For a limited time; Oops! All Tribbles
That one Short Trek with H John Benjamin went hard into the edible tribble:
Oh gross, real hair
They’re pregnant… with flavor!
replicated sugar
Has the federation not made some kind of super sugar like synthehol? I can imagine Picard giving this speech to some starving/obese alien the federation is trying to help out
Long ago humans used to struggle with nutrition and caloric intake. Both too much and too little were dangerous. Now we have synthose, a sugar which expands only as much as your body needs it, while retaining a consistently sweet taste regardless of the caloric density
Has the federation not made some kind of super sugar like synthehol?
my brother in christ “artificial” sweetners already exist!
Long ago humans used to struggle with nutrition and caloric intake. Both too much and too little were dangerous.
This would hit hard if I wasn’t already beating the “Fast food is cigarettes of the current era and you are a stupid fat bastard that can’t resist fat and carbs” over my head
my brother in christ “artificial” sweetners already exist!
Yes, but they are imperfect and perhaps unhealthy as well. I was trying to hit something more akin to synthehol’s weird perfection, its alcohol that gets you inebriated but has no ill health effects and can be dismissed at will. Artificial sweeteners are fine, but lack the super science of Trek
But like how Scotty knew it wasn’t real because he was a frequent partaker of real alcohol, someone who consumes actual sugar would immediately realize it was artificial sweetener and complain.
Me: “Warm cinnamon rolls, extra frosting.”
replicator whirring
Me: spits “WHAT IN BLAZES IS THIS??”
I think there’s evidence to show that our taste receptors for sweetness are linked to insulin production. Thus no artificial sweeteners can be consumed without health consequences (insulin spikes, insulin resistance).
Replicated cereal? We all know the Federation well enough, to know the product behind used in the replication is human waste.
Beam that shit down the toilet, Scotty.
That artificial shit goes right through your warp reactor.
Make you jettison your warp core.
So I opened my box and there are 5 different marshmallows…🫤
Wow, FOUR shapes?
