Every time Riker does this I want to smack him and say, "No!"

Gaming chairs (should) help a lot compared to regular chairs, but office chairs probably best, I'd guess. I've been at my desk for something like 70+ hours every week, fyi.

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DoctorAnnual6823@reddit

So many gaming chairs are the worst out there. It's usually the cheap knock-off ones. A good $250 office chair will dunk on any gaming chair in existence in my experience.

But honestly posture is probably the biggest part for a lot of people. I assume you have good posture or do other things to proactively take care of your back?

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Dirt290@reddit

If it's not your back it's usually the knees.

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MilesTegTechRepair@reddit

My knees are fine too. And I've been a middle-> long distance runner for most of the last \~20 years.

I do have pretty bad shoulders, though. Lots of problems with my shoulders. But that's more likely to be diabetes-related

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big_z_0725@reddit

I'm 6'2", over 40, and my back used to hurt. It still does, but it used to too.

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TeaKingMac@reddit

I don't think Mitch could ever make 3 pips. Maybe 2. On the Cerritos

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doc_birdman@reddit

AI slop isn’t completely evil all the time.

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TheHYPO@reddit

Is that AI? What tool do you use that will generate a real person and real IP (Star Trek) like that? I thought most of them refused to create real people/things.

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Malefectra@reddit

I’m also 6’2, just hit 40, and my back is a murderous bastard to me…. Are we trauma buddies now?

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There are strength training exercises you can do for this. I’m 5’11 with a long torso; I’ve birthed 6 babies, and my lower back was starting to hurt all the time. Lots of back extensions with gradually increasing weight (I’m up to doing them while holding 60 lbs now) and then side planks have strengthened the stabilizing muscles around my spine so much that my back feels awesome all the time now.

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Malefectra@reddit

in my particular case, my pain and limited mobility are thanks to having a buncha stuff fused thanks to atrocious scoliosis and previous spinal fusion hardware degrading. Excercise seems to only seriously aggrivate things. I just keep trying to move as much as I can tolerate in a given day until I can get with another spine doc and get it sorted out.

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I_lenny_face_you@reddit

Tribbles are great when you need an antagonist and you want 2000 of something

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TheHYPO@reddit

Works for quadrotriticale too

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Squirrelonastik@reddit

6'3", 40, and back back here as well

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Artistic_Property371@reddit

Is that a mitch hedber reference???

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TheHYPO@reddit

"My starship doesn’t have a 13th deck because of superstition - but c’mon man... People on deck 14, you know what deck you’re really on. If you're in Ten Forward, and you jump out of a window, you will die earlier!"

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TheHYPO@reddit

“I beamed down to a strange planet... There were crazy shapes, weird lights, and people who died a long time ago.

I said, 'cool... this is either a dream, or a season finale.'"

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TheHYPO@reddit

"I thought about asking a Betazoid out, and she broke up with me."

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TheHYPO@reddit

"I was on Deep Space Nine, and the chief of security.... was a shapeshifter.

When I woke up that day, I did not expect to stop trusting chairs."

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TheHYPO@reddit

"I used to time travel... I still do, but I will in 800 years too."

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TheHYPO@reddit

A Klingon walked up to me and told me I have no honour. So I was like, "Cool, I'll stop looking for it then."

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TheHYPO@reddit

"I got approached by a borg, and he was like "you will be assimilated". And that was a bummer, man... Cause I don't even like group texts."

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TheHYPO@reddit

"I ask the replicator for a club sandwich all the time, but I don't even have the authorization code. I don't know how get away with it."

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TheHYPO@reddit

"I once got a parking ticket on my shuttlecraft... and I was like man, why can't that get resolved by the end of the episode?"

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TheHYPO@reddit

"I once told Commander Data that I joined Starfleet to try and find myself.

He looked at his tricorder and said, 'You are right here,' and walked away.

Man... that dude is so damned literal".

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TheHYPO@reddit

“I just got my first replicator... and the guy at the replicator store told said, 'this thing is great, man. It'll make you anything you want!'

So I asked it to make me spiritually enlightened.... That guy was a liar!

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TheHYPO@reddit

“They say space is a vacuum.

So why are my quarters so dirty then?!"

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TheHYPO@reddit

“I don't have a transporter pad at home,

so I just stand in my shower yelling ‘Energize!’

Eventually someone from Security shows up... so, I guess that’s kinda like being transported… to the brig.”

