New to me: Homunculus (it turns out, that's because I was born before Dungeons and Dragons became a thing)

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“:Little man”

Good article, even if it’s just an update on the continuing decline of the party of perfidious pillagers, but what caught my eye was the description of the man behind the hoax as a homunculus; a word I’d never heard of. Upon looking it up, I discovered that its modern use stems from the Dungeons and Dragons game, popular with my son John’s generation (also, it’s spelled “homunculus”, not “humonculus”, and, having learned that, I’d have suggested using it as an adjective: homuncular”, as in homuncular Aaron Rupar, rather than a noun. Mere quibbles; it’s still a fun word.

Chuck Schumer Is Still Pushing the 'Ballroom Is Trump's Main Priority' Hoax, Now With Visual Aids

“The "Top Priority" hoax is the new "Very Fine People" hoax. Aaron Rupar humonculus Acyn [sic] did well for himself, racking up nine million views of a deceptively edited video of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responding to a question from a reporter about whether President Donald Trump had any more renovations planned. She responded:

"Not to my knowledge, no. But he’s a builder at heart, clearly. And so his heart and his mind is always churning about how to improve things here on the White House grounds. But at this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president’s main priority."

“Acyn clipped the video to show only the last sentence: "But at this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's top priority." Democrats pounced, but the deception was so egregious that even CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale, fully rested from his four-year nap during the Biden administration, called it out.

“Sen. Mark Kelley, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Chuck Schumer all reported the butchered clip, with Schumer posting, "It’s hard to wrap your mind around it because of how callous it is. But that’s what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt actually said. Out loud. To press. Proudly."

“With even CNN debunking the non-story, Schumer, emerging from the 13th vote to keep the government shut down, showed off his new poster that he had a staffer run down to whatever used to be called Kinko's and have made. Now he is using visual aids to spread the hoax, four days later.”

A second (!) CNN reporter also refused to tolerate the lie. When Democrats’ main mouthpiece has rebelled, they’re in trouble.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Surprisingly Calls Out Dem Jasmine Crockett for Spreading ‘Ballroom Priority’ Lie

AI Overview

A homunculus is a Latin term for "little man," and its meaning varies depending on the context. Historically, it referred to an alchemical or theoretical miniature human, such as a tiny preformed person in a sperm cell. In neuroscience, it is a distorted map of the human body that shows the relative size of the cortical areas responsible for processing sensory or motor functions.  

Historical and alchemical homunculus