Fact-checkers have really got to be more on the ball when verifying nerd-speak. If you start mixing up superhero powers or beloved cartoon character names, you can guarantee a slew of mail demanding that your managing editor resign in shame by day's end, thought they'll probably phrase it as "throw yourself upon a pyre that you might be a dinner for an army or Orcs" or something along those lines.
Updated 5/16/11:
Posted 5/1/11:
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Lexpro | 01/12/2012 flag |
Wait... there's a My Little Pony called "Twilight Sparkle"?
Damn!
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Raoul Duke | 01/05/2012 flag |
"We wrote a high profile article about Asperger's Syndrome, and received corrections about obscure details in the story. Aaaand somehow this is news."
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Nick | 01/05/2012 flag |
The first one might seem absurd, but the people involved have Aspergers - even the tiniest mistake in the original would have caused a lot of distress...
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Coots | 05/16/2011 flag |
Sting was more of a Dagger for the elves of Gondolin who wrought it. In the hands of a diminuitive hobbit, it was downright sword-like.
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Cano | 05/15/2011 flag |
Tolkien*
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Not a nerd | 05/13/2011 flag |
All the things going on in this world, and you all are worried about the name of a stupid bat?! Seriously?! I think it's you all who are acting like the "Uruk-hai" not them. Get a life!
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Aimee31144 | 05/13/2011 flag |
Love this nerdy published correction!!!! the fact that it is attached to a sports article only pedestalizes its nerdiness!!!
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Jeff | 05/13/2011 flag |
Sting was more of a dagger really.
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doofus | 05/13/2011 flag |
Maybe now they'll think twice before acting like total Uruk-hai towards us nerds.
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Mark | 05/10/2011 flag |
This is why I'm a Mets fan.
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greg | 05/10/2011 flag |
I bet that the message that brought this to error to the NYT's attention was even nerdier (at the Comic Book Guy level) than the correction itself. "Rest assured I was on the Internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world."
