I Don’t Know Which Disturbs Me More

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1. What scares me most is that a highly-educated, usually eloquent person like you would use “grokked” in a sentence.

   “Heinlein’s dead and I’m glad, I’m glad…”

   Comment by Chuck Bell — October 3, 2007 @ 9:12 am

2. It’s a tech term, Chuck. I’m a tech hanger-on. QED.

   Comment by Anwyn — October 3, 2007 @ 9:14 am

3. I understand fat cats. I don’t understand grokked. I truly am out of touch with popular culture, though I did remember most of the keywords from “Star Wars” that were in the headline.

   As an editor, you need to know words such as “grokked.”

   I’m hoping that there is more hair than fat, but doubt it. Wish I could grow fur all over and eat what I want!

   Comment by Anne — October 3, 2007 @ 9:47 am

4. “Grok” means “I understand it, I get it, and can now apply it” … I didn’t know it came from Robert Heinlein until just now, though.

   Comment by Anwyn — October 3, 2007 @ 10:02 am

5. Yeah, but this cat’s God can kick that fat cat’s god’s ass:
   http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071003/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_pope_cat

   Comment by docweasel — October 3, 2007 @ 8:55 pm

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