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Why are all the doors on Ferenginar (the Ferengi home world) far shorter than the average Ferengi?
Why didn't the Ferengi just steal the whole NX-01?Why do the Ferengi pronounce “human” the way they do?Why didn't the Ferengi Commerce Authority take Quark's mother's house and possessions?Why are the Ferengi classed as Species 180, by the Borg?Why are desiccated Ferengi green?Are the Ferengi the richest and most powerful civilization in the Star Trek world given that they are the most driven by the pursuit of money?Why do the Ferengi still use latinum as currency?Why do the Ferengi keep their women naked?Are the Ferengi racially discriminated against by members of the Federation?Why did the Ferengi stay there in “The Price” after Geordi's warning?
I was watching DS9: Family Business when I noticed all the doors on Ferenginar are much shorter than the average Ferengi, causing them to crouch down every time they enter a room.
That's gotta be terrible for their backs! I understand that Ferengi are shorter than the average humanoid, but why would they make the doors on their own home world too short for themselves?!
There are some other examples
here 1, 2, 3
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I was watching DS9: Family Business when I noticed all the doors on Ferenginar are much shorter than the average Ferengi, causing them to crouch down every time they enter a room.
That's gotta be terrible for their backs! I understand that Ferengi are shorter than the average humanoid, but why would they make the doors on their own home world too short for themselves?!
There are some other examples
here 1, 2, 3
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Good question. I wondered that at the time too. I suspect it's to make the houses look more like dens.
– Valorum
4 hours ago
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Make them bowing when entering buildings.
– Oni
4 hours ago
2
Maybe they're really old doors? You can see similar real world examples of human doors that are lower than average height, in areas with buildings that are centuries old. This is because humans have got significantly taller over time.
– Nathan Griffiths
3 hours ago
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Ferenginar's weather is known for torrential rains and rivers of muck. If dens (either presently or traditionally) are air tight, having doors below head level would ensure in the event of an overwhelming flood there's a bubble of air trapped inside that is breathable for those inside. But this has no canon support I'm aware of so I can't put my rampant speculation as answer. :)
– starpilotsix
3 hours ago
2
I would hazard a guess that it makes the doors cheaper to construct. :-) And perhaps Ferengi don't suffer the same sort of back problems as hew-mons? There's less weight and leverage on their spine which I imagine would help.
– Harry Johnston
3 hours ago
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I was watching DS9: Family Business when I noticed all the doors on Ferenginar are much shorter than the average Ferengi, causing them to crouch down every time they enter a room.
That's gotta be terrible for their backs! I understand that Ferengi are shorter than the average humanoid, but why would they make the doors on their own home world too short for themselves?!
There are some other examples
here 1, 2, 3
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I was watching DS9: Family Business when I noticed all the doors on Ferenginar are much shorter than the average Ferengi, causing them to crouch down every time they enter a room.
That's gotta be terrible for their backs! I understand that Ferengi are shorter than the average humanoid, but why would they make the doors on their own home world too short for themselves?!
There are some other examples
here 1, 2, 3
star-trek star-trek-ds9 ferengi
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Good question. I wondered that at the time too. I suspect it's to make the houses look more like dens.
– Valorum
4 hours ago
2
Make them bowing when entering buildings.
– Oni
4 hours ago
2
Maybe they're really old doors? You can see similar real world examples of human doors that are lower than average height, in areas with buildings that are centuries old. This is because humans have got significantly taller over time.
– Nathan Griffiths
3 hours ago
6
Ferenginar's weather is known for torrential rains and rivers of muck. If dens (either presently or traditionally) are air tight, having doors below head level would ensure in the event of an overwhelming flood there's a bubble of air trapped inside that is breathable for those inside. But this has no canon support I'm aware of so I can't put my rampant speculation as answer. :)
– starpilotsix
3 hours ago
2
I would hazard a guess that it makes the doors cheaper to construct. :-) And perhaps Ferengi don't suffer the same sort of back problems as hew-mons? There's less weight and leverage on their spine which I imagine would help.
– Harry Johnston
3 hours ago
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2
Good question. I wondered that at the time too. I suspect it's to make the houses look more like dens.
– Valorum
4 hours ago
2
Make them bowing when entering buildings.
– Oni
4 hours ago
2
Maybe they're really old doors? You can see similar real world examples of human doors that are lower than average height, in areas with buildings that are centuries old. This is because humans have got significantly taller over time.
