A person who claims to be an expert and markets him or herself as such, but has no discernable income or prior background being a practitioner in the subject matter they purport to represent. These individuals are usually offered talking points and a buried stipend (read: paid off) by a special interest group, such as a political party or industry lobby then go on to blog or make media appearances promoting their point of view to the detriment of people who are real-life practitioners and subject matter experts.
Andy is a pundit on technology issues but doesn't seem to have any real-world experience doing the things he promotes. Through some digging we can discover he is actually an industry shill.
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Punding is human activity characterized by compulsive fascination with and performance of repetitive, mechanical tasks, such as assembling and disassembling, collecting, or sorting household objects. For example, punding may consist of activities such as:
- Collecting pebbles and lining them up as perfectly as possible,
- Disassembling doorknobs and putting them back together again,
People engaging in punding find immersion in such activities comforting, even when it serves no purpose, and generally find it very frustrating to be diverted from them.
Punding is the result of dopamine overactivity. It is commonly associated with side effects of drugs used against Parkinson's disease and with the use of methamphetamine (in which context it is known as tweaking), which increases dopamine release and blocks its uptake.
In Parkinson's Disease it can be cured by lowering the medication dose, or adding (atypical) antipsychotics, which act by counteracting the effect of dopamine.
Punding is also similar to behaviors associated with autism.
Punding is human activity characterized by compulsive fascination with and performance of repetitive, mechanical tasks, such as assembling and disassembling, collecting, or sorting household objects. For example, punding may consist of activities such as:
- Collecting pebbles and lining them up as perfectly as possible,
- Disassembling doorknobs and putting them back together again,
People engaging in punding find immersion in such activities comforting, even when it serves no purpose, and generally find it very frustrating to be diverted from them.
Punding is the result of dopamine overactivity. It is commonly associated with side effects of drugs used against Parkinson's disease and with the use of methamphetamine (in which context it is known as tweaking), which increases dopamine release and blocks its uptake.
In Parkinson's Disease it can be cured by lowering the medication dose, or adding (atypical) antipsychotics, which act by counteracting the effect of dopamine.
Punding is also similar to behaviors associated with autism.
When my Adderal starts to wear off, I start punding, you know? Like. I have to use graph paper for EVERYTHING so it all lines up right...
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ESPN.com writer and famous bar stool pundit Bill Simmons: "There's no way Brett Farve will fail to come through in the clutch. 24 interceptions this season? None of that will matter--it's the playoffs. The Vikings will win by 17."
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Get the pundek mug.A Pundalist is a journalist who presents his opinions and worldview as facts.
The word derives from the words "Pundit" and "Journalist"
Journalists used to just give us the facts, while the pundits did a separate job.
Now, many journalists write articles which are biased, and are filtered through their worldview.
There are many "pundalists" in the media today.
Many reside at FOX, the BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, and other news outlets.
The word derives from the words "Pundit" and "Journalist"
Journalists used to just give us the facts, while the pundits did a separate job.
Now, many journalists write articles which are biased, and are filtered through their worldview.
There are many "pundalists" in the media today.
Many reside at FOX, the BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, and other news outlets.
Robert Fisk, Orla Guerin, John "Blanks" Kampfner, Nicholas Kristoff, Dana Priest, Anne Applebaum, Gary Younge, John Pilger, are notorious Pundalists.
The media is now full of these propagandists.
The media is now full of these propagandists.
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