• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
    13·
    2 months ago

    I like how people on Star Trek just constantly throw down “synthahol” and real alcohol as if it’s no big deal but there’s still the occasional anti-drugs episode.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
        9·
        2 months ago

        I like how they’ve never explained (at least on the show itself) what synthahol does. Does it get you drunk or even tipsy? If not, why does everyone drink it?

        But I think the idea is that synthahol can get you drunk but you can get sober right away with a hypospray or whatever if necessary.

        And you’re telling me there’s also no synthacannabis or even synthameth?

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
            4·
            2 months ago

            But it does something, or else they wouldn’t drink it at all. So why not synthacannabis too? Not as good as the real stuff, but the synthahol equivalent.

            I am also pretty sure I remember someone (maybe Wesley) being told they’re too young to drink synthahol, so it has to be intoxicating on some level.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
                4·
                2 months ago

                I ended up looking it up on Memory Alpha and they imply that it’s normally just a flavoring agent, but Seven and one alien both got drunk on it because they lacked the enzyme needed to break down the effects.

                I mean I like a nice alcoholic drink, but if I have replicators that can make me pretty much any drink in the explored galaxy, why would I constantly choose one with the flavor of alcohol but that wouldn’t get me drunk? You know, maybe there’s that one crewman who just had to have their non-alcoholic beer at the end of a shift, but they’re all slamming down synthehol (it’s with an e, not an a, which doesn’t work as well for me) drinks all the time.

                I also love that they seem to have no problem at all with stimulants that are far stronger than caffeine. You’d think raktajino was cocaine the way they compared it to coffee.

                • sirblastalot@ttrpg.network
                  3·
                  2 months ago

                  They’ve all programmed their replicator profiles to include “Ethanol, 22.5ml, Chilled” in all orders they place containing the word “synthehol”

                • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
                  3·
                  2 months ago

                  I drink liquor because of the taste and mouthfeel. I usually stop at one dose because I don’t like getting tipsy or drunk. I’d absolutely love synthehol.

                • marcos@lemmy.world
                  3·
                  2 months ago

                  A lot of times, they only drink it while on duty. Other times they drink it all the time while on a ship… Somebody probably compiled it, but I don’t think the authors had any unified theory of why people drink it.

                  But yeah, I remember many people saying it’s only a flavoring agent.