Talk:Sheeple/Archives/2012

Articles for Deletion debate

This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. Owen× ☎ 19:07, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Pink Floyd / Orwell

I think it's really fundamental to mention animal farm here, as that must be the initial source of the idea. Interestingly, roger waters' take on animal farm, as narrated on the record 'animals', climaxes with the sheep rising up and overthrowing their masters, which is quite different from what happens in the orwell text but seems very contextually relevant in regards to the way that the term is often used as a rallying cry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.254.248 (talk) 16:45, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Cleaned up a bit

• I removed an external link to wordspy (why lik to an external article defining the term from an article defining the term?)
• I removed the link to a blog, as we don't normally link blogs unless there is a compelling reason directly related to the article content
• I alphasorted the "see also" links
• I added links to "herd mentality", which specifically mentions "sheeple"
• I removed the image and ref to Faux News], as it was POV (however strongly I might agree!)

Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 20:49, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Does this word really exsist?

I mean, who would use it? And who would name their Wiki username after it? Weird! Glen 09:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I reckon! People? You mean, "Sheeple" 09:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I searched for this article in order to understand its meaning as used on this page --> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/17062 so yes, it is used. Wrongfooting 09:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC) 75.181.106.90 05:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Here's another reference to usage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Set1KKd6HKM Saw this one on TV and as a movie trailer in theaters, went and found a copy on YouTube. 75.181.106.90 05:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

No, not "really". Relating to this, I wanted to ask why my word "public consciousness" borrowed from this very website wasnt allowed its own page, while this word is? Perhaps it's the "sheeple" that run this?.....--I AM JOHN SMITH (talk) 02:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It's frequently used among Mac users, Ubuntu users and open source activists. Now, I call this irony.

Christians.

I've heard this quite often, christians are often branded as sheeple and accused of self-knowing sheeplehood beacuse of the whole Shepard/flock analogy. I dunno if there is any sourse that could back up a sensible referance to this, I think it's relevant to note, its kind of a positive view of being sheeple on thier part. 88.107.193.193 (talk) 15:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand what you're asking. If you're asking for a source to assert that Christians are sheeple, then I doubt you'd find one that would be considered a reliable source. In any case, whether or not being sheeple is a good thing, that kind of content does not belong in an encyclopedia article as it is opinion and unverifiable.Elle (talk) 23:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I heard the same, that the word sheeple (meaning people blindly following) evolved from Christianity's use of the word sheep to describe practitioners, and their emphasis of faith over reason. --151.201.148.142 (talk) 15:27, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

If christians are going to be mentioned in this article, then Apple users should be right next to that :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.176.174.149 (talk) 19:27, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Dr. Horrible

I removed the Popular Culture reference to Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. Contrary to what the page said, the lyric is "... amazing how sheep'll (sheep will) line up for the slaughter". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.177.19.226 (talk) 16:10, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Academic paper of possible relevance

Pronin, Emily (2007). "Alone in a Crowd of Sheep: Asymmetric Perceptions of Conformity and Their Roots in an Introspection Illusion". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 92 (4). American Psychological Association: 585–595. doi:10.1037/022-3514.92.4.585. ISSN 022-3514. {{cite journal}}: Check |issn= value (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) online at http://www.people.hbs.edu/esweeny/Pronin_2007Conformity.pdf MartinPoulter (talk) 13:01, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

We should spell it “Sheople”.

The proper spelling is “Sheople”.

Kanguruo (talk) 22:04, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

"Sheeple" is by far the more common spelling, at least according to Google hits.[1][2] —LOL ^T/_C 06:24, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

So we'll take the common spelling over the correct arguing...of sheople. That's a rather amusing coincidence. 130.68.86.90 ([[User talk:###.##.##.##|talk]]) 18:18, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Bad Quote from Walter E. Williams

The quote from Walter E. Williams is a poor example, because it does not actually contain the word "sheeple." It uses the word "sheepishly," but that is a different word. Bostoner (talk) 02:37, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

The quote is from an article entitled "A Nation of Sheeple" so it illustrates the meaning of the word. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.8.194.30 (talk) 16:29, 6 March 2012 (UTC)