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SplitSoul
Dec 31, 2000

Whoa, Black Betty, Quetzalkanbalam

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uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug
Xeni wrote for Wired magazine way back when and is one of those people who gained notoriety from getting in on the blogging thing when it first happened. there are lots of horrid people who came from that scene and are still around to annoy us today.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

quote:

From Spanish quetzal, from Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“brightly colored tail feather, quetzal feather”), from quetza (“to raise, lift”); see also Classical Nahuatl quetzaltōtōtl (“quetzal bird”).

quote:

Kan Balam (Spanish pronunciation:kan' balaːm, Tzotzil Maya pronunciation: 'kʱaŋ βalɒm) is a computer cluster located in Mexico City, on the main campus of the UNAM.

So uh, from different languages eh? I'm no linguist and don't know how words, or especially names, work in general. And I have no concept about indigenous names especially, but Doctor Professor Famous Bird Computer sounds smart as gently caress.

more falafel please
Feb 26, 2005

forums poster

Like Boing Boing was probably the most popular blog for "internet culture" in the 2000s. that's also where cory doctorow comes from

Wheeee
Mar 11, 2001

When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

imagine having the energy to hustle nonstop and wasting it on stupid poo poo like being an idiot blogger

absolute wastes

Proust Malone
Apr 4, 2008

hapsby posted:

anyone who is mean to liz franczak deserves all the mockery they get

I really admire her so poo poo like this irritates me. i guess i'm a reply gal??

behead those who insult Franczak

change my name
Aug 27, 2007

Legends die but anime is forever.

RIP The Lost Otakus.

more falafel please posted:

Like Boing Boing was probably the most popular blog for "internet culture" in the 2000s. that's also where cory doctorow comes from

Yeah but like, he still writes tons of books. Xeni just poo poo posts all day and somehow gets booked on TV for it.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

talk poo poo get hit

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

https://twitter.com/mugrimm/status/1350673804058628096

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



i thought it was until she got past the part with her first initial

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
So is the exotic and mysterious doctor's name literally just a case of pulling words out of a dictionary and stringing them together? Probably but now I'm curious if any if this could form a coherent name someone somewhere would have for real.

Xōchipilli [ʃu˕ːt͡ʃiˈpiɬːi] is the god of art, games, dance, flowers, and song in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words xōchitl ("flower") and pilli (either "prince" or "child") and hence means "flower prince".

cuepōni
(intransitive) To bloom.

Spanish / Portuguese / French
munir
1 (transitive) to provide, fit out
2 (takes a reflexive pronoun) to provide oneself with; to take (a supply of)

Munir
from a personal name based on Arabic munir 'bright', 'brilliant', 'radiant'.


I mean it's just so weird and seemingly easily debunked and seriously really does sound like a character form some lovecraft mythos knockoff

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Roll 4d20 and use these tables to find the name of the cult leader and their cultural background.

E: alright last part Kan Balam also is Snake Jaguar, not just the name of a specific compute cluster.

Lol so is the dude just... "radiant booming flower child bird snake jaguar?"

SniperWoreConverse has issued a correction as of 23:41 on Jan 17, 2021

Malleum
Aug 16, 2014

Am I the one at fault? What about me is wrong?
Buglord
https://twitter.com/prstskrzkrk/status/1350862789439594496

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

change my name posted:

Yeah but like, he still writes tons of books. Xeni just poo poo posts all day and somehow gets booked on TV for it.

cory got his start doing copyright activism and worked for the EFF and taught public policy in addition to being a scifi author, dude definitely has a real career outside of blogging

whereas

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

cory got his start doing copyright activism and worked for the EFF and taught public policy in addition to being a scifi author, dude definitely has a real career outside of blogging

he blocked me for pointing out biden is a white supremacist lol

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/FarnoushAmiri/status/1350895731511582722

Apoplexy
Mar 9, 2003

by Shine


Who'd win: 500 Bad Moonz or One Thinky Lobstaboy

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

Taintrunner posted:

he blocked me for pointing out biden is a white supremacist lol

well he is canadian

change my name
Aug 27, 2007

Legends die but anime is forever.

RIP The Lost Otakus.

Apoplexy posted:



Who'd win: 500 Bad Moonz or One Thinky Lobstaboy

This looks like a second or even third-tier assassin from John Wick

Crazycryodude
Aug 15, 2015

Lets get our X tons of Duranium back!

....Is that still a valid thing to jingoistically blow out of proportion?


SniperWoreConverse posted:

So is the exotic and mysterious doctor's name literally just a case of pulling words out of a dictionary and stringing them together? Probably but now I'm curious if any if this could form a coherent name someone somewhere would have for real.

Xōchipilli [ʃu˕ːt͡ʃiˈpiɬːi] is the god of art, games, dance, flowers, and song in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words xōchitl ("flower") and pilli (either "prince" or "child") and hence means "flower prince".

cuepōni
(intransitive) To bloom.

