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The Picard Maneuver

@ The_Picard_Maneuver @piefed.world

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  • It's already getting tiring

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  • It's already getting tiring

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  • I know you're 100% right, but does Lemmy/Piefed count?

  • Well, we had a good couple of decades of these types of videos.

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  • I give it 5 years before we start seeing kids assuming classic meme videos like that are AI too.

  • For glory

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  • I hear about that game so often. I should try it.

  • Look out!

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  • Someone should mod this.

  • "I'm a descendant of Irish Kings, after all."

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  • It's Kevin!

  • Sir Sean Connery was a selective actor

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  • It's hard for me to imagine anyone else in any of the roles. They are all such perfect fits.

  • Who entered Epstein's jail tier the night of his death? Newly released video logs appear to contradict official accounts.

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  • There is a current wild theory relating to his fortnite account circulating. People found his account name and receipts for vbucks in the most recent release. His account activity was allegedly active up until he was jailed, then a gap, and then activity again in 2024.

  • The clues were right in front of us.

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  • I don't remember where I picked it up, but it wouldn't have been here. I guess this joke already made the rounds in a few forms.

  • TIL: Besides offering a free compromised email check, haveibeenpwned.com also offers a free password compromise checking service (It's also fun to see what weird passwords have been used/leaked.)

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  • You were saying?

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  • The clues were right in front of us.

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  • Argh, sorry!

  • Realistic expectations

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  • My gaming/hobby time is typically after getting the kids down too. As long as I don't sit down and get distracted, I can manage to get some good time in, but my brain is tired by then.

  • Realistic expectations

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  • Not to be too preachy, but it's the same mindset that makes us good at capitalism that hurts us in these moments. It's really hard to compartmentalize this.

  • Caption this image

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  • Where no mug has gone before.

  • Did you know that they would shoot these entire episodes in a single week?

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  • The IDIC necklace. It was a minor point of contention between Nimoy and Roddenberry, because it was added with the intent to sell to fans.

  • Did you know that they would shoot these entire episodes in a single week?

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  • Oh yeah, how could I forget to mention that one!

  • Did you know that they would shoot these entire episodes in a single week?

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  • Haha, that helmet has to be one of the most insane attempts at a show tie-in toy ever. It had nothing to do with Star Trek!

  • Did you know that they would shoot these entire episodes in a single week?

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  • Yeah, that one was definitely a product of its time... Lol

    Putting my thoughts under a spoiler tag since OP hasn't watched it yet:

    Context and how I choose to watch it: It seems so foreign to us now, but it wasn't an uncommon sentiment felt by some extremely driven women in that time who knew that they weren't being given a fair opportunity. The jealousy, frustration, and even the resentment that Dr. Lester felt toward Captain Kirk mirrored how many female professionals felt. They had been passed over, not given the chance to prove themselves or gain important experiences, and they realized that change was not going to happen quickly enough for this to be rectified on their career timelines.

    In the episode, this drove Dr. Lester to do something reckless, believing she could cut the line and successfully jump right into the captain role if she switched bodies with Kirk. I don't think she failed because she was a woman, but rather because she did not have the experiences necessary to become an effective captain. My beef with the episode is that this dynamic shouldn't even make sense in the Star Trek universe, but it was written in the 1960s. We no doubt have similar blindspots today that people will cringe at 60 years from now.