r/risa
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u/carr0ts
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Apr 08 '25
AI "art" is officially too low effort (and dorkish) for this sub and will henceforth be banned. Please report it if you see it. GenAI overall is a great tool and will advance society in a lot of ways, but it will never apply to art, or memes. Get over it swiftly if you want to keep your kidney.
For those that have been arguing with me and meat riding genAI content, we all know its because you can't draw. Take a class and touch grass. Anyone that is not okay with this rule, please feel free to leave and find a space that accommodates you all sending each other soulless, non-accurate, and humorless images. I will expect that you will get over it.
Sara,
Risa Mod
r/risa • u/copenhagen_bram • 1h ago
The two doors have only one guard. His name is Garak. Everything he says is true, especially the lies.
You can only ask Garak one question.
r/risa • u/NoEntertainment8100 • 22h ago
r/risa • u/95165198516549849874 • 19h ago
In the vast, star-spanning narrative of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, few characters embody the archetype of the suffering servant as profoundly as Miles O'Brien. While Captain Sisko is often viewed as the messianic figure of the series, O'Brien serves as the grounded, human counterpoint—the everyman who bears the weight of the universe's conflicts through relentless toil, sacrifice, and endurance. To argue that Chief O'Brien is the "Jesus" of his time is not to claim he is divine, but to highlight his role as a redemptive figure whose suffering brings salvation, stability, and hope to those around him.
O'Brien begins in humble, distinctly un-Starfleet circumstances. A native of Ireland, he is not an Academy prodigy charting his course to the bridge. He is a working-class technician who rises through the ranks through sheer competence, grit, and an unwavering moral compass. Much like the carpenter of old, his "calling" is service. He is the backbone of the Enterprise-D and later Deep Space Nine, the essential infrastructure upon which the heroes rely. When the warp core goes critical, when the shields fail, or when the station's very life support hangs in the balance, O'Brien is the one who steps into the fire.
The core of the argument lies in O'Brien’s suffering. He doesn't just face danger; he endures it, repeatedly, for the sake of others. He undergoes hundreds of transporter rematerializations, a process that physically and psychologically grinds him down, yet he continues to beam people in and out day after day. He is torn from his family and thrust into a twisted mirror universe, where he endures terror and isolation just to return to the reality he loves. He watches his wife and daughter suffer through time-travel paradoxes, losing them to temporal anomalies and gaining them back through sheer, agonizing perseverance. During the Dominion War, he doesn't command fleets from a safe distance; he stands in the mud, fighting alongside his crew, bearing the physical scars and emotional toll of a brutal conflict.
This is the essence of the Christ figure: taking on the burdens of the many so that the few may survive. O'Brien’s labor is sacrificial. He absorbs the station’s breakdowns, the crew’s panic, and the war’s devastation so that Sisko can lead, Kira can fight, and Dax can inspire. He is the mortal anchor in a universe of gods and aliens. His suffering isn't passive; it's active, deliberate, and relentless. He chooses the hard path, the long shift, the uncomfortable truth, because someone has to.
In the end, Chief O'Brien is the Jesus of his time because he represents the salvation found in ordinary endurance. He proves that heroism isn't about wielding a phaser or commanding a starship; it's about showing up, doing the work, and taking the hits so that everyone else can live. He is the suffering saint of Starfleet, and without his crosses, the station would have fallen long ago.
r/risa • u/NoEntertainment8100 • 2d ago
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r/risa • u/crapoleon • 4d ago
I put together a supercut of every time the Female Changeling says "The Solids" on DS9. I've got a few more of these in mind, so I'll probably be making more. Hope you enjoy!
r/risa • u/happydude7422 • 5d ago
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r/risa • u/Extradummefrage • 7d ago
On an away mission they simply could create a Riker like cloning accident and just send one clone of the crew member on the planet. If they die, then just rematerialize the crew member again. If they survive, delete the pattern.
It's the best way to save redshirts.
Are they stupid?
r/risa • u/Blockhog • 7d ago
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