/r/sonicshowerthoughts

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This sub has gone dark in support of the protest. It's usually thoughts you might have taking a much needed sonic shower aboard a USS Federation ship.

A subreddit for you to share all those thoughts, ideas, or philosophical questions that race through your head when in the sonic shower, which will be invented around 2270.

Showerthought is a loose term that applies to any thought you might have while carrying out a routine task like sonic showering, piloting a shuttlecraft, or daydreaming in the holodeck.

Rules:

Non-sonicshowerthoughts will (generally) be removed.

Please be respectful of others submissions, if you disagree - explain why in the comments. Rudeness is unacceptable.

Posts about a certain hedgehog will be removed by the sonic shower. You may be interested in this, this, or this.

No Spoilers

No Trolling

No misinformation (I can't believe I just had to write that)

This is a small sub, and we don't have time for lots of moderation. Rule breakers may be banned at the first offense (or may get a single warning).

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Enterprise: Seven million dead

Why did Enterprise only focus on the seven million humans who died in the Xindi attack and not all loss of life including wildlife, flora, habitat, etc. Especially ironic considering the Xindi were a mixed species.

3 Comments
2024/11/24
07:52 UTC

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Lady Sirella must have been a serious problem for the Changeling impersonating Martok.

I assume Changelings have no odor because they don't produce pheromones, nor do they have bacteria living on them.

This could easily be bypassed by replicating body odor compounds and spraying them on itself as needed after regenerating. The average Klingon encountering the impersonator wouldn't notice the difference, but his wife certainly would.

9 Comments
2024/11/23
17:30 UTC

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Telepathic sensors

Okay so hear me out. We already have the technology to simulate primary human senses like sight and sound, and we haven’t even left earth orbit yet.

So it’s entirely possible that the federation, with its multiple telepathic species and hundreds of years of technological advancement, can equip their doors with sensors that can tell when people want to walk through, the way we equip doors with sensors that can see a person approaching.

5 Comments
2024/11/19
23:04 UTC

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Can you beam latinum? If so, why can't you replicate it?

33 Comments
2024/11/18
17:20 UTC

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I really hope replicators will be invented during my lifetime

I just had once again a sad moment because I'll never be able to taste real raktajino. All the recipes of course use earth coffee because we don't have anything else. But if we had replicators we could just program them to replicate it. And all the other alien foods as well. I want to try real Plomeek soup as well. And the possibilities are endless. I am wondering why we never see any food that doesn't exist naturally. I'd think with these possibilities some people would start developing them and we could taste flavors no one ever has before

I really just want that Raktajino, though

5 Comments
2024/11/13
12:31 UTC

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The terrible twos for Vulcans must be truly terrible.

My daughter is in the middle of having a meltdown and it just occurred to me that toddlers on Vulcan must be one of the biggest terrors in the universe. If Vulcans are super emotional and can only control their emotions with meditation and self control, then everything before they learn how to do that must be full of legendary tantrums. This also explains why Vulcan school children are always the worst.

2 Comments
2024/11/12
23:43 UTC

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I wonder if in the Mirror Universe, Chavo Guerrero Sr spend the mid-90s dressed as a leather-clad biker wearing a turkey suit.

0 Comments
2024/11/11
21:48 UTC

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I'm watching the Expanse. Instead of seeing a C in the MCRN logo like I should, the logo reminds me of a certain extremely talkative character.

14 Comments
2024/11/06
23:16 UTC

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Ventriloquism is probably close to a lost art by TNG times and woefully underappreciated due to communicators and holodecks.

8 Comments
2024/11/05
05:34 UTC

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"0.68 seconds (...) For an android, that is nearly an eternity." Compared to almost a decade of friendship with his crewmates, the Borg Queen never stood a chance.

If Data isn't sick of your face after 9 years of thinking at android speed, he must really love you.

2 Comments
2024/11/02
20:18 UTC

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Would very irritating to get spam mail in the post thanks to transporter technology

One could be at home and get all sorts of newsletters, ads and random mail just suddenly materialising in random places in your flat and at any time of the day.

7 Comments
2024/10/25
14:30 UTC

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I'm rather surprised the Ferengi didn't make holographic doctors a lot sooner.

  • Personal physician available at all times.

  • No arguments about payment.

  • Reduced chances of misdiagnosis. (See DS9 episode Body Parts)

20 Comments
2024/10/24
18:17 UTC

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If a Bolian had jaundice would they look like an Orion?

