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by RodgerTheGreat 978 days ago
Starfleet is the Federation's solution to the existence of type-A personalities, giving them something exciting and challenging to do in order to prevent them from screwing up the socialist utopia for everyone else. All Starfleet technology is optimized not for efficiency, but for excitement; giving Starfleet personnel brushes with danger, interesting puzzles to solve, and opportunities to improvise and collaborate. Wouldn't surprise me if the inertial dampeners on the bridge are specifically tuned to toss people around a bit during battles to make them more immersive and raise the stakes. Why else would computer terminals spontaneously explode when the shields take a hit?
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You may enjoy this old Tumblr thread:

> The United Federation of "hold my beer, I got this"

https://imgur.com/gallery/wpZ4w

Sounds reasonable!