Talk:2923: Scary Triangles - Revision history

141.101.99.97: /* Factoid */

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‎Factoid

NiceGuy1: /* Factoid */

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‎Factoid

NiceGuy1 at 05:06, 28 April 2024

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Greeseyparrot: /* Factoid */ new section

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‎Factoid: new section

141.101.99.20 at 12:07, 24 April 2024

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	Mar 10, 2024 — noun. fac·toid ˈfak-ˌtȯid. Synonyms of factoid. A spurious "fact," assumed to be true simply because it appears in print. Coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe. {{unsigned\|Greeseyparrot\|21:06, 26 April 2024}}		Mar 10, 2024 — noun. fac·toid ˈfak-ˌtȯid. Synonyms of factoid. A spurious "fact," assumed to be true simply because it appears in print. Coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe. {{unsigned\|Greeseyparrot\|21:06, 26 April 2024}}
	:Yeah, the suffix "-oid" means having the form of something but not being one. "Android" or "humanoid" has the form of a human but isn't one. "Spheroid" is like a sphere but not one. "Crystalloid" has crystal-like properties but isn't a crystal. Etc. :) (I keep having to remind myself to stop using "factoid" and realizing we need a replacement to ACTUALLY mean "tiny fact". :) ) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 05:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)		:Yeah, the suffix "-oid" means having the form of something but not being one. "Android" or "humanoid" has the form of a human but isn't one. "Spheroid" is like a sphere but not one. "Crystalloid" has crystal-like properties but isn't a crystal. Etc. :) (I keep having to remind myself to stop using "factoid" and realizing we need a replacement to ACTUALLY mean "tiny fact". :) ) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 05:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
		+	::You needn't dismiss all <X>oids as not examples of an <X>. It's a superset. A cuboid (a hexahedron with the equivalent form as a cube) can indeed be a fully regular rectangular cuboid (i.e. an actual cube).
		+	::When you're not ''sure'' about the figure emerging from the mist in front of you not being a trivial arrival rather than a supernatural/extraterrestrial visitation, you can describe it as humanoid and not actually be wrong when it turns out to be a human.
		+	::A factoid, therefore could be 'true', but it certainly gives room for various unstated nuances in the 'soundbite statement'. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.97\|141.101.99.97]] 13:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

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	Mar 10, 2024 — noun. fac·toid ˈfak-ˌtȯid. Synonyms of factoid. A spurious "fact," assumed to be true simply because it appears in print. Coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe. {{unsigned\|Greeseyparrot\|21:06, 26 April 2024}}		Mar 10, 2024 — noun. fac·toid ˈfak-ˌtȯid. Synonyms of factoid. A spurious "fact," assumed to be true simply because it appears in print. Coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe. {{unsigned\|Greeseyparrot\|21:06, 26 April 2024}}
		+	:Yeah, the suffix "-oid" means having the form of something but not being one. "Android" or "humanoid" has the form of a human but isn't one. "Spheroid" is like a sphere but not one. "Crystalloid" has crystal-like properties but isn't a crystal. Etc. :) (I keep having to remind myself to stop using "factoid" and realizing we need a replacement to ACTUALLY mean "tiny fact". :) ) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 05:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

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 Sharks are but two-dimensional icebergs. [ What is Titanic in this metaphor? ] [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 00:17, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 :The Orca. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 00:33, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 This feels like a riff on cosmology, not sure if it's meant to be it specifically, just sounds a lot like "recent research has discovered 90% of the mass in the universe is dark matter" kind of thing. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.56|172.69.22.56]] 03:57, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

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	== Factoid ==		== Factoid ==

−	Mar 10, 2024 — noun. fac·toid ˈfak-ˌtȯid. Synonyms of factoid. A spurious "fact," assumed to be true simply because it appears in print. Coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe.	+	Mar 10, 2024 — noun. fac·toid ˈfak-ˌtȯid. Synonyms of factoid. A spurious "fact," assumed to be true simply because it appears in print. Coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe. {{unsigned\|Greeseyparrot\|21:06, 26 April 2024}}

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	(Okay, I got the iceberg attribution a few seconds before I got the link to Blåhaj, but now I am convinced. :D )		(Okay, I got the iceberg attribution a few seconds before I got the link to Blåhaj, but now I am convinced. :D )
	--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.211\|162.158.111.211]] 15:25, 23 April 2024 (UTC)		--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.211\|162.158.111.211]] 15:25, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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		+	== Factoid ==
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		+	Mar 10, 2024 — noun. fac·toid ˈfak-ˌtȯid. Synonyms of factoid. A spurious "fact," assumed to be true simply because it appears in print. Coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe.

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 "90% of the universe is composed of faecal matter" - this is another fundamental law, coincidentally found out by a person named like another large fish, so there is clearly a pattern emerging and Cueball might be on to something. Will we get to a ''Grand Unified Theory of Everything and Its Dog'' through sharks, icebergs, dark matter and literary genres? [[User:PaulEberhardt|PaulEberhardt]] ([[User talk:PaulEberhardt|talk]]) 22:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 :Don't you mean '...everything and its dogfish'?[[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.169|141.101.99.169]] 08:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
-:actualy just statistical error. only 2% of the universe is poop. Feces Georg
+:actualy just statistical error. only 2% of the universe is poop. Feces Georg --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.183|172.69.79.183]] 08:44, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
---[[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.183|172.69.79.183]] 08:44, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
+::Depends whether you're measuring volume or mass. Basically you're talking at cross poopuses.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.20|141.101.99.20]] 12:07, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 == BLÅHAJ ==

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	"90% of the universe is composed of faecal matter" - this is another fundamental law, coincidentally found out by a person named like another large fish, so there is clearly a pattern emerging and Cueball might be on to something. Will we get to a ''Grand Unified Theory of Everything and Its Dog'' through sharks, icebergs, dark matter and literary genres? [[User:PaulEberhardt\|PaulEberhardt]] ([[User talk:PaulEberhardt\|talk]]) 22:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)		"90% of the universe is composed of faecal matter" - this is another fundamental law, coincidentally found out by a person named like another large fish, so there is clearly a pattern emerging and Cueball might be on to something. Will we get to a ''Grand Unified Theory of Everything and Its Dog'' through sharks, icebergs, dark matter and literary genres? [[User:PaulEberhardt\|PaulEberhardt]] ([[User talk:PaulEberhardt\|talk]]) 22:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
		+	:Don't you mean '...everything and its dogfish'?[[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.169\|141.101.99.169]] 08:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

	== BLÅHAJ ==		== BLÅHAJ ==

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 This feels like a riff on cosmology, not sure if it's meant to be it specifically, just sounds a lot like "recent research has discovered 90% of the mass in the universe is dark matter" kind of thing. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.56|172.69.22.56]] 03:57, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 :No for sure it is a riff on icebergs. It is also not very recent that we found out that most mass in galaxies seems to be invisible (dark matter) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
-Surely we've known about icebergs for longer. But the fact that they are referenced in the title text reads to me that that's a secondary layer of the joke. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.140.142|172.69.140.142]] 06:02, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
+::Surely we've known about icebergs for longer. But the fact that they are referenced in the title text reads to me that that's a secondary layer of the joke. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.140.142|172.69.140.142]] 06:02, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 Just like 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea predicted the modern submarine, so too did Jaws predict the modern shark. --[[User:NeatNit|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit|talk]]) 04:43, 23 April 2024 (UTC)