# I'm not loving the USS Discovery (New Trek Series) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572 "2017-04-02T11:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/41 "2017-04-05T01:30:04Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > On. The. Head. Get off my ship! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/42 "2017-04-06T00:09:55Z")
No blah blah blah! I have no opinion on the ship, but the thread made me laugh out loud and then attempt to explain what was so funny to my husband. Which led to stares of confusion and dismay. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/43 "2017-04-06T00:24:32Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > No blah blah blah! > I have no opinion on the ship, but the thread made me laugh out loud and then attempt to explain what was so funny to my husband. Which led to stares of confusion and dismay. Are you saying that a Trek Person married a Non Trek Person? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/44 "2017-04-06T00:27:08Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Are you saying that a Trek Person married a Non Trek Person? :dubious: To my everlasting dismay and shame, he prefers TNG to TOS and hasn’t seen most TOS episodes. This makes me sad. They always say women try to fix men, but if so, I am a failure. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/45 "2017-04-06T00:32:04Z")
Divorce is the only answer. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/46 "2017-04-06T00:41:37Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Divorce is the only answer. ☹ Verily, I bonk thee upon the head, sirrah! [did I say it right?] ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/47 "2017-04-06T01:15:42Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Get off my ship! Tell 'em Jim! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/48 "2017-04-06T03:34:15Z")
Anyway, the ship is hideous. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/49 "2017-04-06T14:29:14Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Anyway, the ship is hideous. I thought the same thing when I first saw the Defiant and Voyager hulls. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/50 "2017-04-06T14:47:07Z")
Yes, but isn’t Sasha from TWD, one of the main characters in this new series? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/51 "2017-04-06T14:59:53Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Yes, but isn’t Sasha from TWD, one of the main characters in this new series? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/52 "2017-04-06T15:11:40Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Yes, but isn’t Sasha from TWD, one of the main characters in this new series? I believe she is the executive officer. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/53 "2017-04-06T15:14:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I believe she is the executive officer. A woman as XO? Ridiculous. It will never work. Get a Martian or something. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572/54 "2017-04-06T16:48:51Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > A woman as XO? Ridiculous. It will never work. Get a Martian or something. Thank you, Captain Pike. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-loving-the-uss-discovery-new-trek-series/783572.md?page=2)