tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post8127329154405116029..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: WTF is CHORFDyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-91624179407177235562015-06-21T04:42:17.307-04:002015-06-21T04:42:17.307-04:00CHORF started off as a fannish term (Hal's Eme...CHORF started off as a fannish term (Hal's Emerald Attack Team is arguably one of the earliest CHORF groups I can remember, but there are others). However it's metastasised from fandoms and into general use, frequently overlapping with various clans of Social Justice Warriors.<br /><br />The head of the NAACP recently got CHORFed for not being sufficiently black.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-61090725430482126782015-04-12T12:17:27.231-04:002015-04-12T12:17:27.231-04:00the sad thing is that CHORF is also the name of a ...the sad thing is that CHORF is also the name of a cancer charity, the Christopher Hardman Osteosarcoma Research Fund.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-10676821375268809832015-04-08T15:49:35.141-04:002015-04-08T15:49:35.141-04:00Ask @scalzi on twitter. He's won a bunch of th...Ask @scalzi on twitter. He's won a bunch of them over the years. <br /><br />And now I'm off to check out this Slate article. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-83484357888896535362015-04-08T12:33:34.081-04:002015-04-08T12:33:34.081-04:00Slate did an entire piece in this today, and put i...Slate did an entire piece in this today, and put it in an amazingly different context. Amazingly different.<br /><br />Anyway, I can't say as I care much about the Hugo's, but it sounds like they've got some problems. I'd be curious to know how much winning an award correlates with sales.Danno E. Cabezahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514343832663815418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-78124581119168157032015-04-08T00:36:46.638-04:002015-04-08T00:36:46.638-04:00I don't normally talk about such things but in...I don't normally talk about such things but in researching the term I ran into the controversy surrounding the Hugo Awards and one thing became clear: he wasn't the first to game the system. Now clearly they are easily the most visible but as I was researching it became clear that there are voting blocks (something that is true in all political situations) and that they were pushing theirDyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-85714525608960342592015-04-08T00:31:13.803-04:002015-04-08T00:31:13.803-04:00Eh, I've gotten worse comments about things I&...Eh, I've gotten worse comments about things I've written. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-31321265405608181822015-04-07T21:27:51.795-04:002015-04-07T21:27:51.795-04:00I find it interesting that this is coming from Tor...I find it interesting that this is coming from Torgerson, an author who's successfully gamed the Hugo Awards to ensure only works approved of by a community of his conservative fans are on the ballot this year.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649420272387984400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-12822478318304555222015-04-07T20:26:20.161-04:002015-04-07T20:26:20.161-04:00I'm dumber for having read this. : /I'm dumber for having read this. : /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-21525311974506303142015-04-07T18:41:56.194-04:002015-04-07T18:41:56.194-04:00The. Best. The. Best. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-29880810855318848532015-04-07T18:41:43.033-04:002015-04-07T18:41:43.033-04:00Oh, that made my head hurt!Oh, that made my head hurt!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-17995360639962364212015-04-07T18:41:26.561-04:002015-04-07T18:41:26.561-04:00I guess? I've never checked out the site.I guess? I've never checked out the site.Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-33997126762116658342015-04-07T14:55:26.188-04:002015-04-07T14:55:26.188-04:00Obviously you aren't a true fan, or you'd ...Obviously you aren't a true fan, or you'd KNOW it's "Superman's HV" and not, sniff, "Superman's heat vision."<br /><br />Rolls eyes...MorituriMaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297314796303336406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-88988059843902560252015-04-07T13:02:07.413-04:002015-04-07T13:02:07.413-04:00Now let's use these acronyms in a sentence.
...Now let's use these acronyms in a sentence. <br /><br />The CHORF used a classic DARVO tactic against the SMOF, by calling the SMOF a "SNIOP" after the SMOF called out the CHORF's BS about Superman's heat vision being two LASERs.Stelios V. Perdioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466676702515521939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-38364148376326561742015-04-07T12:25:12.250-04:002015-04-07T12:25:12.250-04:00So...almost everyone who posts at PC Gamer's f...So...almost everyone who posts at PC Gamer's forums then ;-)Doctor Futurityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586371999646337047noreply@blogger.com