C. Keith Ray on Nostr: "I Stopped Loving Captain Kirk" ...
"I Stopped Loving Captain Kirk"
https://buttondown.email/charliejane/archive/i-stopped-loving-captain-kirk/
"In my early twenties, I had a string of bosses who were what I can only describe as bullies: they were psychologically abusive, they expected you to laugh at their terrible jokes, they sat unrealistic expectations and then berated you for not meeting them. […]
"I would come home from one of these garbage jobs and turn on the television, too exhausted to do anything else.
"Oh look! It's a classic Star Trek rerun, I love Star Trek! Except.... Captain Kirk started to remind me too much of my evil bosses. He was constantly demanding things that the his subordinates couldn't deliver — like, if you told him that something would take three hours, he would insist that it be done in one. He snapped at and berated his crew, often for no particular reason, and he made cruel jokes at the expense of people — mainly Mr. Spock, but also others at times. Kirk suddenly looked like a bully…"
https://buttondown.email/charliejane/archive/i-stopped-loving-captain-kirk/
"In my early twenties, I had a string of bosses who were what I can only describe as bullies: they were psychologically abusive, they expected you to laugh at their terrible jokes, they sat unrealistic expectations and then berated you for not meeting them. […]
"I would come home from one of these garbage jobs and turn on the television, too exhausted to do anything else.
"Oh look! It's a classic Star Trek rerun, I love Star Trek! Except.... Captain Kirk started to remind me too much of my evil bosses. He was constantly demanding things that the his subordinates couldn't deliver — like, if you told him that something would take three hours, he would insist that it be done in one. He snapped at and berated his crew, often for no particular reason, and he made cruel jokes at the expense of people — mainly Mr. Spock, but also others at times. Kirk suddenly looked like a bully…"