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Geeks and politics
What do geeks sound like to non-geeks?
What do geeks sound like to non-geeks?
Apr
.
2nd
,
2008
10:30 am
yesthattom
I’m guessing... a lot like this:
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Date:
2008-04-02 02:56 pm (UTC)
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qwrrty.livejournal.com
I admit that for the first half or so I actually thought it was serious.
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Date:
2008-04-02 03:02 pm (UTC)
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yesthattom.livejournal.com
I was able to follow most of it. I guess I'm good at picking up words based on context. Too good.
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Date:
2008-04-02 04:32 pm (UTC)
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geeksdoitbetter.livejournal.com
eEEeEe
my sweetie garick's cock has a malleable logarithmic casing
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Date:
2008-04-02 05:16 pm (UTC)
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sweh.livejournal.com
How do you know it's logarithmic?
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Date:
2008-04-02 05:58 pm (UTC)
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arkham1010.livejournal.com
Holy crap, there is a wikipedia page on this. :P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator
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Date:
2008-04-02 06:15 pm (UTC)
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kimuchi.livejournal.com
Huh. I'd seen this video before (the Rockwell version), but didn't realize it had so much *encabulator lineage behind it.
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Date:
2008-04-02 08:09 pm (UTC)
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uncledark.livejournal.com
Yes. Exactly like that.
And, the fun part is that "geeks" applies to all geeks, not just tech geeks. It's an effect of technical jargon. No one who doesn't actually study the stuff understands it, after a certain point.
Or, to put it another way, it's all geek to me.
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Date: 2008-04-02 02:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-02 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-02 04:32 pm (UTC)my sweetie garick's cock has a malleable logarithmic casing
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Date: 2008-04-02 05:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-02 05:58 pm (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator
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Date: 2008-04-02 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-02 08:09 pm (UTC)And, the fun part is that "geeks" applies to all geeks, not just tech geeks. It's an effect of technical jargon. No one who doesn't actually study the stuff understands it, after a certain point.
Or, to put it another way, it's all geek to me.