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card_zeroyesterday at 10:27 AM2 repliesview on HN

Sangfroid, even.

I wonder what criticisms could be leveled at the virtues of proactive energy, passion, and incessant curiosity. I notice that they make me feel slightly nauseous. This is something I'm curious about. What really is a dork?


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jodrellblankyesterday at 3:48 PM

> What really is a dork?

Well, it's not a whale penis. https://whalerescueteam.org/is-a-whale-penis-called-a-dork/

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balamatomyesterday at 11:54 AM

>What really is a dork?

Someone who might not be very smart per se, but whose mind has not yet been murdered and replaced by a sort of mandatory prosthesis made out of complex conditioned responses (after the operation, they'd be more properly an ork).

Yeah, turns out the uncanny valley effect works in both directions.

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