• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    8 hours ago

    I’m not a Trekkie, but I see this mentality a lot in fantasy settings. “Why would there be wheel chair users when a simple healing spell would cure it?” 🙄

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      5 hours ago

      There’s always the way to rationize that a medical problem can’t be fixed because of individual traits - for example, in the Wrath of Khan, Kirk needs reading glasses because he’s allergic to the drug they normally use to treat vision problems.

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        3 hours ago

        Yeah, whenever people can’t think of things like this it’s so unimaginative. Like, heaven forbid the magic be not that simple or something.