cᴏᴍpaʀɪng pɪcaʀd staʀ tʀᴇᴋ hand ᴏn chɪn: thᴇ unfɪltᴇʀᴇd tʀuth
thɪs ɪᴍagᴇ, dᴇpɪctɪng captaɪn pɪcaʀd fʀᴏᴍ thᴇ tᴇlᴇᴠɪsɪᴏn sᴇʀɪᴇs “staʀ tʀᴇᴋ: thᴇ nᴇxt gᴇnᴇʀatɪᴏn” wɪth hɪs hand ᴏn hɪs chɪn, has ʙᴇcᴏᴍᴇ a pᴏpulaʀ ᴍᴇᴍᴇ. thᴇ pᴏsᴇ ɪs ᴏftᴇn usᴇd tᴏ cᴏnᴠᴇʏ cᴏntᴇᴍplatɪᴏn, sᴋᴇptɪcɪsᴍ, ᴏʀ a thᴏughtful ᴇxpʀᴇssɪᴏn. thᴇ ɪᴍagᴇ has ʙᴇᴇn usᴇd ɪn a ᴠaʀɪᴇtʏ ᴏf cᴏntᴇxts, ɪncludɪng sᴇʀɪᴏus dɪscussɪᴏns and lɪght-hᴇaʀtᴇd ᴊᴏᴋᴇs.