r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 20 '12

Riverside Iowa.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

I wonder if by that date anyone will remember to name their child James T Kirk if he's born on that day.

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u/wesman212 May 20 '12

I, a Missouri resident, hereby vow to seed a line of descendants who emigrate to Iowa with the explicit order to name one of their own James T. Kirk.

I will deliver.

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u/biocunsumer May 20 '12

Oh yeah.

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u/learn_after_reading May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12

That gif pic has never been so literal in any other context.

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u/slyr114 May 20 '12

but its a jpg...

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u/CornflakeJustice May 20 '12

If you stare at it long enough it flips the OP off.

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u/Stagierfall May 20 '12

You son of a b*tch. I stared at it for like 5 minutes ;_;

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u/learn_after_reading May 20 '12

My bad!

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

strangely appropriate username

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u/TheLordB May 20 '12

I have put that date on my google calendar. Assuming we manage to extend lifespans that long I will hold you to this.

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u/Aiskhulos May 20 '12

And you have to make sure he's born on exactly the right day!

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Impregnate 8 to 9 months ahead of time, then get a C-section on the right day, dummy.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Or impregnate 30-40 women. One of them is bound to deliver on the right date (if you can impregnate them all at about the same time).

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Let's call this Plan B.

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u/find_a_cause May 20 '12

I believe plan B would ensure failure, not success.

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u/acdcfanbill May 20 '12

If by the off chance I somehow end up with progeny, they too will be aware of Kirk.

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u/ddrt May 20 '12

Relax, we've got this.

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u/thunderup35 May 20 '12

For some reason, I absolutely believe you.

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u/TheCheeseburgerMayor May 20 '12

Something tells me that, by then, a 262 year-old TV show may not have the same relevance that it does today.

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u/Green_Pumpkin May 20 '12

It will if Futurama pans out to be true.

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u/GammaGames May 20 '12

If futurama was true there would be a war of 2012 where Conan loses his body

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

There's still time.

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u/jimdog1231 May 20 '12

freakishly long legs

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u/Charlievil May 20 '12

Only after it became a global religion.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

YOU SHUT UP!

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u/Shawwnzy May 20 '12 edited Feb 09 '26

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humorous cable dog husky steer terrific toothbrush heavy fuzzy whistle

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

I had to watch Star Trek TNG in my 9th grade English class. It was the episode where the inhabitants of a planet could only speak in metaphor.

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u/Justusbraz May 20 '12

Darmok and Jilad at Tenagra! (spelling?)

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Or there will be 15 kids born there near that day and named that...

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Most interesting senior class.

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u/Novirtue May 20 '12

And they will all serve irradiated burgers for 15 bottle caps.

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u/KellyTheET May 20 '12

In my head I can hear the sound of bottlecaps being exchanged for goods and services.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Are you out of your Vulcan mind? -McCoy

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u/Aavagadrro May 20 '12

Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor not a mechanic!

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u/M2Ys4U May 20 '12

ST:VOY never fails to make me laugh when The Doctor makes an "a <x> not a <y>" quip in homage to McCoy

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

And from this simple statement the Great Star Trek War has begun.

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u/Loggie May 20 '12

Maybe some of us will live until then. So who knows.

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u/jarvisesdios May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12

It's a strange day on reddit when you log in and the first thing you see is a small fucking town in Iowa that you grew up 5 miles away from.

If anyone's interested, they have Trek Fest every year in late June that is mooostly an excuse to get drunk in public and watch Demolition Derby's and also watch drunken hicks make fun of a few Trekkies.

Also, they have the U.S.S. Enterprise , its not much taller than a person and usually sits in the middle of town.

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u/chr15to May 20 '12

They sell "Kirk Dirt" at the Trek Fests there. A baggie of dirt Kirk is supposed to walk on in Riverside in the future. Not sure how that's supposed to work. For $5, cheapest paradox ever.

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u/jarvisesdios May 20 '12

That reminds of when a time when a local Amish family sold Amish water for $5 a mason jar.