Spanish / Portuguese / French
munir
1 (transitive) to provide, fit out
2 (takes a reflexive pronoun) to provide oneself with; to take (a supply of)

Munir
from a personal name based on Arabic munir 'bright', 'brilliant', 'radiant'.


I mean it's just so weird and seemingly easily debunked and seriously really does sound like a character form some lovecraft mythos knockoff

"Jardin" is at least an actual Spanish word that's kind of a name-ish that would fit within her incredibly fake background but she pronounces it the loving French way

It's truly shocking how bad everything about her backstory is. I'm embarrassed on her behalf, it's just amateurish.

MightyBigMinus
Jan 26, 2020

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

cory got his start doing copyright activism and worked for the EFF and taught public policy in addition to being a scifi author, dude definitely has a real career outside of blogging

whereas



oh she's gen-x jeff jarvis

Inceltown
Aug 6, 2019

https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1350919847752966144

inferis
Dec 30, 2003

she looks like the history channel aliens guy

THS
Sep 15, 2017

xeni shartin

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

gandlethorpe posted:

How has this Zheni person managed to have a Wikipedia article about her since 2005? Even now there's basically nothing on it that tells me this person has done anything notable.

Because she wrote it

some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

cory got his start doing copyright activism and worked for the EFF and taught public policy in addition to being a scifi author, dude definitely has a real career outside of blogging

whereas



Looking like she's about to leave a series of fiendish clues for batman

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



helll yea dude its a real close game

coulda missed the first 3 quarters tho, of course

ScootsMcSkirt
Oct 29, 2013

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

cory got his start doing copyright activism and worked for the EFF and taught public policy in addition to being a scifi author, dude definitely has a real career outside of blogging

whereas



wait, this is a real person?

I always thought the person in this image was Rachel Maddow doing a bit lmao

more falafel please
Feb 26, 2005

forums poster

ScootsMcSkirt posted:

wait, this is a real person?

I always thought the person in this image was Rachel Maddow doing a bit lmao

nope, that's our xeni

change my name
Aug 27, 2007

Legends die but anime is forever.

RIP The Lost Otakus.

Xeni blocked me for asking which set she from. Don't ask if you don't want responses!

Pingui
Jun 4, 2006

WTF?

Kevin DuBrow posted:

She also claims to have familiarity with multiple indigenous mesoamerican languages and I would love to see her try to speak them.

Why would you want to see someone do a stereotypically racist impression of a Latino speaking Spanish?

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

change my name posted:

Xeni blocked me for asking which set she from. Don't ask if you don't want responses!

i caught the block bc i put her on a twitter list titled "Extremely Normal."

trilobite terror
Oct 20, 2007
BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

silicone thrills posted:

Welp I assumed it was Q anon related and just found out that its a cucks and bulls thing and now I know another thing about the world.

lol, how sheltered are you? how boring is your sex life?

pillsburysoldier
Feb 11, 2008

Yo, peep that shit


Lmao ohio getting owned by Chad Henne

Ansar Santa
Jul 12, 2012

Not knowing niche cuck fetish tattoos is extremely sheltered

Wheeee
Mar 11, 2001

When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies.

Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life.

That which has become hard shall not triumph.

Ok Comboomer posted:

lol, how sheltered are you? how boring is your sex life?

way to tell on yourself being a weirdo with a gross niche fetish

Comrayn
Jul 22, 2008

Wheeee posted:

way to tell on yourself being a weirdo with a gross niche fetish

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

A Russian troll farm posted:

Not knowing niche cuck fetish tattoos is extremely sheltered

i assumed it was a gambling thing

which, i suppose, it is really

trilobite terror
Oct 20, 2007
BUT MY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON THE FORUMS!

Wheeee posted:

way to tell on yourself being a weirdo with a gross niche fetish

lmao, if you’re like at all tangentially into literally any kind of kink scene then you’re aware of cucks and poo poo

like, it’s definitely not my jam (also there’s a ton of racism wrapped up in that poo poo and in that subculture), but I’m still gonna laugh at an adult of western society going “welp, swinging is a thing I just discovered exists. that’s so weird” like they stumbled across some furry inflation vore porn.

did 50 Shades totally scandalize you too? How do you feel about drag ball culture?

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some plague rats
Jun 5, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Ok Comboomer posted:

lmao, if you’re like at all tangentially into literally any kind of kink scene then you’re aware of cucks and poo poo

like, it’s definitely not my jam (also there’s a ton of racism wrapped up in that poo poo and in that subculture), but I’m still gonna laugh at an adult of western society going “welp, swinging is a thing I just discovered exists. that’s so weird” like they stumbled across some furry inflation vore porn.

did 50 Shades totally scandalize you too? How do you feel about drag ball culture?

I'll culturally drag my balls across your face loser

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