(by which I mean I DO play a game called Rationalist One-Foot, and then hope that people do not actually think it reflects Rationality in the slightest)
Actually, come to think of it, someone did win once by immediately pushing over everyone else. (Probably the best use of Rationality in a game of Rationalist One-Foot that I’ve seen)
I’m also curious about that, although not really complaining. I think it’s hilarious that my collective posts on Rationalist One-Foot have netted me 29 Karma so far.
(The other highly upvoted comment relating to Rationalist One-Foot was presumably both funny AND actually related to rationality. This one I assume was upvoted solely for comedic value. I actually didn’t think it was all that funny, but it may have benefitted from being a relatively unique type of humor on Less Wrong, and if others were to attempt to replicate it it would quickly drop off in value)
Oh, sorry. When I tried googling it, to make sure it was figure-outable, the explanation was the first hit. I guess that must be due to a history-filter on my end.
Oh, that actually was an early hit, but the title of the entry wasn’t the same as the actual term, and a lot of other similar Japanese words came up that made it hard to figure out what I was supposed to be looking for.
It occurs to me that I was actually mixing three languages using an American idiom. (The “-fu” was a la “kung-fu”, “wire-fu” etc., and comes from the Chinese.) This is perhaps not precisely fair to expect anyone but Omega to get right off the bat.
So really, the conclusion is: I am just not very good at this ‘communication’ thing.
I got that the “fu” part was tacked on, but it wasn’t an existing expression (whereas Google-Fu shows up immediately), and the word tsukkomi brings up the wikipedia article on Manzai, which isn’t immediately obviously related.
(yes, this is a joke)
(by which I mean I DO play a game called Rationalist One-Foot, and then hope that people do not actually think it reflects Rationality in the slightest)
The only way to win Rationalist One-Foot is not to play, obviously.
No, you win by standing on one foot for a very long time.
Actually, come to think of it, someone did win once by immediately pushing over everyone else. (Probably the best use of Rationality in a game of Rationalist One-Foot that I’ve seen)
Curious why this got ten upvotes.
I’m also curious about that, although not really complaining. I think it’s hilarious that my collective posts on Rationalist One-Foot have netted me 29 Karma so far.
(The other highly upvoted comment relating to Rationalist One-Foot was presumably both funny AND actually related to rationality. This one I assume was upvoted solely for comedic value. I actually didn’t think it was all that funny, but it may have benefitted from being a relatively unique type of humor on Less Wrong, and if others were to attempt to replicate it it would quickly drop off in value)
Your tsukkomi-fu is strong.
I have no idea what that means, and google didn’t help.
Oh, sorry. When I tried googling it, to make sure it was figure-outable, the explanation was the first hit. I guess that must be due to a history-filter on my end.
Oh, that actually was an early hit, but the title of the entry wasn’t the same as the actual term, and a lot of other similar Japanese words came up that made it hard to figure out what I was supposed to be looking for.
It occurs to me that I was actually mixing three languages using an American idiom. (The “-fu” was a la “kung-fu”, “wire-fu” etc., and comes from the Chinese.) This is perhaps not precisely fair to expect anyone but Omega to get right off the bat.
So really, the conclusion is: I am just not very good at this ‘communication’ thing.
I got that the “fu” part was tacked on, but it wasn’t an existing expression (whereas Google-Fu shows up immediately), and the word tsukkomi brings up the wikipedia article on Manzai, which isn’t immediately obviously related.