Trekkies: How can Data eat?

Of course. But it’s somewhat challenging to achieve an orgasm without any emotionality. And the idea of Data masturbating raises a plethora of questions.

So you HAVE met my ex-wife!

He has no feelings and he never gets bored. What reason could he have for jerking off? :confused:

Because it’s something humans do, and he wants the full human experience.

Of course, the whole “wants to be a real live boy” thing proves Data, even without his emo-chip, is not a completely emotionless creature. Desire and discontent are emotions.

I can see him going to Geordi and asking his advice on which lubricant to use. Ew! :eek:

Depending on what the lube is for, Geordi is either the first or last person to ask.

AstroGlide, of course

I wonder if the replicators can handle those high-end Japanese posable dolls…

Wasn’t Kirk annoyed in an early episode when it turned out he’d been given a female yeomen?

“The Corbomite Maneuver.”

I just want to show my appreciation for this post.

:confused: Never heard . . .

[searches the Urban Dictionary]

[searches the Kama Sutra]

Data got an emo-chip? I don’t remember him being in Spider-man 3.

And he has encyclopedic knowledge of all subjects, including how to find a clitoris, so the answer to the thread question is presumably “Very well indeed”. :stuck_out_tongue:

No, you’re thinking of Data’s brother Sybian.

Or his sister, Allotta Fagina

His favorite p-funk 1970s era song is Flesh Light

Answering the OP’s question, this is an excerpt from the TNG episode “Deja Q” (S03E13):

[IN TEN FORWARD]

Q: I’ve never eaten before. What do I ask for?
**DATA: **The choice of meal is determined by individual taste.
Q: What do you like?
DATA Although I do not require sustenance, I occasionally ingest semi-organic nutrient suspension in a silicon-based liquid medium.
**Q: **Is it good?
**DATA: *It would be more accurate to say it is good for me, as it lubricates my bio-functions.

*Can we infer from this that Data sometimes needs a laxative? :dubious:

Data, at one point, said he could not speak with contractions, but had already done so in previous episodes and would henceforth still, occasionally, do so. It was a stupid limitation, anyways.

Woosh

Explanation: contracting one’s abdominal muscles in order to facilitate a bowel movement. Yeah, it’s lame and a stretch, but so is our endless nitpicking about anything Trek. :wink:
Signed, Proud Nit Pickers Guild member since Phil Farrand’s first book
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