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Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
17:35 / 22.10.02
The Adventures of Pete and Pete

Good God! Is this still on? Where and when? I thought it had been taken off the air years ago. This show kicks all kinds of ass, gentlemen and ladies. I almost cried when Arty left...
 
 
The Strobe
20:05 / 22.10.02
Name: Paleface.
Book-larnin': 65. Read a fair amount, I read pretty voraciously when I have the time, and I'm interested in all sorts of subjects - usually only get around to newspapers on non-topic subjects, but I'm pretty diverse. Just not quite a polymath. Oh, and I'm doing this big degree in book-larnin'.
Obscure Interests: 50. Not entirely obscure, but not the normal ones. Bit of a geek, into technical stuff; also into music tech and complicated production things. It's all kind of geeky, but not in a Barbenerd way - you know, just wanting to know how stuff works, why it works. The mechanics of stuff. Oh, and I have weird things about film censorship. And I'm into the way games work - I mean, I have a passing interest (and it's very passing) in RPGs not for the playing or the mythos; just because I like seeing how different people try to simulate life. Through dice. Crap, I'm a fucking geek. But basically: I'm aware of lots of thigns and like to learn more about them. Geek.
Occult Knowledge: 5. Minimal, but aware of quite a bit and it expands slowly. And I mean, I know my non-Occult stuff - Biblical myth etc relatively well. And it's all part of the same thing.
Tastiness in a Rumble: 5 if unarmed, probably abou 25+ if armed. I hate fighting. I'm scared of fighting. I'm a fucking wimp for someone my size. But I'd defend myself if I wasn't thinking, and there are several people I'd definitely defend. If I can find a shoe, or large blunt object, or (at a pinch), a screwdriver, I'd feel more confident. I have no shame. And no copy of the Queensbury rules, either.
Mahjickal Powers: 1. I'm aware of magick. I can talk about magick in very loose relation to work when it's VERY relevant, I'm aware other people do it, and it does come into all sorts of literature etc. I could probably charge up a sigil if necessary. I just have no desire to. 1, and no modifier with experience, then.
Self-importance: 50. Possibly a bit more than I'd like, but you need some or you think you're worthless. I know I'm worth something, hence the average mark. +/- up to 20 depending on drink, weather, and if someone's painfully funnier than me.
Self-awareness: 75. Yes. I am. I think too much. I question too much. It's irksome. But not overwhelming, and I forget it quite a lot of the time.
Attractiveness: +40 to whatever I say at the time when you ask me. I really don't think I'm very attractive, nor do many people, but it's not like I'm ugly. Facial hair possibly a downside. I think I'm more attractive after about three or four pints, and far far less attractive after 5+. I don't like this question.
Barbeshagfactor: Nil.
Barbefuckedfactor: 35. I mean, I don't tend to get that trashed purely because I have to bugger off to the bus or the train. When I'm at uni I get a bit more trashed, because it's less far to go and I can stay later. The night in the JC downing shots of port for Rothkoid's birthday was probably a highlight in terms of Barbepissedness.
Barbefightfactor: 10. I tend just tend to walk off. A bit more volatile in life, though I avoid arguments at meets.
Barbenerdfactor: 45. As in, proper Barbe-nerd - nerd in a barbeway. I'm quite geeky, but most of it isn't very interesting to Barbs. But my love of comics has soared exponentially since getting here, have stupid arcane knowledge of movies, am moderately into anime, actually bother to take personality tests. And Penny Arcade veers from "funny" to "hilarious" in my book. Grant Morrison is quite a good writer and nothing else in my book. Quite nerdy. But only kind-of in a Barbesense. 45's fair enough.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
22:08 / 22.10.02
Okayyyy... as there doesn't seem to be any set points system evolving here, I'm going to take 50 as "average" and work from that.

Book-larnin': Ummm... I'll say about +30. I've read pretty widely but patchily.

Obscure Interests: A big phat +80. Anything to do with science (espeially maths-based science) seems obscure to a lot of people, so I suppose electronics counts as obscure. Then there's all the artsy-fartsy things like making your own dyes out of plants, and stuff like mummies. I'm crazy about mummies.

Occult Knowledge: I'll say +50, about average.

Tastiness in a Rumble: +100,000! Yoooou cannnot killl what doesssss not liiiiive... ow. Ow! Ow! okay, -100. But then most Goths fight for shit.

Mahjickal Powers (with a "j". and a "k". And, inexplicably, an "h"): +60. Pretty decent, but not exactly Evil Willow. Yet.

Self-importance: +50.

Self-awareness (you keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...): +90. I have no idea what it means but it sounds good so I'm giving myself a big score anyway.

Attractiveness: +60. Not bad, but no Cherry Bomb either.

Barbeshagfactor (how much of a (to quote) Barbelith Sex God): +1. I have no idea what the average is, but I've only had one poster from here. And since neither of us had any inkling of the wonders of Barbedom when first we bumped the lala, I'm not sure he counts.

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids): +150

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often): +30

Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*): +200. "But Aquaman-- you cannot marry a mortal woman!"
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
22:25 / 22.10.02
The Adventures of Pete And Pete can still be seen on a network called The N that you can get on most satellite cable hook-ups.
 
