• Brainsploosh@lemmy.world
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    Maybe the last bit is disgusting, much like certain earth beverages, and the cup is to protect you from the dregs?

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    My theory is that the cup is regular on the inside and the bottom is weighted to provide stability. It’s raktajino. It’s Klingon. So if a spontaneous heroic fight erupts around you, you want to

    1. Use the cup as a weapon
    2. Swipe the cup out of the way for the battle without it toppling over so you can then use it to toast on your glorious victory in the battle of the breakfast.
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    The cup is bottom-heavy and usually has a high friction substance on the bottom so that it’s less likely to spill when you take an unexpected wave on Earth, or an unexpected photon torpedo on DS9.

    E2a: You can google Feltman Langer or no-spill mug.

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      Yeah I always thought it was kinda funny that this became “the raktajino cup” when I always took the cup’s shape to be a symbol of how DS9 was this ramshackle station “on the frontier”. I mean it makes sense that Klingons would want a mug that can resist spillage but when DS9 first aired I never thought it was anything beyond just a robust mug.

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    My friend has one of these mugs! We call it the troll mug because the last sip is always bigger than you think and ends up all over you

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    Maybe it’s for a drink that has a lot of sediment or something, there are beers that do that. That’s my headcanon

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      I think it’s a nautical design. The wide base keeps it steady on ships. Hence why it’s used in Star Trek.

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        That style of mug became popular in the 80s, when corporate commuting and cubicle culture exploded, and cars didn’t all come standard with cupholders yet. A mug like this could sit on the dash or console with stability, and it was also good for a crowded desk because you couldn’t knock it over and spill it.

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          Which makes it extra funny because they’re on a space station not a ship like the other treks. I choose to believe it was foreshadowing that they were going to move the space station to the wormhole and there would be sloshing and turbulence when that happened. It’s just solid planning.

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    I’d have thought that the cylinder part was hallow. But the bottom part was solid. Thus. Seperate your hot beverage from your surface - be it table, hand, lap. No need to hold on to it if it’s not hot on the bottom.

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    put your whole mouth around the top and invert it. just like drinking a water bottle.

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    You don’t. It’s probably got grounds or something settled into the bottom and the cup is shaped like that on purpose to prevent you from drinking them.

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    You laugh, but you’ll wish you had one of these when you lose your inertial stabilizers! You’ll go flying through the bridge viewscreen, but that mug will sit there watching it happen.