I was having a whole lot of trouble following this... in my brain, "red shirt" is a shirt that is red, and "redshirt" is one of the ritual sacrifices. "Why would Kirk need so many red shirts? He wears gold anyway."
Yes, it is almost my bedtime. I'll see myself out.
My bad! I’m new to the fandom and didn’t realize that the proper notation was as one word. I’ve edited the image to be correct.
It's not really a fandom thing and more of an English grammar thing.
- "Red shirt" is a noun phrase. It means "shirt is red".
- "Redshirt" (or red-shirt) is a compound noun. This is a new word with its own meaning, in this instance – expendable starship crew members.
It's the same difference as with:
- Black board (a board that is "not ok") vs. blackboard (a board used for tic-tac-toe championships)
- Hot dog (a man's best friend in need of AC) and hotdog (a phallic mystery meat consumable)
etc.
... Am I the asshole?
Ooh I want to think this is funny, but I'm not sure why. Can someone help me out? It sounds like it's referring to a very specific episode (former Captain's son).
Also, in case you're not familiar, this is referencing a tweet from someone whose neighbor told him that his cats keep getting eaten by coyotes. He asks the neighbor how many cats he has, to which the neighbor replies that he just goes and gets a new cat from the shelter every time. So the guy says "sounds like you're just feeding shelter cats to coyotes", at which point the neighbor's daughter starts crying.
Everybody's dead,
DaveJimWhat, Selby?
