The gazoonga incident has received a full exploration at this slideshow by @tori.dftba.social. It is a major work of art. docs.google.com/presentation... - ThreadSky

johngreensbluesky.bsky.social • 81 days ago

The gazoonga incident has received a full exploration at this slideshow by @tori.dftba.social. It is a major work of art.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12REBmHV25y8lN6Xl_bbfgvlCBuURW9VjoRMg6yZEQpc/edit#slide=id.p1

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jobriq.dftba.social•81 days ago

Did the slideshow get longer since I last saw it?

tori.dftba.social•81 days ago

I added an appendix with the graphs and a second slide of top tier jokes (I believe one of yours is in there)

aprylnicolle.dftba.social•81 days ago

It was edited to add the graphs in the addedum

pyawo.bsky.social•81 days ago

Thank you for spelling it gazoonga and not gazoonka in your tweet. Hank may have spelled it "gazoonka", but he also pronounces "lich" as "lick", so he's not a trustworthy source.

johngreensbluesky.bsky.social•81 days ago

(We're all having a laugh here, but you know what's not funny? Authors commenting on matters outside the text of the book as if their opinion matters. Books belong to their readers! The opinion of an author on matters other than intent should not be privileged over other readers!)

backspinzx.bsky.social•81 days ago

I am very happy to learn that *this* is the hill you are choosing to die on.

I’d ask you not to change, Mr. Green, but alas as a human, change is inevitable and inexorable, so I shall instead settle for requesting you remain based.

bugbear6502.bsky.social•81 days ago

Indeed.

https://wiki.c2.com/?AsimovAndTheCritic

jasmine.dftba.social•81 days ago

Considering the fact that you also read it, I value your opinion. Exactly how long do you think April May's nipples are?

darthjoey91.bsky.social•81 days ago

True, but he argues it from the text more so than as the author, although he did tie to a great word, with a mondegreen of gazongas.

horseherb.bsky.social•81 days ago

I've seen some absurd terms of venery, but "a mondegreen of gazongas" is the worst. I'm now imagining a herd of gazongas, or possibly just one massive colonial mass like a coral outcrop, schlumping across the floor in attack mode.

cherrybomb90.bsky.social•81 days ago

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

joecoolm.bsky.social•81 days ago

Is not an author also a reader of their own work and thus entitled to express an opinion? As long as it is given the same weight as other reader opinions, of course, and judged on its own merit.

mariposaeldridge.bsky.social•81 days ago

I feel foolish having to ask, but... What else would someone talk about wrt an author and a book *other* than authorial intent?

cherrybomb90.bsky.social•81 days ago

Maternal health in Sierra Leone 😌

tactwo.bsky.social•81 days ago

Urgh another rabbithole. This one seems mild but I've gotta choose more carefully. #tacspin maybe I'll learn later.

memaw1.bsky.social•80 days ago

Death of the author.

alexicon3.bsky.social•81 days ago

Is it not true then, that the art is also post script and therefore noncanon, and it is possible April has had giant gazoongas that could be caught in a door all along?

dgcampbell.bsky.social•81 days ago

Creators not having agency over their own works is why we are flooded with remasters and remakes.

sungamer.bsky.social•81 days ago

As a reader I interpret Hank’s meta-textual dialogue with this discourse to agree with your point. By making multiple answers proposed by viewers “canon” Hank as author communicates the futility of asking for answers that are not contained within the large gazoonkas of the text

tmntallthewaydw.bsky.social•81 days ago

but what if the readers agree with him?
I've always thought april has big gazoonkas
(although I wouldn't have used such terms to describe them)

lostservice22.bsky.social•81 days ago

But the text does imply the anatomy in question cannot be flat. How else caught in a door?

dewdropchestnut.bsky.social•81 days ago

gazoonkas

booksbecool.bsky.social•81 days ago

As a reader, I often find it very satisfying when my interpretation of a book can line up with the author's.

jarodjohnson.bsky.social•81 days ago

omfg

delaneyr.bsky.social•81 days ago

As the owner of gazoongas that I’ve definitely closed in a door before, I declare this a masterpiece the likes of which probably won’t be repeated in my lifetime.

tori.dftba.social•81 days ago

I did just sneak in some updated graphs at the end, which would not have been possible without @austinwitherspoon.com and his live gazoonka stats. I don't believe there's a better group of people on the internet than the one we've got here.
https://austinwitherspoon.com/gazoonkas

jobriq.dftba.social•81 days ago

Jarrod is always a risk

orbiting-wombat.bsky.social•81 days ago

Beautiful. I almost cried when I read it. 😂

dakinishir.bsky.social•80 days ago

The graphs are superb

tori.dftba.social•81 days ago

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! A lot of work gets done during those locked in signing streams.

