By universe, I’m talking a TV show, Anime, Graphical Novel, Cartoon, Movie, a book, heck even time travel.

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
        3·
        28 days ago

        Beer? Have you ever even watched voyager? It’s coffee all the way for her.

        Having said that, voyager mostly wasn’t very good, and federation standards were indeed very fluid in that show

        • Im_old@lemmy.world
          6·
          29 days ago

          And loads of sex IIRC

          Edit: I was thinking a different Culture, from the book “remember Phlebas”.

          • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
            9·
            29 days ago

            Use of Weapons, Look to Windward, Surface Detail, and Hydrogen Sonata are all reasonably sex-filled (if not entirely sex-positive) too.

            Definitely hits all the points of Luxury Gay Space Communism.

          • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            10·
            28 days ago

            It’s a book series. It’s a semi utopia based sci-fi. The culture is an amalgam of species (including human). It’s run by “minds” hyper powerful AIs. Humanity is akin to pet dogs. A mix of pampered and useful.

            Basically, humans live in a life of luxury and choice. Changing genders, or even species is very common. Immortality is mostly a logistics and boredom issue.

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      7·
      28 days ago

      One thing they never really get into in Star Trek is how the body modification scene evolved in a future with medical replicators and “Doc will shine a light on it” levels of medical technology. I’m sure they could easily perform a gender transition, including changing reproductive organs to whatever combo a person wanted, in an afternoon, to say nothing of the possibility of cosmetic and functional structural changes. We see them perform highly complex and detailed biological modifications so crew members can pass as aliens like it’s nothing, so why not make people taller/shorter, wider/narrower hips, bigger/smaller boobs, more feminine/masculine face, horns, pointed or alien ears, new sense organs, extra arms, etc. What kind of wild piercings are people getting? What new methods and styles of tattoos have they come up with? The possibilities are incredible. That would be a fun world to explore, even within the Federation’s taboo against genetic alteration.

    • flabberjabber@lemmy.world
      7·
      28 days ago

      The only downside is living in a universe that has the Borg. They are existential terror incarnate.

      That said, they seem to always get defeated one way or another. Just make sure you live in a major federation star system and you’re golden.

    • Damage@feddit.it
      7·
      29 days ago

      Discovery ruined that for us, you could end up in the shitty future after the Burn

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      29 days ago

      Maybe, if this includes traveling to the future where the shoes mostly take place. Right now, in their universe, things aren’t exactly going too well.

  • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    29 days ago

    Gumby and his friends can walk into any book and play in that book’s world, so choosing that fictional universe basically gives you access to all of the fictional universes. The only big trade-off is you and everyone else are ugly as shit.

    • JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net
      12·
      28 days ago

      I dunno man, my farmer works from 6h to 23h with barely a break in between, only eats when he absolutely needs to or is going to fight ghosts alone to get sprinklers to ease the work just a little, and maybe has a couple days of talking to people or going to the arcade per season lol.

      Relaxing for the player, maybe not for the farmer themselves.

      • nickiwest@lemmy.world
        3·
        28 days ago

        Yeah, but it’s only a couple of years, starting with nothing but a dilapidated farm, until that farmer becomes a millionaire. I’d take it.

      • pet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.world
        1·
        27 days ago

        from 6h to 23h

        Those are rookie numbers. In the original ‘Harvest Moon’, the day was time-limited, but the night wasn’t. So I had my guy chop stumps for hours in darkness, until the exhaustion mechanic kicked in and had him fall down from any attempt at effort.

    • cnovel@jlai.lu
      2·
      28 days ago

      Yes, started a new farm a week ago after years without playing, give me that sweet chill farmer life!

  • Siethron@lemmy.world
    221·
    29 days ago

    The lack of porn/hentai universes in the comments is refreshing.

    …That being said…

  • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
    17·
    28 days ago

    Star trek has transporters, holodecks, and amazing medical technology. There are other usniverses that have some of these, but not all 3 in one place. But basically, that is what I would go for.

    • ghen@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      27 days ago

      Infinite food on demand as well so the only thing we have to worry about is alcohol that tastes good neat.

