• bach37strad
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    367 months ago

    There’s an episode of Star Trek TNG where the crew is briefly back on earth and capt Picard is enticed by the idea of taking a job where they do exactly this. They work on lifting a tectonic plate from the ocean floor to create a new continent.

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      207 months ago

      I have a vague memory of that and I have a feeling it would be a massive ecological catastrophe.

      Then again, Earth had already gone through a nuclear war, so whatever.

      • @Bolt
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        207 months ago

        I mean, two nuclear bombs were used in war and a bunch in testing, unless I’m forgetting something. I feel like tectonic activity could definitely be much worse than that, judging by the early earth environment.

    • @darthelmet
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      197 months ago

      Just like the Simpsons or XKCD, there’s always a relevant Star Trek episode. It’s unfortunate none of my friends have watched any.

      • Flying SquidOPM
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        77 months ago

        Where do we ship the Clockwork Orange eyelid clamps?

    • @someguy3
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      7 months ago

      S4E2. After the Borg incident Picard visits his brother and childhood home. Brief discussions of alternate life and career.

      • @mkwt
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        47 months ago

        I believe the project in that episode was actually Atlantropa, a dam across the strait of Gibraltar to drain the entire Mediterranean sea.

        The idea was proposed in the 1920s and somewhat entertained by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

      • @Iheartcheese
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        197 months ago

        Because you fail as a nerd and have brought shame on your family.

        • MxM111
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          147 months ago

          Time to do a ritual self-killing known as sudoku.

          • @Malfeasant
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            27 months ago

            Nonono, that’s a stupid puzzle game. The word you’re looking for is sardaukar.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          7 months ago

          Yeah, I already found it on Memory Alpha

          It really was just a passing reference, so no wonder I don’t remember it after thirty years