I took that test. Now my eyes are ferwonked. Eventually the throbbing flashes of light will stop, right?
Mal: Zoe, why do I have a wife? Jayne: You got a wife? All I got is that dumbass stick sounds like its raining. How come you got a wife?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Apr 06, 2011 9:44:22 am PDT #1995 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Strega - Apr 06, 2011 9:51:29 am PDT #1996 of 30001
That test was designed to illustrate the Forer effect. So yeah, the results do read like a horoscope; that's the point. Interesting that it's being spread around without that context, though. Where did you see it linked, ita?
lisah - Apr 06, 2011 9:53:26 am PDT #1997 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
What's the Forer effect?
It was on i09...or is 09? A friend linked to it from there.
Jessica - Apr 06, 2011 9:54:18 am PDT #1998 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
beth b - Apr 06, 2011 10:00:01 am PDT #1999 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
owned 3 cars before Matt
1 car borrowed for awhile with matt
we've bought 4 together.
but the first two cars I owned lasted maybe a year
and the three we bought together - new - two lasted 10+ years 'till they were hit , one is 6 yrs old , and the other is less than a year old - so car habits have changed
now to take the test
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2011 10:06:11 am PDT #2000 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
On IO9 it's being touted as a test to drive you insane. That's certainly how I went into it. I found it creepy as hell, and barely read the assessment at all.
Cashmere - Apr 06, 2011 10:06:24 am PDT #2001 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Perkins, thanks for the trivia link. We're starting the World's Biggest Trivia Contest here in town on Friday. That site may come in handy.
I know at least one place in Chicago that carries it, so you may be able to find it in LA.
There are a dozen places in the greater Chicago area that sell it but it's not available in LA--at least according to their website.
beth b - Apr 06, 2011 10:06:40 am PDT #2002 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
those questions were silly
how could I even think the conclusion made anysense when the questions made no sense and my answers were random?
Jesse - Apr 06, 2011 10:15:30 am PDT #2003 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That test was hilarious! I just started laughing about half-way through. Which one IS pretending?????
DavidS - Apr 06, 2011 10:19:01 am PDT #2004 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey, amych did you know that Romy Schneider's daughter starred in a french miniseries about Mlle. Maupin?
Biasini made her film debut in 2004 starring in the Emmy-nominated French mini-series, Julie, Chevalier de Maupin, a swashbuckling adventure story loosely based on the life of the sword wielding 17th century opera star Julie d'Aubigny (Mlle. Maupin).