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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I still refuse to believe Starfleet's go-to drink is caffeine-free.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Root beer was just an example of what hoomans like that seems bizarre to other species. If we're talking DS9 I'd say the go-to drink was all the caffeinated raktajino everyone was pounding

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 13 hours ago

What about my comment implied I didn't realize that? Anyways, Raktajino was also consumed a lot on Voyager. Its strange that Quark focused on Root Beer in light of all the other stuff people drink, other than, hey, this is the only carbonated thing they drink that's not caffinated or alcoholic ... but that wouldn't be true either?

He did say "Starfleet" drink a lot of it, not "humans", so maybe it is just that pupular with Vulcans, Andorians, Tellerites, etc.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Admiral Janeway, please calm down.

I'm still smarting from the betrayal that is Diet Barq's

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe they have Barq's. It's caffeinated root beer.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They don't even drink alcohol. What makes you think they allow caffeine?

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Picard has actual earth produced wine from his family's own ancient vineyard in stock. They usually just don't drink alcohol unless it's a special occasion, but synthol has the same effect, it just wears off faster, so people can drink within 4 hours of a shift.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Kaboom, wrong about everything as usual.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Kaboom is the person you corrected. That's thier name.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago

"there's coffee in that nebula"

They clearly allow it, whether or not most partake is another matter. I'm also not familiar with anything saying they don't allow alcohol, just that synthetic is a widely used alternative