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Artistic_Property371@reddit

🤣🤣🤣

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DoctorAnnual6823@reddit

They did say they were over 40

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FungiStudent@reddit

Hedberg*

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NoDontDoThatCanada@reddit

I do yoga. I fucking hate yoga but my back loves it.

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Wardinary@reddit

Same boat here, yoga works for me.

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TheHYPO@reddit

/r/unexpectedtallmitchhedberg

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AgitatedStranger9698@reddit

Especially if your primary job is sitting.

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TrexPushupBra@reddit

I'm 6'3" with a large chest.

Giving me back rubs will make me fall in love with you.

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DoctorAnnual6823@reddit

Does The Riker Maneuver work for your back pain? (The leg swing over a chair thing, not the shagging every guest of honor that boards the ship)

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Radix2309@reddit

I'm sure the exercise can't hurt, helps loosen the back muscles. Plus probably some good stretching involved.

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TrexPushupBra@reddit

Eh? It is fun to do since all the chairs are too small anyways.

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Humble_Square8673@reddit

I'm only 5'5" and my back always hurts in some way🤣

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Aviator_Moonshine@reddit

I'm 6'0"-6'1"/185-186cm and my back hurts all the time too.

Honestly, just the human condition in a nutshell.

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pieceacandy420@reddit

Ain't that the fuckin truth.

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Sincost121@reddit

Ask them how often they have to hunch over when they get an uber. It's very annoying.

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AmishAvenger@reddit

Correct. He injured it when he had a job moving furniture. And when you’re on a set like this, you have to hold your position for a very long time.

I wrote this up in a comment a long time ago. Wil Wheaton responded to the comment, confirming it. It got enough traction that it became the source for a lot of articles that came up when you googled “Riker Lean.”

That was back before I got randomly banned from the “main” subreddit.

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BigMrTea@reddit

6"3. Can confirm. Being a fat ass too doesn't help.

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DoctorAnnual6823@reddit

Knowing a plus sized dude who is 6'5", he does have some impressive legs.

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sdbigmike83@reddit

Yup 6'6" here it's a way of life. I move a certain way and I'm fucked till the next day.

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alberach01@reddit

Yep, I'm in that boat too.

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Enchelion@reddit

The bad back was why he sat by lifting his leg over chairs. The Captain Morgan was usually to get him in the frame with a sitting or shorter actor.

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SleepWouldBeNice@reddit

I think that’s why he swung his legs over the chairs. I think this is just so he fits in the 4:3 frame

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Longjumping-Low8194@reddit

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vTHEimperfect@reddit

😁

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First_Pay702@reddit

Captain Morgan pose is good for the back.

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thecoolestpants@reddit

Considering he had back problems, that tracks

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Massive-Sun639@reddit

6'2" with back problems

I can confirm that this helps

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NeverBeenOnMaury@reddit

Its lieutenant commander morgan

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Rynu07@reddit

So good the filter changed

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atreidessun@reddit

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LightofJah@reddit

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vTHEimperfect@reddit

:D

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ZyxDarkshine@reddit

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gardahast@reddit

The Riker Maneuver

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Jedirictus@reddit

Boimler hopping onto Pike's saddle: "Riker!"

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whatsbobgonnado@reddit

I still remember the moment I first saw a supercut of him doing this and having my mind blown. I never noticed it once before

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SCTurtlepants@reddit

I saw the supercut before I watched TNG and I still didn't catch him doing it

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amglasgow@reddit

He does it so matter of factly and no one mentions it, so you kind of just think, OK, that's how people sit down in The Future.

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No-Scallion-2998@reddit

Ugh

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YouDumbZombie@reddit

The Riker Manuver

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ezekiel_grey@reddit

When the chairs are too short. :-)

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Sad-Lingonberry-716@reddit

you gotta get one of those water sprayer bottles and spray him like you would a cat when they start scratching the sofas

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DonkeyToucherX@reddit

He has sticky balls. Leave the poor guy alone.

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exileddeath@reddit

"Sir?! slap that is very sensitive... slap ...equipment... slap ...so... kick feetofftheconsole! phaser sounds

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jbp84@reddit

I like to believe that somewhere in the ether is blooper real footage of Spiner, in character, giving him a quick but effective nut flick and Frakes crumbling to the carpet.

“Commander…sensors are showing two small moons locked in a geosynchronous orbit with a small tubular shaped meteor…” THWACK

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Ok-Plankton-5941@reddit

have you seen my.... force lance?

