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WTF is a risa!? (feddit.nl)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Empricorn@feddit.nl to c/risa@startrek.website

Hello. It's hugely annoying to look at "community information" and find just an in-joke that won't make sense to most people, and no explanation of what this community is about. I'm sure that's fine for those already initiated, but I still don't know what "risa" means!

Don't worry, I also know you don't care that outsiders are kept out-of-the-loop and maybe even want to keep them out...? Well, that's fine; it's your community, but just a reminder that the casual browser will probably filter this community after several spammed posts that don't even clarify where their interests lie...

EDIT: Don't worry, I'm gone, and I've turned off reply notifications... I have even watched Star Trek! But don't fret, your caustic and hostile replies have ensured you're safe from the curiosity of myself and others, they won't bother you any more! Enjoy your gatekeeping...

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[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

c/All browser here and not a subscriber of this community. But as a fan of Star Trek, I find this post pretty hilarious. Especially as Risa is part of at least four of the shows, at least one movie, several books, multiple games, RPG manuals, and more.

I imagine a hypothetical tatooine@starwars.website where the community posts nothing but pictures of sand with titles like “The beautiful view from my apartment” and someone dropping into that community to complain “what even is a tatooine!? all i can see is brown. why are you alienating non-starwars fans?

Or football@sport.websiteWhy is everyone running after spheres? Who are all these people? Why don’t you explain what a football are in your sidebar? Why are you alienating people who don’t have feet spheres?

Not everything on the internet is for you or required to cater to you. Rather than share negativity, simply try tapping on a different hyperlink instead and find something that is for you.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago
[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 7 points 1 year ago

It's like Rainbow Road, but made of stars

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 year ago

My God! It's full of stars!

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who trolls Risa of all places, lol. This is the only meme community I haven't just blocked because it's so high quality and has so much OC.

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We're Risa, that's impossible!

Also, thank you for the compliments!

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

/j

Just google it if you don't understand lol. Not that hard

If you don't understand the references you wouldn't find the jokes funny anyways

Edit: the gif is just a joke people

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

You're alienating people. Again, that's your right, but don't you think "Community Information" should contain information about your community...?

For the record, I have enjoyed many posts from Star Trek communities, but it's annoying that I don't know what this one is about and absolutely nothing is provided...

[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 25 points 1 year ago

The instance sidebar has a fairly concise description of each community hosted here.

[-] tarjeezy@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago

Star Trek memes and shitposts

What could that possibly mean??

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 17 points 1 year ago

Who could ever know, it's not like that's what every single thing in this community is

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I went to a French community and was confused cuz they were speaking French I wouldn't start complaining that they're alienating people lol

I was also kinda joking with the gif if that's what bothered you

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Hello! FYI, I am not bothered by your gif. If I went to a French community it would... be in French, would it not? Including the "Community Information" sidebar? That's more information than I've found here, without seeking it out...

I think that's the difference. Y'all seem to start with the assumption that everyone knows what risa is, go out of your way to not explain it, then act hostile to the casual folks curious about it (like me). These other comments are very clear about that last point. So enjoy your obfuscated gatekeeping...

You seem incredibly determined to play victim here, holy shit lmfao

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 13 points 1 year ago

this whole thing is honestly hilarious to me

Excuse me, I feel excluded, did nobody think to activate my mobile emitter for this thread?

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sorry Doctor, Neelix made mac n cheese again and your mobile emitter exploded; we had to time travel to go get a new one

I'm not even a member of this community, though I do like star trek, and I'm just so confused by this person!

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 6 points 1 year ago

yeah they're goofy, the rest of us are cool you should come check it out

Oh I see posts from you guys all the time, I thoroughly enjoy it :D

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 4 points 1 year ago

Oh that's great to hear!

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

man didn't even look at the sidebar, much less google anything

but iM bEiNg gAtEkEpT wAaAaA

[-] ClarkDoom@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Oh look it’s a space Karen

[-] linux2647@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I mean they might be Kai Winn for all we know 😄

What is it about "Star trek memes and shitposts" you're incapable of understanding? Can you not google "star trek risa" to see where the name comes from? Why are you all up in here trying to play the victim like everyone's out to get you, when you're determined to live in the ignorance a 2 second google spree and reading comprehension could solve?

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

(Anecdotally,) I've noticed over the last couple years that people both on reddit and here keep asking easily googleable questions with simple, set answers. I don't remember it being like this before 2020, or I just wasn't bothered by it at all

[-] Rozauhtuno 8 points 1 year ago

Considering Let me Google that for you has been around since 2010, it's always been like this. People are lazy

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Rozauhtuno 24 points 1 year ago

Nice drama bait you got there, it sure would be a shame if someone were to post ghost sex in it.

ghost sex

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 4 points 1 year ago

The ultimate counter haha

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 23 points 1 year ago

OP must be a Romulan. Only a Romulan could be this hostile and ignorant.

