about that they travel all over the galaxy in minutes or hours?

Also a society in which legal proceedings like court martials and trials happen immediately and are resolved in less than an hour.

That and the law is applied equally.

Kirk’s trial seemed to last for a few days. Maybe even a week. Things are faster in the future.

Great example. In his court martial the opening statements took a couple of minutes each, as did the examinations of the major witnesses. And the trial started a day or two after Star Fleet decided to court martial him. It seemed like a Soviet-style justice system.

Perhaps because nobody is focussed on money, it having being abolished long ago...

Except of course them silly Ferengi And their darn gold pressed latinum!! But of course they aren't a part of the Federation of Planets and are total bigots who force Ferengi women to walk around without clothes.... That is until Rom becomes Grand Nagus!

The Ferengi story arc over the course of DS9 is one of my favorites in all of Star Trek. DS9 in general has a lot of fantastic arcs and episodes, perhaps especially the episodes about the Bell Riots.

In college, I remember coming home from a summer job, eating dinner to tv, while my mother, who hates my interests in fantasy and sci-fi and always mocks and dismiss them, would iron clothes. One time DS9 was on. During this scene

And the moment Nog yells "Because I don't want to end like my father!", I remember my mother's head snap towards the tv. And she would pay close attention during this entire conversation, during Nog's entire speech. She would always deny it, but it was clear this moment spoket to her

Yeah it is so hard to pick a favorite series! I loved DS9 though because of Jake and Nog though for sure!!! Self sealing stem bolts are a classic! But the best thing was they had a great continuing arc with the Dominion war and really invented the way shows are all made with overarching plots

The Prime Directive works because the Confederation clearly doesn’t need anything. There is never any ‘unobtainium’ to be wrested from an underdeveloped, easily exploitable culture. Someday we may be able to create all we need on an atomic level, a leap that will eclipse discovering agriculture.

"Issue one!"

I buy faster than light travel before I believe that

From years of corporate experience, I can start with two reasons. 1. They don't have someone just sitting there waiting to shoot down anything they say. It isn't a political power game. 2. They don't have coworkers or a boss who think they know everything and demand to control the conversation.

My progressive future seems farther and farther away, but isn’t the lore that earth had a bad nuclear war that preceded the creation of a functioning world gov’t? I need to get into the wiki.

Of course those meetings were short...with a Klingon flare and an android know-it-all..

🤣 Make it so!

Figmo's take on meetings: "The value derived from any meeting is inversely proportional to the number of attendees and duration! of that meeting!"

@neuromitosis.bsky.social

Just proof of what very intelligent men and women can do when they get together.

And everybody automatically knows how to fly a Klingon war ship.

The hardest disbelief for me is that I dream of being in starships full of diversity and socialism, but then wake up and then realize we're still at a time where we can't even build rockets without exploding. Yet alone can't agree to 1 fucking thing. Or worse that's happening in the world rn.

I can believe socialist gay space society. No meeting I have ever been to is 3 minutes long. Ever.

I hope we see people take flight. I wanna gtfo

But.... Isn't Star Trek the epitome of fascism?

That was Picard though. Kirk had a more “shirt off” approach to deal with stuff.

No donuts, ever.

Post capitalist universe where everyone is eager to get back to practicing Beethoven and Shakespeare. Work is second place to self realization.

LOL

Also, no snacks provided to make sure people would show up.

"That people are persuaded by strong arguments is my hang up"

They trust each other 🫶🏻

Now THAT is science fiction.

Yeah, but how long was the planning meeting to plan the meeting?

For a situation like that, there isn't one. Picard (Commanding Officer, in charge) sets the date and time, and everyone better show up. Or at times, he just goes "to the conference room now". And everyone moves.

Trek has often been described as "competency p*rn". You just like seeing people being smart about their job and fixing problems.

This is true. An incompetent or greedy person in charge of other people is super-rare and a big plot point, as opposed to everyday life.

Never heard that but I love it. Not only are the characters good at their jobs, they are also not assholes about it.

Even Jellico, the most a-hole we saw on the bridge, was still very good at the job.

Even Wesley as non uniformed kid knew how to fly the ship. These people read.

