Micro SF/F by O. WestinFeb 20

It is hard to admit ignorance, so when one of the new recruits to the Pangalactic Bureaucracy raised a tentacle with a question, Xtrrt let them ask.

"What is 'fafo quotient'?"

"A Human term. Fuckaroundment over Findoutability. We stay over 2.718. Humans..." Xtrrt paused. "... hope for over 1."

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Show threadFDA approved  lychee
@MicroSFF
Am I dumb or is this upside down? This implies Pangalactic fucks around more and finds out less, while humans find out more than they fuck around. Which I am not sure is what has been happening.
Feb 20 at 6:50pmWeb
Show threadDexterFeb 20

@PaintedDurian

I think this is right as is; you don't -want- to find out, you want to be able to poke the bear without it chomping you.

Show threadElchFeb 20
@PaintedDurian @MicroSFF I, for example, didn't fuck around with the chemistry of the upper atmosphere by chucking more than a satellite per day into it, but I am pretty sure I'll be included in the finding out of that one, and rather sooner than later.
Show threadRasmus BækgaardFeb 21
@PaintedDurian @MicroSFF it also implies you can find out withoug the fucking around.
Show threadsu_liam3d ago
@PaintedDurian @MicroSFF It’s not a measure of intelligence or wisdom, it’s a measure of your ability to get away with being stupid or, particularly, foolish.