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Recently watched the episode were Barclay is terrified of the transporter while Geordie and O’Brien try to tell him it is the safest form of transportation ever and accidents never occur.
Like dude, every ither week something goes catastrophicly wrong with the transporters and either maims, kills, phase shifts, or de-ages someone. Or it sends you to a parallel universe. Or in Barclay’s case it gives you an infection or traps you in the transporter.
That’s why they are advocating for a tax on those items as well. Makes them similarly priced to non-UPF options while also givign money to something useful like healthcare.