this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What the tanj does "Grok" mean anyway?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

"Grok" is a word invented by Robert Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land. It's a verb meaning roughly "to understand deeply," but there's supposedly no effective English translation. I hate that this dude might ruin the word

[–] FlyingSquid 8 points 10 months ago

And that, along with the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Bladerunner, marks yet another piece of science fiction that Musk refers to and yet doesn't understand.