"Family": Robert and Marie's disagreement

[Ragitsu]

Good evening!

In the episode "Family", we learn that there has been a minor clash of viewpoints between Robert Picard and his wife Marie.

ROBERT: Delicious, Marie.
MARIE: Thank you.
PICARD: Leave it to Robert to find the best cook in France, then marry her.
ROBERT: Yes, but sadly cooking is becoming a lost art. That's your wretched technology again.
MARIE: Robert and I have had more than a few discussions about getting a replicator in the house.
PICARD: I remember the same discussions between mother and father.
ROBERT: Father understood better than anybody else the danger of losing those values which we hold most precious.
PICARD: I don't see that you have to lose anything just by adding a convenience.
ROBERT: You wouldn't, but in my view, life is already too convenient.
MARIE: This is a very old argument.

This will continue to be a timeless element of the human condition as long as a part of us remains resistant to change, but I now wonder if anyone here has ever experienced similar differences of opinions with family and/or friends; if you have, please...share with the class.

 

[BozoThePerson]

Good evening!

In the episode "Family", we learn that there has been a minor clash of viewpoints between Robert Picard and his wife Marie.



This will continue to be a timeless element of the human condition as long as a part of us remains resistant to change, but I now wonder if anyone here has ever experienced similar differences of opinions with family and/or friends; if you have, please...share with the class.

I was told my mother in law resisted getting a microwave oven until she was too weak to use the stove.

 

[Mojochi]

The term luddite is like 2 & a half centuries old now. About the same for sabotage. Change has never been met with 100% acceptance. "What's so great about discovery? It's a violent, penetrative act that scars what it explores" - Ian Malcolm

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

My employers are strangely resistant to getting school buses with backup cameras. Seems to me like basic safety equipment.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Reminded me of this scene:

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[Ragitsu]

Even to this day, computerized cellular phones are not fancied by all.

 

[Takeru]

It always bothered me a bit that there was even a debate, if Marie wants a replicator she should get one, Robert's opinion is irrelevant, if Marie is the one who does the cooking, she is the one who gets to decide how to do it and if Robert doesn't like it he's free to use the kitchen and makes his own food the old fashioned way.
Not every decision needs to be made by consensus, it's not like she's tearing down half of the house, it's about getting a kitchen appliance and because they live in a post scarcity moneyless society a replicator even cost anything so stop debating your husband and just get one.

 

[Shawnster]

It always bothered me a bit that there was even a debate, if Marie wants a replicator she should get one, Robert's opinion is irrelevant...

Maybe they couldn't afford one.

 

[Ragitsu]

By the way, who owns (or "owns") the house/property?

 

[Yistaan]

MARIE: Robert and I have had more than a few discussions about getting a replicator in the house.
PICARD: I remember the same discussions between mother and father.

(spoilers for Picard)

Spoiler

Not only is Maurice Picard seen using a PADD, but it seems heavily implied that his refusal to get a replicator was out of fear that Yvette in her insanity would replicate parts to make into a weapon (not unlike how Shinzo Abe was assassinated by basically a 3D printed gun)

The fact that Picard casually brings up replicator discussions involving his mother really doesn't fit well with the revelations of her mental health issues in the Picard show. It's hard to see this TNG conversation now as anything but dodging the real issues on why the Picard family had no replicators