Picard, his face in palm. Riker, his grin wide.
We already do this, even when the original reference is forgotten.
We use idioms that refer to Greek mythology (hanging over your head, as with the Sword or Damocles, or Achilles heel), or Bible stories (Judas meaning betrayal, shibboleth meaning some kind of identifier of membership in a group), or Shakespeare (pound of flesh), or horse racing (frontrunner, hands down, across the board) or other sports (bullseye, slam dunk, par).
And in terms of our technology, we use all sorts of things that harken back to some obsolete technology. We use a save icon that is a floppy disk, a database icon that uses cylinder drum memory. We refer to the smartphone interface that enters phone numbers as a “dialer” from the “dial” in the days of rotary phones.
Pikachu, his mouth open
The fox in fuckin wimd.
Kombucha lady, her face disgusted. Kombucha lady, her face intrigued.
Image searching returned too many really tone deaf or just plain stupid ones made by far right American mouth breathers.
Colbert, his finger extended.
Mischievous girl, her house burning.
Leonardo DiCaprio, pointing at the television!
https://lemmy.world/post/26543640
Marty McFly, having seen this one before
Geordie in the Briefing room, impossible to say.
Girlfriend, her eyes uncomfortably wide and unsettling.
This is quite possibly the worst thing I’ve seen in weeks. Thank you for creating disturbing content.
🧑🍳🤌💋
Gowron’s eye appears in hole; pleading for glory.
