I’ve got a confession to make. These are not your average ordinary Star Trek memes that make jokey jokes about different iterations of the iconic sci-fi franchise. Oh no, these memes are about one incredibly specific episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and if you haven’t seen it, I’m so very sorry. Come again next week. 

Some call the season 5 episode «Darmok» the most profound episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It’s about Captain Picard learning to communicate with Tamarians, who can only speak in metaphors. The famous quote from the episode «Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra» (which essentially means «working together») has been printed on t-shirts and mugs, but most of all, it has inspired memes. This premise of purely metaphorical speech is already pretty funny as it is, but add the creativity of meme makers all over the world, it becomes something that even the writer’s room of TNG couldn’t have imagined.