[-] MustardCabbage@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Or one of Worf's alts. Dude is a real party-pooper

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I solved this for myself by googling Risa. It wasn't difficult and I didn't have to complain to anyone, or declare that I was leaving and never coming back or whatever.

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 13 points 1 year ago

yeah I think they just wanna complain, especially since this is in the sidebar where they claimed to have looked:

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Filter it then. No one is stopping you.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You could have scrolled past this thread and ignored it as well as you had nothing of value to add to the discussion...instead you chose to post gatekeeping bullshit.

Would Picard be proud of you now?

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

I'm really more of a Gowron fan. As for Gatekeeping, who stands in your way?

[-] SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Glory to you, AND YOUR GATE

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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hi OP.

here is the answer.

Designated as a "pleasure planet", Risa was an inhabited Federation planet located in a binary system, in orbit of the star Epsilon Ceti B, and was about ninety light years from the Sol system. The planet was orbited by at least two moons.

It was first found in the episode Captain's Holiday

The Plot of Captain's Holiday:

Strongly pressured by the crew of the Enterprise, Captain Picard reluctantly agrees to take a vacation on Risa, a pleasure planet. Shortly after he arrives, he is kissed by a woman he has never met, in her attempt to fend off a Ferengi named Sovak. Sovak accuses Picard of conspiring with the woman, Vash, who has in her possession a data disc that he wants. Picard has no interest in the quarrel and returns to his room to discover two "Vorgons" who identify themselves as time-traveling police agents from the 27th century, searching for a powerful weapon called the Tox Uthat capable of stopping the fusion reactions of a star. The 27th-century scientist who invented it traveled back in time to hide it. According to their historical records, Picard will locate this object on Risa.

Picard confronts Vash about the Tox Uthat. She claims to be the former assistant of an archaeologist who discovered the location of the Uthat, gave her the disc for safekeeping, and died. Picard and Vash use the information on the disc to determine the Uthat's hiding place. When they arrive at the location where the Uthat is buried, the Vorgons appear to witness the discovery of the Uthat. Sovak then arrives with a phaser rifle and has Picard and Vash excavate the site at gunpoint for hours. However, the Uthat is not there. The Vorgons leave, confused because this doesn't line up with their historical record. Sovak, in his obsession, refuses to believe that the Uthat isn't there, throws away the rifle, and starts digging while Vash and Picard return to the resort.

After their arrival, the Enterprise returns to pick up Picard. He catches Vash attempting to sneak away from the resort and surmises that she arrived days earlier, located the Uthat, and devised a ruse to fool Sovak into thinking the Uthat was lost. She reveals the hidden Uthat and the Vorgons reappear, demanding it. When Vash suggests that the Vorgons may have ulterior motives, Picard has the Enterprise use the transporter to destroy it. The disappointed Vorgons reveal that Picard has acted just as their records said by destroying the Uthat, admit defeat, and leave. Vash and Picard have a final intimate exchange before they say goodbye to each other.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Poetic .... an Inquiring Traveller asks what Risa is ... followers of Risa appear and tell the lost Inquiring Traveller that they already know the answer ... the Inquiring Traveller is confused and upset by the response ... an antagonistic story follows where characters fight over the details and explanations ... the followers of Risa watch the Inquiring Traveller as they stumble around looking for answers ... the Inquiring Traveller finds the answer to the question and dismisses it

The followers of Risa: ... that is what we expected of you ... you have found the answer

lol

Because it is so clear it takes a long time to realize it. If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, the meal was cooked a long time ago.

[-] mrbn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, the meal was cooked a long time ago.

Wait a minute, that's not star trek!

[-] Gh05t@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

Same thing happened to me. I realized it was trek memes. Didn’t understand the relevance of Risa. Googled on memory alpha and found out. Had a good laugh at the joke as it were. Understood why there was no written out explanation of the naming. It’s part of the spirit and injokeness of the place.

The reason people are antagonistic is because it’s all coming across a bit entitled.

It’s just trek memes. Chill. You’re going to be ok man.

[-] FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hi @Empricorn@feddit.nl. It's a comedy meme sub related to Star Trek.

[-] khaosworks@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

I want to see them pull this on Star Trek shitposting on FB.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’d be easy enough to add it to community information. Like, super easy.

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 9 points 1 year ago

it already is, and if they miss it they can just look at the kind of content posted or even just google risa

label

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think they mean that the sidebar could mention what "Risa" means; where the name comes from. IE "it's a pleasure planet where you can get anything you desire."

Which, actually is descriptive of what the community is about. It's a pleasure community where you can post anything you desire.

[-] MooseGas@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
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