Star Trek: The Next Generation Was Utter, Complete Bullshit !!!

[Yavin4]

Okay, we're supposed to believe that in the future, there's a new invention, the Holodeck, which can make all of your computer simulated fantasies come true and feel real?

This is how I know that the TNG was bullshit because once that invention hits the market, everything else comes to a grinding halt. All people are going to do is stand in a line and wait for their turn in the holodeck or buy one and take it home. Forget it.

So, I can own a piece of equipment that allows me to have a simulated, computer three-way with Jessica Alba and Alyssa Milano? And you want me to go to the other side of the universe to fight the Borg? Riiiiiighhht.

Just look at all of the idiots standing in line for a phone!!!

[Neoma]

1. Put it this way.

The 'you got a duty' system was there before the holodeck system advanced.

[Yavin4]

2. The Holodeck Is The Greatest Drug Ever Invented

Come on. You could make ANY fantasy come true. You could have a fantasy where you're the judge on Bush and Cheney's war crimes trial.

[Neoma]

3. And after that fantasy is finished..

Then what? You can't be stuck in a fantasy.

[Yavin4]

5. The Human Mind Can Conjure Endless Fantasies

They don't even have to be sexual. You could be reunited with a dead loved one.

[Neoma]

13. And the holodeck is only a tool for that.

But just as you can't day dream all the time, you cannot be in the holodeck all the time either.

[ThomCat]

4. I'm sure they'd have holodecks networked

so that groups of people could have virtual lounges in holodeck DUs. :)

We'd all be sitting around in various states of undress, sipping drinks, and putting the administration on trial.

How much more adictive would the holodeck be once it was a mass shared experience? People would never leave.

[Yavin4]

7. And We'd All Look Like Brad Pitt and Denzel Washington

What a hoot!

[AllegroRondo]

12. check out the Otherland series by Tad Williams

he describes a world pretty much like that. Once virtual reality hits that level, people give up almost everything real and spend all their time there.

[ThomCat]

14. Cool. Thanks for the recommendation.

I haven't read any of his stuff yet. :)

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Your holodeck fantasy would violate the starfleet protocol.

Believe me, they are good people. They only used it for educational purposes or playing old novels.

But, just between us, if you have some latinum handy, I might arrange something for you. Quark will give you a call, so make sure you stand in line to get it. ;)

[Yavin4]

9. From WikkiPedia on Star Trek Holodeck Usage

Personnel usage and malfunctions

Two of the main purposes of the holodeck are recreation and training. In several episodes they are also used to recreate a crime or questionable incident to determine the forensics and logistics of it for law enforcement purposes. However, the technology is also used for morally questionable ends, such as the holosuites that are owned and rented out – often for sexual purposes – by Quark on Deep Space Nine.

There you go. Prostitution without disease.

[Call Me Wesley]

11. What I said,

Quark's your man ferengi.

[DS1]

8. Can you imagine being the jizz-mopper for THAT booth?

:scared:

[ThomCat]

16. I imagine you could make it self cleaning.

After all, the illusion is solid. You could have it quickly wrap up any physical remains and deposit them into a chute before the illusion disolves. It's very possible that nothing ever really touches the floor, walls or ceiling of the holodeck.

It could be completely clean and sterile after every use. :shrug:

[DS1]

17. I'll be in Deanna's bunk

[xmas74]

23. If she's on the holodeck and

not the real Deanna I bet most men would love her. The moment she starts whining about "the pain" or how so-and-so's emotions are overriding...don't get me started on her.

There were times where I found her more annoying than Wesley. I can't stand a whiner. I'd rather be around a know-it-all whose ass I could easily kick.

[DS1]

24. She talked?

:hide:

[xmas74]

26. More like whined.

We used to have a drinking game. Every time she held her head we took a shot.

[pokerfan]

27. Favorite character ever

Reginald Barclay (Dwight Schultz)

Unlike all the other Star Fleet officers, who are so sickening perfect in every way, Reg was painfully shy, insecure, stuttered a lot and had what you might call a wee holo-addiction problem. One that involved Deanna and Beverly as pliant sex partners and his commanding officers (including Picard) as cowardly morons.

[xmas74]

30. I remember both Reg and the episode.

It was a funny episode.

[BarenakedLady]

10. I really really really want

a transporter.

I have a destination in mind.

[ThomCat]

25. Transporters would make DU meetups so much easier

and more fun. :)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. That's why they retroengineered it...

to constantly break down.

[Swede]

18. Is the holoshed on the fritz again.

"Damn, last time that happened I got slapped with three paternity suits."

[BlueJazz]

19. It might be fun...I can see it now... "Bluejazz, Master of the Universe"

[cobalt1999]

20. HEY, don't go trashing the holodeck!

I'm counting on the "Holodeck Retirement Home" in 20 years. BTW, how many playboy bunnies do you think the holodeck can hold?

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. Yep - it's the equivalent to Q giving all men the ability to self-felate

Like Bill Hicks said, "Ladies, if we men could blow ourselves, you would all be here alone tonight.... staring at an empty stage".

Invent the holodeck, and you're right - everything stops. The ultimate and perfect drug.

[DS1]

22. staring at an empty stage

most comedians wouldn't think of that


/misses Bill

[Auggie]

28. The orgasmatron -- now THERE'S an invention

[pokerfan]

32. Yeah, but didn't Jane Fonda break it?

[Xipe Totec]

29. You're wrong! STNG is real!

that's all I can say, because of the prime directive.


:hide:

[Elidor]

31. In my holodeck fantasies there is no Whoopie Goldberg

The rest of the wankery can continue unabated.