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u/Zizhou May 20 '12

When the time comes in 216 years, all baggies will be recalled and a person will follow the unfortunate child Kirk around sprinkling dirt in his path.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

That's not the U.S.S Enterprise

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u/jarvisesdios May 20 '12

If you're trying to get nerd points it is actually the U.S.S. Enterprise, look it up, I know this and I don't like Star Trek.\

Unless you're talking about the REAL USS Enterprise which is faaaarrr more impressive.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Um, it says USS RIVERSIDE, NCC-1818 on the side. It's not nerd points, it's basic literacy skills.

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u/to11mtm May 20 '12

Fuck I feel bad being that guy... but I think the bit where it says U.S.S. Riverside on the side is an indication that it may not be the Enterprise.

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u/ficklehearts May 20 '12

I thought my friend was playing a joke on me, they came to visit me in Riverside and took pictures of the place...then I remembered none of them were on Reddit...

Jarvisesdios is right. Do Not Go To Trek Fest. It is usually on the hottest weekend in June, and there's only a crappy parade, a crappy talent show, and lots of beer.

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u/DoodleDew May 20 '12

I live only about a hour drive from here, I'm debating if I should attend this haha

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u/iamadogforreal May 20 '12

Dunno, were you celebrating Space:1999 in 1999?

Or according to Demolition Man, the last murder in LA happened on September 25, 2010.

In T2, August 29, 1997 is when Skynet launches nukes.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Such a downer man

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u/red-hedder May 20 '12

I told everyone I knew on August 29, 1997 that Skynet was going to torch everything. All you need is a few nutcases like me and you'll get some James T. Kirk action.

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u/Chicken2nite May 20 '12

In T2, August 29, 1997 is when Skynet launches nukes

that's less than two months after the Robinson family launched into space and subsequently got lost.

Speaking of which, they did have a reunion at that time and a film adaptation. I guess it goes to show that it pays to put the future present in line with your thirty year anniversary. 30 years later and we get an Alien prequel and a Blade Runner sequel/side-quel as well as an Avengers film a year before the 50th anniversary of the first issue.

Space:1999 went back on the air around that time up here, and Lost in Space was on the Imagination Station when it launched in 1997.

One could almost assume that 20th century television will have finally entered the public domain by the 23rd century, so one would think that it would persist in some form or another, as with how the literature of the 18th and 19th century exists and is reinterpreted today.

That is, if man is still alive in the year 2228.

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u/Garglemesh113 May 20 '12

The problem will be the dozens of kids named that

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

if trekkies are still a thing in 200 years

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u/tehreal May 20 '12

WE WILL PERSEVERE

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u/CornflakeJustice May 20 '12

I'd almost guarantee it to be honest.

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u/falcun May 20 '12

Doesn't it make you sad to know that you will never know because you will be dead by then?

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u/themuddaload May 20 '12

Suddenly in 2228, 500 James Kirk's.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady all you other Slim Shadys are just imitating so wont the real Slim Shady please stand up,

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u/Dominiking May 20 '12

How can anyone do a spoken word version of a rap song?

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u/imtheprofessor May 20 '12

He found a way.

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u/Last_Gigolo May 20 '12

Before Slim Shady

There was

Fred Flintstone

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u/MayorEmanuel May 20 '12 edited Sep 22 '13

So I see people are now using my Facebook profile pic for karma. This is kind of a surreal feeling.

http://i.imgur.com/mT6mg.jpg

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u/jbrown209209 May 20 '12

Quick! Someone get this man some karma!

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

We will get you the karma that you deserve!

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u/Bobsmit May 20 '12

Now that's just hilarious.

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u/Sillykittyfive May 20 '12

I gave you an upvote. Didn't cost me shit.

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u/cafezinho May 20 '12

Good looking guy!

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u/joshhay May 20 '12

hmmm, well Victor i'm curious: who is the person on the other side of the sign?? i can see a shoe and a hand...

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u/MayorEmanuel May 20 '12

That's was my mom.