Ya, I always got the impression Welsy was the type of kid, who got home from school, did his homework, and then did extra credit, then did more research just for funsies. The type whose idea of 'light reading' is the design schematics and principles for the artificial gravity system.

I recall an early episode making it clear kids at like 8yo were being taught calculus. And that wasn't even wonder boy Wesley

Well, classic and TNG anyway. NuTrek is a bunch of angry, selfish assholes arguing all the time, and a Federation with sinister secrets and a hard-on for war.

Maybe they outlawed PowerPoint in the Star Trek future?

And only the Ferengi still use Excel!

As a form of torture.

Transporters... Warp 9 travel... sure! Just not this!

It only took us thousands of years 🤦

lol - absolute fantasy hahahaha

George can you please help or make some phone calls to help???

Trust me, they would rather incinerate it than have it go to needy people. Remember this is the same party that makes it illegal in some states to feed homeless people or give them water.

I love being a hardened criminal for giving a homeless man a sandwich.

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Do you know the risk you're taking!?! If you give them water, too, then you might spill some on them... ...and we all know they multiply when they get wet! Please tell me you're not feeding them after midnight! Kidding aside, good on ya! That's some "what would Jesus really do?" stuff, right there.

Anyone who remembers We Are The World & Live Aid, and knows what happened after, knows that humans SUCK and this food will go to waste. With Live Aid, the food often rotted on the docks because the warlords wouldn't allow it to reach the starving people. Evil men don't have moments of compassion.

😂

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30 seconds to outline the problem, 30 seconds to ask for opinions, 40 seconds for speculation, 20 seconds for the solution, 60 seconds to explain the solution to everyone else and for them to express understanding with an even simpler metaphor. What else do you need?

At first I thought you overlooked it but yah, the "Captain Obvious" moment when Geordi explains the physics to Data, who obviously understands it and politely replies "Precisely". When Picard did it I got a little pissed, management or engineering, pick one Jean Luc.

I think the brevity was partly due to the fact they always excluded Gary. Gary goes on and on and on. (Was there a Gary in TNG?)

Garys were outlawed during the eugenic wars

Ah. 👍

And NO ONE ever brings donuts!

It is when sci-fi becomes fantasy. You know it's a peak moment when Barclay is in the room.

Surprised they're not all watching cat videos on their tricorders.

Probably because centuries before they passed a law prescribing the death penalty for anyone asking a question in the meeting that could be just as easily taken care of by an email later.

Private thoughts, and then, suddenly, the meeting is over, followed by significant back-patting. (What a productive meeting that was!)

LoL 😆

Usually in the middle of a crisis too 😂

If a Captain's meeting lasts longer than a commercial break it's an issue for shareholders. If there was a way to incorporate cool ranch Doritos into the meeting then everyone would be happy.

I liked the Queen's approach. Everyone stands during meetings. Tends to shorten wasted time.

I once worked on a trading floor. Meetings were held standing up, it was amazing how quickly we got through the meeting.

I remember having 1-2 hours meetings each week, where I had nothing to say and nothing they said was relevant because it was done via mail or text. At some point I started to play games on my other screen

They actually built more housing in San Francisco. That's the real miracle.

But wait, There's more. No bathrooms or underwear in space.

They developed the Warp Gavel. 😉

In our current timeline, the biggest disbelief is striving to always find a non-violent non-interfering solution. To not disrupt stability and peace. To have needs fulfilled without having to pay money. No grift, little corruption. Violence seems staggering and obviously horrifying.

lol

You want to know hoe to shorten meetings? Take the chairs away, everyone stands.

Honestly, that's kinda how meetings go for construction jobs. Have a cig and/or bottle of water and figure out the next 6 hours.

Back in the 80s one of the military services did that to shorten meeting times. In my case,...I just started snoring and people got the message... PS I wasnt invited to many after that...😁

🤪Awesome

But we're there biscuits, no biscuits I'm out.

How many times do we actually see one of these meetings start to finish? Usually we cut in on one character having just recapped what they know about the situation they face that the audience already knows from watching. So we've cut out all the powerpoints already.

