Tony Bark@pawb.social to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-up180arrow-down14
arrow-up176arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareImpractical_Island@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoMost successful fnord in history: “Trump” Because you either know he’s a cop, or you’re in one of two cults.
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAnd to go a step further, any acronym that represents anything even remotely progressive is a fnord to MAGA.
minus-squareImpractical_Island@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 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.
Most successful fnord in history: “Trump”
Because you either know he’s a cop, or you’re in one of two cults.
And to go a step further, any acronym that represents anything even remotely progressive is a fnord to MAGA.
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.