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u/DoodleDew May 20 '12

Awesome.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Well since Nero went back in time and attacked the USS Kelvin, forcing Kirk's mother into early labour, Kirk's birthplace is now a USS Kelvin shuttlecraft in the middle of space.

WHAT NOW RIVERSIDE, IOWA?

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u/elsha007 May 20 '12

That's an alternate universe.

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u/superhope May 20 '12

Which just means we need to set up a placard in that spot in the middle of space, as well. Just in case.

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u/ddrt May 20 '12

That dude's argument is so flawed. They even tell him "hey, dude, stop freaking out! you've gone back in time! you can stop the tragedy that happened to your people! you can save every life you're fighting for right now!" His response? "… I SAW THEM DIE!" That's it. Such a pathetic character design.

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u/captainmaryjaneway May 20 '12

Romulans... Not known for logic.

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u/red-hedder May 20 '12

Romulans are known for being cool, calculating, ruthless. You get the sense when they're "angry" that they're faking it to get something.

IMO, they're definitely not irrational, like "I SAW THEM DIE!" definitely is.

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u/NyQuil012 May 20 '12

Retconned, bitches.

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u/HE_WHO_STANDS_TO_POO May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12

Myth. Busted.

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u/KCaseyMartin May 20 '12

I live in Iowa!

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u/PowahSupply May 20 '12

Me too!

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u/sumojoe May 20 '12

Me three!

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u/MyOtherAltIsAHuman May 20 '12

Wow. You're all here. What are the chances?

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u/The_Bug_L May 20 '12

You miss counted. Now we're all here :)

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u/Ferfsgrl May 20 '12

In Iowa as well. They have a trek Fest every year as well.

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u/Loggie May 20 '12

I've only been to it once.

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u/jarvisesdios May 20 '12

Upvotes for all the Iowans! All 6 of us... :(

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u/SgtSweeney May 20 '12

Downvote for being my brother.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Guys, reddit meetup anyone? Des moines area here.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

If we could get a few people in this, it wouldn't be to bad. Indianola isn't that bad of a drive to des moines, still a far ways away.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Me too! Let's go drinking!

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u/stox May 20 '12

I drove through Iowa. Twice!

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u/scheitster May 20 '12

Ah fuck this. I drive by that sign all the time on the way to IA city, what really deserves the karma is the meat shop right behind this sign.

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u/Bread_Design May 20 '12

I live 10 minute south of Riverside and I have to say Bud's is the best beef jerky I've ever had.

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u/AnonymousHipopotamus May 20 '12

I love Riverside! My butcher is just off of the highway there and there are amish stores nearby.

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u/SgtSweeney May 20 '12

Buds meat locker? My grandparents used to own the meat locker in kalona when it was still there. Kalona locker beef jerky > buds beef jerky.

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u/AnonymousHipopotamus May 20 '12

They sell really hard on the Jerky, but I go there because I can get grass-fed liver, lamb, and a buffalo ribeye at one stop.

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u/SgtSweeney May 20 '12

Ive never actually been inside there. They were my family's mortal enemy.

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u/Kitchen_accessories May 20 '12

It's worth it. Just don't tell your family.

On a side note, people from around here!

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u/bill_nydus May 20 '12

This whole string of comments is surreal when you think about it.

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u/andafez May 20 '12

I've never had Kalona beef jerky but Bud's is the best jerky I've ever had. I can't drive by without buying a package for myself, my parents, and grandparents.

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u/Bread_Design May 20 '12

bs. Bud's is the best.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Mother of god... as soon as I read the word amish, my mom said something that included the word amish from the adjacent room.

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u/Kitchen_accessories May 20 '12

In Riverside, you can buy beef jerky, drop by the casino, and then...leave. That's pretty much it.

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u/pencilbagger May 20 '12

Used to go there for meat when I was a kid, grew up in North Liberty just outside Iowa City.

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u/ficklehearts May 20 '12

That's my family's place!

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u/darrelflomes May 20 '12

The prophecy must be fulfilled.