Now please excuse me while I come to terms with this being my legacy.

kimmykimmie4.bsky.social•81 days ago

This is peak old school nerdfighteria and I’m here for it

mercifulvoodoo.bsky.social•81 days ago

I nearly broke a set of champagne flutes at a wedding with them, but I have NEVER shut them in a door. 😂

valiantamm.bsky.social•81 days ago

This was very insightful. My thanks to @tori.dftba.social

boaz.dftba.social•81 days ago

Glad you're enjoying it John 😁

Also, follow this handy feed I made if you want to stay abreast of all things gazoonkas

Seriously though, aside from being a lot of fun, it really has become such a nerdfighteria bat signal. I've met so many wonderful people recently 🥰

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:og537vszphxujzjhbvikhjoz/feed/aaal3ky6trxoo

minimarker.dftba.social•81 days ago

Nerdfighteria can teach you so much about slideshows, John.

untappedinkwell.com•81 days ago

oh my god jenn. hahahahahahahahahahahaha

tori.dftba.social•81 days ago

I am available as an opening act for the Everything is Tuberculosis tour, if he needs an example of how it's done (I can TOTALLY turn the end of the ppt with the data collection into "the power of nerdfighteria" and pivot to the TBFighters)

evidences.bsky.social•81 days ago

This powerpoint is real good but honestly without the graphs at the end I wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much.

stormsnhoney.bsky.social•81 days ago

I definitely need to see the new gazoonga inclusive artwork @hankgreen.bsky.social

stephheff.bsky.social•81 days ago

Im not chronically online so i can hear about hawk tuah coin logan paul skibidi rizz

I'm here for the gazoonka discourse and the gazoonka discourse ONLY

boaz.dftba.social•81 days ago

I strongly suggest subscribing to the Gazoonkas! feed then 😉

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:og537vszphxujzjhbvikhjoz/feed/aaal3ky6trxoo

stephheff.bsky.social•81 days ago

Haha i love that this is a thing! You've improved my day a LOT

pastpresented.bsky.social•81 days ago

Won't somebody think of the children?
https://www.youtube.com/@gazoon-theofficialchannel

mav.wtf•81 days ago

Absolutely spectacular work.

As someone who has taught *and* sat through an enormous amount of presentations, this is legitimately great.

Also it's funny as shit

tori.dftba.social•81 days ago

Thank you!

adamundefined.com•81 days ago

I love Nerdfighteria!

marlichi.bsky.social•81 days ago

Not having any idea what this was all about, and having zero interest whatsoever in watching a slideshow without first having an inkling what the actual topic is because I am not a clickbait fan, I googled the definitions of “gazoonka” and “gazoonga”. I was then quite disappointed to find that the

marlichi.bsky.social•81 days ago

slideshow, despite its title, was actually about gazoongas, not gazoonkas.
Definition gazoonka:

A gazoonka is a drawing or doodle that resembles a human or animal form, created by drawing into random lines. The term was invented by a grandfather for his grandchildren. Gazoonka-doodle can be

marlichi.bsky.social•81 days ago

used as a creative tool to stimulate the right brain, solve problems, or produce illustrations. (see https://www.gazoonka.com)

Definition of gazoonga:
Alternative form of gazonga: a large female breast

I’m disappointed that folks are just using one word when they really mean another. A slideshow about

marlichi.bsky.social•81 days ago

a gazoonka incident would have been far more interesting than a slideshow about the gazoonga incident. Boobs are quite commonplace and just not as interesting.

skudiklier.bsky.social•81 days ago

it's because hank did! he started all this and he spelled it gazoonkas, so we all just ran with it

rafuse.dev•80 days ago

I feel like "Gazoonkas" is a solid first post on bluesky

skudiklier.bsky.social•80 days ago

yesss welcome 🙂‍↕️

skudiklier.bsky.social•81 days ago

gazoonkas, John. not gazoongas /lh

beanedictc.dftba.social•81 days ago

This is a pretty common linguistic change, since the unvoiced k comes between the voiced n and a, it has a tendency to become voiced as a way of making pronunciation “easier”. Over time, this change in pronunciation can lead to a change in spelling.

(/j I’m not a linguist this is just more memery)

forty-too.bsky.social•81 days ago

This is going to make explaining Gazoonkas to the wife a whole lot easier.

obi-dawn.bsky.social•81 days ago

The appendix!

tori.dftba.social•81 days ago

The appendix has been my favorite part (I just added the updates I’ve been sharing as images). I recycled a lot of that KPI slide for a non-gazoonka meeting today

dakinishir.bsky.social•80 days ago

The data! Chef’s kiss