[Noisebridge-discuss] Community experiment

[Zancas Dearana]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Ted Prodromou <tedpdream at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, this isn't a message about Julian Assange. Julian Assange isn't coming
> to Noisebridge. He's under house arrest in the U.K. right now.
>
> This is a trolling message about Jesse. It turns out when someone says
> they're doing a "community experiment" what they mean is that they're about
> to be a douchebag to try to make some point.

 I've noticed a disturbing trend wherein members of the community,
which is normally quite careful with in its choice of allusions, are
glossing over (indeed denigrating!), the actual properties of a widely
used and possibly beneficial technology; because this imprecise
language is widely accepted in the common parlance.  Of course, I'm
referring to our much maligned friend the "douche".

 I wasn't quite sure what one was, so I turned to the internets for
guidance (hey, it's never steered me wrong before!).

 It turns out a "douche" is a "device used to introduce a stream of
water into the body for medical or hygienic [or recreational],
reasons, or the stream of water itself."  (citation flippantly
omitted)

  It would seem to me that given this definition, what Rubin has done
is indeed a sort of "mental douchery" wherein he's directed a stream
of information into our "body of awareness", to help irrigate our
misconceptions.

  _However_ I think it's also clear that the term "douchebag" is
wholly inappropriate in this context!  I think it's clear that Rubin
is not simply a repository of expulsion stimulating exposition, no
indeed!  Clearly Rubin has _directed_ the stream of clarifying ideas
into our collective awareness.  Therefore, he undoubtedly should be
referred to with the respect appropriate for one willing to make such
a thoughtful contribution, as a _douchenozzle_.

  Thanks Rubin, you're a real douchenozzle.
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