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packetlag@reddit

You can follow his workday by the boot marks on the furniture

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Simsish@reddit

Surely his future space shoes have squeaky clean soles and don't leave any sort of mark

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PuzzleheadedCook4578@reddit

Alec Guinness (Obi Wan Kenobi) in Bridge on the River Kwai, the dinner scene after he's been let out of the sweatbox. He uses it to assert his dominance over the Japanese. I always thought Frakes just wanted to be Alec Guinness.

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Raterus_@reddit

I had a (male) boss once that assumed that position many times during meetings. It was awkward, to say the least

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YYZHND@reddit

Data does it too!

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Rustie_J@reddit

The difference being that the raised leg is the one closer to the navigator. The way Riker does it looks like he's framing his crotch for Data's viewing "pleasure."

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letter_cerees@reddit

It looks like Data's giving him the ass instead.

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theblot90@reddit

Yeah. Will is more like a..."I'm gonna rest these here on your shoulder for a minute" kinda pose.

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Rustie_J@reddit

FR, between the outer leg & the arm behind Data's shoulders, he basically has him caged in with his cock.

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TheHYPO@reddit

Unless Data cranes his neck way around, Riker's crotch is nowhere near Data's sightline. i.e. this is not putting his crotch is Data's face or sightline, IMO.

Using the left leg is more natural given that he is also supporting himself with his right hand on the back of the seat for balance. That would be far less natural with the right leg. Data is balancing his arm on his own knee, which looks far less comfortable and more awkward.

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yestrask@reddit

Shit what episode is this

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YYZHND@reddit

The beginning of Clues

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Huge_Following_325@reddit (OP)

There is a key difference.

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YYZHND@reddit

I figured he was copying Riker, but he is nicer about it.

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IndigoMontigo@reddit

Or less confident.

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love_is_an_action@reddit

Oh, he is fully functional.

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IndigoMontigo@reddit

How did I know that was going to be the response as soon as I typed that out? :)

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love_is_an_action@reddit

We’re a predictable lot!

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mightydeck@reddit

Leave my dad alone! /s

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akchess05@reddit

Even Picard was tempted to do the same. So much bad influence from Number One🤣🤣🤣

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Familiar-Complex-697@reddit

He’s just cooling his balls :(

or warming them with Data’s exhaust?

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always-wanting-more@reddit

I gotta downvote this, because I want that stinky junk in my face.

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Skyjack5678@reddit

This looks like the time loop episode. Image if Data had looked a little bit more over the message to himself in the next loop would have been very different.

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Happy_Tadpole_4814@reddit

Get the squirt bottle. Rikers on the console again.

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Moliza3891@reddit

Fire at Will!

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Punner-the-Gr8@reddit

As long as he stands up and pulls that ill-fitting red blouse down to straighten it out when he's done, I'm fine with it. Now if he steps over a backwards chair, I'm out.

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d1ggah@reddit

You need one of these.

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Moliza3891@reddit

Make it so!

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Key-Title3477@reddit

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Neither-Principle139@reddit

I NEED THIS!!!

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indyferret@reddit

I want one of those

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Gummies1345@reddit

I'm curious. What was he putting his foot on? A personal stepping stool he puts there for every shift?

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Jay_Lord_69@reddit

Every time Riker does this I start blushing and get flustered.

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henryeaterofpies@reddit

Spray him with water and smack him on the nose with a newspaper

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thatsnotyourtaco@reddit

You are not a serious person.

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nebelmorineko@reddit

TVs were smaller back in the day this was filmed, and they zoomed in on actor's faces more. As others have said, this is how they could get his face in the frame of shots given the zoom level needed.

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Theoskaroskar@reddit

He's airing his balls

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al2o3cr@reddit

He's single-handedly responsible for those miniskirt uniforms being banned, everybody used to call him Commando Riker

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rotomangler@reddit

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briannaspring@reddit

Zap Branagan

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SGT-Hooves@reddit

Nobody says „no“ to the Zapper

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Apprehensive_Rain880@reddit

i'll have you know kiff many women find my scumbag personality captivating when a phaser is involved

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isthisonetaken13@reddit

The man with no name!

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whatsbobgonnado@reddit

they're called skants and they're still very popular!

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LightofJah@reddit

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sanguinor40k@reddit

You mean you want HIM to smack YOU.

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Nighthawksleader@reddit

Drinking game: One shot every time Riker does that

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ThorsHammer245@reddit

It’s the riker maneuver

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Batgirl_III@reddit

It’s not just Frakes’ bad back, especially when he does this pose with Data at the ops console, it’s also about fitting the 6’2” Frakes into the same shot as the 5’10” Bret Spiner who is seated in a fairly low chair…

If Riker were standing straight up, every close-up of Data’s face would have Riker’s pelvis and only his pelvis on screen...

