6 definitions by HGF88
by HGF88 July 30, 2014
Asperger's syndrome is a neurological condition and developmental disorder categorized as an autism spectrum disorder. Symptoms of Asperger's syndrome, or AS, often manifest themselves as forms and examples of social ineptitude, such as: naivete; mild-ish difficulty communicating and expressing ideas, especially a.) to another person in person and/or b.) through the spoken word (this one is especially from personal experience); mild to *moderately* severe difficulty making eye contact due to the eyes showing a lot of emotion and telling exactly what the other person is feeling or thinking because our brains don't work that way; narrow-mindedness, to a certain degree; etc.
However, individuals with AS, frequently referred to as 'Aspies', often - not always, but often - have an IQ ranging from average to considerably high. "Symptoms" and advantages of such a high IQ resulting from AS include: a fascination with - almost obsession over - a specific topic (examples: Greek and/or Roman mythology/mythologies, dystopian science fiction, a specific period in history); very large vocabularies filled with sophisticated and sometimes kinda complicated words; knowing almost everything there is to know about their topic; being the most likely to succeed in all the nerdy careers so that everyone else can get to being superstars and supermodels and pop stars and other social icons that almost every neurologically typical teen idolizes; etc.
However, individuals with AS, frequently referred to as 'Aspies', often - not always, but often - have an IQ ranging from average to considerably high. "Symptoms" and advantages of such a high IQ resulting from AS include: a fascination with - almost obsession over - a specific topic (examples: Greek and/or Roman mythology/mythologies, dystopian science fiction, a specific period in history); very large vocabularies filled with sophisticated and sometimes kinda complicated words; knowing almost everything there is to know about their topic; being the most likely to succeed in all the nerdy careers so that everyone else can get to being superstars and supermodels and pop stars and other social icons that almost every neurologically typical teen idolizes; etc.
If the only people in the world were incredibly social, non-nerd/non-geek, not-even-really-fully-wanting-to-and-definitely-not-caring-about-learning-enough-to-get-into-college-to-get-a-science-or-law-or-something-like-that-degree-to-become-a-teacher-or-science-or-lawyer-or-something neurotypical, we wouldn't have any more new iPads or iPods or iPhones or anything like that, and no new social media sites or apps or good books to read.
Aren't you glad there are nerds and geeks and people with Asperger's syndrome to make Apple products and apps and social media stuff?
Aren't you glad there are nerds and geeks and people with Asperger's syndrome to make Apple products and apps and social media stuff?
by HGF88 August 23, 2014
In short, a total butthole that took employees's inventions to the patent office, claimed they were his, and got all the credit.
To convince the American public not to use Nikola Tesla's AC system, Thomas Edison paid schoolkids to kidnap cats and dogs from homes nearby his lab so that he could electrocute them to death with AC power.
Also, see this about Nikola Tesla:
www.theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
Also, see this about Nikola Tesla:
www.theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
by HGF88 November 21, 2013
The Chuck Norris of food. It is usually just strips of fatty pork meat (sometimes turkey) that you cook and then shove, all at once, into your mouth. It's like meaty freakin' heaven.
Bacon is only delicious when it's cooked well, but just a TINY LITTLE BIT crispy. Any crispier and it'll feel like you're crunching rocks or something.
by HGF88 November 17, 2013
The old little kids' channel with shows like Maisy and (I think) Oswald. Its mascots were Moose A. Moose (a moose, of course) and Zee ( I think the full name was Zee D. Bird; a blue bird with a little pink flower in her "hair"). It always turned off at 6:30 or 7 P.M. and had a message basically saying that they were done for the day and that they'd be back the next day. I think Moose and Zee always sang a goodbye song at the end, but I'm not sure. Gee, I miss it. Like, a flipping lot.
The Noggin channel was a kids' channel that was bought by Nick Jr. Nick Jr. was the channel that had an adorable show called 64 Zoo Lane, but I don't know if they still have it. I hope they do. Anyway, Nick Jr. bought Noggin and I HATE that. Sorry, I'll stop ranting.
Nick Jr. channel
Nick Jr. channel
by HGF88 October 31, 2013
A collection of written or typed paragraphs originally meant to, with fairly noble intentions, teach students how to introduce and support an idea logically and with solid, existing, and cited evidence, but more recently (and *most* of the time, but not always) assigned to middle- and high school students either as busy work or purely to piss them off. The teachers who assign essays for the latter reason just wants to see the world crash and burn.
I propose that we replace essays with tests comprised solely of multiple choice and short answer questions.
by HGF88 September 1, 2014