Tony Bark@pawb.social to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL the word "fnord," from The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gives characters subconscious feelings of unease and confusion, thus preventing rational thought, every time the word appearsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down14
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word "fnord," from The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gives characters subconscious feelings of unease and confusion, thus preventing rational thought, every time the word appearsen.wikipedia.orgTony Bark@pawb.social to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareImpractical_Island@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoYea, I mean memeplexes be memeplexing and thus they’re diametrically opposed cults of political narrative derived from the same driving force behind the fnord. They’re kept in line mostly by peer pressure, the children who make up those cults are.
Yea, I mean memeplexes be memeplexing and thus they’re diametrically opposed cults of political narrative derived from the same driving force behind the fnord. They’re kept in line mostly by peer pressure, the children who make up those cults are.