Would you use a food replicator?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-01-12 12:20pm

Yes, I'd buy one. I'd probably still cook, but a replicator would be damn useful.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-01-12 02:37pm

After waking up this morning at 3 AM, craving a glass of milk but having NO way to get any (none in the fridge, dining hall closed, no way in hell I'm going to go walking the streets of Atlanta at night alone just for a glass of milk) I can say,

HECK YES.

Besides, even if the food did taste kinda funny, it would still (most likely) be an improvement over what I'm eating in the dining halls.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-01-12 09:20pm

I'd like one, if they went for under $1,000, and didn't taste funny. It would be a more convienent alternative than going to the grocery store to get a few small items I forgot. I'm pretty sure every college student would have one if they were real.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-01-12 09:23pm

Maybe for those ugly days(like the next four months) when I feel wasted and drained. But on a regular basis nah...I like cooking.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2004-01-13 01:12am

Hell yes.

Even if the food it produces isnt 100% it cant be nearly as bad as some fast food. Not to mention you can use it to produce the ingredients of the highest quality if you didnt want to eat the replicated food directly.

If nothing else it makes a very very useful trash disposal unit.

TheDarkling · Post by **TheDarkling** » 2004-01-13 01:36am

Replicators can't be that bad at making food, that Drunk from the 20th century said it made the best Martini he had ever tasted.

Sokartawi · Post by **Sokartawi** » 2004-01-13 06:56pm

I'm more worried what's actually in REAL food nowadays! At least when you have a replicator you can easily find out what is in there.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-01-13 07:06pm

Sokartawi wrote:I'm more worried what's actually in REAL food nowadays! At least when you have a replicator you can easily find out what is in there.

Bah, if it tastes good just keep chowing it down.

~Jason

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » 2004-01-13 09:14pm

Sure, to feed my cats Feline Suppliment #9.

Enola Straight · Post by **Enola Straight** » 2004-01-20 09:13pm

Using the standard quaters' Replicator, he created a Viola (the instrument a little bigger than a violin) and also an acoustic cuitar for the thawed out C&W star...so obviously the replicator isn't dedicated for food patterns.

However, on one early TNG ep a couple and their young child are seen at a different non-wall-mounted replicator somewere else onboard (a cargo hold?), replicating a teddy bear for the kid.

From this I have a theory...civilians have to BUY non-standard items from a replicator service, paid for from an electronic debit/credit account.

Enola Straight · Post by **Enola Straight** » 2004-01-20 09:14pm

"He" being Data, that is.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-21 12:04am

Meh. I'm a food purist. Cook everything I can from scratch myself. Its more satisfying that way. My family also keeps a garden. (Its been a while since I've killed the meat I was eating myself as well, but I have done so.)