http://laughingsquid.com/i-be-au-sm-a-t-shirt-celebrating-geek-pride/ an online resource for art, culture and technology Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://laughingsquid.com/i-be-au-sm-a-t-shirt-celebrating-geek-pride/comment-page-1/#comment-720027 Joshua Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:22:04 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=35796#comment-720027 "I be Awe-Some" in a very geek way, I geek-ly guess? “I be Awe-Some” in a very geek way, I geek-ly guess?

]]> http://laughingsquid.com/i-be-au-sm-a-t-shirt-celebrating-geek-pride/comment-page-1/#comment-719038 John G Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:53:26 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=35796#comment-719038 I thought the intentional use of "Au" was meant to imply that they were totally "gold" (in a hipsterish ironic-bling kinda way), but couldn't figure out why they put beryllium before it. And iodine just made no sense whatsoever. Then I realized the elements themselves were irrelevant and they were simply being phonetically playful. Who's the real geek here anyway? I thought the intentional use of “Au” was meant to imply that they were totally “gold” (in a hipsterish ironic-bling kinda way), but couldn’t figure out why they put beryllium before it. And iodine just made no sense whatsoever. Then I realized the elements themselves were irrelevant and they were simply being phonetically playful. Who’s the real geek here anyway?

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