Source unknown, some sites assign it to Oppressive Silence comics by Ethan Vincent. But that website in the corner is shady

  • korazail@lemmy.myserv.one
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    4 hours ago

    “Grok” way predates xitter and predates elon himself by a decade. It was coined by Heinlein in ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ and means ‘to understand fully’.

    Just because some ass-hat uses a word doesn’t immediately give it a negative connotation.

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      2 hours ago

      The boringly misogynistic screed about how you’re stupid if you aren’t an anarcho-capitalist into polyamory that became popular among nerdy misogynists because it was ahead of the curve on 70’s swinger culture?

      Yes, I’ve read it, and I’m aware, it’s a common pairing with his quasi-fascist work in Starship Troopers.

      It spent a hundred pages pondering the concept of words in an alien language that don’t necessarily translate to English!

      Wow!

      Big think!

      Don’t let the nerdy ancap incels have it!