Recent content by petermarkley

Since you weren’t at first aware of the positive shift in uses of “nerd,” I might as well ask if you were aware of its expanding scope too? Nowadays it doesn’t just mean someone interested in books or computers. Just think of how in the 60s or 70s, kids who read comic books were considered...

Hopefully this doesn’t make you feel old, but it seems to me like it’s been almost my entire lifetime that the positive uses of “nerd” outweighed the bad uses in casual discourse … I honestly can’t remember the last time I heard “nerd” used in a negative way except: by a frat boy or sports...

I feel like I should say this now before I regret not saying it later. When we were considering “xenforums” or even “discussiondock,” I was more ambivalent. And of course I can’t know for sure what would’ve happened in a counterfactual reality… But right now I feel like if Nerd Zone had been...

I can’t help but notice a possible lesson for us all here, that good branding is hard. 😉 This is why it constitutes an entire professional career field, which I daresay is often taken for granted…

There’s also the fact that in the branding world, three action verbs (or adjectives) with each followed by a period is the only thing possibly more cliched than a misspelled word. I literally tweeted about this exact cliche back in 2014, over 11 years ago:

(I’m not that invested either way, just wanted to offer that point of view which it seems like you acknowledge. So… 🤷‍♂️)

I don’t suppose “oldschoolforum.com” (with correct spelling) is available…? I’ve just grown up all my life with brand names all around me that use misspelled words, it seems like a cheap and low-effort way of being distinctive, or like a shabby cliche. Right off the top of my head I can think...

That was a GREAT movie btw. Side note: I always wanted to make a meme comparing it to Muppets In Space because of Amy Adams being in both Arrival and the 2011 Muppets movie. It … could be a hilarious connection 🤪

This isn’t really content yet, but once it’s done I certainly plan to make a video sharing/showcasing it. It’s also ultimately related to my graphic novel which I’ve mentioned previously. I’m writing a piece of software (a Laravel package) for tracking fictional languages. It’s called...

Welcome, seems like you’ll fit right in! 😄

I’ve seen and enjoyed some Kitboga. Jim Browning is good too. At one point Jim Browning did a collab with Mark Rober to take down a whole scammer operation. It’s really funny how callous and remorseless they are toward their victims—until they’re caught, like truly caught and confronted, then...

Thank you for those kind words, Mars! Alas, it did not 😔

You seem to have an impression that I make content about this topic, defending my beliefs. I really don’t, and I’m not sure how best to correct your impression. I have one (1) single video where I approached that with a proverbial 10-foot pole, which I shared the last time you asked. If you...

Thank you for the politeness of the invitation. You’re correct that I’m not interested in this type of discussion.

Well in a sense yes, but the MAGA movement is much bigger than Trump. I have talked to many, many conspiracy theorists and science deniers who disliked Trump but still fit into the general right-wing nationalist picture. Trump didn’t create MAGA; MAGA created Trump.