#hand waving

[captainjackscoat]

Hand Waving is my new favourite thing

[lifetimetv]

[kylewinkler]

"Hand-waving" is a pejorative term in science fiction; less so in fantasy. Why? If it really was possible to "explain" what was hand-waved, then why bother fiction-ing it? Are those who dislike handwaviness in SF simply seeking plausibility or consistency or both? Are those authors who soothe this need just confident in their arrangement and deployment of vocabulary?

[8ofdecember]

There’s this thing I do sometimes. Call it a quirk perhaps. 

If I’m talking to someone and I get something wrong in a sentence. I wave my hand in front of my face as I correct myself. Kind of like I think I’m able to wave the mistake away. Usually happens when I’ve been switching languages. 

Is that a me thing or a general thing?

[blueberrybadger]

Good luck! 12/25/15 @xakaiyu-320

[brettspiel]

I'm glad I didn't get to play test Canardo's Dungeon last Tuesday.

I’m glad I didn’t get to play test Canardo’s Dungeon last Tuesday.

As I mentioned in an earlier 4P update, I lost an opportunity to play test with some casual gaming friends last week because I took too long making pretty cards.

However, on Monday night I joined more than a dozen other designers from the Madison Game Design Cabal for their monthly play test Meetup at Essen Haus. It was my first time attending this Meetup, though I’ve played with many of the…

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[trashopedia]

Cafe de flore interview with Louis Lemieux

Crazy EBro waving hands and shit

[lesbianflaafy]

"It is kind of a mystery how they do it since you never see anything being done just say they made it and move on, no reason to worry about trifling details"

No my dear, that is called "hand waving". It is a sign of a lazy writer, especially considering that these people drink tea FOUR times a day.