  • BabyVi@lemmy.world
    16·
    28 days ago

    I’d choose a Ship’s Mind from the Culture Series by Ian M. Banks, specifically a GCU class vessel.

      • alternategait@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        27 days ago

        This is actually a great thought experiment. Some philosopher (I forget the details) suggested that a culture/society could be judged how willing people would be to take the place of any random person within it. Like when people are like “American culture peaked in the 20s/50s/etc”, but you can point out that only counts if you’re a white man. The experience of pretty much everyone else is unenviable for a multitude of reasons.

        You’re suggesting that yeah there may be some positions that are better than others, but pretty much any of them would be good.

        • smiletolerantly@awful.systems
          4·
          27 days ago

          That actually makes a lot of sense, ha.

          (Just in case you aren’t familiar with the Culture: yep, anyone or anything in it would be famtastic.)

    • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
      8·
      29 days ago

      So, watching your entire people be destroyed, and then watching people all around you who you get close to often meet horrible, depressing fates, and eventually having to spend 4 and a half billion years in a time loop punching through a diamond wall with your bare hands?

      • Kwiila@slrpnk.net
        2·
        29 days ago

        Unironically, yes. You can’t go through one lifetime without going through some stuff. You can’t even be born without going through some stuff. You certainly can’t live that long in our universe without going through some stuff. Learn to accept the painful memories and enjoy the rest.

        • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
          1·
          27 days ago

          “The Doctor went through some stuff.”

          I get what you’re saying, but that’s quite the understatement.

    • NateNate60@lemmy.world
      11·
      29 days ago

      The My Little Pony world seems idyllic if you are not a protagonist or subordinate of the designated evildoers. Pokémon residents, on the other hand, experience crime, disease, capitalism, and forced cockfights whenever you happen to walk in front of someone.

      • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
        9·
        29 days ago

        Disease is still a thing in the MLP universe. And so are crime and capitalism, though to a much lesser extent, usually.

        The forced cockfights are a wild thing, sure, but they’re never (or at least very rarely) permanently injured from it, and (at least supposedly) a lot of them seem to enjoy doing it. And going by the anime style, battles don’t happen every time you walk in front of someone – it’s usually more of an arranged challenge that you’re free to decline if you’re busy or just don’t feel like it.

        Plus, on the disease front, in the Pokemon universe, you could get injured or diseased, sure, but there are a lot of things in that universe with mysterious healing powers that might be able to fix you up – not just pokemon with healing moves (which sometimes seem to also work on humans?), but also just a lot of random semi-mystical places and objects that have healing properties. Then again, MLP probably has some pretty good medicine too, with all the magic and potions and whatnot.

        I’m starting to think the biggest differentiator here is the danger factor. In the Pokemon world, even young children can freely explore pretty much wherever they want, without needing to worry too much about their safety. But in the MLP universe, the edges of the map are full of very dangerous places that only the most hardened adventurers would ever dare to visit, with very dangerous and hostile creatures in them. Once you get outside the boundaries of Equestria proper, that world is a very dangerous place.

        Oh, and Pokemon has much more prolific and advanced technology… If I’d like to continue watching movies and chatting on the internet, Pokemon is the way to go.

        Wait a minute… I’ve been going about this all wrong!

        I’m an author! I could make a fictional universe, perfectly tailored to exactly what I want! Pokemon/MLP/furry crossover with immortality, no significant danger or disease, transformation at will, rampant horniness, and Fully Automated Luxury Communism! Let’s fucking go!

        • NannerBanner@literature.cafe
          2·
          27 days ago

          I’m an author! I could make a fictional universe, perfectly tailored to exactly what I want! Pokemon/MLP/furry crossover with immortality, no significant danger or disease, transformation at will, rampant horniness, and Fully Automated Luxury Communism! Let’s fucking go!

          And the wheel of time turns again…

          On the topic of pokemon, between the various games and the anime, there are a lot of places that are just plain awesome, and I seem to recall plenty of people that live in the wilderness perfectly happily. It seems like a paradise world, with enough space for everyone to have wilderness if they want it, city life if they want that, etc.

