#457 - Is there a graphologist in the house?

[Simons Mith]

I was looking through War and XPs and noticed that strip #457 provides a handwriting sample for Xykon. I have searched the forums, but AFAICS no-one has analysed Xykon's handwriting.

So... he's got quite neat handwriting with well-proportioned text, suggesting a balanced personailty, although it's a rather schoolbook style and he doesn't use joined-up writing, which suggests he may be a little immature ... That's my take. But is there a proper graphologist out there who could say more? :-)

[aapje]

There is no such thing as a proper graphologist:smallannoyed:

[Starscream]

I'm 95% sure that's a computer font. I suppose you might learn what font websited the Giant frequents, but little more.

[Simons Mith]

I'm 95% sure that's a computer font. I suppose you might learn what font websited the Giant frequents, but little more. Say it ain't so! Next you'll be telling me Xykon's fictional.

[NerfTW]

Graphology is complete and utter bunk. Total pseudo science.

Not to mention that's just a normal computer font.

[Szilard]

he doesn't use joined-up writing, which suggests he may be a little immature ...
Wait, so you're saying that not writing in cursive or whatever means you're immature?:smallannoyed: I think in this new age of computers, people no longer find the need to write in cursive. :smalltongue:

[Aris Katsaris]

Graphology is a superstition and a pseudoscience.

Given Xykon's characteristics, I'd suggest Phrenology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology) instead.

[Axl_Rose]

I wanted to be the first to say it, but it looks I've been beaten to the punch. Several times.

The analysis of one's cognitive/behavioural/emotional disposition from handwriting is not a legitimate science.

[SteveMB]

Graphology is a superstition and a pseudoscience.

Given Xykon's characteristics, I'd suggest Phrenology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology) instead.

Roy would probably be interested in performing Corrective Phrenology (i.e. adding new bumps to his head). :smallsmile:

[shadzar]

Wait, so you're saying that not writing in cursive or whatever means you're immature?:smallannoyed: I think in this new age of computers, people no longer find the need to write in cursive. :smalltongue:

Not sure why that would be?

[Mauve Shirt]

And horoscopes don't actually describe one's activities. :smallannoyed: I'm sure this thread is just for fun, guys. It's a computer font and a fake science, but you can still cooperate and work fake science on the fake handwriting of a fictional character, or you can continue berating poor Simons Mith.

Well, the rightward slant of the handwriting indicates that Xykon is warm, caring and outgoing.

[Starscream]

Say it ain't so! Next you'll be telling me Xykon's fictional.

No, he's real. He just prefers to type his memos. It's what makes him such a professional.

Hmmm...in D&D terms would Knowledge(Graphology) be a valid skill? Maybe with enough ranks you could determine someone's alignment, class, etc?

Of course, it's pseudoscience, but in a world with magic maybe it actually works.

[Kaytara]

Guys, are you all entirely sure that you aren't taking this thread too seriously? What's with all the ':smallannoyed:'s ? Isn't it all good fun?

[Mando Knight]

I'm 95% sure that's a computer font. I suppose you might learn what font websited the Giant frequents, but little more.

Unless you find out that it's one of the ones that came with his computer, in which it doesn't help at all.

[archon_huskie]

Well given the content of the message and the legibility of the writing, Xykon is showing off. He is showing that the battle is so easy, so beneath him that he is able to not only conduct an interview in the battle, but he is also able to write a note to his partner boosting of his ability to do so.

Contrast if Xykon had been focused on the battle or concerned about the battle he found himself in during the interview. He would have scribbled the note down quickly so as not to be distracted.

[theinsulabot]

Hai Gaiz, Has N-e-1 Said Anything About Grapholigy Not Bein Any Real Yet?????

[Callista]

*snicker*

It's too bad we don't have any information on when the characters were born. We really could have a ball on their horoscopes...

pseudoscience or not, it's still fun.

[wootage]

Graphology is complete and utter bunk. Total pseudo science.



Hah, you don't work in California. I've had a graphology test to determine if I had any unsuitable tendencies as part of a job application process. There's an official California company, with a really nice official website, that officially says that they have officially helped to prevent workplace violence by detecting someone with violent tendencies through a handwriting analysis.

If you delve into that example, you find that the person (who was escorted out by police after the failed test) had been shaky at work for awhile and already popped his cork once or twice in the workplace, and the testing company was informed of this when the test was requested. So my take is they're a pack of liars.

