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.
“He’s dead Jim”
The Picard Manuever.
I should buy longer shirts.
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).
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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.
Whenever I wake up my computer I saw a little “Hello Computer”.
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
I tend to do the Spock eyebrow raise quite a bit without thinking about it, to the point that people I know will ask if it’s on purpose.
I also will use “fascinating” and I tend to insert logical or illogical into sentences.
Worf’s “It is not funny, but I get it” is something I throw in as well.
If I’m in “Star Trek Mode” I’ll use various Klingon phrases, along with the Vulcan salute as greeting. My wife and I will at times text in Klingon. There’s other stuff as well, but not as common!
“There must be a logical explanation, Captain.”
Unconsciously adopted a Jadzia Dax’s thinking walk with hands holding behind back.
@Nmyownworld Whenever I have solved some weird tech issue, my first instinct is to throw my hands up and shout “Qapla’!”
(It’s the pose from the end of Goldeneye, so I am clearly aware of how quickly my fortune can turn.)
I’m thinking of Boimler practicing saying “qapla’” which is awesome.
He’s actually practicing saying nuqneH. nuqneH means “what do you want” literally but is a form of greeting in klingon while Qapla’ means goodbye, good luck, or bon voyage.
Literally, Qapla’! is “Success!”
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.
