What is an Fnord?

[Sluntz]

Hey guys! Pronope here, today I want to discuss what an fnord is. Anyone care to tell me? I'll see one in a Towne like Balefort every once in a while and when I pm them asking what an fnord is they seem to be AFK. Is it a secret? I have no idea. Feel free to comment on this with all your thoughts or answers to the question!

Thanks guys!
~Mal

[ImHawk]

Hey
Fnord was a server way before Alterra and they r the true veterans =P

[Mothwing]

Hey
Fnord was a server way before Alterra and they r the true veterans =P

True? Some of the Alterrans have been around just as long if not longer. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but as said above, it was a second server. As time passed, it became obsolete, so the two servers merged, and the players from Fnord received a "-fnord" in their name. I believe they were given 50 free plat to rename, but some didn't.

[ImHawk]

Lolz I wouldnt rename..
-fnord is pretty epic lolz

[Mothwing]

Lolz I wouldnt rename..
-fnord is pretty epic lolz

Agreed, but some didn't like it apparently.

[furryfighter]

You still have the option to rename but I never will

[Lowlyspy]

Hey Fnordy finally fixed his sig. Yes i'm happy ^_^

[furryfighter]

Haha fixed that a while agoxD

[McBain]

For some reason I assumed it was like a fjord, but like...different

[Sluntz]

Thanks guys! I was wondering what the heck this was! Thanks to all your discussions, now I know! Please continue with the discussions you are talking about! :-)

[Suentous PO]

and also orrigionally-
Fnord is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information intending to misdirect, with the implication of a worldwide conspiracy. The word was coined as a nonsensical term with religious undertones in the Discordian religious text Principia Discordia (1965) by Kerry Thornley and Greg Hill, but was popularized by The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975) of satirical conspiracy fiction novels by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson

In these novels, the interjection "fnord" is given hypnotic power over the unenlightened. Under the Illuminati program, children in grade school are taught to be unable to consciously see the word "fnord". For the rest of their lives, every appearance of the word subconsciously generates a feeling of uneasiness and confusion, and prevents rational consideration of the subject. This results in a perpetual low-grade state of fear in the populace. The government acts on the premise that a fearful populace keeps them in power.

In the Shea/Wilson construct, fnords are scattered liberally in the text of newspapers and magazines, causing fear and anxiety in those following current events. However, there are no fnords in the advertisements, encouraging a consumerist society. It is implied in the books that fnord is not the actual word used for this task, but merely a substitute, since most readers would be unable to see the actual word.

To see the fnords means to be unaffected by the supposed hypnotic power of the word or, more loosely, of other fighting words. A more common expression of the concept would be "to read between the lines." The term may also be used to refer to the experience of becoming aware of a phenomenon's ubiquity after first observing it. The phrase "I have seen the fnords" was famously graffitied on a railway bridge (known locally as Anarchy Bridge) between Earlsdon and Coventry (U.K.) city centre throughout the 1980s and 1990s, until the bridge was upgraded. The bridge and the phrase were mentioned in the novel A Touch of Love by Jonathan Coe
because im a fanboy

[undertheradar]

I was originally iamdaman-fnord but I changed it because it didn't have a ring to it.

[Mothwing]

and also orrigionally-
Fnord is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information intending to misdirect, with the implication of a worldwide conspiracy. The word was coined as a nonsensical term with religious undertones in the Discordian religious text Principia Discordia (1965) by Kerry Thornley and Greg Hill, but was popularized by The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975) of satirical conspiracy fiction novels by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson

In these novels, the interjection "fnord" is given hypnotic power over the unenlightened. Under the Illuminati program, children in grade school are taught to be unable to consciously see the word "fnord". For the rest of their lives, every appearance of the word subconsciously generates a feeling of uneasiness and confusion, and prevents rational consideration of the subject. This results in a perpetual low-grade state of fear in the populace. The government acts on the premise that a fearful populace keeps them in power.

In the Shea/Wilson construct, fnords are scattered liberally in the text of newspapers and magazines, causing fear and anxiety in those following current events. However, there are no fnords in the advertisements, encouraging a consumerist society. It is implied in the books that fnord is not the actual word used for this task, but merely a substitute, since most readers would be unable to see the actual word.

To see the fnords means to be unaffected by the supposed hypnotic power of the word or, more loosely, of other fighting words. A more common expression of the concept would be "to read between the lines." The term may also be used to refer to the experience of becoming aware of a phenomenon's ubiquity after first observing it. The phrase "I have seen the fnords" was famously graffitied on a railway bridge (known locally as Anarchy Bridge) between Earlsdon and Coventry (U.K.) city centre throughout the 1980s and 1990s, until the bridge was upgraded. The bridge and the phrase were mentioned in the novel A Touch of Love by Jonathan Coe
because im a fanboy

wikipedia much?

[Jcyee]

Oooooo no wonder lol. Good to know

[Suentous PO]

duh.
why am i being sued on some new SOPA law? lemme know

[Siejo]

I love telling this story. Read it here

http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?t=46286

[furryfighter]

Siejo tells the story the best^_^ hands down

[Artemis]

I love telling this story. Read it here

http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?t=46286

Your sig. <33

[Martyntje]

I deleted my fnord because I thought it was ugly. *facepalm*

[Sluntz]

Total face palm... Lol