USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteM to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 month agoThe struggle is realstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarenotabot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoThe flared base is just for show, inside it has straight sides.
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoThe flared base is to keep it from tipping over during travel, which space stations are known to do a lot of.
minus-squareZephorah@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoNo, these were for sale everywhere in the 90s, separate from the show. The idea was you could put your coffee on the dash or on a table in the back of an RV and not have it spill. There was typically a rubber, non-skid bottom. Now, they’re nowhere.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoCup holder technology made them redundant, and also useless, since they don’t fit in any.
minus-squareruuster13@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNEXT question: is the base solid clay or is there hollow space between the cylinder and the corners?
minus-squarethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI choose to believe it’s for battle
The flared base is just for show, inside it has straight sides.
The flared base is to keep it from tipping over during travel, which space stations are known to do a lot of.
No, these were for sale everywhere in the 90s, separate from the show. The idea was you could put your coffee on the dash or on a table in the back of an RV and not have it spill. There was typically a rubber, non-skid bottom.
Now, they’re nowhere.
Cup holder technology made them redundant, and also useless, since they don’t fit in any.
NEXT question: is the base solid clay or is there hollow space between the cylinder and the corners?
I choose to believe it’s for battle