I know this is just a set worker cleaning the bridge but it reminded me of a rare, funny SNL fake ad mocking the US Navy’s campaign to get people to join with their new catchphrase, it’s not just a job…it’s an adventure. I was shocked to find it easily on YouTube:
Given America’s growing dependence on contractors, I don’t think sailors peel potatoes, clean toilets, swab the decks or chip barnacles off the hull anymore. Still, SNL poking fun and pointing out the monotony enlisted people endure was a good counter to the upcoming militarism St. Reagan would promote.
Meanwhile, I want to circle back to Star Trek. The new cartoon Lower Decks by the Rick and Morty people is amusing yet those characters are officers and academy graduates. The enlisted crew members continue to be ignored because I’m certain Starfleet Academy officers are the same candy-asses Westpoint, Annapolis and Colorado Springs crank out. So there have to be either robots or enlisted people doing the mundane chores. When will they get their show Paramount+? I suggest you have a character based on my right-wing cousin who served for 12 years and talks as if he were a SEAL yet he was just a mechanic. This comic-relief deckhand would be a lowly, competent tech who tells bullshit tales about fighting the Borg while we all know he wet his uniform.