observation and questions

[lincolnkw]

observation: There IS such a thing as being so open-minded your brain falls out.

question: what are tinhats and sockpuppets? I think I know the latter but would like it verified.

Comments

[boomingvoice.livejournal.com]

sock puppets: Stick a sock on your hand. Glue two buttons on as eyes. Voila!

Tinhat. No idea. A hat of tin?

[lincolnkw.livejournal.com]

heh. not quite the definition I was looking for but still true.

And now I have this vision of fandom talking to each other with tube socks on their hands.

[overloved.livejournal.com]

Tinhats are found in LoTR fandom. It has something to do with RPS.

[i-amthecosmos.livejournal.com]

Tinhat: what Popslashers used to call a "believer". As in, they think that their fave rave slash pairing is actually together in real life and will spout mounds of "evidence" to prove this. Named for the comman schizo habit of wearing a small aluminum beanie to prevent the alien space rays from reading one's mind.

Sockpuppet: another name for a role-playing lj. I think. It fits at any rate.

[lincolnkw.livejournal.com]

HA! Ok that mad eme guffaw. Truly. Out loud and everything.

Little tin beanies.

[claire.livejournal.com]

a sock puppet is also another username posting in defense or support of someone - often the same person under another name or a friend of that person.

[lincolnkw.livejournal.com]

ahhh, I thought something like that. Thanks for verifying.