[Mr. Douglas]

The Star Trek NG episode about the holodeck addict is more accurate.

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It’s amazing you brought that one up. It was the episode that convinced me the writers were hopeless utopians that had no understanding of human nature - and failed to learn the lesson of Miranda (Firefly plug).

That is, if the holodeck worked as advertised, virtually EVERYONE would be hooked on it. Not just the “weak”.

[Bryanw92]

>>That is, if the holodeck worked as advertised, virtually EVERYONE would be hooked on it. Not just the “weak”.

Back when TNG was in production, my gaming group came to that conclusion too. As the show got weaker and weaker, they turned to the holodeck as the plot of more shows and proved it out that even these strong-willed and purposeful people were spending way too much time in holodeck fantasies.

You know that back on earth where no one worked and there was no real threats, everyone had to be a holodeck addict.

[stylin19a]

ah, it now makes sense. FR is a holodeck

[DonaldC]

People young and old are beginning to set pretty low bars of success. I’m amazed at how many youtube videos glamorize living in a vehicle. It is one thing to have had success and decide at middle age or retirement to live in a class C motor home or something, I’d like to do that myself, but many of these folks are much younger.