OT: Enterprise New thread....

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Regarding Archer kissing the woman scientist:
Why do nearly all humanoid aliens mouth-kiss? There's a good reason why kids think it's gross: because it is! Very unsanitary! Definitely an acquired taste. [He says, very tongue in cheek.] I'm not sure, but there are probably lots of Earth cultures that don't mouth-kiss, so why do most ST aliens? Just once I'd like to see a ST captain mouth-kiss an alien and have her pull away and yell, "Eeeew! Yuck! Are you crazy?!"

And speaking of customs, I want to see some aliens with wierd greeting rituals, like grabbing one another's rear-ends or rubbing elbows or something. Earth teenagers constantly invent new greeting rituals. (Slap me five, high five, thumb handshake, punch handshake, etc.) Don't these writers have any imaginations??!!