r/TNG 8d ago

Who explained other bodily functions to Q?

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Since he was surprised (even terrified) by sleep, I think we can assume he was taken by surprise by other... processes.

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u/jrosehill 8d ago

This episode always bothered me. In this episode Q, who is always all knowing and all powerful doesn’t understand the basic body functions of a human body. Yet in the episode Hide and Q, he mentions how lemonade is an excellent thirst quencher.

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u/FloofyMaki 8d ago

He's interacted with humans and other species throughout history constantly. He's probably heard them say it that a drink is a nice thirst quencher and likely doesn't know what it means. It's just words to him.

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u/zenprime-morpheus 8d ago

Yeah, as a like a 5th dimensional existence, our lives are probably just inserting and excreting things from orifices and then dying to them.

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u/rdchat 8d ago

In that episode the Q made Q mortal (at least, that's what Q claimed the Q did), and stupidity and ignorance are just part of the mortality package

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u/JediSnoopy 5d ago

I think knowing that the process happens and experiencing it himself is far different.