DS9 s7e10 “It’s Only a Paper Moon”

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      I believe it makes the illusion work for each person, so if you shut it off they would be standing closer to each other but they can run continually and not hit the wall. That’s why it takes a huge amount of power.

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        Yeah stuff like this was discussed and postulated to the galactic barrier and back.

        Each person has their own holo-treadmill, lensing and refraction to make them seem further away, and sound dampening to make someone 1/4 of a meter away seem like you have to shout

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Everyone’s fondness for a 60s era Vegas lounge singer program means none of them have a leg to stand.

    If memory serves that’s the program that they’re referencing here.

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      At this point in the season Sisko still detests the idea, Rom/Leeta/Jake have only had bad/awkward experiences there, Quark sees Vic as competition, and Ezri is the only ambivalent one at the table.

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    I wouldn’t be so hard on Bashir … if any one of us had access to build saved programs on a holodeck at Quarks … we’d have some pretty weird, strange and unusual programs that many or most people would either find strange, deranged, upsetting, erotic, scandalous, hilarious or sad

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      I’m all for it, no judgment. Just love how everyone decided to bash on Bashir in the middle of a serious discussion concerning Nog’s PTSD treatment.

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    Bashir likely craved novelty and made a lot of new programs without finishing them before moving onto a new scenario.

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    Like Quark is in any situation to bitch. “Vulcan love slave” fuckin’, was the holoprogram for a busty cliff face already used?

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      He does tout that series 2 or 3 times throughout the show. Might be getting some residuals or even ghost wrote it.

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        I bet it’s the lowest selling fucking holoprogram he has. who spends time with a bunch of fun, busty Dabo girls, and goes “You know what would complete this night of debauchery? Getting an unenthusiastic handjob from a stone faced vulcan who is forced to do this, even though it’s a fantasy.”

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          That seems like the perspective of a person who hasn’t spent a lot of time in the holosuites. Sure, probably the best selling holoprogram is going to be a comfortable one with a nice, easy, predictable, and quick resolution. After all, time in the holosuites is expensive.

          But just think about the popularity of dating sim games you humans like so much, and how hard they might work to figure out how to seduce the most difficult target.

          Are you just ordering the Vulcan around? Or are you trying to summit the tallest mountain, and seduce her into losing herself in passion? It’s up to you. And, I can even offer up to a 5 percent discount on your first two sessions, terms and conditions apply.

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          Look, I’m gonna keep this like 100% profesh, but I was thoroughly unprepared for how hot young Spock was going to be.

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    Doesn’t this reflect badly on Nog if they are criticizing Bashir’s programs? Like aren’t they thinking it is bad that he choose one of his.

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      They likely forgive that based on Nog’s relative age, wheras Julian is just a man-child to the rest of them.

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    …you porr, deluded fools! How can I warn you against the war I instigated…