Ok, just to be clear, was it implied that literal orgies were happening in "Naked Now" or am I being malicious?!?

[cooleddie74]

Rocket boots that allow you to hang in midair as if suspended by hidden overhead wires.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Again, the odds of being injured or dying are vanishingly small compared to day-to-day risks we take without a second thought.

And those risks worry me too. I'm very, very careful using crosswalks, and I compulsively double- or triple-check that my doors are locked before I turn in. I just generally have a very heightened risk awareness.

When I was 12 I was curious/reckless enough to touch a downed power line. Five minutes later, I was still perfectly fine, though when I notified repairmen using our neighbor's phone, my voice seemed a bit trembly to me. We even stuck our little fingers into high-power metal fans in the '70s because we could, and the makers never believed we would. I've never been hit by a car either. Today, my height-phobia is so increased I can't will myself to walk two rungs up a long ladder.

In those treehouse days of yore, we had youthful ''orgies'' of damn foolishness.

 

[Maurice]

Rocket boots that allow you to hang in midair as if suspended by hidden overhead wires.

Or wires off you side if the camera is tilted 90°.

 

[PatB1974]

I had the definite feeling that Tasha had intended to hook up with Deanna in her quarters. I think there was a lot of wild stuff going on on that ship. I wonder how many unplanned pregnancies resulted from that episode.

 

[Skipper]

I had the definite feeling that Tasha had intended to hook up with Deanna in her quarters.

Wow wow wow! Are you trying to imply that there were humans in the TNG world who weren't cis-het?!? This is pure insanity!

I think there was a lot of wild stuff going on on that ship. I wonder how many unplanned pregnancies resulted from that episode.

The idea that something like an "unplanned pregnancy" could exist in the 24th century strikes me as completely insane. Unfortunately, Picard showed us that it's entirely possible (which I think it's absurd, but whatever).

 

[DonIago]

^Thankfully all of the unplanned pregnancies that occurred were subsequently mooted in "Genesis".

 

[Christopher]

The idea that something like an "unplanned pregnancy" could exist in the 24th century strikes me as completely insane. Unfortunately, Picard showed us that it's entirely possible (which I think it's absurd, but whatever).

DS9 established that both men and women take birth-control injections. Sisko and Kasidy only had an unplanned pregnancy because the war kept them so distracted that they forgot to get their boosters.

The way Picard did it is utterly ridiculous. There's no way a doctor, of all people, would not be keeping up her contraceptive shots.

And really, given how intense a radiation environment interstellar space is, the smart thing would be for all Starfleet recruits to put their gametes on ice beforehand, get themselves sterilized, and conceive in vitro when they decide to start a family. At least, that's how it's done in a lot of space-based science fiction, although Trek is one of those series that downplay the radiation hazards of space.