#xkcd survey

[zoi-no-miko]

This is an anonymous survey. After it's done, a database of everyone's responses will be posted. There's no specific reason for any of the questions. The goal is to create an interesting and unusual data set for people to play with. (This is obviously not going to be a real random sample of people, but in the interest of getting cooler data, if you're sharing this with friends, try sending it to some people who wouldn't normally see this kind of thing!) WARNING: This survey is anonymous, but your answers WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. Depending what you write, it's possible that someone may be able to identify you by looking at your responses. None of these questions should ask about anything too private, but don't write anything that you don't want people to see. If you're not comfortable answering a question, just skip it.

omg I’m so stoked to see what they do with this. *takes survey madly*

[eldritchkraken]

i hope one day someone will look at my xkcd survey and notice that it says “we are five spiders bitch” in the middle of an otherwise seriously taken survey

[asongbirdandanoldhat]

Vocab Homework

If you haven’t done the xkcd survey, you should go do that first.

In it, you are asked to mark the words you understand from a given list. I knew a lot fewer than I would have liked*, so immediately planned to look them all up after. Thought I might as well share the learning experience.

Phoropter - an ophthalmic instrument used by an optometrist to determine the refractive error of the eye and thus your prescription, ya specky nerd.

Trephony - an individual who has lied about donating bone marrow.*

Slickle - oil used to polish a scythe.*

Cadine - an area in the Italian province of Trento.

Stipple - to paint (etc) with a series of small dots.

Hubris - extreme pride or arrogance, often to the point of destruction.

Regolith - the loose layer of “stuff” over solid rock, like dirt and dust.

Fleek - an expression of great quality.

Revergent - two or more lines coming together after an earlier divergence.*

Peristeronic - of or pertaining to pigeons. Glad you learned that one, right?

Modicum - a small amount of a specified thing.

Soliloquy - a dramatic device used to share the thoughts of a character with the audience, by having them speak aloud to themselves.

Salient - most important or notable.

Unitory - a conservative MP who stands on the opposite side of an argument or issue from the rest of their party.*

Rife - widespread or pervasive. Usually used negatively.

Tribution - the act of dedicating a gift or endeavour to another person.*

Lithe - how I like my men. thin and graceful. Usually used to describe a person’s body.

Fination - the process undergone by a foreigner acclimatising to life in Finland.*

Amiable - friendly and easy-going. Literally friend-able, mes amis.

Apricity - the warmth of the sun.

*perhaps because some of them are made up.

[beautifulhigh]

Waste time creating meaningless data and having a laugh.