How to avoid holodeck addiction

[MrScorpio]

created by da-x

The creation of Holodecks brings a new type of an addiction. This addiction can be very serious, causing a person to disconnect himself from reality on the long run.

This is a guide that anyone should read before trying a standard issue Starfleet holodeck for the first time. This will help you not become yet another fresh Holo-addict.

* Avoid having sex on the holodeck at all cost.
After the first time you do it, you will find it is very hard to stop because you know that you can program the holodeck to make all your sex fantasies seem real. The worst thing is to lose your virginity to a hologram. Think about it. The holodeck is not meant to be a hooker house. People who love you and care about you wouldn't like to know that you waste your time in the holodeck fucking holograms. Unfortunately, this isn't enforced right now, and until someone installs sperm emission detectors, we'll just have to trust you.

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[kay1864]

1. Weren't Quark's holosuites basically a virtual brothel-in-a-room?

I didn't watch DS9 much, so I'm not sure.

However, I did get the sense that (on a starship at least) it was considered tacky to have a relationship (sexual or otherwise) with a holo-character. Like the 24th-century version of an inflatable doll.

- IIRC Riker was embarrassed to admit that Minuet (the first version) was the woman of his dreams.
- IIRC Troi admonished Barclay for having her in a holo program.
- Harry Kim was embarrassed to admit (to Paris) that he was falling in love with a holo-character. OTOH she turned out to be an alien channeling herself via the holodeck.

[MrScorpio]

2. But of the four cases mentioned, which is the only one where somebody was making money?

Even in the 24th Century, commerce rules

[kay1864]

3. Well, sure

I mean, on a starship, everything's FREE. Even Neelix' crappy food. :P

But sex, well, that stays in your cabin.





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