# Enterprise-Cogenitor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055 "2003-04-30T02:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/161 "2003-05-05T21:38:06Z")
Is that your ventrally-mounted phase cannon, or are you just happy to see me? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/162 "2003-05-05T21:51:57Z")
I need my [technobabblethatsoundssexual] purged. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/163 "2003-05-05T21:54:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > Picard said in some episode or other that _every_ instance of interference in a less developed culture had bad results. Huh, I don’t remember that. I do remember him saying that every forced relocation of a people had bad results. I remember now thinking that the Vissian captain telling Archer that they’d have stratopod technology in 100 years was a reference to metaphasic shielding, which didn’t come for over 200 years. Did anybody else think so too? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/164 "2003-05-06T00:23:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*I need my [technobabblethatsoundssexual] purged. \*\* Not tonight, honey, my ionic residue is discharging. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/165 "2003-05-06T00:46:30Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\*the Vissians could be horny as all hell, have sex all over the place, and (as long as there’s no Cogenitor around), they never have to worry about birth control! > > Horray! No unwanted pregnancies, no “Shit, I’m two weeks late!” No teenagers leaving babies in Dumpsters - these aliens have it made. > > I think modern medicine needs to look into working out some cogenitor-based system for humans.\*\* Or maybe just invent a way to make vasectomies and tubal ligations really really reversible, like with a valve you could twiddle or something. ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/166 "2003-05-06T01:03:03Z")
I’ve been twiddling my valve for a while. Doesn’t seem to help ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/167 "2003-05-06T01:08:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skillet38 \* > \*\*I’ve been twiddling my valve for a while. Doesn’t seem to help \*\* Be careful, you’ll go blind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skillet38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Skillet38](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skillet38)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/168 "2003-05-06T03:10:36Z")
it’s worse than that. My wife has a phaser cutting phaser, and a vulcan’s sence of humor ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/169 "2003-05-06T03:16:51Z")
Men are from Mars and Women are meteors crashing into Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/170 "2003-05-06T03:21:16Z")
Hurmph. This is why I hate coming late to these parties. I’m ready for a serious discussion, but by the time I get here, the whole thing has devolved into silliness. Oh, all right. “Oh, Malcolm. That’s the bigest injector I’ve ever seen.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/171 "2003-05-06T03:30:08Z")
So, Linus, do you side with Trip§? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/172 "2003-05-06T04:45:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linus Van Pelt \* > **Hurmph. This is why I hate coming late to these parties. I’m ready for a serious discussion, but by the time I get here, the whole thing has devolved into silliness.** HA! The only way to get in serious discussion before the highjacks begin is to make your own thread. Have you ever read **cplant** ’s OPs? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/173 "2003-05-06T04:53:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*So, Linus, do you side with Trip§? \*\* No. But not because he interfered, but because he charged in, knowing almost nothing, and with no thoughts to the consequences either to the couples, or to the cogenitor. He had seen this culture a total of a few hours, and that person a total of a few minutes, and he decided to lie to his hosts, sneak around unauthorized on their ship, and push his “help” onto him/her. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/174 "2003-05-06T05:08:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linus Van Pelt \* > \*\*No. But not because he interfered, but because he charged in, knowing almost nothing, and with no thoughts to the consequences either to the couples, or to the cogenitor. He had seen this culture a total of a few hours, and that person a total of a few minutes, and he decided to lie to his hosts, sneak around unauthorized on their ship, and push his “help” onto him/her. \*\* Yes! If you scroll back about 97 posts, you’ll see my argument of this idea. I think it was written just for that effect. We see the bad consequences of “fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” * * * Now, back to being silly! You, there! That’s _not_ silly! Stop it at once! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/175 "2003-05-06T05:46:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > **We see the bad consequences of "fools rush in where angels fear to tread."** That’s 'cause angels are total wusses. Sitting on clouds, playing their harps and preening their feathers all day … they live lives of pampered luxury. The toughest challenge angels ever face is showing up to choir practice on time. They never have to tackle any **real** problems. Hmph! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/176 "2003-05-06T05:47:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > **Men are from Mars and Women are meteors crashing into Mars.** I usually say, “Men are from Mars, Women are from Pluto.” Not that I’m bitter. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/177 "2003-05-06T05:53:59Z")
Thanks CPlant, NCB. I feel better now. (Silly on!) ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/178 "2003-05-06T05:58:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*I usually say, “Men are from Mars, Women are from Pluto.” > > Not that I’m bitter. \*\* Hmmm. Run into a few that are cold and distant recently, have we? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/179 "2003-05-06T06:02:54Z")
Warm beer and cold women. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enterprise-cogenitor/172055/180 "2003-05-06T06:31:02Z")
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