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I thought men were from Mars and women are from Venus. Beakybird Oct 2020 #1
Except Trump, Who Is From Uranus nt smb Oct 2020 #5
Sharing water is next you know.... wcmagumba Oct 2020 #2
No stranger to a strange land, eh? nt mitch96 Oct 2020 #3
Meaning, please? For the untwittering ignorant? question everything Oct 2020 #4
From Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" SF classic Maeve Oct 2020 #6
Grok is a neologism coined in the book "Stranger in a Strange Land" aidbo Oct 2020 #7
I tried to read it a few years ago. It just doesn't hold up. Dave Starsky Oct 2020 #17
yeah i must have read it about 30 years ago now.. aidbo Oct 2020 #23
Sigh myccrider Oct 2020 #32
I read both the highly-edited (i.e. Censored) original in the early/mid 60's, and then Heinlein's niyad Oct 2020 #27
Grok is far older than Twitter. Hugin Oct 2020 #8
Thanks. I should have googled it but was not sure question everything Oct 2020 #9
It's a word science fiction writer Robert Heinlein invented for "to understand intuitively" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2020 #13
I always hated that word because PCIntern Oct 2020 #19
Heinlein wrote for 13-year-old boys. Dave Starsky Oct 2020 #20
At one point in the 1930s Heinlein was a socialist. rsdsharp Oct 2020 #21
I always knew that Rachael UpInArms Oct 2020 #10
That was a rare blast from the past. procon Oct 2020 #11
Hey, I remember it, and use it. niyad Oct 2020 #24
So do I! CozyMystery Oct 2020 #26
Jubal Harshaw remains one of my favourite fictional characters. niyad Oct 2020 #29
I don't know Laurelin Oct 2020 #31
"I grok Spock" Coventina Oct 2020 #12
Rachel has used the term before Gothmog Oct 2020 #14
I have heard her use it a number of times. niyad Oct 2020 #28
I just used that term in regards to talking about Kris Kobach TlalocW Oct 2020 #15
I've heard her say it before. Liberal In Texas Oct 2020 #16
Awww...Heinlein was such a great part of my adolescence. nolabear Oct 2020 #18
Rachel will be on Sunday night Gothmog Oct 2020 #22
A good word. jeffreyi Oct 2020 #25
Imagine if you had read it as he originally wrote it. rsdsharp Oct 2020 #30
I was in line at a drive through and I heard Rachel used "grok" again Gothmog Nov 2020 #33
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