      • Kwiila@slrpnk.net
        6·
        29 days ago

        Yeah, no offense to Pokemon, loved the games, but definitely one of those situations where the vibes are STARK contrast to what would be the lived experience.

    • fireweed@lemmy.world
      4·
      28 days ago

      Conundrum: STNG overlaps in time with DS9 (even if they didn’t, they’re both part of the same “universe” as posed by the question), so by selecting the universe of STNG, does that mean having to live through the Dominion war? Not sure that makes it a deal breaker either way but definitely takes some of the utopian edge off.

      • hansolo@lemmy.today
        4·
        27 days ago

        My thought process as well.

        TNG? Hell no, it was the end of a Golden Era. SNW, all the way. By the time you get old enough that missions of science and explorations are thrown to the side in exchange for war, you’re 100 and living in some retirement holodeck.

      • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        28 days ago

        I guess real nice would be to have the star trek online universe where I like goto starfleet and become a captain like out of the academy and am allowed to do whatever I want with my vast fleet of ships n junk. I took STNG because that was the holodeck and replicators and until the borg invasion it was relatively peaceful and even that did not last long.

  • nicgentile@lemmy.worldOP
    12·
    29 days ago

    I’ll go first. I’m stuck between Futurama, Jonny Quest/Venture Bros and even old school Hawaii 5 - 0.

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
      4·
      29 days ago

      Born as the son of a noble trope or I also have access to direct shipping through a magical web UI trope. Let’s goooo

      • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        28 days ago

        I’ll go with the “I have a skill that everyone thinks is useless, but it’s actually the most OP skill ever because I’m so smart in how I use it” trope.

        Like, my skill is material molding. Most people use it to make nails or to be a production worker of some type, making wheels for carts and the like, but since I know about the modern world, I’ll be making record players and computers and cell phones and solar panels.

    • fireweed@lemmy.world
      4·
      28 days ago

      Nearly every isekai I’ve watched/read has involved a lot of brushes with death and/or having to repeatedly pull yourself out of near-impossible situations. Not sure it’s worth the magic and elf-girl harems…

  • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    12·
    29 days ago

    Probably a wizard of some kind, as long as it’s not a Rowling one. Just wanna draw runes and ponder orbs, you know?

        • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
          5·
          29 days ago

          Pratchett’s Wizard Magic and Witch Magic are quite different styles but all the Discworld books are Good at a minimum and your taste will determine which are Beyond Excellent.

            • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
              5·
              29 days ago

              The Science of Discworld novels are a fun mix of science and wizardry.

              Thief of Time is not wizards but underrated Buddhist Time Monks.

              The early wizards books didn’t really grow on me as well as the later other books.

            • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
              3·
              28 days ago

              Since you’ve met Tiffany you should meet Eskarina and get a backdoor exploration into Unseen University. So try Equal Rites. Then for more wizards you can go back one to The Light Fantastic, or keep moving forward to explore the whole Discworld and read 'em all. They each have unique qualities, a motley of new and recurring characters, and insights into some of the better and nastier aspects of our own world.

              I like publication order, but if you just happen upon any of them someplace, read it. And as you’ll know already, his Young Adult writing is really only a matter of having a young protagonist. So don’t sleep on The Amazing Maurice either. It’s profound.

              • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                2·
                28 days ago

                That sounds cool! The parts about Tiff’s books I liked so much was it felt like she was mucking about in the unfathomable depths of Discworld so an Unseen University sounds interesting

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
      21·
      29 days ago

      Tbh, Rowling actually has the best wizard world. You get a wand and tv to binge? While in LOTR, the fediverse doesn’t even exist.

        • Grimy@lemmy.world
          1·
          28 days ago

          Hard to find a world where that isn’t the case. I’d definitely consider myself part of the master race if I could cast spells.

          • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            1·
            28 days ago

            oh sure plenty where they try to. But HP would be the only setting where that actually works out for them and they’re rewarded by the narrative

  • goodwipe@lemmy.world
    121·
    29 days ago

    I would choose Pokemon because childhood. When I experienced my first mushroom trip, I found myself in a different realm where I had infinite connection with the love of the universe. That would be an incredible place to exist…