Dems have lots of meetings. They write a harsh letter while Speakkker Moses outwits them. Amen, i guess.

It's just because the meeting is occuring in a starship moving on *warp drive*. Why people of our century have so much trouble to grasp such a simple concept, I'll never understand... 🤭

Also the space socialism

"Meet smart"

The most realistic Star Trek programme is from Scotland. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xar7...

No. The hardest disbelief to suspend is the idea that the crew isn't all poisoned by the technician who has to mop out the holodeck. I mean: by day 3 he must dream of being the 'Red Shirt' on an away mission.

Everything about Star Trek is a desirable Future compared to everything that is happening in reality. 😭 And I am not talking about the spaceships.

I like to believe that the space ships are a product of the star trek universe' healthy society. If you think about how much modern day tech and science advancements are hindered by our current political and social climate it actually makes a lot of sense.

Yes but remember civilization had fallen on earth. They rebuild it to the utopia we see later. Think about what you want changed & try to strive for it or at least let it be known. Try to find like-minded people to come up w actionable ideas. It's hard I know. But we don't have the Vulcans. Just us.

Vulcans would be helpful.. this is true. Maybe thats why i love working with autistic colleagues… they are often more rational and spare me their emotions.

This is exactly why I escape daily by watching Star Trek shows and playing Star Trek Online lol

Describes me exactly! Man are you sick of seeing that dang squid ship on STO? I did the event and have the squid ship but refuse to use it because it is so OP haha!! It just kind of sucks the "best" ship isn't even remotely canon

I only started playing 6 months ago so I don’t have the cnidarian ship, however I believe it technically is canon. It is a living creature and we do encounter “living ships” in several episodes. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I stopped playing STO because of all the moronic Trump supporters in chat. Is it any better now?

Uhhhh prob not, idk. I immediately turned off zone chat on every new char as I create them because I don’t have time to read the stupid things players say. I’m there to escape. I recommend you do the same and just enjoy the game.

Only exception is flying a living creature is a little non canon yeah

Yep I agree with you it is canon to a degree, but the way it transforms and has a crew seems off. What is your favorite ship? Also what do you play on I'm on XBox

If you are on Xbox I have a free tradeable token for a store ship if you would like it☺️ I have been playing the game for years so its no problem

Ah I play on PC but thank you though!

Ah it is better on pc! Been playing Dune Awakening on pc lately☺️☺️

This is how I keep my sanity too 🫶

Same, Star Trek at bed time = sweet and happy dreams about a better place and a better life.

We throw on Bob Ross once it’s time to sleep! 😊

So dreams about happy little trees.

reducto addem syfy-com 🤓

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfHB...

Mr. Sulu, I wish you could "take the con".....for the entire country!

Best Star Trek crew - the original! The embodyment of coolness: Mr. Spock. Best Star Trek movie: Star Trek II Wrath of Khan.

That show had never gotten made in today's marketplace because the Republicans would call it too woke! They are really so oblivious to the obvious!😱

Star Trek holds the key to defeat Oligarchy. Eliminate money and build intrinsic motivation into the threads of society and culture.

As a long time Trekkie and someone that abhors meaningless meetings I applaud their obvious intellect.😅

They don't even have the guy who always pipes up with "I just have one little issue to bring up..." just as everyone is ready to end the meeting and leave. Totally unrealistic!

The positive vision of the future, makes Star Trek, at least to me, a much better model of what the future can (and should) be than pretty much any other science fiction franchise... so far.

Franchises perhaps, but it's the corner stone of the Golden Age of sci fi. Science making things better for everyone. After WWII things took on a more dystopian view. I guess it sells, the Borg captured TNG fans.

They had intergalactic Zoom meetings with armed torpedoes aimed at each other. And yet the filter function was never used to diffuse tension?

they also had to put the ship together on rations. crew spent all rations on the holo deck

Make it so.

Expertly spoofed in Season 1, Episode 4 of Star Trek Lower Decks!

Such a good show. Someone on one of the boards was telling me it was written by hacks who had no clue what Star Trek was even about. That they were just picking random easter eggs to get the fans excited. I lost my mind.

