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2 years agoAre we going with no cop-out explanations? (i.e. The Enterprise doesn’t have seatbelts because it wouldn’t make for good TV without people flying across the bridge when they get hit.) If so I don’t know.
I think the IRL explanation is that someone was trying to start that hand gesture as a thing related to the Vulcan salute but having to to do with the Federation, Starfleet, or the Enterprise specifically, and it didn’t become a thing.
As someone currently watching Mister Roger’s Neighborhood with my 2yo and having just completed TNG and started DS9 with my 9yo, this is fantastic.