Submitted by: aka.attrition
This post is an update of the original “Noobe’s Guide” written by Ghost and El Coyote (EC) back in Feb 2020 – A Noobe’s Guide to the TPB Lexicon. An update was requested by Ghost and so here is a new version with some stuff removed, some added, something old and something new … or however the saying goes.
The original post was dedicated to some lumberjack guy (see Stucky) but I think the revised post should be dedicated to all the SFM on TBP. Plus, special mention of Ghost and EC without whom the original article would not have come to be.
A small change to the original article; these days it’s often not spelt as “noobe” with an “e” at the end but rather just as “noob” which rhymes with “boob”, but I digress. This is to differentiate it with a similar noun, “newb”, which also rhymes with “boob”, but I digress again.
The difference? A newb are those who are new to some task and are very beginner at it but they are willing to learn. A noob, on the other hand, often spelt with double zero as in “n00b” to add extra insult and reflect their level of skillz, know little and have no will to learn any more. They make up a unique sub-species of their own, “sub” being the operative word. It is the latter which is deserving of ridicule and mockery. Don’t be a n00b.
And … here … we … go …
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