Yep the crossover episode with Strange New Worlds was so funny!!! Best crossover in a show ever!

Frakes did it to.

Oh I love Riker!! And his Twin!!!

Dude made a beard into a character.

Yeah when I learned he did the main antagonist on Gargoyles I had to rewatch the old cartoon 😂

I think he's been great for the franchise. People didn't like the ending of Enterprise and I thought it was very Trek. 🤷

Oh I loved the Terran ending or do you mean the regular ending?

They animate the SNW cast and they get all tripped out about how strange it feels being 2D. It's not super profound or anything but it was a cute way to finish that crossover. As a nerd I ate it up.

this was hands down my fav episode. the ending was priceless.

If only this were real life

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lol

Unfortunately with Trumpism it may take us a lot longer to reach a utopian future because of ignorance

Dilithium drive, ok. 3 minute meetings, behave

😂

I don't know. They still had meetings that could have been comm messages.

"In the 24th Century, there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read." There may have been many a behind-the-scenes conflict with Gene Roddenberry, but those words will always be a symbol of hope for humanity's future, if we survive...

What I loved about TNG was when Picard was pointing out all the jobs matter to make everything work. That all the people are important no matter the work they do. Going back to it as an adult really shifted my views a lot more. We could have post-scarcity if weren’t for greed, hate, and fear!

They NEVER flipped a table??

I always assumed they just cut away the boring parts

Even harder than the transporter technology! 😅

attn @maurakeefe.bsky.social

Maybe society has advanced to the point that the average attention span is only 3 minutes. Which is 2 minutes more than the current average.

Plus They respected each other, like that's realistic.

Sorry, the meetings will continue until morale improves!

It's because they have a crew of ensigns keeping the conference room clean!

Also, in the whole history of Star Trek (2060’s to 24th century) no one ever goes to the toilet!

The replicators produce no-waste food. 100% of mass is metabolized. Replicated food does not weigh much.

It's why Riker looks so tense here. He's standing here waiting for the "head" behind him to be free.😁

O'Brien just uses a transporter lock to beam it out of you.

The meetings were not shitty because there were no number twos; only one Number One, which made the meetings pissy.

I've assumed that along with science and physics, education and scheduling has also exceeded our wildest dreams.

The doctors don’t make you write down your insurance information while you’re laying in sickbay with Klingon Cholera

Also, no space snacks? WTF

Fried tribble chips…

Idea: We need a dungeon meshi Star Trek crossover

Klingon Food is very dungeon meshi 😋 And then, there are Roasted Tribbles served with Romulan Ale

I like salted Klingon Krisps™ The new Targ and Bloodwine flavor slaps

Ferenghi Fries! There’s an entire Warp Speed Fast Food business out there for the taking!

Vulcan Veggie Straws!

I can see Leonard Nimoy doing the TV ad - holding up a handful of veggie straws…”Fascinating!”

"the flavor is.. fascinating." -Spock 2267 New Vulcan Veggie Straws. They're Fascinating™

Picard is my template for how to hold a meeting. He stays on point, draws upon the expertise of his officers, remains firmly in control, and demonstrates exactly what an executive is supposed to do.

I'm 60 years old. I've never been to a productive meeting. Not once.

😆✔️💯

That's where the most suspension of belief is?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Not instantaneous transport of molecules across great distances🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣 OK.

to be fair, it's impossible for a meeting to be productive, if it lasts more than three minutes

Meetings consist of people bouncing ideas around until it goes on too long. The last idea that's proposed before that wins, regardless of merit.

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And how does nobody ever have jet lag being from different planets??

In space, no one has to look at a Powerpoint

😄Speaking as an expert on the subject!!😜😝😝 Well-done, sir.

When I was a pastor, there were always meetings. Under my watch they never went over an hour! I moved those meetings along...

Oh, I assumed the documentary team just edited it for the benefit of viewers. (But it can't be real - no one is on their 'phone.)

Flashback! I was once in a meeting where, to fill the time, my colleagues and I were subjected to a circular 20 minute discussion concerning the meaning of the word "done".

That must be why they call it the ready room. A three-minute discussion and everyone's ready.

