A lesson in Kirk Drift

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• The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Kirk’s exploits get so exaggerated, lol. He’s a big dork. He’s like a nerd who started working out and acting like a tough guy in his 30s. Picard is just the opposite, like a reformed troublemaker.

  And even though Picard has the rep of being the one who romanticizes the concept of exploration (studious, reading about old timey ships, etc.), Kirk’s so geeks out about it so much more: he’s obsessed with his ship, he’s studied (and seems to genuinely academically enjoy) space battles, and they even gave him that line in the movies: “Second star to the right… and straight on til morning.”

  …which is a quote from Peter Pan. Lol

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• HotDogFingies@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Picard is an intelligent, well-read bad-ass.

  Kirk is egocentric, showboating dork.

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  • m_r_butts@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This whole meme hinges on a single line from Gary Mitchell, told, not shown, and it's even followed up with "I knew I could distract you from academia with that little blonde lab technician". Kirk's hardly dumb. An example might be when he engineered gunpowder to kill the Gorn, or his battle of wits with the Romulan commander in Balance of Terror. But usually a broad description of someone like that captures their most prominent trait, and Kirk does not project himself as an intellectual. In fact, having recently rewatched TOS, his leadership style is more swagger and bullying than thoughtfulness.

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    • Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sounds like a less magical Rick from Rick and Morty then.

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  • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, you’re thinking of William Shatner.

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    • JWBananas@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’re the same picture

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• teft@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thanks for breaking my brain this morning, Mr Stamets. Now I’ll be contemplating this in the shower. If you don’t hear from me in a few hours initiate an emergency medial transport for me please.

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  • Stamets@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ll make sure to load a uniform into the pattern buffer just in case.

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• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I'll have you know trombone players aren't the nerds you think they are. Large lung capacity and dexterous tongues make them very popular with the ladies, ifyaknowhatimean

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sounds like something a band nerd would say.

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    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I mean, I am the nerd you think I am. But that doesn't have anything to do with playing trombone

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    • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can confirm, was band nerd, played trombone, have said line (jokingly) to partners. Been circular breathing for all 4 years of marriage so far.

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    • Uniquitous@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Surely you’ve heard about that one time at band camp

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ll have you know euphonium players make more sensitive lovers.

    Trombone players know nothing about fingering.

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    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah but we do know about long strokes

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• GreenMario@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Didn’t Kirk keep beating Spock in Space Chess? Keep in mind Spock calculated how to time travel by flying real fast around the Sun in his head.

  There’s a reason why Spock has the upmost respect for Kirk. He finds his big brain to be fascinating.

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• someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The comparison next to the First officer is intriguing. Fascinating, you might say. Or, what the hell are we gonna do now.

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• ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I have to rethink a lot right now…

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• unreachable@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  i never thought any of those things one way or the other

  but the explanation is pretty much plausible indeed

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• setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Riker is a Mr. Smithers to Picard’s Mr. Burns.

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• psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now I want a crossover where one of the Star Trek crews comes across the planet where Shrek and Donkey live and interact with them.

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  • JWBananas@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t give those Very Short Treks writers any more ideas

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  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah. The Doctor.

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  • Pancito@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I like big butts and I cannot lie…

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• Lemmylemmylemmy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Please do not disrespect the trombone.

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