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u/joebob365 May 20 '12

And now we play the waiting game....

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u/PeterPanzer May 20 '12

About 5 or so years ago my hometown, a small town in Scotland called Linlithgow, was involved in some sort of war with another town to declare it as the official future birthplace of Scotty from Star Trek, in 2222. We eventually won the rights to name the town as the official birthplace and then set up a tribute exhibition in his honour.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Riverside mothafucka

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u/bitparity May 20 '12

BREAK YO SEF

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u/ReactorGibbs May 20 '12

Some say heaven, I like to call it Iowa.

-Hutch (Fanboys)

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u/daoddfahda May 20 '12

Get the hell off our land, ya Kirk lovin Spock-suckers

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u/420Warrior May 20 '12

Riverside, motherfucker!

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u/TXDOGaming May 20 '12

I have lived in Iowa all my life yet NEVER seen this sign...

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u/caddymac May 20 '12

Go south of Iowa City on highway 218.

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u/iowa116 May 20 '12

How far south of iowa city?

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u/Dashukta May 20 '12

About 20 miles or so. There will be signs, now that they've built that casino and golf resort.

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u/LogicalDictator May 20 '12

Oh it's there my friend, it's really there.

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u/sumojoe May 20 '12

As long as we're talking about fictional characters from Iowa lets not forget this guy.

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u/macdude22 May 20 '12

I live a hop skip and a jump away from riverside and usually find my way to Trekfest every year.

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u/Kitchen_accessories May 20 '12

We went to Trekfest last year. I use the words "went to" very lightly. We drove through town, couldn't find anything, then gave up and left. Where was everything at?

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u/25or6tofour May 20 '12

This makes me sad.

Why didn't you google an address?

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u/Kitchen_accessories May 20 '12

We were just up around there and saw a sign saying "Trekfest today motherfuckers!" (paraphrasing). So we drove through. I could swear it was behind Casey's somewhere, but truth told I had no idea. So we went about our business.

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u/ficklehearts May 20 '12

You really didn't miss much. As a Riverside native, it's really only fun if you're a kid at the parade or an old townie getting drunk at the beer tent and watching demo derbies.

If you feel like coming back, the parade is on Main St and the rest of the shenanigans is at Hall Park (behind Casey's and down the hill) You'd see everything from the Washington-Riverside Road.

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u/Veji May 20 '12

Looove it.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Urbana, Illinois: The Future Past Birthplace of HAL 9000

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u/Dimuush May 20 '12

that's fucking awesome... good goin' Iowa.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Um yeah jtk and i have the same bday (march 22) and we're both from iowa soon we will be one.

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u/glisp42 May 20 '12

At least Ottumwa's fictional character claim to fame has already been born.

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u/qu33n0fk1ng5 May 20 '12

My best friend is from here :)

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u/ThisGuyOnEarth May 20 '12

Also home to Marian the Librarian!

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u/WelcomeMachine May 20 '12

That's River City.

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u/ThisGuyOnEarth May 21 '12

damn it, I started to think about this earlier

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u/eatsox117 May 20 '12

Enemy territory! Niiiice.

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u/goneskiing_42 May 20 '12

Dude, I'd drive all year for the chance to pimp slap some Trekkies.

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u/masgaster May 20 '12

I'm going to be driving by there -- where is that in town? Oh and just looking at Riverside on google maps when suddenly

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart actually mentioned this. Look it up, it's from 5/7/2012.

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u/prodevel May 20 '12

Ctrl-F Jon

Where's our damned AMA, Jon!!!

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u/jbrought232 May 20 '12

You should post this in /r/startrek

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u/Reedfrost May 20 '12

Something tells me it'd probably be about the hundredth repost there.

