Internet fame!

[sabotabby]

I got BoingBoinged! Well, zingerella and apperception, and I did. But no credit. I so regret never putting my name on that thing.

Is it gauche to ask for credit, do you think?

ETA: Jezebel too!

Comments

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

Ask for credit? Don't be silly. You exist to anonymously and for free provide content for millionaires. That the Eye of Boing turned your way even for a moment should be thanks enough, mortal worm.

[outcastspice.livejournal.com]

that's awesome! yeah, why not write in and tell them you made it? or send them an updated version with your name or website on it?

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

Someone down in the comments credited you, sorta.

[human-loser.livejournal.com]

Totally claim credit, why not?

[fengi.livejournal.com]

I missed this the first time around, so congrats and "well, shoot" at the same time. I don't suppose any of you know Annalee Newitz.

[fengi.livejournal.com]

Extra awesome points for the first comment being a link to "Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters: From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire-- Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do".

[pluvka.livejournal.com]

omg, the comments

[outcastspice.livejournal.com]

sweet jesus, you made Jezebel!

http://jezebel.com/5512676/the-evolutionary-psychology-game-bingo

[slit.livejournal.com]

"I can rotate three-dimensional objects in my mind and you can't."

Bwahaaaa!

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

I know. Ouch.

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

It would be really nice if people would at least link back to PAB.

[corwin77.livejournal.com]

:o
I've never met a famous Internet celebrity before! I'll have to get you to sign my laptop. Wait that sounded dirtier than I intended...

[marrythebed.livejournal.com]

And Jezebel too! Congratulations!

[apperception.livejournal.com]

do you remember what part of it I'm responsible for?

[simienwolf.livejournal.com]

This one I didn't quite get.

[xugglybug.livejournal.com]

Now you need one of these! http://www.nerdmeritbadges.com/products/been-boinged

[sabotabby]

HELLS YES!

[sabotabby]

Nope. I was on chat with you and zingerella was in the other room calling out suggestions.

[sabotabby]

I'm on Jezebel too? Did they credit me?

/sabo-ego.

[slit.livejournal.com]

(I'm assuming) it refers to tests of spatial ability, where as a group males outperform females as a group. This would be on things like Tetris, where you have to mentally rotate three-dimensional objects; it's a kind of task that often appears on IQ tests.

What it misses is that the differences between men and women are slight, that they say nothing about the differences between one particular man and one particular woman, that's there's no evidence this is a genetic difference (these gendered gaps in math and spatial ability don't exist in all cultures), and that even if it WERE a purely genetic difference that ALL men were WAY BETTER at compared to ALL WOMEN... it's just not that important a skill.

Nevertheless, I have heard actual men try to make some kind of link between this and, like, why they won't do the dishes. (Which doesn't make sense for lots of reasons, including the fact that filling the dishwasher is a spatial skill.)

[sabotabby]

I'm a misandrist according to the comments, so I'll have to sign it in the blood of weaker men.

[sabotabby]

I'm mentioning it to BoingBoing and Jezebel. Stupid of me not to include the web link as part of the .jpg, but I never thought it would get legs like this.

[sabotabby]

That's exactly what it's referring to.

[sabotabby]

My day is made.

[shelestel.livejournal.com]

You are a superior troll, I shall never contend it.

[sabotabby]

The comments are the best part! My favourite is #106 but getting called a misandrist was great too. It is extra-funny because one of the three contributors to this was apperception, whom I'm fairly certain likes breasts and can rotate 3D objects in his mind.

[sabotabby]

SO happy about this. I want my name there so that I can have dozens of new internet enemies.

[sabotabby]

*tips hat*

You tried, young grasshopper.

*reads half-finished bingo card*

Not very hard, though.

[sabotabby]

Mentioned it in the comments. Though it's late in the day so it might not be seen.

[sabotabby]

PAB credit would have been fine. *sigh*

[sabotabby]

Did the former, FWIW.

[sabotabby]

Do I still get my merit badge, though?

[fengi.livejournal.com]

I also get the distinct feeling some of the evo psych defenders who are all "it's a real science" have confused it with evolutionary biology which is a very different discipline, as in, involving actual science and theories which can be proved, rather than guessing how our ancestors thought and how it helped them breed.

[sabotabby]

At least one of them posited a dichotomy between evolutionary psychology and creationism. Which strikes me as odd, because biologically, we share 95-98% of our DNA with higher apes. In that tiny percentage of difference lie immense intellectual, physical, and behavioural differences. That details such as preference for blondes could be important enough to have a genetic basis seems deeply counterintuitive.

[tanyahp.livejournal.com]

LOL at the Free Space. Also, you need to ask for credit!

[ironed_orchid]

Man, that old thing...

It's kinda awesome that more people get to see the bingo card, though

[sabotabby]

People seemed most offended at the free space. Probably because it was an accurate descriptor. Honestly, I graduated ages ago and I still need to get laid more so I don't see what the big deal is.

[sabotabby]

It's BoingBoing and Jezebel. And it pissed people off. So I'm happy.

[ironed_orchid]

And it pissed people sexist arseholes off.

Fixed that for you.

[corwin77.livejournal.com]

Dude I had to look up misandrist so I'm pretty sure I qualify as a weaker male.

[ginny-t.livejournal.com]

You were also linked on Language Log, where they courted fail by pointing out how men suffer, too. They at least didn't go into it in detail.

[rojonoir.livejournal.com]

You're saying chimps don't prefer blonds? Really, it can all be traced to our savannah ancestors.

Now excuse me while go back to rotating a dodecahedron. With my mind!

[pluvka.livejournal.com]

once i got to the people defending being attracted to teenage girls, i had to stop reading

[sabotabby]

I can only hope they feel this way because they aren't around any teenage girls. For more than one reason.

[secretsoflife.livejournal.com]

also, women catch up to the menz on spatial reasoning when you sit us in front of first-person-shooter video games for a bit before running the test :)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071024145626.htm