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...this shouldn't be possible! (media.piefed.world)
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[–] 20 points 1 year ago* (16 children)

Not to mention the obesity.

Sure, there are foodies and people not in perfect shape in Star Trek, even on Starships (of the kind that carry civilians, like the Enterprise D).

But outside of maybe admirals, I've not seen anyone wearing a Starfleet uniform being obese in Star Trek.

Oh!

Just realised when posting; the glasses! Eyesight problems are relatively trivial to fix, unless we're talking about some extreme case like Geordi.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Geordi had the option to fix his eyes completely but chose to keep the visor because it was better (like he could view different wavelengths and filter stuff and such). I can't remember if he had that conversion with Q or a starfleet doctor (or both?), but I'm certain it did come up at some point.

    Edit: seems everyone who replied is right, plus other instances of advanced alien cultures offering the same thing. He could have just had a recording of his response ready.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Dr. Pulaski offered to replace his eyes with ones that wouldn't give him a migraine, but he turned them down, because their capabilities weren't as superhumanly good as his visor, back in TNG's S2.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I mean, O’Brien is my favorite character in Trek but he ain’t exactly slim and trim…

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    since STARFLEET is based of the military, they would have some medical and weight standards too. they never had a crippled, or handicapped ensign before. maybe as admiral you are doing less its possible.'

    geordi eventually got REAL eyes later on, instead of the silly visor.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Well, the visor probably wasn't seen as a handicap because it also gave Geordi a far wider spectral range of vision.

    The blue eyes he got later on weren't real eyes, though. Just more advanced cybernetic implants.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Scotty only made it to captain

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