Did You Ever Notice Riker Doing This?

[JD5000]

I would have done the exact same thing without thinking twice about it if I were in the same situation.

Those chair backs were kinda small, and every time that I sat in them, I always looped my leg over the back, just like Riker did!

What an interesting way to refer to all those women he slept with

Just calling it as I see it! If anyone's really interested in the source, I'll get it.

 

[Timewalker]

I dunno, when the back of the chair is below crotch-level and you have the dexterity and height to do it, why not?

It looks stupid, like nobody ever taught him the proper way to sit (and stand, and walk, and hold his head up straight, etc.).

I had a high school math teacher who walked around with his head at the same kind of weird angle Riker uses. It drove me nuts to look at him.

 

[JD5000]

How do you define 'the proper way to sit (and stand, and walk, and hold his head up straight, etc.).' ? Expect an angry message from Stephen Hawking in the morning!

 

[Timewalker]

Stephen Hawking is physically disabled. Jonathan Frakes is not.

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

The only thing I've noticed about Riker is that he seems to be the most common character to appear in avatars here.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I interpreted Riker's chair-mounting move to be his way of showing that he could act like a big kid, in order to put people at ease, at least about things that don't matter such as how you sit down or how someone else does.

Goofy, maybe, but perhaps serving to help make those around him less self-conscious about their own individual idiosyncrasies.

I may have missed it, but I don't recall him doing any such thing at a formal function.

 

[Hober Mallow]

How do you define 'the proper way to sit (and stand, and walk, and hold his head up straight, etc.).' ? Expect an angry message from Stephen Hawking in the morning!

Here he is now, and he's swearing mad.

 

[Kev72]

Years ago we had a "meme" here on the board where we called Riker "Stinknuts" because of that. The idea being that Riker is so promiscuous from all of the alien tail he was getting that he had a smelly crotch but he was proud of it and liked to have everyone at crotch-smelling level to him.

What episode is this jpg of Picard in?

 

[Keith1701]

Good catch! Yea it is rather funny. XD

I agree and very funny for sure.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Years ago we had a "meme" here on the board where we called Riker "Stinknuts" because of that. The idea being that Riker is so promiscuous from all of the alien tail he was getting that he had a smelly crotch but he was proud of it and liked to have everyone at crotch-smelling level to him.

What episode is this jpg of Picard in?

Timescape

 

[Trekker4747]

What episode is this jpg of Picard in?

"Timescape" when Picard is doing an impression of the speaker of the lecture he attended.

 

[Kev72]

Awesome - Thanks Trekker 4747!

 

[doubleohfive]

I'm told that the technical term for how Riker sits down is "Sitfucking."

Him putting his leg on Data's console and hunching is so he can stay in frame. He is pretty tall, after all.

As for the whole foot on Data's console posture, Riker did it most often but both Picard and Data were seen doing it as well. In either case, it earned Riker the nickname "Stinknuts" here on this very BBS a few years ago. I made this thread bomb back then.

 

[Trekker4747]

I'm told that the technical term for how Riker sits down is "Sitfucking."

Him putting his leg on Data's console and hunching is so he can stay in frame. He is pretty tall, after all.

As for the whole foot on Data's console posture, Riker did it most often but both Picard and Data were seen doing it as well. In either case, it earned Riker the nickname "Stinknuts" here on this very BBS a few years ago. I made this thread bomb back then.

 

[RCAM]

I feel like it was meant to show he was a "physical," athletic type guy. And a little bit of "just because I can" swagger. I was a kid when Next Generation first came on, and I remember doing it in school with... mixed results.

 

[Ro_Laren]

Well, you have to realize that Jonathon is very tall, 6'4", but he towered over me, at 6'2" (Musta been those boots) and those chair backs were kinda small, and every time that I sat in them, I always looped my leg over the back, just like Riker did!

Did you ever see Frakes sit like that on "normal size" chairs?

 

[WillsBabe]

The only thing I've noticed about Riker is that he seems to be the most common character to appear in avatars here.

Surely not!

 

[The Old Mixer]

Since I don't think anyone's said it yet...if Stewart's habit of tugging on his Starfleet tunic was dubbed "The Picard Maneuver", then surely Frakes's sitting style must be called "The Riker Maneuver".

And FWIW, this thread gave me the impetus to actually try this for the first time ever in my office chair today. Considering I'm a guy in his mid-40s of medium height, it went surprisingly well...but I wouldn't want to push my luck by doing it regularly....

 

[Lance]

FWIW, this thread gave me the impetus to actually try this for the first time ever in my office chair today. Considering I'm a guy in his mid-40s of medium height, it went surprisingly well...but I wouldn't want to push my luck by doing it regularly....

Or, you could keep practicing until you get perfect at it maybe? You'll be the life and soul at this year's office christmas party!

 

[USS Triumphant]

Riker and Deanna's relationship suffered because he was focused on career.

Or, put another way, Riker neglected Deanna because what he really wanted was the -D.