A Goth fisking

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Fisking, or to Fisk, refers to the act of critiquing, often in minute detail, an article, essay, argument, etc. with the intent of challenging its conclusion or theses by highlighting supposed logical fallacies and incorrect facts.

Someone having fun with a "how to tell if your child is a Goth" article. The article is so lame - as the fisker says, " I really can't tell if these things are for real anymore."

If five or more of these apply to your child, please intervene immediately. The gothic culture is dangerous and Satan thrives within it. If any of these problems persist, enlist your child into your local mental health center.

eta: Maybe not as fun as Cat Stacking, but... world's smallest PacMan game. No, really....

A Goth fisking

I've definitely been around here too long, because I didn't read that word as "fisking" the first 4 times I read it.

However, I have no idea what a "fisking" is anyway, which may be part of it.

Well, I just found out what fisking is: [link]

Fisking, or to Fisk, refers to the act of critiquing, often in minute detail, an article, essay, argument, etc. with the intent of challenging its conclusion or theses by highlighting supposed logical fallacies and incorrect facts.

Huh, so not too far off from what I was thinking the word was originally after all. :)

Until post #3971, fisking was something between lutefisk and fisting.

Good to be educated.

Initially, I found it odd that they named it after the guy critiqued originally, but I guess they're making a fisk of the article.

Huh. Fisking. A whole new word for me.

Cool! A whole new word!

Cool! A whole new word!

Ack, die, vile earworm, die!

Isn't there like a certain minimum knowledge that one should have before one, say, becomes president?

[link]

President George W. Bush met with the Congressional Black Caucus Wednesday for the first time as a group in nearly four years, but what CBC members said stood out the most was the president's declaration that he was "unfamiliar" with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant pieces of legislation passed in the history of the United States.

Isn't there like a certain minimum knowledge that one should have before one, say, becomes president?

You'd think, wouldn't you?

Oh, you know who else died? Max Schmeling. [link]

I read a bit about him, a couple of years ago, and he seemed like the nicest guy ever. (Especially considering his choice of career.)