– Nathan Griffiths
3 hours ago
6
Ferenginar's weather is known for torrential rains and rivers of muck. If dens (either presently or traditionally) are air tight, having doors below head level would ensure in the event of an overwhelming flood there's a bubble of air trapped inside that is breathable for those inside. But this has no canon support I'm aware of so I can't put my rampant speculation as answer. :)
– starpilotsix
3 hours ago
2
I would hazard a guess that it makes the doors cheaper to construct. :-) And perhaps Ferengi don't suffer the same sort of back problems as hew-mons? There's less weight and leverage on their spine which I imagine would help.
– Harry Johnston
3 hours ago
2
2
Good question. I wondered that at the time too. I suspect it's to make the houses look more like dens.
– Valorum
4 hours ago
Good question. I wondered that at the time too. I suspect it's to make the houses look more like dens.
– Valorum
4 hours ago
2
2
Make them bowing when entering buildings.
– Oni
4 hours ago
Make them bowing when entering buildings.
– Oni
4 hours ago
2
2
Maybe they're really old doors? You can see similar real world examples of human doors that are lower than average height, in areas with buildings that are centuries old. This is because humans have got significantly taller over time.
– Nathan Griffiths
3 hours ago
Maybe they're really old doors? You can see similar real world examples of human doors that are lower than average height, in areas with buildings that are centuries old. This is because humans have got significantly taller over time.
– Nathan Griffiths
3 hours ago
6
6
Ferenginar's weather is known for torrential rains and rivers of muck. If dens (either presently or traditionally) are air tight, having doors below head level would ensure in the event of an overwhelming flood there's a bubble of air trapped inside that is breathable for those inside. But this has no canon support I'm aware of so I can't put my rampant speculation as answer. :)
– starpilotsix
3 hours ago
Ferenginar's weather is known for torrential rains and rivers of muck. If dens (either presently or traditionally) are air tight, having doors below head level would ensure in the event of an overwhelming flood there's a bubble of air trapped inside that is breathable for those inside. But this has no canon support I'm aware of so I can't put my rampant speculation as answer. :)
– starpilotsix
3 hours ago
2
2
I would hazard a guess that it makes the doors cheaper to construct. :-) And perhaps Ferengi don't suffer the same sort of back problems as hew-mons? There's less weight and leverage on their spine which I imagine would help.
– Harry Johnston
3 hours ago
I would hazard a guess that it makes the doors cheaper to construct. :-) And perhaps Ferengi don't suffer the same sort of back problems as hew-mons? There's less weight and leverage on their spine which I imagine would help.
– Harry Johnston
3 hours ago
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The original script describes them thusly;
There are no windows, but there are a few doors leading to other parts
of the building. The doors are low and tunnel-like and even Ferengi
have to stoop to get through them. Rain from Ferenginar's relentless
downpour can be heard beating against the roof.
Quark and Rom ENTER, followed by Brunt. Each Ferengi deposits a coin
in a collection box by the door, then removes a towel from a rack, and
begins blotting off the rain.
The fact that they look like tunnel entrances may be a nod to the fact that the Ferengi are more animalistic, living in literal dens that have been modernised.
I've seen web-chatter that one of the EU novels mentions that the doorways became smaller over time as the Ferengi realised that they were among the shortest of the Alpha quadrant races, as a form of compensation for their obvious inferiority.
I liked the explanation offered in one of the books that Ferengi
doors are too short for them. After gaining spaceflight and realizing
they are shorter than other humanoids, the trend for small doors
emerged as a way to make them feel taller in the same spaces. I kind
of retroactively assumed that's what the designers were actually
thinking
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The original script describes them thusly;
There are no windows, but there are a few doors leading to other parts
of the building. The doors are low and tunnel-like and even Ferengi
have to stoop to get through them. Rain from Ferenginar's relentless
downpour can be heard beating against the roof.
Quark and Rom ENTER, followed by Brunt. Each Ferengi deposits a coin
in a collection box by the door, then removes a towel from a rack, and
begins blotting off the rain.
The fact that they look like tunnel entrances may be a nod to the fact that the Ferengi are more animalistic, living in literal dens that have been modernised.
I've seen web-chatter that one of the EU novels mentions that the doorways became smaller over time as the Ferengi realised that they were among the shortest of the Alpha quadrant races, as a form of compensation for their obvious inferiority.
