Risa @startrek.website pomodoro_longbreak @sh.itjust.works 11 mo. ago

Do you understand pain? Death? Leave this place before she finds you

A still from the TNG episode "Masks" picturing Lt cmdr Data wearing a sunburst mask of Masaka. Text reads "Mariah is Waking"

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Completely unrelated to the meme, but I love how folks on Lemmy will frequently provide alt/descriptive text for images. When I have to deal with user-provided images for my org's website, it's like pulling teeth to get them to provide anything at all.
- Hey thank you for commenting on this. It lets me do a tiny lil soapboxing here for just one second hehe:
  
  I wish people did it more often, but I do find the fedi in general good for accessibility (Mastodon community seems especially good at captioning).
  
  I don't want to shame anyone, but I have been trying to cook up a series of memes to encourage this community (and others) to alt up their images.
  
  We're pretty welcoming here. If they were star trek themed i'm sure they would be a hit. Hell you could use Hemmer and Geordi since they are differently abled.
  
  Same - I don't shame anyone for not doing it, but I do try to call out/praise when it's done and/or done exceptionally well. Hopefully that helps.
- Thanks for the reminder. I keep forgetting to do that
"Oh, boy, we got an ancient mask situation here."

"The what now?"

"This is, like, the third time it's happened. Stop touching masks!"
🎶Last Christmas
I gave you my emotional processing unit
The very next stardate
You gave it to Lore
This year
To save us from fears
I'm chucking him into a black hole 🎶
"I have an arrest warrant for the gray fox, do you know where he is?"
- "Halt! You have violated the law!"
  
  Removes the Gray Mask
  
  "Whoa! He was just here! You there, citizen, which way did that scoundrel run off?!"

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