 
The Apple-Picker
23:13 / 22.10.02
Book-larning: 65. Not bad. I haven't earned my degree yet, but I've been in school long enough to have earned two. This, from too much transferring and all those schools damned differing requirements.

Obscure interests: 105 This one is super hard to judge, I think. Found things--letters especially, urban exporation, plant pathology, botany, horticulture, plant breeding, herb lore, This American Life, spinning, knitting, sewing, quilting, self-sustained homesteading, bee keeping, home brewing, raising small stock, maple syrup making, the physiology of running, etymology, poetry (Robert Frost, always and forever; an increasing interest in Billy Collins and Pablo Neruda) (I am not convinced that others who claim this interest have it until they prove it to me; I think most people are just fooling themselves--or trying to fool me; this is why I've listed it in obscure interests), Bob Lassiter, Tom Scharpling et al, passive solar energy (and study of other sustainable energy sources), non-native language (currently: Tsalagee), American Indian myths and legends and trickster tales, earth-sheltered homes, carpentry (I'm so proud that I have my own power tools, yo).... really, it goes on and on. Let me just say that it is my goal to know and do everything in the world. That's it. One goal. Is accomplishing it so very much to ask? I think not.

Magickal powers (with a "k"): 15. Points deducted for being very slow about everything. We saw the buds develop shortly after my last great act, but it took two years to yeild fruit.

Self-importance: 20-80 Now my smile is wide. I filled this whole thing out about myself, didn't I? I can be incredibly arrogant, but I am somewhat practised in buffering my arrogance with manners. However, on days like today, when I feel very ignorant, I hover at 20.

Self-awareness: 20-80 I'd say I'm much better at this than other people think I am. Or am I?

Attractiveness: Were I to believe what other people tell me, I would have to believe that I am no less than 90. However, I can't trust most others' tastes, so I'll set myself in a self-respectable 80.

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids): 0, to my very deep regret.

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often): Well, I can only recall one argument in which I was ashamed of some of my behavior in the beginning. But others probably think I should cringe at my ways more often, so here's the dumping ground for my remaining points: 65.... That seems incredibly high. I should be ashamed of myself! [Originally it was 75, but I decided to redistribute 10 of the points to obscure interests.]

Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*): Unfortunately, I can only claim 20, and that's tops. This pains me, as I would love to bond with you all in shameless nerdiness.
 
 
The Apple-Picker
23:35 / 22.10.02
I should probably also note that that attractiveness score likely plumets to about 35 once someone sees the state of my apartment.
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
01:42 / 23.10.02
Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*): +200. "But Aquaman-- you cannot marry a mortal woman!"

Nobody, but nobody, should be ashamed of being able to quote The Simpsons. You get +100 cool points for quoting one of my favorite halloween episode lines (you would've got another 100 for adding the next line).

I can recognize any episode just from the first five seconds. That's creeping into the nerdness area.
 
 
Seth
00:12 / 24.10.02
Book-larning: 10. I'm a really slow reader. Any pretense I have to intelligence is by thinking deeply about everything I experience.

Obscure interests: 50. Christianity (arguably obscure, if you take non-canonical scripture and Charismatic technique into account), Shamanism, and burgeoning interests in Gnosticism and psychology. I'm obsessive about Deep Space Nine, to the extent that I discover endless layers of occult subtext in just about any given episode. I'm in love with music, with sound in general.

Magickal powers (with a "k"): 50. Charistmata, ritual drumming and shamanic journeys. All with surprising success rates. My ability, no matter how shaky, has always outstripped my knowledge.

Self-importance: 0. There is none on this board more humble than exp. Anyone who seems to be is probably just really insecure and mistakes it for humility.

Self-awareness: 100. G K Chesterton once said something along the lines of, "One should be encouraged to doubt more and more each day, doubting in wilder and more extreme ways, until one day one begins to doubt oneself." Definitely one to live your life by.

Attractiveness: 0 if you like conventional beauty. 25 if you like big fat hairy men with intense blue eyes.

Barbefuckedfactor (how fucked you get with other Barbeloids): usually about 20, 100 last Saturday (when I forgot that my ass looks big in drugs which aren't alcoholic in nature).

Barbefightfactor (whether you argue like a twart, and how often): 5. Don't tend to. Occasionally get so hacked off with the utter tripe that passes for religious critique, and have to bitchslap. But that's very rare, and usually only involves the Fool.

Barbenerdfactor (how big a geek you are- whereas obscure interests are just obscure, this is just *shameful*): 50. See above references to DS9.

Tastiness in a Rumble: 100. I don't like to think what I'm capable of if I got into a fight. More than I'd be able to atone for afterwards, probably. Anyone who knows me will know that there's usually an undercurrent of extreme violence bubbling somewhere beneath, so it's a good job that I play drums, and that my self-control is impeccable.

Barbeshagfactor: Last time I checked, Snapping Turtle didn't count, as she doesn't post (she just has many posts that refer to her, and a fictionsuit on a hanger in the wardrobe, never used.
 
  

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