Sorry if this is species-ist. Would a Bolian with jaundice look like an Orion? I guess we don't know whether Bolian bilirubin would cause yellowing of the skin like it does in humans. I'm not a doctor so I really don't know, I just remember turning alarmingly yellow when I had mono in college many years ago.

10 Comments
2024/10/18
23:24 UTC

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Has someone created a real version of the game Dabo? Seems like a fun idea

This has probably been done and I haven't googled so forgive me if this is dumb... But has the show ever defined exactly how Dabo works? Someone should. I have a few ideas of how you could create a game with multiple spins in a round leading to a great amount of possible outcomes. Good for betting.

There also has to be a role for the "Dabo girl" more than just spinning the wheel.

20 Comments
2024/10/17
01:34 UTC

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If you think about it, any kid who owned silly putty or play dough automatically had an Odo action figure

8 Comments
2024/10/14
02:45 UTC

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When a tribble is born pregnant, is the newborn tribble's pregnancy also pregnant at the moment?

Is the born tribble's pregnancy's pregnancy pregnant?

How far down does it go?

18 Comments
2024/10/10
14:14 UTC

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Are tribbles born pregnant all the way down?

1 Comment
2024/10/09
20:56 UTC

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The reason we haven't seen the Bell riots or the Irish unification is because of time travelers are messing with the timeline

29 Comments
2024/10/09
13:35 UTC

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Harry Kim should have been Naomi's godfather

He risked his life to stop off at sickbay so he could bring her with him to the other timeline where they had both died. He's the only reason she's alive, and they make Neelix the godfather? Harry was robbed!

10 Comments
2024/10/09
12:44 UTC

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Elephants in star fleet

Does anyone else think that elephants would be eligible for starfleet? They are arguably the most intelligent non human creature on the planet, being winessed mourning their dead and tracking hundreds of miles to get help from humans who they've never met, because another elephant has told them about it. If starfleet has cetacean ops then why not elephant ops

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_communication

22 Comments
2024/10/03
09:55 UTC

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How did Patrick Stewart go from looking old at 47 to looking young at 84?

44 Comments
2024/09/30
16:25 UTC

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Imagine a PlayStation era Resident Evil game set on the Enterprise-D. You play as Dianna Troi. Who would be the "Wesker" traitor?

5 Comments
2024/09/30
05:26 UTC

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Starfleet called their anti-Borg ship the "Defiant" because the "Resistor" sounds too much like a circuit board.

10 Comments
2024/09/28
14:34 UTC

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Kit bashing is cruel and should be banned by space PETA

7 Comments
2024/09/28
10:46 UTC

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The DS9 crew's uniforms getting smarter reflects their greater trust in Garak, a tailor.

Just had this thought strike me when watching early season DS9: their uniforms largely don't fit, are creased, you can see they're supposed to be circular around the collar area but the material sticks out vertically instead and ruins the look

Then in later seasons, the Uniforms are tailored better, aren't as creased and look smoother around the collar/undershirt area.

Why would this change? Maybe a certain tailor was not trusted to be patronised by anyone from Starfleet in the early years of their presence on the station, but after a couple of missions where he'd proved their worth to them, they were ok with being seen hanging around Garak and his tailor shop and the tailoring of their uniforms improved as a result, as clearly the "fresh out of the replicator" look wasn't working for them

Either that or they finally realised they were sticking around and unpacked their Irons anyway.

10 Comments
2024/09/20
12:48 UTC

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If Spock was a Viking instead of a Vulcan, he'd be Spock Sarekson

Spock, son of Sarek would be Spock Sarekson

11 Comments
2024/09/20
05:26 UTC

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Voyager red alert

With the amount if times we see Voyager go to red alert unexpectedly you would think we would see at least some of the bridge crew show up in civilian attire.

12 Comments
2024/09/06
02:09 UTC

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The Klingons may have never conquered the galaxy but their coffee certainly did

Raktajino, the true warrior's drink

20 Comments
2024/08/29
16:10 UTC

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Chekhov, the first officer of the Reliant, fired the shots that sealed his ships fate.

Also, the Enterprise supposedly rescued the Reliant crew between movies. But Chekhov, their XO, doesn’t seem too worried about them. Nope he’s up on the bridge with his old buddies working the Nav or Science station.

1 Comment
2024/08/21
04:21 UTC

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Since there are so many species in Trek that are just large talking human animals, does that mean there are there other planets were the people keep little dumb humans as pets?

14 Comments
2024/08/09
03:15 UTC

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