To me, the most unbelievable part of Star Trek is not the fact that humanity comes together in a post-scarcity society or there are thousands of sentient and non-sentient lifeforms in the universe. It's that all civilizations somehow developed communication mediums that connect with each other easily
We can barely keep Bluetooth devices comnected and you expect me to believe another previously unencountered species has a hailing frequency that works with our hardware and software?
@anthonydavis "got a phone charger?"
"no, an apple one"
"no, a cardasian apple one"
"no, the 4th gen"
Don't use the Klingon one. It'll blast your device with random voltages and then call it weak if it explodes.
The Borg one works with anything but after the first charge, your device will no longer be compatible with any other charger.
The Ferengi one is crap, plus it bills you per minute of charging.
The Romulan one is widely believed to install spyware but nobody has managed to prove it.
The Vulcan one is a featureless gray sphere with a slight flat spot so it doesn't roll. Nobody has any idea how to use it. When asked, Vulcans will respond either implicitly or explicitly that it's obvious and your question makes no sense.
The Bajoran chargers are just Cardassian chargers with pieces hacked off and the gaps filled with epoxy and duct tape.
They're still easier to use than the Cardassian chargers, though.
@suetanvil @troubleMoney @anthonydavis plus you won't have the Cardassians up your ass constantly about the fact that your device is now Cardassian property
@troubleMoney @anthonydavis
Cardassian chargers have astoundingly terrible ergonomics. It's possible to get one to work with most phones but it's usually not worth the effort.