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[–] IlmariGanander@lemmy.wtf 67 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

You know, I just realized how dumb it is that I grew up on TNG and yet have never written a bald dude into my sci-fi.

I need to stop sucking and do that.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 71 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You could also make it Sisko.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Never beat yourself up for not realizing something sooner. The conditions that were required for understanding happened at the exact time they were supposed to.

[–] TaterTot@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Or, in lieu of that, at their earliest possible convenience.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's that Picard-being-bald thing: it's not that they won't have a cure for baldness in the 25th century, it's that humanity will be long extinct by then.

That's not where I thought this was going to go :(

[–] TheFrirish@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think it's good though because in a way it means that to you see those guys are just as regular people.