You've never heard of trickle-down economics?
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You've never heard of trickle-down economics?
Money is irrelevant in the Federation
I'm old. I still think of that as Reagan trickle-down bullshit.
Or, as we used to call it, voodoo economics.
The only thing that trickled down was the piss from the ultra rich to us on the lower decks
Take the Trump talk to Miscellaneous or TNZ, please.
Trickle down worked a little better before we learned how to build robots.
It's not. In fact, it's wrong for anyone to think a doctor is in a position of power at all. The PATIENT is always the person with the power in that dynamic, & it's sad how little we respect that in this society now. They work for YOU. They are experts, & you should heed their recommendations for the most part, but that doesn't mean they have any power at all, or even any say whatsoever
What that situation is however, is a conflict of interest. A doctor cannot be an objective practitioner, if they are personally involved with the patient, no matter what century it is. Look at it like this. A psychiatrist is a doctor too, & I think we'd all agree that if one was involved with a patient, that would be a bad thing. It's no different with any other kind of doctor. So yeah, Bashir? Not at all cool
Unpopular Opinion: Worf is easily the most overrated character in all of Star Trek, mainly because he was just around too long & thereby extremely overused, to the point of exhaustion.
Agreed.
Robots aren't taking everyone's jobs. Prudctivity data has been *very* clear on that. So no on all counts, but if you want to know more this ain't the section. PM if you'd like to continue.
Clearly, Kirk started a little war with the Klingons (again) and the way the diplomats and admiralty resolved it was to shove Kirk into an office where they can keep a close eye on him. Put the Enterprise on milk runs far from the frontier where it won't give any passing Klingons any ideas about blowing it up for glory and revenge.
That's not to say I don't like Worf. Some of his stuff is quite good, but by & large, he got way overspent
No, I agree and I think much of his stuff on DS9 was decent. But, he was far more Klingon centric than I liked, and his whole parenting schtick was painful, to say the least.
I'll just add that D'Argo on Farscape did that bit better.
I tend to agree. I'm not really a fan of the Kelvin movies, but they're more watchable than the TNG ones. Unfortunately I think the TNG films dropped the ball. I think the Kelvin movies dropped the ball too, unfortunately.
Unpopular or possibly accurate opinion:
Since TOS, despite all the progress humans have claimed to make, humans have gotten progressively worse. By Voyager, humans are not much more evolved than we are.
And here's an extra unpopular opinion that's been around awhile;
Beverly may have been just a lil homophobic when she rejected Odan the way she did.
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Except, despite the prevailing opinions of some, it's actually not homophobic to just exclusively be heterosexual, which is likely why she ultimately rejected the new Odan, that & she claimed she couldn't reconcile the Trill perpetual new host paradigm. You wouldn't say that a homosexual character had animosity or fear of heterosexuality if they'd refused to have a heterosexual relationship with someone. because it's understood, they aren't heterosexual
I think this goes a little too far. I am a heterosexual and if I refuse to sleep with a man that doesn't make me homophobic!!! It just makes me... a heterosexual!
I like Worf, but I tend to agree. His run on DS9 was too much exposure for the character.
Plus I think he should have mellowed toward the end, his Klingoner than thou stuff was getting really old.
I think that scene makes Worf on DS9 completely worth it.
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