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[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 80 points 11 months ago

His logo sucks I have to read right to left like a weeb?

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 67 points 11 months ago

"They made me". He loved it.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Yeah, there's no way a library is making someone show up at City Hall for an award.

[-] Rukmer@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

I'm sure they didn't really "make" as in "force" him too, but I can see him showing up, not realizing it would be with children, and them just instructing the winners to stand for a photo. He could have objected, but what would he say? It would be hard not to have objections come off as "I'm out of their league," like it might make the children feel bad.

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

Haha, there was definitely a conversation ending with him saying "look. I won, right? Right!?" Then I get to go, I GET TO!"

[-] Erdosan@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago

1000x better than participating and finishing 2nd or 3rd and still have to show up with the other 2 kids.

[-] r3df0x@7.62x54r.ru 45 points 11 months ago

Why did they allow an adult to enter a contest for children? I have so many questions.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 57 points 11 months ago

Knowing libraries?

They either didn't put an age range there so as to not discourage young adults or they mentioned it as being linked to some young readers program but didn't say "for the young readers."

That or he just missed that and, since it was probably mostly parents communicating, no one realized what happened until it was time for the photo and everyone was too awkward about it to say "Oh, well #2 here wins then."

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago

Could also be something similar that happened to my wife recently. She 's had her library card since she was like 14 and the library still has her labeled as a child.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I had some weird stuff like this happen when I went into post-secondary classes. I had taken some programming classes as part of the so called gifted program in elementary school and my student account was configured wrong from being made before several large changes to how student accounts were managed. I got to keep my student number which had two fewer digits than everyone in my class at least, but the id verification, emails, phone calls, and taking a number and waiting in line were all a pain and I almost missed the registration deadline.

[-] r3df0x@7.62x54r.ru 10 points 11 months ago

That or he just missed that and, since it was probably mostly parents communicating, no one realized what happened until it was time for the photo and everyone was too awkward about it to say “Oh, well #2 here wins then.”

I could see that.

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[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago

Absolutely dominated? The glasses one is just as good mate.

[-] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago

The glasses one has to be the worst one up there. If I found a library card on the ground and the first thing I saw was glasses on a book I would walk past it. It doesn’t convey any information with a quick glance. I can’t read any of the book text, but I imagine it doesn’t say “Fullerton public library.” So it would just look like some kind of bible leaflet that you see on the ground in Vegas that when you pick it up either has nudes on the other side or a bible verse of how I’m gonna go to hell.

[-] billy_bollocks@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

I’m willing to bet there hasn’t been a library card in your wallet for many, many years lol

[-] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

My library card isn’t in my wallet because I keep my smash pass for your mom in there.

[-] F_this_stuff@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago

You need a smash pass for his mom? Rough. Whenever I go to your mom's, she just does walk-ins. No card required.

[-] LeafOnTheWind@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

It's more of a punch out coupon card.

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I have to threaten all of your mom's with a block when they start texting me hook ups too much when I'm trying to sleep.

[-] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

i solved this by issuing @billy_bollocks' mom a 10-visit punchcard so she would stop calling me to come over so often

[-] kurwa@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Y'all got nothing on me, I fucked all your dad's back to back.

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[-] IMongoose@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

That one looks like a stock photo. It's so generic.

[-] Snyggedi@feddit.ch 12 points 11 months ago

Glasses are too stereotypical - and negatively connoted. But the domination most probably was a hint on the voting results ;)

[-] FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I prefer the tree branch one, but to each, their own.

[-] Sunfoil@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Maybe it was a shortlist and then voted on by the public, thereby allowing him to 'dominate' the vote.

[-] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

im sorry but no, it is not

he won by a large margin

[-] schmidtster@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean we don’t know the specific results of the judging. The grading could have been a landslide in their direction.

Art is subjective after all.

[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Once when I was young but not that young I woke up hungover to the radio host simplifying a complex issue and asking for calls on opinions. I struggled up to my landline phone, called and was in pain and pissed off. Luckily I was caught by the producer asking my age before putting me on air as it was a talk show for tweens and I'd passed the age of the target group by some generous margin.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 19 points 11 months ago

I can just imagine you starting the interview for a kid's show, completely hungover and loudly declaring "listen here, you fuckwit!"

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

So? Like. What IS the Picard Maneuver? I only watched the 60s Kirk ST series.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 24 points 11 months ago

Officially, "The Picard Maneuver" is a trick that Picard came up with to fool enemy sensors into seeing two ships and not knowing which to fire at.

Unofficially it's the way Picard always awkwardly readjusts his uniform (which is what my profile pic is). He does it constantly.

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

There was also a Riker Maneuver, which was unofficially the way that Jonathan Frakes stepped over the back of a chair to sit down.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That gif is improved with DJO's gun loading sound.

I'd be happy, happy in Paraguay.

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[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Well I love this. Thanks for the educating and all the great memes!

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago

My pleasure, moistclump.

[-] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

In-universe is an attack pattern of jumping to maximum warp (possibly to dodge weapons fire as well) to point blank range of an enemy vessel, and unloading all available weapons before they can react. Picard described it as a desperation measure he used while in command of the Stargazer in combat with a Ferengi ship.

In pop-culture, it's standing and pulling a shirt down to present a clean front. The two-piece TNG uniforms had elastic bands at the waist and would ride up while sitting, so Picard would stand from his chair and straighten his uniform every time.

🌈 ⭐️

[-] Hominine@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

It's when Janeway steps over a chair on her way to murder Tuvix.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

Also, I honestly go back and forth between which is my favorite series: TNG or the original. I've been itching to start another rewatch of the original series lately...

[-] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

I immediately thought of the Simpsons

[-] Kichae@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah! And he beat their brains out!

[-] lolola 3 points 11 months ago

This whole instance is insane -- insane, I tell you.

[-] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago
[-] CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 11 months ago
[-] InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Me too. I dont know if it means anything but it is very aesthetically pleasing.

[-] dukepontus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Oof.. Looks bad. Ai has a lot to learn.

[-] ezures@lemmy.wtf 6 points 11 months ago

It look nice at first glance, but ai isnt good at coherent details. Maybe if someone fixed up, uhh... everything it would be good. Probably easier to make it from scratch then.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Oh no, he's a filthy dextral...

[-] reflex@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

At least it wasn't a spelling bee. 😏

[-] Damaskox@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

This is wholesome 💓

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