I’m going to try and write this incrementally, i.e. with frequent edits, so any replies I get might not all be referencing the same post.
To start off with, my username, Gondolinian, refers to the fictional city of Gondolin. It holds no special significance to me, I just needed a username, and I thought it sounded cool.
I’ve been a lurker here and on other rational blogs (primarily SSC) for over a year, but I’ve just now gotten brave enough to setup an account and start posting. I’ve also read all of HPMOR so far, Worm, all of Saga of Soul so far, Luminosity and Radiance, Summons and Blood (Elcenia), and all of Pact so far. I tend to like reading rational fiction and blog posts more than some of the more technical material here.
Because of an implicit agreement with my parents, and my own paranoia, I’m going to try to avoid giving out any personally identifiable information online for the foreseeable future. However, I think it’s safe to share that I’m 16 years old, I’m cis-male, I live in the eastern USA, I’ve been home-schooled my whole life (Though for practical purposes, I identify as an autodidact.), I was raised Christian but no longer identify as such (The home-schooling wasn’t religiously motivated, in case anyone got that impression.), when I was younger I probably had mild to moderate OCD, though I was never diagnosed and I’ve pretty much grown out of it, the free online IQ tests I’ve taken vary in their results a fair bit, but I’m probably somewhere in the 110-120 range, and most free online MBTI tests I take say I’m a moderate INTP, though I occasionally get ENTP.
I have been practicing aikido for ~3 years and currently hold the rank of gokyū or 5th kyū, out of 6 in aikido. (Kyū ranks are descending, so 5th kyū means I’ve been promoted twice and have 4 left until I can test for the first black belt (shodan or 1st dan).)
I’ve been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 4+ years. When I decided to go vegetarian, I had a bunch of reasons why (Probably prominent among them implicitly was simply a desire to rebel/feel superior over people.), but now it’s pretty much just a habit I see little reason to change.
Hello everyone!
I’m going to try and write this incrementally, i.e. with frequent edits, so any replies I get might not all be referencing the same post.
To start off with, my username, Gondolinian, refers to the fictional city of Gondolin. It holds no special significance to me, I just needed a username, and I thought it sounded cool.
I’ve been a lurker here and on other rational blogs (primarily SSC) for over a year, but I’ve just now gotten brave enough to setup an account and start posting. I’ve also read all of HPMOR so far, Worm, all of Saga of Soul so far, Luminosity and Radiance, Summons and Blood (Elcenia), and all of Pact so far. I tend to like reading rational fiction and blog posts more than some of the more technical material here.
Because of an implicit agreement with my parents, and my own paranoia, I’m going to try to avoid giving out any personally identifiable information online for the foreseeable future. However, I think it’s safe to share that I’m 16 years old, I’m cis-male, I live in the eastern USA, I’ve been home-schooled my whole life (Though for practical purposes, I identify as an autodidact.), I was raised Christian but no longer identify as such (The home-schooling wasn’t religiously motivated, in case anyone got that impression.), when I was younger I probably had mild to moderate OCD, though I was never diagnosed and I’ve pretty much grown out of it, the free online IQ tests I’ve taken vary in their results a fair bit, but I’m probably somewhere in the 110-120 range, and most free online MBTI tests I take say I’m a moderate INTP, though I occasionally get ENTP.
I have been practicing aikido for ~3 years and currently hold the rank of gokyū or 5th kyū, out of 6 in aikido. (Kyū ranks are descending, so 5th kyū means I’ve been promoted twice and have 4 left until I can test for the first black belt (shodan or 1st dan).)
I’ve been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 4+ years. When I decided to go vegetarian, I had a bunch of reasons why (Probably prominent among them implicitly was simply a desire to rebel/feel superior over people.), but now it’s pretty much just a habit I see little reason to change.