Happy Tuesday, Trekkies! It goes without saying, but the Star Trek universe has had one of the greatest impacts on internet meme culture out of all the big nerd franchises. In my opinion, it's easily had THE greatest impact.
Now, I didn't grow up watching Star Trek. In fact, I had no idea exactly what it was for the longest time. It was just some vague, random space thing that I often conflated with Star Wars. But all that changed one day. It wasn't my friends or family who introduced me to the franchise. It wasn't stumbling upon reruns of "The Next Generation." Of all things, I got into the franchise through the legendary "Picard facepalming" meme.
I'd bet that many others have experienced that very same cultural osmosis. Like it or not, memes are paramount to pop culture. As a long-time Star Trek fan, I'm perfectly pleased with that phenomenon.
So what better way to celebrate the universe than with a smorgasbord of Star Trek memes? With everything from cringey to clever, here's a mix of what we found!