Comments on: Dear Lyons: You Got Pwned Even Harder

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:52:14 +0000

giantslor: I think Red Green has its moments, but maybe it's because I'm a sucker for duct tape humour. You'd have to drug me to make me watch a marathon, however.

By: giantslor

giantslor — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:35:20 +0000

I haven’t seen Royal Canadian Air Farce, but I can’t imagine it’s any worse than the Red Green Show.

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:00:19 +0000

I suppose this is the appropriate time to feature this scene from Team America World Police:

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:52:24 +0000

And wouldn’t Gruber be the lesser of the two dicks, if dickishness is not a quiality to aspire to?

Ah, I see the confusion. Lyons is the lesser dick not because he’s less of a dick but because he’s a dick who I judge to be lesser than Gruber in terms of my esteem. Lesser dick != Less dickish. Lesser modifies Lyons, not dick. He’s more of a dick, but the lesser of the two dicks.

This inverse relationship between dickishness and regard doesn’t hold with all dicks, however. Steve Jobs (the real one) is probably a bigger dick than both of them, but he’s also greater in my esteem than both of them. That’s the difference between Steve Jobs and Fake Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs earned the right to be a dick. Fake Steve Jobs is 300% of Steve Jobs’ dickishness with 0% of Steve Jobs’ righteous claim to it. You might say that Steve Jobs has eminent dickmain.

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:45:09 +0000

Reg Braithwaite: Shhh! You're not supposed to give away my Sith Lord secrets!

By: Steve Syfuhs

Steve Syfuhs — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:25:53 +0000

I’ll just go out and say it… they are both terrible writers. But, they also tread deep waters when discussing what Apple is going to do next. It’s a hard place to be.

Therefore, the best option is to add the two together, and split the difference. Might get 90-95% accuracy…way better than most tech news these days. Just a thought.

By: Reg Braithwaite

Reg Braithwaite — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:25:23 +0000

Dear Joey:

You got pwned!

I suggest that Gruber and Lyons are “frenemies,” and that their little feud is full of nudge-nudge-wink-wink. In this age of attention-whoring, the more we analyze it and call attention to it, the more both parties win regardless of how we call the fight.

Now that I think about it, maybe you’re part of the frenemy circle and I just got pwned by calling attention to your post;. D’oh!

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:37:32 +0000

Mark Jaquith: I figured that "slick" was the more diplomatic (diplomadick?) way of doing it. And wouldn't Gruber be the lesser of the two dicks, if dickishness is not a quiality to aspire to? (It looks as though "dick" is going to be the word of the day here at Global Nerdy.)

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:32:46 +0000

Put “Being a dick” on top, spanning both, and then “doing it right” “doing it wrong” under the respective pictures. Gruber is the dick you root for against lesser dicks.

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:13:57 +0000

Broon: “Good writer, albeit a touchy nerd” just wasn’t pithy enough for the graphic. I believe “slick” at least covers the “good writer” bit.

By: Broon

Broon — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:25:56 +0000

Tech journalism’s getting real bitchy these days. And Gruber, while a good writer, is not slick. He’s a touchy nerd.