Tony Bark@pawb.social to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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-square13fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down14
arrow-up172arrow-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 · edit-22 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareImpractical_Island@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 hours 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-up1·11 hours agoAnd to go a step further, any acronym that represents anything even remotely progressive is a fnord to MAGA.
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.