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[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"They made me". He loved it.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Girl on the left didn't even try. Obvious stock photo.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I was thinking that. Unless she took the photo herself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Isn't that the purpose of stock photos? Finding and chosing the right stock photo can be part of the process. Of course the license must be right.

The real question is, if the result is good enough to award her, which is debatable.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

im sorry but no, it is not

he won by a large margin

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like the middle one so much more.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it is nice, it would just be too cramped and busy when printed on a handheld card

i think that's why he won, because his design is relevant, cute, and simple enough to display well on a small card

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's my pick too. It has the most character.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

I'd be happy, happy in Paraguay.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

My pleasure, moistclump.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year 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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year 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...

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I immediately thought of the Simpsons

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah! And he beat their brains out!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At least it wasn't a spelling bee. 😏

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is wholesome 💓

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