“Desalination facilities are oftentimes necessary for the survival of the civilian population and intentional destruction of those types of facilities is a war crime,” said Niku Jafarnia, a researcher at Human Rights Watch.

The way the various shows handle the holodeck is pretty similar as well. It can generate environments and stories for you, but sometimes it makes crazy mistakes, and over time, it’s made clear that custom programs made by real authors are of higher quality. It even has guardrails that frequently fail.

The replicator is the same idea. It makes good-enough food, but a real chef with real ingredients has a higher ceiling for quality.

There’s a quote from a character in Generations, “We believe that when you create a machine to do the work of a man, you take something away from the man.” It aligns with the Federation’s ideal of self improvement, and in a post-scarcity utopia, I think it makes sense. Without intellectual property, environmental concerns, or the need to work for a living, AI isn’t so terrible. It’s just important you maintain your own motivation to better yourself. Too bad we’re so far behind on all those parts

This is why Boimler keeps a statue of Archer by his bed

He was actually worse with women than Harry somehow

Neelix just collapsed one day, because his lung ascended into energy to be with Suspiria

Watch out for chronoton poisoning

No wonder Voyager took him in. It often feels like everyone in Starfleet has it too

Every time you die, or are replaced by something like an alternate universe duplicate, your seniority resets

If it’s not a war, I’m pretty sure that makes it strictly a crime against humanity. Is that better?

My partner just picked up an old second generation iPod. When she saw the weird proprietary end on the wall side of the cable, she actually said, “We’ll have to order an adapter so I can hook it up to iTunes.”

Lol. Lmao even

What’s with the quote at the bottom right?

If they didn’t get all the extra time, elves would never get anything done

People like Dukat more than Polaski, and I’m pretty sure, by the end of DS9, he was actually the devil. That’s what you get for being mean to Data

Technically also gay! 👍

You’re the one that’s supposed to be doing that job 😉

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609195604.htm

There’s a reason every other character basically hates him. He’s not very considerate

Definitely Drifloon. I love all the spooky ghost entries, but that one’s the best

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence