Spoilers Everyday life on earth
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[QUOTE="cooleddie74, post: 13254296, member: 405"TV]Picard's wine is legal because it's not an inherently dangerous substance [/QUOTE]
Has it been established that in Star Trek the govt tries to stop people from doing things that are dangerous? They've said parrises squares is dangerous. They never mentioned the authorities bothering people who want to do it.
Wine contains alcohol and therefore some inherent danger.
It seems like neither Earth nor the UFP outlaws all risky choices. Maybe the default in the UFP is for the law not to intervene in people's lives rather than people needing to have a valid argument why they should be allowed to do something.
Has it been established that in Star Trek the govt tries to stop people from doing things that are dangerous? They've said parrises squares is dangerous. They never mentioned the authorities bothering people who want to do it.
Wine contains alcohol and therefore some inherent danger.
It seems like neither Earth nor the UFP outlaws all risky choices. Maybe the default in the UFP is for the law not to intervene in people's lives rather than people needing to have a valid argument why they should be allowed to do something.
When has it ever been implied that alcohol is no longer consumed by humans? It’s just not available in replicators because officers may be called for duty in emergency situations and they use synthehol which recreates the feeling and lets them shrug it off if needed. Even then, there’s actual alcohol on the ship. Only Romulan Ale is mentioned as illegal, most likely due to it being Romulan like how Cuban cigars used to be illegal in the US.
Romulan Ale was legalized during the Dominion War, but became illegal again by Nemesis.
Maybe Geordi wasn’t well informed
Either way it seems about as illegal as sharing a Netflix account - everyone does it (aside from Ross, or so he claims)
Either way it seems about as illegal as sharing a Netflix account - everyone does it (aside from Ross, or so he claims)
I know a guy,
Illegal in the same way certain politicians get punished for breaking the law.
First we saw mushroom spores being shot up, now snake leaf being vaped. I feel we're very close to finally seeing some space hippies again!
The very existence of synthehol implies real alcohol being, at least, frowned upon.
We have non-alcoholic beers even now.
Not in any mainstream fashion. Although they did try to push that garbage last month.
I see it at the major outlets all of the time.
And they are frowned upon
Yes, because current dealcoholization methods ruin the taste. Syntheholic versions presumably don't do that.
That said, we don't have a clear explanation of what synthehol DOES - just give you the buzz and relaxed feeling without lowering inhibitions TOO far or acting as a depressant in excess? Or can you just "shake off" the effects?
That said, we don't have a clear explanation of what synthehol DOES - just give you the buzz and relaxed feeling without lowering inhibitions TOO far or acting as a depressant in excess? Or can you just "shake off" the effects?
Data said, and I paraphrase: "the effects can be easily dismissed." That would imply a buzz that can be shrugged off pretty easily with, say, a minute or two of waiting or drinking a glass of water on top of your beverage.
Oh, just imagine... eating breakfast in Paris at 8 AM, then when the clock strikes 9, transport to London, eat breakfast again at 8 AM and so on, until you've spent your entire day doing nothing but eat breakfast at 8 AM... there's a reason 24th century Earth is described as a Paradise.
You can buy it at all grocery stores. How much more mainstream does it need to be?
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