Because it can't be replicated. That's the point of using it. Not sure if they ever explicitly said that, but if the gold they press it in is considered a worthless container, then obviously gold can be.
Latinum cannot be replicated
Shut your fucking mouth you god damn luddite piece of garbage!! Morn's monologue was fucking beautiful and I will hear no more slander against it. It explores of the depths of his character, his purpose and the very core themes of DS9 as a whole. DS9 wouldn't be where it is without that monologue and that is non-negotiable. Also, we do hear more about Quarks daughter in the "Morn adventure" episode so your just factually wrong.
I'll admit the first time I saw it I HATED the Morn's Speech episode. But now that I'm older and have had the chance to go back and rewatch the series I appreciate it a lot more. It definitely grows on you with second viewings and to this day I wouldn't trade it for the world. It just gets better on every watch.
O'Brien episodes tend to be really good. He was also considered the most relatable character, hence why they made so much bad shit happen to him because they thought the audience could most sympathize with and relate to a blue collar family man.
We even see O'brien's law of gravitational shoulder. It dictate that every rock, fist, and energy beam must make contact with his shoulder. It first happened on a kayaking accident in the holodeck.
I can't believe you managed to condense the entire scope of Irish history into such a short sentence.
Only thing about the die is cast is that it doesn't really make sense. I mean I can absolutely see everybody involved coming up with a plan like that but nobody seemed to stop and question whether the whole thing seemed a little too easy all things considered. Considering both tain and garak were involved and never once questioned what they were doing or why it seemed to be as easy as it appeared to pull it off seems....questionable at best. Neither of them are stupid and you'd think they'd have realized that neither are the founders. I also don't really see the point of the plan even if it was successful. There was never any chance they were going to get all of them so all they'd end up doing is royally pissing the dominion off and triggering a war that they had every reason to fight to the last man in no matter what
For what it's worth, we are probably no more than a decade away from being able to generate wholely original episodes using AI. You may get your team up some day.
Coincidentally, he also gets shot in the shoulder in TNG S3, just a few episodes before the kayaking accidents start.
Oh yeah the plot isn't necessarily flawless, my point was that just watching the characters interact is really interesting.