T10: List #112

[Zeke]

Back in 2004, I wrote one of my favourite top 10 lists: <a href="http://www.fiveminute.net/top10/62.html">The Top 10 Differences Between Voyager and Season 3 of Enterprise</a>. It had a bit of a gimmick to it. I don't generally reuse my gimmicks, but I've been inspired to do a spiritual sequel to this one -- and 18 years seems like enough breathing room between them, no?

This is for Wowbagger's birthday, and it'll make the most sense to him. It's silly, it's self-indulgent, it's a little mean. And it has spoilers for all of DSC and PIC to date, so be warned. It's <a href="../top10/112.html">The Top 10 Reasons to Watch Post-2016 Star Trek!</a>

(If the bit about Wowbagger didn't give away what this list is <i>really</i> up to, follow the advice of the disclaimer...)

[Wowbagger]

MY BODY IS READY

SHOW ME THE CONTEXT

*reads it*

Awwwww! This is so sweet! Thank you! What a lovely birthday treat!

*several minutes later*

I was like "oh man the one time I was ready for a context joke and it wasn't. Stand down to Green Alert."

And then I saw Disclaimer One and followed it and that was an EVEN SWEETER birthday present.

And then -- AND THEN -- I saw Disclaimer Two.

[Zeke]

Your reactions are worth it every time. :D

(Explanation for everyone else: I have a weird recurring prank on Wowbagger where I hit him unexpectedly with the pretentious DSC title "Context is For Kings", usually with some kind of elaborate setup (http://www.fiveminute.net/xlbdv2022.html). It's like a much wordier circle game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture#The_circle_game). It's not typically a birthday thing -- but in this case I saw an opportunity I just had to take.)

[Nate the Great]

That list is more depressing than funny.

[Zeke]

Gotta laugh or we'd cry! But it should help at least a little to know that Excelsior is out there actually delivering all this stuff.