But it appears they do have a successful business scamming less-than-fully-aware HR people into buying their service as a CYA measure.

[Haven]

Guys, are you all entirely sure that you aren't taking this thread too seriously? What's with all the ':smallannoyed:'s ? Isn't it all good fun?

Incorrectly analyzing a fictional character's handwriting is Serious Business!

Obviously we should be trying to analyze his personality based on his blood type.

[theinsulabot]

Incorrectly analyzing a fictional character's handwriting is Serious Business!

Obviously we should be trying to analyze his personality based on his blood type.


there is an excellent chance he no longer has a blood type, seeing as how he apparently no longer has any blood

[Haven]

there is an excellent chance he no longer has a blood type, seeing as how he apparently no longer has any blood

...

Well.

Yes. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DontExplainTheJoke)

[wootage]

there is an excellent chance he no longer has a blood type, seeing as how he apparently no longer has any blood

I think there may still be some dried bits in back of the eye sockets lol. I'd take that kind of analysis over hokum "handwriting", because it's at least got some science and historical data behind it.

[Tingel]

I'd take that kind of analysis over hokum "handwriting", because it's at least got some science and historical data behind it.
Analyzing personality type based on blood type has science behind it?

[Hexen_Hase]

^
According to Japan, anyway.

[Kornaki]

Anyway, with computer's nowadays nobody has a need to write in a cursive style because
1) You write less, and since you start learning cursive later it's easier to forget how to do it quickly. So non-cursive becomes more natural
2) If you need to write quickly you'll just do it on a computer anyway
3) If you need to write neatly you'll just do it on a computer anyway

So basically hand writing has been reduced to doctor's prescriptions (although those are often computerized now anyway) and writing little notes on a Post-It to remind yourself to do something. And in that case it's beneficial to use a handwriting style nobody knows so if you're being spied on they can't deduce your daily activities ahead of time

[MickJay]

Then you have physiognomy, judging people from their general appearance, which was treated quite seriously for over two thousand years. Funnily enough, the whole "art" was in fact rationalizing why we instinctively like beautiful people more and dislike the not-so-beautiful - but since those instinctive responses do exist, and have not been wiped out by evolution, it can be argued that they serve some purpose (even though the rationalizations may be complete bunk). :smalltongue:

[Lissou]

Might be a stupid question, but I'm honestly wondering... Is it possible in any way to get a blood type from something else than blood?
I realise how ridiculous the question is, but what if some other parts of the body retained the information even after death? I'm curious.

(Don't look at me like that, I'm an English major).

[factotum]

You could get DNA from other parts of the body, but blood generally stays in the blood vessels and would disappear once they're gone. Xykon's been a lich for something like 20 years...I think that any remnants of dried blood that might once have adorned his skeleton are long gone.

[Bastian]

Then you have physiognomy, judging people from their general appearance, which was treated quite seriously for over two thousand years. Funnily enough, the whole "art" was in fact rationalizing why we instinctively like beautiful people more and dislike the not-so-beautiful - but since those instinctive responses do exist, and have not been wiped out by evolution, it can be argued that they serve some purpose (even though the rationalizations may be complete bunk). :smalltongue:

On that topic, The Mating Mind (http://www.amazon.com/Mating-Mind-Sexual-Choice-Evolution/dp/038549517X) by G. Miller offers some grounded insight.

[Lufia]

Anyway, with computer's nowadays nobody has a need to write in a cursive style because
1) You write less, and since you start learning cursive later it's easier to forget how to do it quickly. So non-cursive becomes more natural
2) If you need to write quickly you'll just do it on a computer anyway
3) If you need to write neatly you'll just do it on a computer anyway
I personnally don't write in cursive because I find it less readable than my current handwriting. Nevertheless, I still write more quickly by hand than using a computer and writing cursive allows you to write more quickly because you don't need to lift your pen away from the paper between letters.

Besides, convention still plays an incredibly big role on what type of writing is used. You'd be hard pressed to find a Russian who doesn't write in cursive, for instance.

I concede that anything written on a computer looks neater than handwritten stuff.

[Ron Miel]

Might be a stupid question, but I'm honestly wondering... Is it possible in any way to get a blood type from something else than blood?

Yes, semen and saliva can be analysed for blood type, unless TV cop shows and a brief Google search have lied to me.


I realise how ridiculous the question is, but what if some other parts of the body retained the information even after death? I'm curious.

Bone marrow, possibly. Xykon still has that.