Monday, August 4, 2014

How to become a bona fide wingnut

Write a blog as eclectic as this one.

When it comes to doing a blog, check these two statements:

If you feel a blog (or as we call it for our German users, a "radio station for the hearing impaired") is beyond your abilities, you are not a wingnut.

If you think you might have lots of things to write about but are deeply worried about spelling and grammar, you are not a wingnut.

The Urban Dictionary defines the generic wingnut as follows: A person appearing to be moderately to severely crazy, disoriented, majobling, see Majoble, jumbled and more often than not, a total mess.

Providing this definition may not have been as important as giving one for "bona fide", which is not used that much in everyday speech. It means genuine, or authentic and has nothing whatsoever to do with other "fi"-s, for example hifi, or the "fi" of the jarheads, and even though we are all for freedom of spelling, it is crucial to spell "bona" exactly as the dictionary does. The final 'a' must never sound like an 'e' or - worse - an 'er'.

There is a wide variety of behavior and attitudes in any culture, making it very easy to be regarded as a wingnut by others. For instance, if you burn rubber and always drive too fast in any traffic, some fellow citizens will think of you as a wingnut.

The genuine wingnut, however, needs to be well rounded. Merely, say, driving like crazy is not enough, you'll have to add some conviction to the activity by loudly proclaiming that everybody else on the road has no driving skills.

Wingnutting takes practics. It takes years of hard work to become a national wingnut and make money as a radio host, for example.

But if you do not have much time or are not as outgoing as a typical wingnut, you can become one in the eyes of your computer. Metaphorically, or if you think of the camera as an eye.

For, this YouTube or - just to be fair - "other" streaming video sites are great and free. Do a search for "aliens" on your preferred video site and watch a few of the longer works, for example, Artifacts and Archaelogical proof of the Ancient Global Civilization (Full Documentary).

Make sure your search history is turned on, and presto,  the computer or anybody with access to the search history will give you wingnut points.

Try to be a moderate wingnut to avoid negative social or work impact. Remember, pretty much every human is a little bit crazy at times, so, as long as you do not overdo it, you can enjoy the benefits of being a "nice wingnut".

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