The Geekorium

The day after reading about Niniane’s brush with Godwin’s Law, I had my own internal conversation cut short by it…

Godwin’s Law states that

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.Excerpt from Wikipedia on Godwin’s law

Now, when someone does make the comparison to Hitler their opponent is declared the winner and the discussion is over.

Well, sadly I invoked Godwin’s Law on myself today. I was thinking about how weird it is that I used to be so certain that I would always be a Christian. I made promises to God that I would always be His, so certain that no hardship would ever make me doubt Him.

I tried to think of other situations where kids have made promises that might have been misplaced. That’s when I thought of the Nazi’s and their brainwashing. Then I had to invoke Godwin’s Law and exit my own conversation. You know how humiliating that is?

For good measure, here’s an xkcd comic about Godwin’s Law

I told myself this blog would not just be made up of snippets of other people’s work co-opted and written into mine. So I’m very appalled at myself for what I’m about to do - namely: stick someone’s web comic into a post and call it a night.

But damn if this one isn’t really funny. More than that it’s a comic about a future that I feel is really possible and it scares me to death.

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic

I’ve only just discovered Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (RSS), but it’s hit-rate is high and I find myself laughing loudly to more than every second one.

It reminds me a little of The Perry Bible Fellowship (RSS), and both of them are kind of crueller, surreal-er versions of The Far Side - what you might get if Garry Larson had regularly maimed his characters or left them devastatingly emotionally scarred.

If you find any of these comics amusing, you might try some of the others I enjoy (click on RSS to immediately subscribe if you trust my taste):
Ctrl-Alt-Del (RSS) - the lives and loves of gamers and their robot.
Dilbert (RSS) - life in a cubicle.
Dr. McNinja (Unofficial RSS) - He’s a Doctor, who’s also a ninja. And he wants to be Batman (but who doesn’t?)
Joy of Tech (RSS) - geek comic.
Wondermark (RSS) - old Victorian era drawings given new life.
xkcd (RSS) - probably the cleverest comic on the web. It’s about romance, joy, maths and velociraptors.

Enjoy!