# Riker sits down like a crazy person **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905 "2013-05-09T17:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/1 "2013-05-09T17:16:32Z")
I found [this](http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2013/05/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person-star-treg-tng-supercut/) rather amusing, especially since I never noticed it before. Why did he do that? Character trait added by Frakes? Afraid to split his pants? I got nothin’, but I do know I’ll be watching for it every time I watch another TNG episode. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/2 "2013-05-09T17:21:41Z")
He does it that way _because he can!_ He’s Riker, goddamit. (I never noticed that before, either.) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/3 "2013-05-09T17:27:41Z")
Is that the Riker maneuver? ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/4 "2013-05-09T17:27:57Z")
Even funnier is that he gets out of his chair the exact same way, except in reverse. I’m pretty sure I’d do a face plant into the desk or table if I tried that. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/5 "2013-05-09T18:00:18Z")
I never noticed it either, and I think I’ve seen every TNG episode. That video is just begging for someone to edit in some…sound effects. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/6 "2013-05-09T18:05:45Z")
Tall guy + short chairs = hilarity. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/7 "2013-05-09T18:16:59Z")
He’s just so tall that’s how he has to sit > **[The Riker Lean](https://rikerlean.ytmnd.com/)** > > Riker leans on something in almost every scene that’s an #alpha quality ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/8 "2013-05-09T18:30:37Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Why did he do that? Maybe to avoid having to pull out the seat, which might scrape on the floor? ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/9 "2013-05-09T18:31:37Z")
It would be cool if “Thomas” sits down normally. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/10 "2013-05-09T18:41:26Z")
I’d like to see him try it with a bar stool with a back. Of course, there are some guys who mount horses like that. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/11 "2013-05-09T19:22:13Z")
I think his manner of sitting is less crazy than the fact that all the chairs on the Enterprise have such short backs. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/12 "2013-05-09T19:29:34Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I think his manner of sitting is less crazy than the fact that all the chairs on the Enterprise have such short backs. That beats the TOS _Enterprise_ where all the chairs where plastic office chairs. I’d hate to be in one of those seats when a disruptor hit. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/13 "2013-05-09T19:31:38Z")
Yeah, I had noticed that as well. They certainly have a different concept of ergonomics in the 24th century. And, I had noticed the ‘Riker Maneuver’ before but only after having a fellow Trekker point it out to me. Perhaps it is to invoke a pioneer spirit as he looks as if he is getting on a saddle. I was going to say ‘mount a horse’ but that just didn’t seem right. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/14 "2013-05-09T20:06:54Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Maybe to avoid having to pull out the seat, which might scrape on the floor? Yeah, but everyone else gets to just scoot in sideways without moving their chair, at least judging by that supercut of scenes. Did the director/producer think it made him look like a young hotshot officer, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/15 "2013-05-09T20:07:58Z")
> [@vd](#): > > It would be cool if “Thomas” sits down normally. Awesome. Quick, someone pull up that episode and let us know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/16 "2013-05-09T20:09:02Z")
I’ve notice how he tends to slouch to the side when sitting but never noticed this until I saw a link to the video. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/17 "2013-05-09T20:23:47Z")
He also makes duck lips and thrusts his butt out when they fire phasers. You may not be ready for what he does for photon torpedoes. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/18 "2013-05-09T21:09:29Z")
I don’t know if it matters, but didn’t he have some back problems? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/19 "2013-05-09T21:12:50Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > I don’t know if it matters, but didn’t he have some back problems? No, because Worf always had his back… ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905/20 "2013-05-09T21:16:20Z")
Looking for “Second Chances” I came across [this](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JZTQFzsvK0Y/UF9EZsR1XDI/AAAAAAAAAsg/5p6WOPrFsTA/s1600/symbiosis+riker.jpg) and had a hearty chuckle. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riker-sits-down-like-a-crazy-person/657905.md?page=2)