# The real reason humans run the Federation... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-reason-humans-run-the-federation/769529 "2016-10-23T21:48:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-reason-humans-run-the-federation/769529/21 "2016-10-25T15:07:54Z")
Thanks so much for that! Still laughing about post #5 The punctuation-free internet style of the post takes it from funny to genius 😃 hahaha yea it did tho ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-reason-humans-run-the-federation/769529/22 "2016-10-25T15:25:07Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Reminds me of that episode of Stargate SG1, where they drop an active wormhole connected to a black hole into the sun and hoping that it will explode the sun. All to destroy 2 or 3 bad guy ships. And it works. And let’s not forget Thor’s classic line, “It was your stupid idea, Major Carter.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-reason-humans-run-the-federation/769529/23 "2016-10-25T15:48:23Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Reminds me of that episode of Stargate SG1, where they drop an active wormhole connected to a black hole into the sun and hoping that it will explode the sun. All to destroy 2 or 3 bad guy ships. And it works. Or the Bonehead Maneuver on _Babylon 5_: open a jump point with a ship’s jump drive inside an already-open jump gate. Big kaboom ensues. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-reason-humans-run-the-federation/769529/24 "2016-10-25T22:32:31Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > And Neelix totally called them on this… “You’ve got a ship here that anybody in this quadrant would love to have, because it’s so technologically superior to everything else out here, and every time I turn around, you’re trying to _blow it up…_” I have to agree with him. “We’re 70 years away from home and trying to get there, but hey, here’s (1) an alien race who will most likely try to kill us or (2) some dangerous natural phenomenon. Let’s go see!!” I still like it, though. :o There’s a lot of good in it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-reason-humans-run-the-federation/769529/25 "2016-10-25T23:43:24Z")
If Humankind has a collective purpose in this universe, it is to fuck with it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-reason-humans-run-the-federation/769529/26 "2016-10-26T00:07:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Barking Dog** : > > Reminds me of that episode of Stargate SG1, where they drop an active wormhole connected to a black hole into the sun and hoping that it will explode the sun. All to destroy 2 or 3 bad guy ships. And it works. They totally stole that from one Farscape episode, where Crichton blows up a Scarran dreadnought by forming a wormhole between it and the core of a star. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-reason-humans-run-the-federation/769529.md?page=1)