# Trekkies: is SDMB similar to the Borg "Hive Mind"?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 25, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekkies-is-sdmb-similar-to-the-borg-hive-mind/164153 "2003-03-25T23:24:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekkies-is-sdmb-similar-to-the-borg-hive-mind/164153/41 "2003-03-27T06:42:19Z")

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OCD x ADHD = NCB

😃

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**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:** [March 27, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekkies-is-sdmb-similar-to-the-borg-hive-mind/164153/42 "2003-03-27T23:16:28Z")

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As to “Have \_\_\_\_, Will Travel”, isn’t the original “suitcase”? I thought the TV show and the Heinlein book were both borrowing from the same place.

I could buy GQ being a Hive Mind of sorts, by the way, but GD, or the Pit? I can’t imagine that the Borg have significant portions of their infostructure dedicated to drones disagreeing with each other.

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekkies-is-sdmb-similar-to-the-borg-hive-mind/164153/43 "2003-03-28T00:04:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Chronos \*  
> \*\*As to “Have \_\_\_\_, Will Travel”, isn’t the original “suitcase”? I thought the TV show and the Heinlein book were both borrowing from the same place.  
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It’s all stolen from the old caveman addage, “Have Rock, will Ugh”

I think some fossiles deserve some royalty checks!

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekkies-is-sdmb-similar-to-the-borg-hive-mind/164153/44 "2003-03-28T00:11:28Z")

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But, even that was preceeded by the Pak Protectors mantra, “Have Monoliths, will guide evolutions”

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekkies-is-sdmb-similar-to-the-borg-hive-mind/164153/45 "2003-03-28T00:12:54Z")

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We mustn’t forget “Have God, will Big Bang!”

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trekkies-is-sdmb-similar-to-the-borg-hive-mind/164153/46 "2003-03-28T00:14:52Z")

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Best bang since the big one.

I’ve just come back from a gig at the Big Bang Burger Bar…

The end of the universe is a real Gnab Gib

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