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indyferret@reddit

So the main character then

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Enchelion@reddit

If Riker were standing straight up, every close-up of Data’s face would have Riker’s pelvis and only his pelvis on screen...

You say that like it's a bad thing...

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Reasonable_Pay4096@reddit

Man, if you're gonna smack a crew members every time he looks at the viewscreen, your wrists are gonna get suckered out pretty quick

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EvilWhiteDude@reddit

Hey, Bro, Beverly told me you have an “off switch”. Check out my “on switch”

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EvilWhiteDude@reddit

Data’s positronic brain is detecting axe body spray and ball sweat

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Apprehensive_Rain880@reddit

Picard: Will data and that console are starfleet property stop exposing both to your "area"

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mabhatter@reddit

From a military point of view that's probably frowned upon. But from a storytelling point it works well to have Riker stepped into the frame closer to who he's talking to. The shots wouldn't block as well if he was standing two feet away.

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TheHYPO@reddit

It's also specifically important to the story of this episode, since Data needs to be in position to stare at Riker's rank pips in the critical moment.

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Unhappy_Run8154@reddit

The Riker maneuver was invented next😂

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redmagesays@reddit

It's like the way he sits on a chair lol

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Opening-Emphasis8400@reddit

"Gonna just go ahead and air out deez nutz next to your dome, if that's ok Commander Data"

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Sure-Routine6449@reddit

Naughty Daddy Will!

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Abbazabba616@reddit

Yeah, Jonathan Frakes. Who cares if you had terrible back pain and this stance, after being on your feet for hours and hours during shooting, helped relieve discomfort. /s

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SmallRedBird@reddit

I upvoted because I think the post is funny but like, I am a lesbian and I still think that's his sexiest pose, even though I wouldn't do it with Riker. So on a serious note, I don't want to whack him for doing it - I just think it was a good acting decision both in a screen-appeal sense and a "actor needs to accommodate for physical issues" sense

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bbbourb@reddit

And in this still shot, Data has a look that could be interpreted as "Commander, I believe we have discussed you putting your foot on the ops station's pedestal. I thought we had agreed you would discontinue that practice."

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CeruleanEidolon@reddit

"While I am not personally, offended, it is my duty as a friend to inform you that the volatile odors wafting from that region of your anatomy are at a level even biological organisms could not help but detect, and they are more prone to offense in such matters than I am. May I suggest a visit to Sickbay for a consultation?"

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borisvonboris@reddit

Each console has a plastic step stool next to it for when Riker needs to take things up a notch. I call it The Riker, but Riker calls it The Captain Morgan.

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cube193@reddit

Yeah but if he didn't do it that time would Data have thought to use Riker's suggestion to decompress the main shuttlebay?

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Flat_Revolution5130@reddit

Frakes had a back issue. It would help with pressure on his spine.

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HisDivineOrder@reddit

Every time Riker does that I want him to get a promotion.

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TheMagarity@reddit

Smack? Nah, just a squirt bottle with water

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Plenty_Shine9530@reddit

Spray bottle lol

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Brimstone747@reddit

Every time Riker does this, I want to bear his child, and I'm a guy.

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Blaw_Weary@reddit

Spoken by a person who’s never had their nuts hang free during a ruminative moment or directly before some sort of dangerous situation.

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DustBunnie702@reddit

Dude! Personal space!

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TulsaOUfan@reddit

https://i.redd.it/9no9y1w7vp8f1.gif

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whatsbobgonnado@reddit

"sir, please cease rubbing your balls against my shoulder"

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foO__Oof@reddit

The reason he always did this along with the way he sat on chairs was because he was so tall if he stood straight he would be out of frame or found it too odd to sit on the chairs like a normal person...Thus the whole joke with Boimler yelling "Riker" when sitting on the saddle in the cross-over episode.

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Rocketboy1313@reddit

Look at the framing tho.

A 4x3 aspect ratio on a set with two guys in uniform, but his posture and placement in frame makes it have a sense of motion even when they aren't moa lot. It is like a panel in a comic book.

This only seems odd by modern standards where the camera moves around more freely, is in wide screen, and there is an emphasis on "reslism" where people, like the camera, move around alot.

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Witty-Excitement-889@reddit

What, in the balls?

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1ndomitablespirit@reddit

The chair thing is because of his back or something.

This is because he's tall and it would look stupid for him to crouch down so he is in the frame of shot.

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