- Norgur ( @Norgur@kbin.social ) 39•9 months ago
My theory is that the cup is regular on the inside and the bottom is weighted to provide stability. It’s raktajino. It’s Klingon. So if a spontaneous heroic fight erupts around you, you want to
- Use the cup as a weapon
- Swipe the cup out of the way for the battle without it toppling over so you can then use it to toast on your glorious victory in the battle of the breakfast.
Fun fact: these were actually real cups you could buy (they picked them because of how weird they were), so there are likely unsuspecting people out there using them still today. They don’t know that they’re prepared for a battle at any moment.
- Value Subtracted ( @ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ) English14•9 months ago
Yeah they’re basic, over-the-counter no-spill mugs, generally for use on boats.
I’m currently googling where to buy one that looks close to theirs. Lol
- Value Subtracted ( @ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ) English8•9 months ago
I said “no spill,” but I think “no tip” will actually yield better results.
- TheForkOfDamocles ( @theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org ) English7•9 months ago
Yep. I laughed when one of those showed up like it was the cup of the future when I literally used one every day during my morning commute in the 20th century.
- essell ( @essellburns@beehaw.org ) English2•9 months ago
I thought the same when I saw that episode with the humans in it.
- starkraving666 ( @starkraving666@jorts.horse ) 5•9 months ago
@The_Picard_Maneuver @Norgur they’re driving mugs!!! Similar: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1411627248/vintage-80s-auto-car-coffee-travel-no
If only I could find one that is the right shade of blue now!
- starkraving666 ( @starkraving666@jorts.horse ) 2•9 months ago
@The_Picard_Maneuver I already tried looking, lol, and while there are some lovely ceramic travel cups out there, I think you’d have to go to a ceramics studio and make your own!
Man, I have to learn a skill for this?
It might be worth it.
- starkraving666 ( @starkraving666@jorts.horse ) 1•9 months ago
@The_Picard_Maneuver ceramics is sooooo fun!! Do it!
- 567PrimeMover ( @567PrimeMover@kbin.social ) 3•9 months ago
I think a good head cannon for this is that a mug is such a basic thing that you don’t really need to keep re-inventing a new design from scratch. So when a new replicator system/technology comes out, you just port stuff over from the old one. Like maybe it’s one of those patterns in the replicator database that just goes back eons to united earth or something.
- Norgur ( @Norgur@kbin.social ) 1•9 months ago
I think my “battle of the breakfast”-theory is the better explanation. Less “kept for backwards compatibility purposes”, more “Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam!”
- EmergMemeHologram ( @EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website ) English1•9 months ago
Good point, the Peeky Blinders would line the bottom with a razor wheel.
- MortBoBort ( @MortBoBort@lemmy.ca ) English23•9 months ago
My friend has one of these mugs! We call it the troll mug because the last sip is always bigger than you think and ends up all over you
- Haus ( @Haus@kbin.social ) 20•9 months ago
The cup is bottom-heavy and usually has a high friction substance on the bottom so that it’s less likely to spill when you take an unexpected wave on Earth, or an unexpected photon torpedo on DS9.
E2a: You can google Feltman Langer or no-spill mug.
- Corgana ( @Corgana@startrek.website ) English6•9 months ago
Yeah I always thought it was kinda funny that this became “the raktajino cup” when I always took the cup’s shape to be a symbol of how DS9 was this ramshackle station “on the frontier”. I mean it makes sense that Klingons would want a mug that can resist spillage but when DS9 first aired I never thought it was anything beyond just a robust mug.
- juliebean ( @juliebean@lemm.ee ) English14•9 months ago
put your whole mouth around the top and invert it. just like drinking a water bottle.
- admiralteal ( @admiralteal@kbin.social ) 5•9 months ago
This is how I drink all beverages from all cups.
I’m great fun at a tiki bar.