New icon in honor of this post.

[tzikeh]

My American History prof and several other students were chatting after class about why some people are more likely to believe what they read or what they're told without bothering to ask questions or educate themselves (I can't remember how the subject came up in the lecture, which was about the English Puritans' battles with the Dutch Calvinists and how they affected Colonial New England). Anyway, I brought up the people who, despite all evidence to the contrary, would swear under oath that the Holocaust never happened, or that it happened, but the Jews did it to themselves, or that it happened, but not the way we think it did... you know who I mean, right? I certainly do; I certainly know who I mean -- which is why no one was more surprised than I when I started talking about the "Holocaust Retcon."

...

Maybe next week we can all chat about World Wank I and World Wank II, or perhaps even The Kerfuffle Between the States. In the meantime, I'm going to print out this week's posts to Metafandom and nail them to a church door.

I hate you, fandom. Don't look at me.

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[kadymae.livejournal.com]

This icon's for you.

Maybe next week we can all chat about World Wank I and World Wank II, or perhaps even The Kerfuffle Between the States. In the meantime, I'm going to print out this week's Metafandom post and nail it to a church door.

Oh deer jeebus, this is so gloriously wrong on so many levels ... I'm at work crying laughing.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

And you wouldn't even be able to explain it to a co-worker if they asked you what was so funny. That's the best part.

Thanks for making me Queen! I'm impressed that you have that power!

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Did you have to explain what the word meant? To be fair, it does seem to be in wider use... although perhaps my contention that wider use = "a character used it correctly on Torchwood" is not correct. Considering that Torchwood is apparently run by fanboys. Heh.

(I think my favorite is "The Kerfuffle Between the States". *snicker*)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Did you have to explain what the word meant?

Actually, I just said "Uh, I mean, Holocaust revisionists" and went on. I wasn't really excited about stopping the conversation and explaining everything that would be required to understand the concept of "the ret-con". ;)

[zoerayne]

I have re-read this three times and every single time it leaves me giggling.

You win at everything.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it will be funny to me too. Eventually. After some Kahlua.

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

*is crying with laughter*

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I'm glad my shame can bring a little joy into everyone's life.

*drinks*

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

Help! I'm snickering and I can't stop!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I don't know the "snicker-stop" procedure! What do we do!?

[mtgat]

*sporfle*

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

*g*

And oooh, yes, coffee - perhaps some coffee with my Kahlua.

*needs coffee icon*

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

Srsly. The Jews are so emo.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

James "emo" Wilson, that's him....

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

I totally *HEART* your icon.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

:-D It was mostly practice for a tutorial, actually, but man does it fit.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Oh wait - not the main icon - the Good Omens icon! I didn't make it and it's totally gankable. Just check my icons page for credit info.

[goldkiwi.livejournal.com]

I love this icon too, but I don't see the credit info on the icon page :(

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

That is the best accidental expression I've heard in ages. XD XD XD

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Man, it was an "ergh" moment, but I suppose it could have been worse.

Much, much worse.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

You know what I love about LJ? I love that I can sig most of this, regardless of how many lines it takes up.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

You know what I love about *your* LJ in particular? Sometimes your sigs are longer than your posts. For this you will always be Queen Sig.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

Other people have GIPs, I have GSPs. *g*

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Hee! The Kerfuffle Between the States!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Sure - if we're doing revisionist history, why not really push the envelope!

[(Anonymous)]

perhaps even The Kerfuffle Between the States.

Oh, don't get me started. I now (unwillingly) live in the South and work part time as a docent in a historic antebellum house. You wouldn't believe the amount of revisionist history I get thrown at me - my favorite was the guy that insisted with a straight face that the Kerfuffle was because the South had all the money and the North wanted it.

Yeah, I wanted to beat my head against the wall. And then beat his.

[delle.livejournal.com]

oh, apologies. I thought I was logged in. (am friend of shrift's)

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Hee! No problemo! And yes, I too would have wanted to bash his head in. But only after I tied him to a chair and explained, at length, just why he was so very, very, very wrong.

Then the violence.

[pun.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! This reminds me of the time I said to my boyfriend's mother (who is a children's librarian), "Oh, I didn't know Judy Bloom was still writing in the Fudge 'verse."

That Wilson icon makes me so, sooo happy!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

The Fudge 'verse!! LOL!! Oh, I love it.

[tv-elf.livejournal.com]

Snerk. Though, I must admit, most of my non-fannish friends are used to me using words they've never heard, or use in different contexts. "Chan" gets me every time.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Meep. Chan... means what else?

[tv-elf.livejournal.com]

I learned it as #4. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chan

Then I was uploading content for one of the medical sites (I'm blanking on the title because I was going nonstop), one of their keywords was chan. I kept being a 4 year old boy and giggled.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I knew #4 - I was asking what context *they* used it in :)

[tv-elf.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to look it up. It was a keyword for the meta tags. Sadly, I upload between 45 and 100 articles a month, so it all blends together.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

*cracks up*