• @ShatnersBassoon
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    3110 months ago

    In a world with transporter technology wouldn’t it be considered weird not being able to do that?

    They also have anti-gravity sleds, there’s probably a planet somewhere with bioluminescent flying reindeer, the only truly unbelievable thing about the whole story is they’ve got a guy wearing a red suit and he doesn’t die.

    • @MajorHavoc
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      3010 months ago

      the only truly unbelievable thing about the whole story is they’ve got a guy wearing a red suit and he doesn’t die.

      Picard applauds

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      I mean, I interpreted the statement as “this is something that happened” i.e. he’s aware that it’s a belief from the past, where transporter technology didn’t exist yet. I can’t believe the Santa tradition actually survives into an age where materialism is mostly eradicated.

      But yeah also, the Santa thing contains that Santa actually physically delivers the presents himself, which, even with their current technology, is impossible. You’d need time travel for that.

      • rustydomino
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        310 months ago

        Santa could be a Q. Just sayin.

      • @ShatnersBassoon
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        310 months ago

        Sounds like an average Tuesday for Chief O’Brien to me… but apparently there’s a TNG comic confirming Santa is real (and also the Grinch for some reason??)

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      410 months ago

      I think you’re massively underestimating how many houses there are in the world.

      • themeatbridge
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        610 months ago

        Let’s be real, he ain’t visiting most of the houses. China and India, Indonesia, Pakistan, are mostly non-Christian, and then there’s a lot of poor people that Santa seems to skip over most years.

  • don
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    10 months ago

    You’re absolutely correct, Garek, it’s a truly absurd fairy tale, by any measure. On a completely unrelated subject, may I introduce you to your lord and savior Jesus Christ?

  • rustydomino
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    1310 months ago

    I can hear this in Garak’s voice

  • @ooterness
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    1010 months ago

    No, it’s a magical morbidly obese senior citizen. Totally different.

  • @[email protected]
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    610 months ago

    Santa is stuck in one of those subspace bubbles where time runs much faster and it only intersects regular space on Christmas Eve.

  • @[email protected]
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    310 months ago

    You see, the secret is that humans - and especially children - are incredibly self-centered, and will rarely bother to think of the other people in the world at all. Santa is for them, not other people.