10 Examples Of Real Pop-Culture In Star Trek

In the same display case as the Nintendo Switch, you may have noticed another pop-culture reference, just to the left of the console.

Anyone who lived through 2017 will recognise the shape of fidget spinner, and remember the hugely popular craze that spread across the world that year.

Fidget spinners seemingly came out of nowhere in 2017, and were gone from pop-culture almost as fast. Yet, while they were popular, you couldn't visit any market, convenience store, or virtually any establishment without seeing a huge collection of fidget spinners on display (usually positioned strategically near the check-out counter).

It's unclear why Kerner Hauze was so attached to the fidget spinner. Maybe it was an actual relic from 2017 Earth, since it's unlikely a replicated spinner would be as impressive to him. The episode Kayshon, His Eyes Open was absolutely packed with references to Trek, but the Switch and this fidget spinner were the best examples of modern pop-culture items in his collection (though, we can also see in the same scene that he was in possession of a Vincent Van Gogh painting titled Still Life: Vase With Pink Roses, which should definitely be mentioned in this list).