I liked the explanation offered in one of the books that Ferengi
doors are too short for them. After gaining spaceflight and realizing
they are shorter than other humanoids, the trend for small doors
emerged as a way to make them feel taller in the same spaces. I kind
of retroactively assumed that's what the designers were actually
thinking
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The original script describes them thusly;
There are no windows, but there are a few doors leading to other parts
of the building. The doors are low and tunnel-like and even Ferengi
have to stoop to get through them. Rain from Ferenginar's relentless
downpour can be heard beating against the roof.
Quark and Rom ENTER, followed by Brunt. Each Ferengi deposits a coin
in a collection box by the door, then removes a towel from a rack, and
begins blotting off the rain.
The fact that they look like tunnel entrances may be a nod to the fact that the Ferengi are more animalistic, living in literal dens that have been modernised.
I've seen web-chatter that one of the EU novels mentions that the doorways became smaller over time as the Ferengi realised that they were among the shortest of the Alpha quadrant races, as a form of compensation for their obvious inferiority.
I liked the explanation offered in one of the books that Ferengi
doors are too short for them. After gaining spaceflight and realizing
they are shorter than other humanoids, the trend for small doors
emerged as a way to make them feel taller in the same spaces. I kind
of retroactively assumed that's what the designers were actually
thinking
answered 3 hours ago
ValorumValorum
411k11129983218
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And yes, I'm trying to track down the source of that reference.
– Valorum
2 hours ago
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The original script describes them thusly;
There are no windows, but there are a few doors leading to other parts
of the building. The doors are low and tunnel-like and even Ferengi
have to stoop to get through them. Rain from Ferenginar's relentless
downpour can be heard beating against the roof.
Quark and Rom ENTER, followed by Brunt. Each Ferengi deposits a coin
in a collection box by the door, then removes a towel from a rack, and
begins blotting off the rain.
The fact that they look like tunnel entrances may be a nod to the fact that the Ferengi are more animalistic, living in literal dens that have been modernised.
I've seen web-chatter that one of the EU novels mentions that the doorways became smaller over time as the Ferengi realised that they were among the shortest of the Alpha quadrant races, as a form of compensation for their obvious inferiority.
I liked the explanation offered in one of the books that Ferengi
doors are too short for them. After gaining spaceflight and realizing
they are shorter than other humanoids, the trend for small doors
emerged as a way to make them feel taller in the same spaces. I kind
of retroactively assumed that's what the designers were actually
thinking
answered 3 hours ago
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The original script describes them thusly;
There are no windows, but there are a few doors leading to other parts
of the building. The doors are low and tunnel-like and even Ferengi
have to stoop to get through them. Rain from Ferenginar's relentless
downpour can be heard beating against the roof.
Quark and Rom ENTER, followed by Brunt. Each Ferengi deposits a coin
in a collection box by the door, then removes a towel from a rack, and
begins blotting off the rain.
The fact that they look like tunnel entrances may be a nod to the fact that the Ferengi are more animalistic, living in literal dens that have been modernised.
I've seen web-chatter that one of the EU novels mentions that the doorways became smaller over time as the Ferengi realised that they were among the shortest of the Alpha quadrant races, as a form of compensation for their obvious inferiority.
I liked the explanation offered in one of the books that Ferengi
doors are too short for them. After gaining spaceflight and realizing
they are shorter than other humanoids, the trend for small doors
emerged as a way to make them feel taller in the same spaces. I kind
of retroactively assumed that's what the designers were actually
thinking
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Good question. I wondered that at the time too. I suspect it's to make the houses look more like dens.
– Valorum
4 hours ago
2
Make them bowing when entering buildings.
– Oni
4 hours ago
2
Maybe they're really old doors? You can see similar real world examples of human doors that are lower than average height, in areas with buildings that are centuries old. This is because humans have got significantly taller over time.
– Nathan Griffiths
3 hours ago
6
Ferenginar's weather is known for torrential rains and rivers of muck. If dens (either presently or traditionally) are air tight, having doors below head level would ensure in the event of an overwhelming flood there's a bubble of air trapped inside that is breathable for those inside. But this has no canon support I'm aware of so I can't put my rampant speculation as answer. :)
– starpilotsix
3 hours ago
2
I would hazard a guess that it makes the doors cheaper to construct. :-) And perhaps Ferengi don't suffer the same sort of back problems as hew-mons? There's less weight and leverage on their spine which I imagine would help.
– Harry Johnston
3 hours ago