# Most common (non-sexual) fantasies that would be played in holodecks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994 "2018-06-29T15:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/41 "2018-06-30T01:21:59Z")
Only seven holodecks? With over a thousand people on board, that works out to about one hour per person per week. Even if people pooled their ration, a family of four could use it for four hours, it would still be only once per week. And some people would have to take their ration at four A.M. on Sunday morning. I’d say that’s unworkable. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/42 "2018-06-30T01:47:53Z")
We know that there are at least seven holodecks; there might be more. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/43 "2018-06-30T01:50:06Z")
I can’'t find it now but I once saw a youtube that someone did with Barclay and the “A-Team” ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/44 "2018-06-30T03:09:33Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > For men they would be sports star, super hero, cowboy, space explorer. For women it would be princess, singer, celebrity. My first and second thoughts were that I could play with MLB and/or NHL. I’m definitely a woman who has zero desire to be singer or a princess. Even as a child I never played princess…queen maybe, but princess??? Give me a break, princesses don’t have any authority. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/45 "2018-06-30T03:11:11Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > There was more than one holodeck. The TNG episode _The Perfect Mate_ stated that the USS Enterprise-D had seven holodecks, so we can take that as canon. And there were three shifts aboard the Enterprise, so holodeck time could be alloted around the clock. Also, there were families aboard the Enterprise-D, so it can be assumed that family members could use the holodeck together. Oh good. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/46 "2018-06-30T03:11:35Z")
I think RPGs would be huge. Imagine playing something like World of Warcraft in holodeck mode. They already have games like Skyrim for VR, but the multi-player aspect, coupled with the advanced holodeck technology, would make it amazing. Also, they wouldn’t really need rest homes anymore. When the body gives out, just give the person the option to be hooked up to the Matrix with a nutrient feed and let 'em live out their fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/47 "2018-06-30T03:13:24Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Only seven holodecks? With over a thousand people on board, that works out to about one hour per person per week. Even if people pooled their ration, a family of four could use it for four hours, it would still be only once per week. And some people would have to take their ration at four A.M. on Sunday morning. I’d say that’s unworkable. Yes, but as was said each holodeck might be able to have ten sections. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/48 "2018-06-30T03:14:12Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > My first and second thoughts were that I could play MLB and/or NHL. I’m definitely a woman who has zero desire to be singer or a princess. Even as a child I never played princess…queen maybe, but princess??? Give me a break, princesses don’t have any authority. Right? Why the heck would I want to be a princess or a pop singer (not that there’s anything wrong with either, if that’s what floats your boat) when I could be a superhero, a Jedi, or a master mage? Hmm…regarding the whole princess thing–Holodeck technology would be a godsend for those whose gender or body type doesn’t match their self-perception. I’m not trans, but as someone who almost always plays male characters in RPGs, I would love the chance to take on a fully believable masculine persona online, where the only thing that could give me away was if I played the “character” wrong. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/49 "2018-06-30T04:56:39Z")
There would be as many as there are genres of video games. Presumably the most popular amongst a certain crowd would be shoot-em-ups or RPGs where you run around killing bad guys and solving puzzles. Aside from that, as fantasies go, I think I’d experience some luxuries, visit exotic locations, maybe have a (safe) James Bond-type (Indiana Jones-type/Lord of the Rings-type) adventure to reach an end-goal of sorts. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/50 "2018-06-30T05:17:17Z")
Isn’t it obvious? Everyone in Star Fleet would run The Kobayashi Maru until they won. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/51 "2018-07-01T20:20:01Z")
We all know what the holodeck would be used for. And we also know the worst job on the Enterprise: Being the guy who has to squeegie the holodeck clean. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/52 "2018-07-01T20:23:33Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > I think the episode that Barclay was introduced in had it right. Your boss is a weenie who you can dominate and the sexy gal/guy you have a crush on loves you. I fucking love that episode, it was hilarious how he made Riker be short in his holodeck fantasy. Riker’s tall strutting is such a key component of his character’s presentation and I love how Barclay literally “cut him down to size.” TNG is by far the best _Star Trek_ series. It has so much heart. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/53 "2018-07-01T20:40:06Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Role playing - spy, soldier, hero. Luke Skywalker, James Bond. Dixon Hill. Captain Proton. 🙂 > > Second, doing things you can’t do or are too scared to do. Skiing down Everest, climb Half Dome’s face, freefall from 100K feet, surf a 100 foot wave. This. I’d choose hang gliding. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My first thought was going back in history to witness a particular event or to observe life in another place and time. Based on what I’ve read in this thread so far, I’m pretty boring. I would want to do more than just observe; I’d want to participate. Instead of watching someone else find the packet of cigars, I would. Everyone could be the hero. Reenactors would have a ball, because they wouldn’t have to pay for and construct all the period-correct costumes and paraphernalia. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/54 "2018-07-01T23:31:07Z")
How about interviewing for that dream promotion? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/55 "2018-07-04T01:05:24Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > I’m surprised that no one’s mentioned food and drink. On the holodeck, you can eat/drink whatever you want in whatever quantities you want. Sure, you could, but it would be the same as doing so with the replicator, since they would be real food and drink. Light and forcefields don’t make for good food, and matter that would suddenly disappear when you leave is not good for you. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/56 "2018-07-04T01:25:34Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > We all know what the holodeck would be used for. > > And we also know the worst job on the Enterprise: Being the guy who has to squeegie the holodeck clean. [Space… The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission, apparently, to reenact old detective novels with your pants off. To seek out new ways to make my life hell. To boldly assume that the janitors can just beam your jizz off the inside of an image reductor grid.](https://www.somethingawful.com/news/blue-stripe-life-4/) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/57 "2018-07-04T03:02:04Z")
I would do some military simulations - be an archer during the Battle of Agincourt or a grunt landing on the Normandy beaches. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994/58 "2018-07-04T13:15:51Z")
I think psychotherapists would use the holodeck for their patients. You could rehearse troubling scenarios, practice exposure therapy, help give people closure in relationships, and conduct role-playing exercises in ways that are impossible now. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994.md?page=2)