I worked hard at imitating the Leonard Nimoy Spock’s raised eyebrow for quite a while. I don’t regret the time spent practicing that in front of a mirror. I never mastered a fully raised eyebrow, but I can do a slight eyebrow raise.
Whenever someone is being greedy or acting a fool, I say, “hoo-man,” in a bad Ferengi accent.
Jean-Luc Picard’s “make it so” is a go to phrase for me.
My first sip of coffee for the day is always my Janeway moment.
When someone says something far fetched, I say “really.” I think I’m channeling Benjamin Sisko. No one else sees it that way.
I say “p’takh” a bit too often. Not to anyone who understands Klingon. Not yet, anyway.
Any Star Trek mannerism or phrase you’ve incorporated into your life?
Data:
“I do not know” is the most elementary and valuable statement in science, the beginning of wisdom.
I admire this statement and it heavily influences my thinking.
Quick, boys - blast “Anything Goes” into it!
Spock’s Live Long and Prosper. ’
Fascinating
Indeed.
Everybody remember where we parked
Every time I hear that phrase I think of whale songs.
I must confess that I don’t get the reference. Where was this from?
It’s from the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
The Picard Manuever.
I should buy longer shirts.
“He’s dead Jim”
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Whenever I wake up my computer I saw a little “Hello Computer”.
When we’re gaming together but he gets distracted by his phone, I’ll call my husband back to the game with, “Play dom-jot, hew-mon!” but I never stab him if he’s cheating.
I never stab him if he’s cheating.
So you’re not fully committed, ok.
Kudos on not getting stabby! Self-restraint is a good life skill.
I work for an MSP and I often multiply my time estimates by a factor of four… Does that count?
Ah, yeah, web dev here. We call it, “Scotty Time.”
Industrial maintenance here, I try and give only Starfleet Estimates when management sniffs around for their broken-ass machines back.
I adjust my shirt/sweater like Picard when he gets up.
Aka the Picard maneuver
Takes a bit of context…
I used to LARP.
At the game I played, I became leader of one of the five Baronies of our in-game nation.
We would have barony meetings on the regular…
…at which I used to have to struggle not to give the order to “make it so.”It’s just… so perfect a turn of phrase it’s hard not to use. But memeing in-game is bad.
With my old colleagues I was able to share some Shaka moments whenever our walls fell. And today I was worried about the structural integrity of our whiteboard.
Live long and prosper
My wife and me often use this instead of Goodbye.
Not something i do, but this thread reminded me of my intense desire to end up in a situation where i can shout COMPUTER TURN OFF THAT NOISE
Unconsciously adopted a Jadzia Dax’s thinking walk with hands holding behind back.