Richard Stallman: Wookie Saint or Filking Genius?

Richard Stallman, father of the Free Software Foundation and GNU Project, is an absolutely earnest nerd. While rumor has it that he is notoriously difficult to work with, his antics warm the cockles of my black heart.

Antic A: Stallman posted an extremely honest and terse Craigslist personals advertisement which was subsequently nominated as a Craigslist Best-of article.

Antic B: Stallman's execution of Southern hip hop dance favorite "Crank That Souljah Boy" is uploaded to YouTube and captured in several articles in MIT's Convergence Culture Consortium. Stallman is the wookie-like fellow with the laptop in the middle of the dance crew. He's either learning the steps a few seconds beforehand or he's live broadcasting to his home planet.

Antic C: Stallman's performs his Free Software Song in Ecuador. This morning was my first contact with the song and the genre of "Filk". There are several definitions of filk in the Wikipedia article including one that cites filk as being a sub-genre of folk music. However, according to the article, "whichever definition one chooses, filk is a form of music created from within science fiction & fantasy fandom, often performed late at night at science fiction conventions."

Ah Richard Stallman, you are a joiner and a lifelong enthusiast of life. Your willingness to look like a kook for science, new musical genres and internet memes is exactly why you are such a filking genius.

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