# No Spock, Nooo! I just realized I am a victim of the "Mirror, Mirror"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spock-nooo-i-just-realized-i-am-a-victim-of-the-mirror-mirror/843472 "2019-11-15T03:44:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spock-nooo-i-just-realized-i-am-a-victim-of-the-mirror-mirror/843472/1 "2019-11-15T03:44:19Z")

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Holy Shit, for the first time in my life, it was just revealed to me tonight, so many years later that I learned the Spock eyebrow raise wrong. And no one has ever told me, you bastards. :mad:

I learned it as a kid imitating Spock, and practiced it in the mirror to look just like he did, when I was too young to remember doing it.

I do it with my left fucking eye!! Because that is the way it looked when I saw Spock do it( in the mirror)!! I have done it many times for many people. Why didn’t any of you SOBs tell me I was looking like an idiot?

Damn.

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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spock-nooo-i-just-realized-i-am-a-victim-of-the-mirror-mirror/843472/2 "2019-11-15T03:53:15Z")

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I didn’t want to hurt your feelings, man. I know you were doing your best.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spock-nooo-i-just-realized-i-am-a-victim-of-the-mirror-mirror/843472/3 "2019-11-15T04:22:01Z")

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I trained myself to do it with both eyebrows, so I just assumed you were being deliberately contrary.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spock-nooo-i-just-realized-i-am-a-victim-of-the-mirror-mirror/843472/4 "2019-11-15T04:45:01Z")

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> [@wolfman](#):
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> I learned the Spock eyebrow raise wrong.

Your agonizer, please. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spock-nooo-i-just-realized-i-am-a-victim-of-the-mirror-mirror/843472/5 "2019-11-15T05:18:06Z")

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Spock saw it the same way in his mirror. It’s all good, man.

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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-spock-nooo-i-just-realized-i-am-a-victim-of-the-mirror-mirror/843472/6 "2019-11-15T05:56:15Z")

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Be glad Spock wasn’t an ear-wiggler. Do you know how hard it is to wiggle only one ear? Took me years of practice.