And that was my dream for years.....

Starfleet was also a military organization created to give structure to multi planet, numerous civilizations that chose to join for the betterment of cooperation & understanding of all intelligent life forms. Officers serving on the starship had complex responsibilities. Short meetings worked. 😁

Mind meld!

Commander Riker was submerged in a tarpit of pure evil, but after a couple therapy sessions, he's just fine. Picard was assimilated by the Borg and forced to kill his friends, and while he's not exactly fine, he's also not curled into a screaming ball. Federation psychology must be great.

I have a Giant fan of the Show,as a Friend in the USAF posted oversea's, she is in tune with the ethos of Gene's thought's.

📌

That's my plan. If these AI things get out of hand. I'm gonna organize them into a committee and tell them to have a meeting to discuss their objectives. That'll finish them off.

Star Trek was such a teacher to a little girl in a red state. Seeing people of all colors (literally) work together, respect each other. I heard ideas discussed that I wouldn't heard anywhere else. Thank you so much George 💗

Well, they did have to wait for ten minutes until Barkley remembered to show up.

Maybe the mind is sharper when not concerned about the price of eggs.

TNG gave me an entirely unrealistic idea of business meetings... I ended up thinking they wouldn't make me want to scream continually until they were over.

I personally found that the only way to do that is to not attend these meetings

It's not that difficult to add ALT to your post and the fact that you didn't, but had the audacity to screenshot something that had ALT text is trash behavior to me. Do better

working on it.

And no pizza, WTF, it's gonna take more than a couple millennium to hit that bar.

Oh, the fantasizing that is happening right now. On the rez, you schedule your 14:00 meeting for 10:00 and hope everyone shows up by 14:45. I'm not joking. I've sat in meetings for 6 hours for 20 minutes worth of actual working time. I pack a lunch and a book every time now. It's called "rez time."

That, plus apparently in the 22nd century and beyond no one ever needs to use the toilet.

It’s only because there weren’t cats on board.

Data had a cat named Spot. Fake Trekker detected.

I always preferred the cat from the original series share.google/euKqNmC0JOef...

I do not recall her at all.

She was Gary Seven's cat Isis, who was also a shape shifter between cat and female.

I had an inkling that was the case.

George, all my disbelief's were suspended a long time ago. Right about here. The shit I put up with from my dad to watch Star Trek was monumental. You just keep on keeping buddy.

Just start with “make it so”.

Guess the scriptwriters paid attention to the relentless Time3 speedups in #HighwayPatrol...

With only the captain’s log as witness.

Ha-watching Star Trek VI: Undiscovered Country right now. My thought…these actors have grown old together, playing the same characters. And I have grown older watching them. What a gift and legacy-thank you and all your fellow cast for staying with the franchise all these years. Unique and special❤️

I never once heard anyone in the Ready Room say "we could have done this via email..." 😆

Which reminds me, Mr. Takei - how long were the meetings to plan your filming schedule back in the day?

It's similar to how easy it was for the Mandalorian to find cheap/free daycare whenever he had to go to work.

And Picard never started a meeting gossiping about other crew members or rambling on about his upcoming vacation.

I’ve always presumed this was how they became a utopia. Once they’d mastered meetings there was no limit to what they could achieve. If only we could do the same…

Riker is definitely the kind of guy to show up seven minutes late and ask for a recap.

He means well. They def use him as a learning example on this type of stuff. Then old Picard is infinitely wise.

Talk about a distant future

But could those meetings have been an email?

And they still could have been handled over email.

No stupid safety share or other HR mandated wastes of time either.

If EVERYONE has been reading all the emails sent out, then the meeting need only be to clarify certain points and so shouldn't take long.

No one asks if they need to use the restroom! “May I be excused to use the restroom?”

Not even a stand up meeting!

Productive meeting was a stretch. But three minutes? C'mon man!

