It's because people chase karma. If you post early and something witty usually you'll get hundreds of upvotes. For some people that's a better dopamine hit than almost anything.
Riker strikes me as a Class 8 probe type of guy. He doesn't need the taper of the lower class probes but the girth of a Class 9 is a bit too much for him.
If you mix your own juice why not slowly decrease the bicotine in the mix until it’s nonexistent? That should ween you off the nicotine and you won’t have to worry about it.
Kimli: I have taken my worst wound at this duty assignment… having looked my last upon that which is fairest. Henceforth I will call nothing fair unless it be her promoting me.
Parisolas: What was her gift?
Kimli: I asked her for one pip from her golden collar. She gave me none.
You have to watch Starship Troopers. One of the best satirical military action films of all time.