tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196163935457463870.post6499944473564239190..comments2023-10-09T14:44:54.023-05:00Comments on Mission: Spork: Part Eighteen, Chapter Seven - Books With Excruciatingly Long TitlesNathan Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504332787476259342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196163935457463870.post-84263260538877827362015-01-26T10:12:50.096-06:002015-01-26T10:12:50.096-06:00You know when I was a kid a loved reading Mickey M...You know when I was a kid a loved reading Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck italian comics, where every minor characters in the story had a name strictly related to his professions. I found it hilarious, but I was 8 years old. I cannot believe that Hubbard tought it to be clever and satirical, especially using that trick for every goddamn name in this dreck.ferohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033847413706137524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196163935457463870.post-56783919195150194722012-04-24T16:09:48.437-05:002012-04-24T16:09:48.437-05:00Did Gris whine about a 'code breach' with ...Did Gris whine about a 'code breach' with the whole flisten thing, or did it just go over his head? The latter can't be applicable, because he's narrating this thing. I guess he just got tired of pointing out every code breach.VikingBoyBillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12194571165915885813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196163935457463870.post-72467888928933448432012-02-23T01:39:33.107-06:002012-02-23T01:39:33.107-06:00Hm, some of Hubbub's old pissed-off-at-the-col...Hm, some of Hubbub's old pissed-off-at-the-college-system ways seeping in here. A couple of things: First, when Hubbub originally enrolled in (and promptly flunked out of/withdrew with said F on his official transcript) college, he was slated to take some basic physics and/or some basic atomic physics classes. He enrolled in 1931, flunked out/withdrew in 1932. This was right at the beginning of our understanding of how atomic energy and the whole spectrum of radiated particles worked and interacted with the world. 1950 rolls around, post-atomic bomb, Dianetics is on a roll, and Hubbard would make a huge deal about how the professors didn't seem to know anything about math and physics, since they kept changing their answers or their theories (apparently, Hubbub forgot that one of the things many early theories do is change, else nothing would ever improve). He once went off on how they couldn't agree if light was a particle or a wave and whatnot. Of course, in his mind, Hubbard had already figured it out, so he was more than happy to scoff at those ignorant math professors day and night. This probably influenced his little mathematics "satire" you wrote about.<br /><br />Second, "Orders of Magnitude" is a uniquely Scientological expression. In fact, the "tagline" for OT 9, the next level to be released (if it ever actually IS released) is "Orders of Magnitude". This phrase also peppers a lot of the literature, since he loved the idea of big numbers, such as flyers saying things like "10 Billion Megawatt OT Power NOW!" (They believe the spirit is an electronic entity of some sort). Too bad Hubbub couldn't do basic math and just have said 10 Petawatt OT Power NOW! But that doesn't have the same ring to it...MafiaWoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06498517924307905256noreply@blogger.com