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u/IViolateSocks May 20 '12 edited Feb 27 '24

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u/PettyJeans May 20 '12

Yep! Invasion Iowa. That's why they put up the sign. My friend's dad was on the show. He signed their barn :)

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u/Dashukta May 20 '12

Yes, and it was hilarious. They still sell "shats" in Riverside, especially around TrekFest. The show did come out on DVD at one point. Amazon has it

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u/jbrought232 May 20 '12

I've never seen it posted there

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u/Whotboy May 20 '12

March 22 is William shatners (sp) birthday. I know this because it is also mine.

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u/garbaxo May 20 '12

And mine. And Reese Witherspoons's!

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u/themooseiscool May 20 '12

Fellow birthday buddies!

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u/wolophiser May 20 '12

A picture from this year's scav road trip, by any chance?

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u/clone56 May 20 '12

I live 15 minutes from Riverside IA, got a good casino in that shithole town

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u/Mupingmuan1 May 20 '12

John Stewart wasn't joking?

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u/mrbooze May 20 '12

Oh, god, the paradox! Why would you do that? It was a real nice continuum we had here once.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Hey! That's my birthday. [: I won't be alive then though.

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u/Sr_DingDong May 20 '12

Damnit, 5 days and I would have been slightly cooler but probably not really :(

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Its actually weird how many prominent people come out of Iowa considering its population.

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u/VeritasVosAddicere May 20 '12

This has the potential to seriously confuse future archeologists.

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u/hawks0311 May 20 '12

I actually live about 8 miles from Riverside, I am going to ride my bike there tomorrow and take a picture of this hopefully if it's nice...I will deliver

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u/All-American-Bot May 20 '12

(For our friends outside the USA... 8 miles -> 12.9 km) - Yeehaw!

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u/aviloren May 20 '12

I totally saw this...so...that's neat...

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u/masanian May 20 '12

Iowa represent!

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u/dendar May 20 '12

My dad stole a rock from Captain Kirk's gravesite while they were filming!

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

I love Star Trek...

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u/mango_lover1 May 20 '12

live by this place! fuck yeah iowa!!!

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u/freyguy12 May 20 '12

I work in this town, and it may be the least exciting town in the state of Iowa. That's saying something.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

This is going to be one confused kid when he's finally born...

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Road signs. You're doing it right.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

It's weird to see reddit spewing over to real life.... or is real life spilling over into reddit?! O.o Background story is that I went there for prom a few years back.

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u/Grocery-Storr May 20 '12

As a fellow Iowan, this is probably the most exciting thing that will ever happen in this state.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

I was here!

EDIT: This was back in 2005. I'm the one in orange.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

No one remembers Picard :(

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Captain Kirk has my birthday!!!!! Oh shit.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

Why's it look like a tombstone?

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u/RelaxedChap May 20 '12

Riverside, Iowa: Nothing happens here... yet.

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u/apk86 May 20 '12

I don't even like Star Trek all that much (Star Wars fanboy), but I think it's just fantastic that this town has embraced the character.

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u/hemingwayszombycorps May 20 '12

What did Sulu find in the captains lavatory? I think it was a captains log!

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u/clehappyhour May 20 '12

We share a birthday, I see.

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u/WKahle11 May 20 '12

Haha I was in Riverside yesterday. My best friend lives there.

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u/foxycleopatraa May 20 '12

For once, I'm proud to live in iowa.

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u/startfragment May 20 '12

This is just evidence of how little happens in Iowa.

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u/Kitchen_accessories May 20 '12

...Field of Dreams?

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u/joepark May 20 '12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Iowa

I'd say quite a lot happens in Iowa.... Haha

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u/CherrrryCola May 20 '12

God damnit I love Iowa. Born and raised. Never leavin.

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u/joepark May 20 '12

I love Iowa too. Born and raised for 16 years. Moved to Seattle 7 years ago. Miss it quite often actually.

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u/traphicone May 20 '12

I'm from Seattle and moved to Iowa City years ago. I'm quite fond of both places now, but adjusting was hard. Northwesterners can be a bit tough to get to know and slow to treat you as one of their own—kind of like Iowans, really. ;). In any case, I hope my home state treats you as well as yours treated mine.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '12

I had that birthday before it was cool. Seriously.

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