Interestingly, I modeled the chances of intelligent life being near wholly beneficent as a planet (including to potential planetary outsiders) and cooperative to be about .2%, which matches the rate of such worlds on Star Trek!! 🤩 (It was very scientific 🤭)

A true utopia wouldn't have meetings.

this debrief could have been an email

Dude have you seen the expanse? It's like the most scientifically accurate sci-fi show I've seen

I mean there's books too, and those are great, but idk just comparing the shows :P

Well, they have no money in the federation, that takes away a lot of the talking points

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As a former academic and now city councillor, I wish.

That meeting could have been an email

Efficient meetings are the real fiction.

I once spent 30 minutes in a standards meeting waiting on the chair to show up. Turned out he was in the hospital (he was ok after tests). Full day of meeting cancelled. I took the time to go visit friends who were a couple of hour drive away. A 5 minute meeting would be a miracle.

This, and a holodeck that is rarely locked from the inside despite having overt sexual fantasies 😬

People of the future aren't afraid of seeing their crew member getting railed by a holographic Gorn. Pretty sure this was half of what Lt. Barkley was up to.

Once that holodeck is invented, all human activity will boil down to waiting in line to use the holodeck.

Are you suggesting that Congress would be more effective if we shot them into outer space?

It’s worth a try!

As long as there is no chance of them colonizing. No sense spreading dysfunction throughout the galaxy.

edit: cross out "into outer space." and you will have it right.

We can crowdfund. I'm sure the goal of a gazillion dollars will be vastly exceeded within 25 minutes.

Considering we never really see what's going on at Starfleet Command or even the upper runnings of the Federation, really. We saw a small portion of the running of one of their best starships and crews out getting things done.

Too many meetings in TNG 🪶

I didn't know when younger but that was part of the special effects...🙂

Bah, do they still have meetings in the future?

Objectively. In this society, they are no longer debating objective accuracy, for the most part. Not having to reaffirm basic science and human decency probably saves a ton of time.

exactly

So not because they all shred the same Ethical Empathy for Others

And when we come across a GOP Nebula.

Don't bring your sword next time..

Lol

And nobody says "I'll reach out to them" or "best practice" or "welcome in!" or "team-building exercise" or "downsize"...

Sulu: "But does it scale?"

That's not sci-fi. It's pure fantasy.

The alcubierre warp drive is a work in progress. We already have flip phones We are working on a tricorder We are working on a tractor beam. We have the taser. We are using tablets. Star Trek is much closer to science FACT than science fiction.

It may have been fantasy when it aired, but it has become a model for things to shoot for. Flip phones came and went.

Star Trek also had a sense of humor.

Who was it that said "Meetings are events where minutes are kept and hours are lost" ?

I don't know... ever since covid lockdowns the fact that they have video conferencing capabilities that connect video and voice from multiple different technology bases on the first try has become the thing that makes me go "Pfft, like it wouldn't be 10 mins of Lt Worf, are we on mute?"

Ethan Phillips at a con said all members of Starfleet have their bladders removed (someone asked him about latrines on Voyager).

Gotta keep those meetings short so they can spend more time in the holodeck enacting elaborate fantasies about their coworkers.

It's military precision. No time wasted.

😭😭😭this is the freaking truth. And no corporate speak!

On the Enterprise, first officer, Number One, is holding a staff meeting, discussing the situation. Boyce warns that the mental power of these aliens are so great that they can make anyone see anything they want them to, and the illusion is so real that it is impossible to ignore <<== great meeting!

So, Republicans are aliens? Could we make this the new conspiracy theory? 😂

With people of ALL different backgrounds and cultures.

Because (another fantasy) everyone came to the meeting PREPARED!

It probably helps having a super computer that does all the Power Point slides for you. Choosing the style and font can consume hours.

In the utopian future, there will be no powerpoint slides.

Take your fantasy and go good sir, take it and go. 🤣

Let's work together towards that utopian future: uninstall powerpoint everywhere you see it!

We can try, but I don't think we can destroy... The Open Source

Does seem improbable at this point in our evolution

Because no one plays politics to get ahead.

The hardest disbelief to suspend is that the Federation, Klingons, and Romulans can all join a video call in less than 5 seconds with audio and video working and nobody still on mute.

I can't breathe. Teams meetings are the actual worst 😂

I fortunately had a boss who taught me the meetings always end that scheduled time.