# Accurate Descriptions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086 "2008-11-23T07:45:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/1 "2008-11-23T07:45:26Z")
This is a thread to post accurate descriptions of things that don’t make it immediately obvious what you’re describing. The game, of course, is to figure out what the other players are describing. It’s made from rock. We inscribe complex symbols into it, more complex than any current written language, and then it is ready to accept commands. It only speaks a simple language but it will obey all commands exactly and absolutely, occasionally to the dismay of people, who don’t realize when they’re being ambiguous or contradicting themselves: It might be difficult to figure out the full ramifications of your commands without issuing them and watching it all play out. All of their commands partake of both gematriya and standard mathematics, albeit somewhat obscure branches of the latter. Their underlying philosophy partakes of animism, as well: Knowing their true names can, in some circumstances, give you the ability to control them at a distance. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/2 "2008-11-23T08:43:59Z")
Is it a computer? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/3 "2008-11-23T09:33:13Z")
I’m voting for circuitry. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/4 "2008-11-23T09:42:18Z")
Yes, it’s a CPU, the golem that delivers porn to the world. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/5 "2008-11-23T13:46:29Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > We inscribe complex symbols into it… Complex, yes. But symbols? Are they truly symbolic? ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/6 "2008-11-23T13:50:00Z")
This can be described as a part-time mini-Ninja, a household alarm, a stalker, very playful, fun to watch, hilarious at times, sweet, comforting, annoying, quick, energetic, athletic, smart. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/7 "2008-11-23T15:41:39Z")
> [@jali](#): > > This can be described as a part-time mini-Ninja, a household alarm, a stalker, very playful, fun to watch, hilarious at times, sweet, comforting, annoying, quick, energetic, athletic, smart. cat ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/8 "2008-11-23T15:47:31Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Complex, yes. But symbols? Are they truly symbolic? Yes. They’re a special case in that they symbolize what they are: The level and the meta-level are unified. It’s a working hieronymus machine. Another example is that ‘1’ is the numeral 1 in both name and physical fact. The concept of one-ness is another level again — and it isn’t a trivial step — but the numeral is self-evaluating. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/9 "2008-11-23T16:51:18Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > cat ding-ding-ding ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/10 "2008-11-23T17:22:00Z")
Long and slender. Delicate. Easy to crush. Its skelton is as thin as tissue. But when set on fire, it becomes a monster of death, killing and crippling those who suck from it, leaving in its wake nothing but irritation and waste. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accurate-descriptions/474086/11 "2008-11-23T17:42:40Z")
Cigarette.