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r/greatestgen is still up and there’s a thread from 4 days ago from the FoD Mastodon admin about setting up an FoD Lemmy. I pointed that OP here but it wouldn’t be official Uxbridge-Shimoda social media unless its the Card Daddy as admin.
It’s from the early days of Greatest Gen, and references Captain DeSoto of the USS Hood (NCC-1703). DeSoto and the Hood made several appearances in TNG, and Ben and Adam leaned into his chill vibes, theorizing that the Hood would be a great place to work.
It’s also an allusion to the phrase Friend of Dorothy, an older euphemism for LGBT people.
I think it was originally jokingly conceived as a sort of passphrase or shibboleth for fans of the pod to identify each other without revealing their embarrassing enthusiasm to outsiders, e.g.
Where my friends of DeSoto at?
Time to create a GreatestGen/Trek community!
r/greatestgen is still up and there’s a thread from 4 days ago from the FoD Mastodon admin about setting up an FoD Lemmy. I pointed that OP here but it wouldn’t be official Uxbridge-Shimoda social media unless its the Card Daddy as admin.
Oh man, we definitely need a Greatest Trek instance. Maybe a mod of speshial conshennce can make one for B&A to drop into.
Best boss I ever had!
Next on this old starship, we building a forum.
Also, where did the name friends of DeSoto come from? I’ve listened for years and feel like a missed a random reference.
It’s from the early days of Greatest Gen, and references Captain DeSoto of the USS Hood (NCC-1703). DeSoto and the Hood made several appearances in TNG, and Ben and Adam leaned into his chill vibes, theorizing that the Hood would be a great place to work.
It’s also an allusion to the phrase Friend of Dorothy, an older euphemism for LGBT people.
I think it was originally jokingly conceived as a sort of passphrase or shibboleth for fans of the pod to identify each other without revealing their embarrassing enthusiasm to outsiders, e.g.
Q: “Are you a friend of DeSoto?”
A: “Best boss I ever had!”
It’s from a neat Trek podcast called Greatest Generation, highly recommend checking it out!
I think it came about during the DS9 Era, don’t exactly recall though.