What? I'm pretty sure that's the point. Gold is so common it's now used in fashion. They use gold in the manufacture of the equivalent of their disposable cell phones. Whether for looks or because it actually aids in its purpose is probably in the technical manual somewhere but I don't feel like looking it up.
It matters to a 19th century poker player. And Ferengi sometimes, but Quark's cousin was making a rhetorical point.
So why would anyone even bother biting gold to confirm that it's gold if that's completely meaningless?
I like to imagine they just enjoy making fun of retarded hoo-mans.
did you not watch the clip? Do you not understand how time travel works? Context will explain a lot!
They should have kept the dildo whip guns. Season one was so silly
I always heard it as Quark being upset and when saying gold is worthless in the bar and cargo bay, it's because it is compared to latinum. Doesn't mean it isn't shiny and you can't appreciate it.
2 of my favorite scenes. You choose well, meatbag.
At the close of the episode we do hear Quark muttering to Morn that he had an idea about that gold dust...
Replicators still need power. I think specifically you need dilithium to power them.
I mean... obviously. Everything is going to need power. We're talking about tech, not magic.
No, dilithium moderates the matter/anti-matter reaction in a federation warp core and is only necessary because of the particular choices the federation took as it developed warp technology (which is why STDs whole "burn" thing was retarded; the federation would have switched back to big fusion generators or some other still-functional power source). Replicators can work just fine from any sufficiently powerful energy source.
the cost is presumably the biggest one as well as ROI, even at its height DS9 wasn't really the biggest thing on tv ratings wise. Voyager spanked it in the ratings, and the half dozen other shows with tons of aliens weren't really able to launch a franchise either. Think about how often people in Nu-trek gloat about diversity and being black and on star trek, only a very small population can even imagine themselves in the role of someone not of the same race, especially in live action. Now try getting them to imagine not being of the same species.
Yeah I can understand why this is the case with live action shows, especially ones with a modest budget like old Trek. But I was referring to all media across the board, games, books, etc.
I read the one about Janeway's backstory, called "Mosaic". I thought it was pretty good. It has some very cliche stuff about how every man Janeway loves dies so she can have a tragic backstory. Except Admiral Paris, who just gets tortured by bloody Cardies. People spent years giving Jeri shit for being a bit of a cringe fangirl writer, always trying to pair up Janeway with her husbando Chakotay etc.
Gold is so common, its only use is to press latinum, which is of actual value
