USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteM to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 5 days agoThe struggle is realimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1imageThe struggle is realUSSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteM to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenotabot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·5 days agoThe flared base is just for show, inside it has straight sides.
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days 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-up8·4 days 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-up7·4 days agoCup holder technology made them redundant, and also useless, since they don’t fit in any.
minus-squareruuster13@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoNEXT question: is the base solid clay or is there hollow space between the cylinder and the corners?
minus-squarethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days 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