TNG s6e7 “Rascals”

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    6 hours ago

    Here’s my question, why was the malfunction not replicated and monitized by the Ferangi as a beauty produced? “Look 10 years younger because you will be 10 years younger”

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      4 hours ago

      Or when they de aged Pulaski to her “proper” age, they could have just gone a few years younger.

      Or when they are aged the people in this episode, maybe only age them into their early 20s.

      The transporters open up all sorts of scenarios that they clearly show as possible, but no one ever uses it that way on purpose somehow…

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        29 minutes ago

        It’s been a while since I saw that episode but weren’t they only able to do that because they had her most recent pattern stored in the buffer or something like that?

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        I like to believe there are strict ethical laws in far future that are actually enforced, and built into the hardware. Like maybe an ethical local AI

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          I like to believe there are strict ethical laws in far future that are actually enforced, and built into the hardware.

          Presumably only powerful people and Section 31 are allowed to use transporters to stay eternally young…heh.

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          But like everyone has the technology. I’m highly skeptical Ferengi would stand in the way of de-aging out of an ethical concern.

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    7 hours ago

    Ah yes, the best quote out of context:

    I mean, of course you’re my wife. But you’re also ten years old.

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    Considering transporters are like 200-year-old technology by that point they fail a surprising amount of times.

    Can you imagine if cars occasionally transported you to alternate dimensions, would we all just be fine with it? “”

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      Considering aeroplanes are like 100-year-old technology by this point they fail a surprising amount of times.

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      Wacky stuff like that seemingly has been normalized over the years.

      But the failure rate of transporters is probably low. With all the dangers of driving (accidents, weather, mechanical failures, etc) people still seem to have no issues driving

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      Some people in cars get yeeted into non-existence, at least the alternate dimensions have cool moustaches.

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        7 hours ago

        Where is Craig he’s late for work?

        Craig texted to say he is at work and everyone’s evil except the HR lady, so he thinks he might be in the mirror universe

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    15 hours ago

    Wait … can they still fuck? Or is it problematic now? How old is she? Are mental age and physical age the same thing in this scenario? Does she still have her memories?

    Woody Allen really needs these questions answered guys.

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    19 hours ago

    “We haven’t lost everything Miles, you can still work engineering miracles, and I can still criticize you for not being home often enough.”

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    14 hours ago

    Sometimes relationships do be like this though.