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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I've been watching star trek (TNG, DS9, Voyager) and still don't get the red shirt reference. I know it's about them getting killed all the time but I just don't see it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's a running gag more than anything. The idea is Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Ensign Smith in a red shirt beam down to the dangerous planet. Who dies?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago
[–] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Obviously the one who is not one of the lead actors, whose character usually doesn’t have a name, no lines, never appeared, and is from security and tasked to protect the captain and jump first in combat is going to survive.

[–] HelluvaKick@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

They swapped the red and gold job responsibilities between TOS and TNG. In 90s trek, it's the gold shirts dying most often

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 8 points 7 months ago

The meme is from TOS. Not as many people died in the newer ones.

A simple pie chart reveals 55 total deaths and, yes, red shirts perished in frightening numbers. A whopping 24 died, compared to 9 in yellow/gold command and 7 in blue, with 15 crossing into the final frontier in unidentified colors

https://www.startrek.com/news/did-redshirts-really-die-more-often-on-tos

[–] kahdbrixk@feddit.org 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Cause you didn't watch the series the meme is made upon (TES)

TOS. More coffee for me

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The edgy series? The excellent series? The ecstatic series? The evil series? The Elvin series? The e-coli series? The epinephrine series?

:p

I had to.

[–] kahdbrixk@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago

Well done, well deserved

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 4 points 7 months ago

In TOS, there were more characters in red shirts than any other color. So of course most deaths were characters wearing a red shirt. Proportionally, I believe it was actually yellow with the highest mortality rate.