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I Have Become AFOL
Okay, okay, I know that the title is not grammatically correct. Well, not grammatically correct if you break apart the acronym of AFOL. But what or who is AFOL? Is it the Abstract Friends of Oscar Leonard? Or the Australian Federation of Onion Lovers? No, it is neither of these. AFOL is an acronym that stands for Adult Fans of LEGO, and is pronounced like the word awful.
By Atomic Historian4 years ago in Geeks
Vocal By the Numbers
I am writing this on the first Vocal anniversary. I am writing this in the same vein as my other advice articles. Not because I am an expert on any of the technical skills that one could think of that would apply here. Rather, I am an amateur with a gift for trying harder. Or at times, willing to stick around long enough to see what happens. And seeing what happens, or rather, what was happening is what led me to start tracking my stats.
By Atomic Historian4 years ago in Motivation
Things I Wish Vocal Had
1. A dedicated History community. I would call it Archive, in keeping with Vocal’s naming conventions for their communities. This community would be great for several reasons. One, most history articles are currently shunted off into a subcategory of whatever community approximates to their primary subject( The Swamp for political history, Humans for history that doesn’t quite fit in another community, Beat for music history, etcetera).
By Atomic Historian4 years ago in Journal
Phantom Shift- Sublimation
This is Part Four in a series. You can click here for all chapters. Alex, or rather Raul as he had decided to go by the last cover name he used, had sat quietly in Jason’s van for four hours. He had been watching Haberdashers, waiting for Tupac to retrieve the documents. While most people would think of being on a stakeout as torture, Raul quite enjoyed it. It was a simple task. Sit in one spot for as long as possible, observing your target. Most would think there was little to do in the meantime, but he had learned over the years that it’s best to bring some kind of entertainment.
By Atomic Historian4 years ago in Futurism
Parasocial or Parasitic
What defines a parasocial relationship? “Wikipedia notes parasocial interaction (PSI) refers to a kind of psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their mediated encounters with performers in the mass media, particularly on television and on online platforms. Viewers or listeners come to consider media personalities as friends, despite having no or limited interactions with them. PSI is described as an illusionary experience, such that media audiences interact with personas (e.g., talk show hosts, celebrities, fictional characters, social media influencers) as if they are engaged in a reciprocal relationship with them. The term was coined by Donald Horton and Richard Wohl in 1956.”(1)
By Atomic Historian4 years ago in Humans
Introducing Emergence
What is Emergence? Emergence is a new Facebook group dedicated to fans of science fiction, fantasy, comics, video games, tabletop games, and all things that makeup nerdom. The dictionary defines emergence as “the process of coming into view or becoming exposed after being concealed. The process of coming into being, or of becoming important or prominent.” And that is the purpose of this group.
By Atomic Historian4 years ago in Futurism
