okay THIS WAS A BLAST thank you for all the questions! i am so sorry i couldn’t answer every single one i have to run to set now but feel free to dm me on IG @team_karim if you want to ask me anything else and i’ll try my best to answer!! 🖖
To be clear, this is for 4pm EST
Is that the UTC-0500 one?
I wish more people would use that format. It’s much easier to relate to your own time zone.
Depends… I grew up with TV stations advertising shows in Eastern/Pacific time zones while I lived in neither.
I’ve also driven to both of those time zones and can picture how many time zones away they are in my head.
Either one of those is easier for me.
There’s an entire world of timezones that aren’t the US.
It’s easier for you to remember your timezone in ± utc than making everyone else on the planet look up whatever the fuck est is every time we need to.
Well I don’t live in the US, so yeah I know. Anyway, my point is that “easier” is subjective and very much based on a person’s experience.
I’ve looked up UTC compared to my time many times and it just doesn’t stick. I don’t know what the current UTC time is but I could tell you what time it is in Newfoundland no problem. 🤷♂️
You don’t need to. Jesus christ.
UTC-3:30
That’s all you need to remember to be able to refer anyone else to your time zone to any other timezone on the planet.
Ok get mad about it, because that’s a reasonable response.
Is that the UTC-0500 one?
lmao thanks for the reminder that there are four timezones which could be called “EST” 😭
(but UTC-5 is the only one properly called that)
Over a million upvotes on this post!
Incredible engagement all.
Certainly an instance record but is that a Lemmy record? Are many of those upvotes coming via other APIs or is it just Lemmy’s
I have no idea where you’re seeing a million, I’m seeing 1,300. But that’s still very high for the fediverse! And it’s definitely the highest we’ve ever had in one of our local communities.
LOL — saw k, thought thousand, wrote million
What I get for posting after an IM, screen heavy workday.
Yes, a thousand is huge, even if an order of magnitude lower. 🖖🏼
Might as well had been a million, I don’t think it could have gone better! ❤️
This is incredible, my respect and gratitude to those that are making it happen. Also can’t wait.
30 more minutes! God I’m excited!
+24 hours. But you can still be excited!
Oh well. Guess I gotta be patient. Thanks for the heads up!
We wanted to make sure there was lots of time to accumulate questions, but the Fediverse is unsurprisingly rising to the occasion.
This sparks joy in me!
Is there going to be another post with the replies?
Or will Karim just be responding to the questions in the thread?
The responses are all live in the thread! Or you can check out the u/karim account to see them all in chronological order (but without the questions, which is…challenging).
aww well this is kind, haha thank you for your enthusiasm!! i really appreciate it
Omg he responded to me twice! ☺️
What’s it been like to work with actors like HH & PG? Learned anything from them?
I can’t help but hear Disney’s Goofy’s laughter whenever I read IYKYK, which makes this even funnier.
SC plays my favorite SFA character… I played a game with my SO to see if she could spot him on the show. She cheated by accidentally seeing him in the credits after the first few episodes. Was fun while it lasted though.
lol. I was on mobile and lazy, thanks for keeping the naming format ;) I am embarrassed, I did not at all catch that it was TM when she was on screen.
Is this the thread for questions?
What actor from Trek’s past, that primarily wore lots of makeup and prosthetics, do you look up at as a acting role model?
Doug Jones!!
Action Saru!
This is the thread for questions!
Do the prosthetics make it much more difficult to act in, or does it actually help you get into the role?
First, I just wanted to say that you’re a treat to watch on Academy and I can’t wait to see where your story goes! It’s always great to see a species fleshed out in Trek, in this case a Klingon that has other pursuits than that of a warrior.
Were you initially intimidated by the fact that you are playing a character that is part of a species that has decades of culture built up to this point? If so, how did you prepare for the role? If not, I can’t tell because you’ve been great so far.
Where you a Trekkie before you got the role? If so, what’s your favorite show/movie?
Wildly unexpected. 💜
I’m a huge Star Trek as well as lover of Birds. imagine my surprise to see a Klingon carrying binos and then saying, “I watch birds.” My family started laughing because I wear a t-shirt often that simply says, “I like birds” and they were really really hoping that you would say that. Haha. Close enough!
I have a very serious two part question:
- What is Jay-Den’s favorite bird? And…
- What is Karim’s favorite bird?
🐦 🖖🏽
Hi Karim! I am absolutely adoring Jay-Den’s character. If you’re able to discuss it are there plans for his triangle with Darem and Kyle? I might’ve fangirled a wee bit hard this last episode with all the teasers being dropped XD
Hey Karim, thanks for doing this. Really like your acting. I wanted to ask how did the name “Jay-Den” came to be? It sounds distinctively not Klingon and I assume meant to sound like a US American name which seems out of place.
If you could choose to play a character from the original series, who would it be?
uhura
Bad ass answer.
For sure!
I honestly kind of expected it (set him up for it), but I’d be disappointed if he hadn’t said it.
Also, I’ve now talked to a Klingon about LT. Uhura so check that off the list.
Karim! You’re a wonderful actor I adore your portrayal of Jay-Den, how much input did you have in your interpretation of the character?
Weirdly, I just thought about how odd it seemed that the fediverse didn’t have an AMA community and boom, inside 24-hours, here’s this post! Very rad seeing this and now I’ll have to add another show to my watch list!
- Have you been on the fediverse before this account and AMA post?
- If so what flavor of Linux do you run? :P
Seriously, even if you don’t see or answer these questions, it’s super cool you’re doing this and I’m glad one of the first on the platform is for Star Trek!
Is this Lemmy’s first celebrity AMA?
i feel it may be
my first time on the fediverse but i love it here! might not be the last you see of me here.
So cool to have you on fedi, thanks for doing this. Here is a very cool video about the fediverse, if you’re at all curious.
Would it be too intrusive to ask what exactly brought you here? Was it just “Oh a cool Trek community”? I wouldn’t expect a wider public to know what a fediverse is.
this is confusing…
Sorry, I’m not sure how useable these links are in different Lemmy clients.
Here’s the quote from the other answer:
How did i end up here? on the 'verse? met u/Admin in real life and they asked me to come and i said hell yes.
Appreciated. Thunder reditrected me just fine. I was just expecting the comment itself to appear inline…
Awesome to hear and welcome! Thank you for being here and answering all the questions!
Welcome to a deeply weird community!
If you were going to spend a day as a member of a Star Trek crew (other than your current show), which would you choose, and why? Assume it’s going to be a normal and pleasant day, not one of the exceptionally horrifying days where everyone gets space parasites or some such.
lower decks crew on U.S.S. Cerritos are DEFINITELY my people
💜💜💜
Hey! Trills have a great time having space parasites!
Amazing to see this!
What’s your favourite Star Trek (can’t say Starfleet Academy)and how did you end up here?
i love the 1st jj abrams movie. like… LOVE.
How did i end up here? on the 'verse? met u/Admin in real life and they asked me to come and i said hell yes.
Nice! I also enjoyed the first one.
Your open minded attitude to the platform is very Trek and you’ve made a lot people here very happy! Have an awesome day.
Cross-fedi threading needs attention, choices and discisions. What went by is appreciated, better coming.
Do you like cats?
tbh no
Acceptable.
How dare you!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna zoom off outta here.
Finally, someone asked the most important question for the fediverse!
