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[–] 114 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Nobody knows that he comes from the 21st century

Wears glasses

I mean, there were some signs.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Librarian in deleted scene from Insurrection (2375):

    Migleemo (2380):

    Kovich (3189), although his were apparently explained as a fashion accessory, not vision correction:

    Source: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Glasses

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    A deleted scene and two instances of none Starfleet personnel... In NuTrek... Which we all know cares so much about continuity.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I agree Discovery is iffy at best, but Lower Decks absolutely counts, damn it!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The first season of Lower Decks alone makes a few very big and weird errors for the sake of causing some story conflict.

    For instance; officer replicators adding garnishes to food. Except we've always know that the food you create out of a replicator can be programmed to be whatever you like it to be. Any replicator can also be used to generate tools, or weapons.

    Which brings me to that other ship that has these newer model tools... And one of the characters stole a bunch of them. Clearly that tool isn't a classified prototype, otherwise why wouid a low ranking crewman know about it and how would he be able to steal a whole lot of them? So if he really wanted one, why didn't he just pull up the file in a replicator and just... Replicate one?

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Wouldn't the first transporter trip filter those out, though?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No. Transporter Chefs tend to be obsessed with filter performance and TTL (Time To Live). They keep turning off all of the "unneeded" filters. If a filter hasn't caught an issue in the last 100 transfers, it is removed (not commented out, they use "git" to catch those issues.) Eventually issues happen, but that is why they have defense in depth and so many red shirts.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago

    Ha! (The situation we live in is concerning and the ramifications are unquantifiable because it will be impossible to get suitable control subjects for comparison studies)

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Fun fact: the study everyone cites on plastic in the brain almost certainly is overestimating it. Potentially by significant margins. The process they use to dissolve the organic matter can produce insoluble products (what they're actually weighing as all plastic) from fat. What is a brain mostly comprised of? Fat.

    See: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MedC_v-dEbY

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes, odds are almost all of it isn't plastics. Everybody (capable of reading the paper) knows it, it wasn't hidden. Still people keep repeating it as a fact, with absolute certainty.

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

    Most people are hearing from "news" sources that are saying it as fact with absolute certainty. Even this comic implies it is fact.

    That's why it's important to share the truth and not shame people for not knowing something they received a lot of misinformation about.

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

    This is a legitimate ad I got...
    I think they might be right to be concerned.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    For once, I'm really interested in the add. I already tried to dodge drinking from plastic bottles by getting a metal one. Except there's always a plastic cap, I hate that so much.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    But you will just end up getting your microplastics from the rain or food you eat.

    Any filter is good and better than nothing and a refillable metal bottle is the answer.
    That and donate blood. Fear mongering through ads about this product helping save you from microplastic is not it.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Oh I forgot about this comic. Nice to be reminded.

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

    Is this a series about him? I want to read about 21st century stowaway

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I can not tell at which point the Star Trek arc started, but the last several comics that I checked on the artist's website are Trek-themed like this.

    https://www.whompcomic.com/

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    We're all like 1/2 plastic, 1/2 asbestos, 1/2 meaty bits, 97% radioactive at this point.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    This is how I found out whomp started up again. Today was a good day.

    https://www.whompcomic.com/

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I wonder what wonder material they replace plastics with in the future. Sometimes I think of how much plastic is in everything and how entire things (like takeout) would be impractical or at least a lot more difficult without the cheap durability of plastic.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I would like to see standardized glass containers. Pay a deposit for them, keep and use them for as long as you like, bring them back in good condition to any participating restaurants to get your deposit back.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've heard a major cost of glass is the comparative weight causing more cost for fuel in transport. Perhaps as electric vehicles become more practical for hauling goods, we could see a return to more glass use in the near future as the difference in fuel cost could be negligible then.

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

    probably still plastic, but highly biodgradable, plus they can easily recycle them using replicators. since most of the microplastic that we absorb, comes from water, containers. trek wouldnt have that problem since it will the replicators recycling it back to ship resources. since when your done eating with utensils, they always put it in the replicators to be recycled.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Isn't the microplastic problem increased with biodegradability since that's what they typically degrade into? If replicators can do the recycling effectively, there doesn't seem to be a need for something to be biodegradable.

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