THE HEXADECALOGUE

Me? I write. I read. I cook. I do the dishes. I don't do much else. Well, there was a time that I traveled a lot… but I don't anymore. Oh! I found a winning lottery ticket once… but I gave it back to the person who lost it, and I received a stick of chewing game, as a reward. Now we live in a tiny apartment, which was designed by blind Soviet dwarves in the 1930s. My wife is in grad school, so all of our friends are fifteen years younger than us. I have mad video gaming skills, but I never have time to play. And our cat hates us. WELCOME!

[hexadecagon125]

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[hexadecagon125]

Yes, that is accurate.

[thegeekynerdfan]

Okay, so people have said my nerd vs geek posts have been great, but that I left out two huge sub-cultures; the dorks and the dweebs. So here we are, a Venn Diagram with widely recognized definitions and names of middle grounds. Man, I’m such a neek. What are you? Reply to me and let’s see how many of us are out there!

(written after posting) I just realized that there are two typos in here. ‘Nweeb’ should be ‘Neeb’ and I used the wrong ‘than/then’ in dweeb. It should say ‘different THAN nerd, geek, or dork.’

[hexadecagon125]

Do spazzes fit in there anywhere?

[thegeekynerdfan]

I guess spazzing is more of a quirk, not a type. Sorry, I just saw that comment. XD

[hexadecagon125]

Response accepted. If I could modify the 1st Ed. rules, I suppose that I am something of a Norky-Nweeb with Gerdish tendencies, and knowing that about myself empowers me… a little. Thank you for this gift.

[hexadecagon125]

Correction: it should read that I am a Norky-Neeb, not a Norky-Nweeb. Forgive me, but I am rather partial to the twenty-third letter of the alphabet.

[thegeekynerdfan]

Okay, so people have said my nerd vs geek posts have been great, but that I left out two huge sub-cultures; the dorks and the dweebs. So here we are, a Venn Diagram with widely recognized definitions and names of middle grounds. Man, I’m such a neek. What are you? Reply to me and let’s see how many of us are out there!

(written after posting) I just realized that there are two typos in here. ‘Nweeb’ should be ‘Neeb’ and I used the wrong ‘than/then’ in dweeb. It should say ‘different THAN nerd, geek, or dork.’

[hexadecagon125]

Do spazzes fit in there anywhere?

[thegeekynerdfan]

I guess spazzing is more of a quirk, not a type. Sorry, I just saw that comment. XD

[hexadecagon125]

Response accepted. If I could modify the 1st Ed. rules, I suppose that I am something of a Norky-Nweeb with Gerdish tendencies, and knowing that about myself empowers me... a little. Thank you for this gift.

[seoular--power-deactivated20151]

HAHAHA PERF.

[hexadecagon125]

Anyway, you look at it, Evangeline Lilly is a badass.

[thefrogman]

[kev-n]

this is a metaphor for my life

[goodenoughforjazz]

that poor fucking cat is so confused

[emoij-deactivated20140528]

That doesn’t look remotely like a cat

[hexadecagon125]

I don't know. It looks like every two-legged, winged cat I've ever seen... Of course, it's not a fucking cat! Shmersh!

[fullpraxisnow]

[hexadecagon125]

Ronald Reagan, same asshole who didn't have a problem starting a "bloodbath" to quell protests in Berkeley.

[thegeekynerdfan]

Okay, so people have said my nerd vs geek posts have been great, but that I left out two huge sub-cultures; the dorks and the dweebs. So here we are, a Venn Diagram with widely recognized definitions and names of middle grounds. Man, I’m such a neek. What are you? Reply to me and let’s see how many of us are out there!

(written after posting) I just realized that there are two typos in here. ‘Nweeb’ should be ‘Neeb’ and I used the wrong ‘than/then’ in dweeb. It should say ‘different THAN nerd, geek, or dork.’

[hexadecagon125]

Do spazzes fit in there anywhere?

[scienceisbeauty]

I was going metaphorical at it, you didn't need to check the facts. My point is that phi-of-sci provides a meta-reflective level from which one can sensibly reason about science--as you yourself did by bringing up Kuhn. And, that kind of reasoning can be fed back to the world of science--as in Popper's criticism of Freud's paradigm. Not to mention Einstein, Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Bohr, and other great scientists' heavy engagement with phi-of-sci. It is not as irrelevant as you made it sound.

I agree ludimagister, and I was not pretending to make Philosophy of Science as an irrelevant issue, it is not! Just I point at they are different disciplines, mutually interacting, but that they are indeed different. I think also that is the sense of the Feynman’s argument, or at least that’s my interpretation.

[hexadecagon125]

Scienceisbeauty's point is valid. I've read articles written by creationists who have propped their bogus theories on the work of "scientists," who had PhDs in Phi-of-Sci rather than Biology, Chemistry, or Physics, etc. The first hand claims of experts in their discrete fields should be the basis of scientific theories, not the easily discredited hypotheses of religious apologists posing as scientists.

[hexadecagon125]

Ole Gil has something on his mind. (at The Little Red House) 

[hexadecagon125]

Myself, as James Bond. This is how I motivate myself to get out of bed when regular me isn't enough. Also, being in a burning building might help. #thinspiration #adhdhumor (at The Little Red House)

[hexadecagon125]

Confession of a Reformed Pirate

My wife tells a story from early in our relationship. We were at a 400+ annual party/event in Ohio, sitting at a table with friends of my wife. Bored, I poured an old lady's half-finished bottle of beer into my glass, setting the empty back in front of the stranger when she wasn't looking. My girlfriend (whom I eventually married) could not believe anyone would do anything so vile. In response, I said, "I am a pirate. That's what my people do." Since then, I've tried hard to change my ways. This old sea dog's days of plundering have most likely come to an end—but old habits die hard—and I love the sound of gold doubloons clinking inside a wooden chest. Avast, ye galleons flying the Royal Spanish banner best be steerin' clear of my harbor.

[hexadecagon125]

Our cat's new catchphrase, "What's a cat have to do to get some fresh water around here?" - heard every 15 minutes. #cathumor (at The Little Red House)

[hexadecagon125]

Don't be scared. It's just the wizard in me, baby. (at The Little Red House)

[acomicbookgirl]

Less than a day, my first PSL & a long day later, I come home to my 2nd Wes Anderson film #Criterion #bargainbros #movies #bluray

[hexadecagon125]

I want. I want. I need. I need.

[hexadecagon125]

This praying mantis is possibly the smartest insect ever—certainly smarter than any other I have met—but she is also very stupid because... she is an INSECT. I helped her get back outside so she could continue to observe her surroundings. #insect #insects #mantis (at The Little Red House)

[twistedraven]

Finished Bioshock Infinite

Bioshock Infinite turned out to be a big wrapped surprise for me. I felt seriously immersed in the universe, specially around the first bit of it. I got warned several times, I am going to go speechless and mindfucked.

All of this turned out to happen.

Consider playing this game sometime. You’ll ponder for days and days. This game is genius. A masterpiece.

[hexadecagon125]

Agreed.

[hexadecagon125]

Best game of 2013? It’s a tough call. For my money, only ‘The Last of Us’ is as good or better. Noted, ‘Bioshock Infinite’ bends the mind and twists the heart, whereas most of the dramatic moments in ‘The Last of Us’ outweighed the oft Disney-esque dynamic between Booker and Elizabeth. (Consider the “Play The Guitar” sequence in Shantytown’s Graveyard Shift basement.)