David GerardMA to SneerClubEnglish · 1 year agoGo West, Weird Man: The oddballs of the MAGA movement have nothing on Silicon Valley transhumanists - by Émile TorresNSFWwww.truthdig.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
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minus-squareo7___o7linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoI’ve wondered if TREACLES might take hold better in the public consciousness. As a fan of Sir Pterry, it makes me think of apocalypse-fearing dwarves madly digging for sweets.
minus-squarerooklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoTESCREAL was chosen, at least in part, because it would be easier to search for. TREACLES matches all sorts of other stuff.
minus-squarefroztbytelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agorecently reread that and: heh yeah, remarkably on the nose comparison also, GNU Terry Pratchett hey @self - can we add clacks to awful? :D
I’ve wondered if TREACLES might take hold better in the public consciousness.
As a fan of Sir Pterry, it makes me think of apocalypse-fearing dwarves madly digging for sweets.
TESCREAL was chosen, at least in part, because it would be easier to search for. TREACLES matches all sorts of other stuff.
Hey, good point!
recently reread that and: heh yeah, remarkably on the nose comparison
also, GNU Terry Pratchett
hey @self - can we add clacks to awful? :D