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Today I Learned@lemmy.worldbyTony Bark@pawb.social
23 hours

TIL the word "fnord," from The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gives characters subconscious feelings of unease and confusion, thus preventing rational thought, every time the word appears

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    • berdandy@lemmy.caEnglish
      9 hours

      Here, have a Pope card

      source

        • kyonshi@piefed.socialEnglish
          4 hours

          Now go and do a schism

        • Impractical_Island@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8 hours

          Most successful fnord in history: “Trump”

          Because you either know he’s a cop, or you’re in one of two cults.

          • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
            12 hours

            Hail Eris.

            • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              8 hours

              Praise “Bob” and Hail Eris!

              • DisasterTransport@startrek.websiteEnglish
                21 hours

                why is everyone commenting on a blank post

                  • TraipsersWill@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    3 hours

                    It’s fnord a complete fnord mystery to me.

                  • AeronMelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    20 hours

                    I remember staying up all night and getting to the point where normal words looked crazy to me. I would sit there trying to make sense of them but they would just seem wrong, especially how certain letters were next to each other.

                    After finally sleeping, the word would look normal again.

                      • Stefen Auris@pawb.socialEnglish
                        18 hours

                        Pretty sure I’ve experienced the same thing the week before finals in college lol

                          • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
                            12 hours

                            This phenomenon is called “semantic satiation”.

                        • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                          18 hours

                          Fuck it, this post makes me want to get knurd

                          • TIEPilot@lemmy.worldEnglish
                            20 hours

                            I have a full set of those cards when they came out.

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