Hi! I thought this was a funny screenshot, but I haven't actually seen any of the series yet. I have been thinking about starting with TNG, though; I love the idea of the Borg, even if I know it'll take a while for them to show up in the series.
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Start wherever you like, really. There are different lists out there for intros to Trek. Just jump in with an open mind and spirit of adventure. You'll encounter out of date notions and attitudes throughout, each a product of their time. End of, it's fun and addictive.
Watching through a few series lately after several major queer revelations about myself and yeah, sooo many dated ideas. What really gets me is the ubiquitous assumptions of amatanormativity and heteronormativity. No queer people, no nonmonogamous people, only accidental neurodivergent characters, half the cultures expect marriage if two people bang once, basically every culture except the federation and borg are capitalist. I also realized I hate the fact that starfleet has such a restrictive dress code. No one has a unique or interesting hair style, no one has piercings, one person in all of old trek has a tattoo and it's tiny, everyone in the same lame uniform all the time or even more lame civilian clothes unless they're cosplaying on the holodeck. For all their talk of individuality they have an incredibly homogenous culture.
Not to say I don't still love it. I've watched everything up through Enterprise several times each at least. It is interesting seeing it with new eyes though, now that I'm so much more aware of the wide array of human diversity in real life.