On the extremely slim chance that seventy-five other people on your Flist haven't already linked this, I give you John Hodgman, and his tribute to the First Nerd President of the Modern Era:
And, yeah. As both a systems scientist and an occasional freelance RPG designer, when he started talking about the Constitution in a nerd context, I thought, "Oh my gods, it's a GAME MECHANIC."
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Date: 2009-06-20 04:42 pm (UTC)I hadn't been linked that before. Great stuff, especially about the Constitution.
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Date: 2009-06-20 05:35 pm (UTC)And, yeah. As both a systems scientist and an occasional freelance RPG designer, when he started talking about the Constitution in a nerd context, I thought, "Oh my gods, it's a GAME MECHANIC."
Probably influenced by last week's XKCD.
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Date: 2009-06-20 05:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-20 06:33 pm (UTC)I couldn't stop laughing. The Dune part especially with the inhaler...
Although some of the stuff about jocks and nerds sort of makes sense and may explain some stuff. :)