I know people who only poop at home. I can’t imagine being out in space for years. With holodeck technology… Someone is bound to have written a program that simulated their bathroom at home.

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      It’s a job in Lower Decks which I think makes it canon.

      That being said, it would be hilarious if holodecks can be self-cleaning but they still make ensigns do it anyway to “build character”

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        Maybe it’s the worst job because it’s really boring. You just go “Computer, run holodeck cleaning” and wait for it to finish?

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            Yeah Star Trek is so silly about manual tasks. You’d think they’d have Phaser Roombas (Phoombas). Like it’s either get a crew member to do it or you end up with an evil AI and barely any in between.

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      It’s a matter assembler disassembler. Should be perfect for it.

      On the other hand people wear costumes to the holodeck so I’m not sure.

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        I think that’s more so they can be prepared to get into character before they go into the simulation. Less to do with the need for the costume.

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        It’s holograms and force fields, that’s why if you take anything out of the holodeck it disappears.

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          Unless it’s snow obviously. I suppose that might have been actually replicated.