Clown to clown communication

This is the type of talking that occurs in organisations, typically, between Marketing and Finance departments.

Whatever is said is generally not logical or contains substance. The main purpose is for humour.

Let's stop the tomfoolery and clown to clown communication we need the financial overview for our marketing pitch by the end of today

by killymilly31 March 10, 2023

T.A.T Communications Company

A television production company founded in 1974 by the late Norman Lear and talent agent Jerry Perenchio which produced a bunch of successful sitcoms during its period of activation, and then it was bought out by a bunch of companies during the early 1980s.

The company is particularly infamous in the logo community for its on-screen logo that was likely introduced in 1979, a logo that still wasn't fully discovered as of today (only 2 recordings of its jingle and a split-second of "Cheesy Star" footage exists). It has also been theorized there is another variant of the logo dubbed the "Rising Star" that takes place on a blue background and with a white star, however no footage of that has ever surfaced.

There is a chance of finding the full uncut logo in early 2024, regarding a forthcoming digitization of some 1979-1980 One Day at a Time tapes discovered at the Syracuse University in New York. The logo community has all their fingers crossed for this event.

Guy 1: Damn, how come the T.A.T Communications Company logo still isn't found...
Guy 2: I don't know! Fingers crossed for the Syracuse tapes though!!!

by SpeggiMan December 23, 2023

It's complicated

Heeeeeeh! Eeeeeeh!
インクのINK POOPうんこ!!!

Squid boy "It's complicated! Heeeeeeeeeeeh! Eeeeeeehhhh! インクのINK POOPうんこ!!!

by Hym Iam July 31, 2024

Spacetime Crystals Communication

A speculative method of information transfer using the temporal structure of spacetime crystals as a carrier wave. Unlike radio, which modulates amplitude or frequency, spacetime crystal communication would modulate the phase of time itself—the relative timing of the crystal's eternal ticks. Such a signal would be extraordinarily robust, difficult to jam, and potentially capable of operating in environments where conventional electromagnetic transmission fails (deep underground, in plasma, across vast interstellar distances).

Spacetime Crystals Communication *Example: A deep-space probe powered down for centuries wakes up. Its only active component is a tiny spacetime crystal, oscillating in perfect phase since launch. Earth sends a signal: a precisely timed pulse that shifts the probe's crystal phase by π/2. The probe reads this shift. This single bit—"wake up and transmit"—required no power to maintain, could not be intercepted without detection (any measurement would disturb the phase), and will remain readable for millennia. This is communication through the geometry of time.*

by Dumu The Void February 11, 2026

Weaponization of Science Communication

The practice of using the channels and techniques of science communication—popularization, simplification, engagement—not to inform but to manipulate, deceive, or advance hidden agendas. The weaponizer of science communication doesn't want to share knowledge; they want to shape perceptions, create false balance, manufacture doubt, or build trust only to exploit it. It's the rhetorical equivalent of a friendly doctor who's actually selling snake oil. The weaponization of science communication is especially dangerous because it mimics trustworthy forms—science YouTubers who subtly promote pseudoscience, journalists who give equal weight to consensus and fringe views, educators who present ideology as fact. The weapon works because we're trained to trust science communication; the weaponizer exploits that trust.

Weaponization of Science Communication Example: "He watched a popular science channel that had been weaponized—subtle promotion of dubious supplements, gentle dismissal of consensus views, friendly hosts who built trust and then abused it. The science communication looked real, felt real, but was carefully crafted to sell, not inform. He stopped watching, but millions didn't. The weapon was still working."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 16, 2026

Critical Theory of Science Communication

The application of Critical Theory to how science is communicated to publics—examining who gets to speak for science, whose voices are amplified, and how communication can serve domination or liberation. Critical Theory of Science Communication asks: Who are the experts quoted in media? Whose perspectives are missing? How do science communicators frame issues, and whose interests do those frames serve? Does science communication empower publics or just deliver messages from above? Drawing on science and technology studies, critical pedagogy, and media studies, it insists that science communication is never neutral—it's always political.

"They say 'trust the science' as if science were unanimous. Critical Theory of Science Communication asks: trust which scientists? Funded by whom? Speaking to whom? Science communication often hides disagreement, complexity, uncertainty. Critical theory insists on communication that informs, not just commands—that empowers publics to think, not just obey."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 4, 2026

Theory of FTL Communication

A speculative framework for sending information faster than light—using quantum entanglement, tachyons, or spacetime manipulation to beat the light-speed limit. Theory of FTL Communication asks: Could we send messages to distant stars without waiting years? Would FTL communication violate causality? What would it mean for civilization to have instantaneous contact across the galaxy? The theory explores the physics and implications of beating the cosmic speed limit for information.

Theory of FTL Communication "Quantum entanglement seems instantaneous—measure one particle, the other collapses immediately, no matter the distance. FTL Communication theory asks: could we use that to send messages? Physics says no—no information transfer. But what if there's a way? Instant contact with Alpha Centauri would change everything. The theory asks whether everything includes the impossible."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 5, 2026