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Show threadBappityJun 12, 2024
anyone that tries to say star trek has ā€œgone wokeā€ or some stupid shit like that clearly isnā€™t a fan of it and just trying to rile up stuff. I mean come onā€¦ how can someone say that and have watched the shows LOL
Show threadpleasejustdieJun 12, 2024
Yeah, its not like Star Trek suddenly went woke, its been woke. First ever TV kiss between mixed races was between Kirk and Uhura. Scandalous.
Show threadrufusJun 12, 2024
And theyā€™re not even that woke. Afaik they still ocasionally eat animals in the 24th century. (Unless theyā€™re Vulcan.) Watch The Orville if you want some proper progressive shit šŸ˜†
Show threadBarrelAgedBoredom
They have food replicators. The only thing not vegan about replicated meat is that theyā€™d probably use your poop as bulk material to synthesize stuff
Jun 12, 2024 at 9:28pmWeb
Show threadladJun 12, 2024
Mmmm, poop meat šŸ¤¤
Show threadrufusJun 12, 2024
Yeah they have. But donā€™t they go on to tell in several episodes of all of the shows, how someones mom makes/made the best X/Y out of real ingredients and how much better that tastes than replicated food? And they eat on some planets with other people or on vacationā€¦ ?! Or someone worked in a restaurant?
Show threadafraid_of_zombiesJun 13, 2024
Keiko really came off as not a nice person in that scene.
Show threadtigeruppercutJun 12, 2024
Pretty ure I saw Riker cooking with eggs at some point. And who knows what neelix gets up to in the galley
Show threadtootoughtorememberJun 12, 2024

Could just replicate the eggs, or even a raw steak to grill, would still be poop meat.

Neelix on the other handā€¦

Show threadameancowJun 12, 2024

poop meat.

Knowing how chemicals and carbon compounds are recycled in Earthā€™s ecosystem and taking into account factory farming, I would wager the line between poop to serving of hot steak is much a much less connected line on a ship that turns matter into its constituent energy patterns.

Meanwhile on Earth we routinely have meat recalls because of e-coli contamination. Which is poop. Everyone is eating animal poop to some degree, it just becomes a problem when enough of it is in one spot to become contamination.

Show threadtootoughtorememberJun 12, 2024

The replicators are also used to ā€œrecycleā€, converting matter into energy, to be used for future replication.

I doubt they were hauling poop through space rather than converting it to poop energy for their next earl grey.

Show threadameancowJun 12, 2024

This is the whole premise behind Star Trek, and one form a post-scarcity civilization could take.

As a tangent, Star Trekā€™s technology is both magical and primitive, in that they can harness and focus energy levels that match stars routinely, they can literally form matter from raw energy and influence the fabric of time and space itself, but despite this have almost no difference in how they are born, grow up and die.

I get the show is trying to make a relatable universe, but if we reach that level, we will also have reached so many other advancements in every other facet of existing as a human that our species itself would be utterly unrecognizable and we probably wouldnā€™t be worried about how real our steaks taste.

Show threadtootoughtorememberJun 13, 2024
If weā€™re sticking with the lore, the only limitation should be what they have stored in the replicator database. No reason your poop steak couldnā€™t taste like an A5 wagyu or a $2 steak, depending on your personal preference.
Show threadlightnsfwJun 12, 2024
I donā€™t think the Star Trek replicator use raw materials to produce stuff. Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s just energy converted into matter.
Show threadBarrelAgedBoredomJun 12, 2024
True! Forgot about that. I think voyager had a few episodes with hunted game of some sort. The Klingons in general too. Guess actually trek isnā€™t super big on veganism haha
Show threadMorgoonJun 13, 2024
youtu.be/5nPIQiX-ukg?si=UNlRENogkmFlsqyF
Star Trek TNG -- Meat Consuming Veganism

YouTube
Show threadlightnsfwJun 12, 2024
I donā€™t think the Star Trek replicator use raw materials to produce stuff. Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s just energy converted into matter.