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 valuable statement in science, the beginning of wisdom.
I admire this statement and it heavily influences my thinking.
i’m reading a murder mystery series of books from Louise Penny called the Inspector Gamache series. Here’s a related quote:
“There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?’ Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don’t know. I need help. I’m sorry. I was wrong’.”
Quick, boys - blast “Anything Goes” into it!
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).
Ah thanks.
“He’s dead, Jim.”
I work in tech and say that a lot. It would hit different in medicine.
A classic!
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.
It is completely possible to do everything right and still fail, its not weakness, it’s life.
My favorite star trek quote of all time.
Anytime I see or hear the word “females” when speaking about a woman, I can’t help but say - feeee-malesss - in a hissing and lecherous voice.
Also I like this Patak brand of curry, and I think “p’takh” every time I open the jar.
I also do the feeeeeeeeemales one with a hiss. People who casually call women “females” are most probably ferengi.
Ah, I see! They pose as humans because they’re embarrased about their lobe size.
And that they’re so bad at acquiring profit.
Whenever I wake up my computer I saw a little “Hello Computer”.
“IT’S A GOOD DAY TO DIE!”
I deal with anxiety. One of the best ways to manage and even help make it better is to embrace the anxious situation head on and dive in, welcome the challenge. No one does that better than Klingons.
One time the company I worked at, they were expanding life insurance benefits for all employees, and I sent out a meme with Worf and the words “TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE” on an internal fun forum. It was highly upvoted, lol.
Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam!
I adjust my shirt/sweater like Picard when he gets up.
Aka the Picard maneuver
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 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!
I similarly do the Spock eyebrow a lot without realising it.
I also used to do the Data head tilt, again without realising I was copying Data, until someone pointed it out to me. They didn’t actually know it was a Star Trek thing but as soon as they pointed it out I realised I was subconsciously copying one of my favourite characters.
That’s great! I didn’t realize how common my eyebrow raise was until someone asked if I was copying Spock. My wife is still convinced I practice and do it on purpose though.
I’ll use various Klingon phrases
Qu’vatlh qhuy’cha’ baQa’!
Exploitation begins at home
Once you have their money, you never give it back.
The price for peace is at an all time low
That episode is one of the best of the whole franchise.
Best episode of deep space 9 is the one where there trying to protect the domain sub space rely while fed try and decode it
Greed is eternal.
…it’s insidious!
Like the fediverse
Do you think they’ll be able to save us from corporations owning the internet?
Corporations built the internet I don’t see how you get rid of them but maybe we can build a network beside it that people willing to learn can use
Narrator: They did not.
(Corporations made the Internet popular. They had very little do do with building it.)
@MajorHavoc @Thedogspaw corporations joined, as always, when a publicly funded thing turned out to be profitable.
When I drive and the missus is in the passenger seat and I have to break harder than usual because an idiot in front of me, I sometimes yell “Brace for impact!”
My missus would be VERY put out if I yelled that in the car…
Sometimes, my wife and I will make a comment to each other that makes perfect sense between the two of us, but to outside observers sounds like absolute gibberish. When one of us realizes this, we’ll follow it up with, “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.” Then folks get really confused.
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Gilgamesh, a king. At Uruk.
Not me but my friend always say “Engage!” when he activates his electric recliner.
