​Hand Banana said:

If you think about it, the great irony of this contest is that many entries will be overlooked because Rob doesn’t know about them. In effect, their obscurity prevents them from being judged as adequately obscure. How do you quantify obscurity exactly? If you don’t know what it is, how do you know how many others do. I’m curious as to your methodology, Bricken.

Me too. Hand Banana has raised an excellent point about my inability to judge this contest with any kind of accuracy, a point which was confirmed by my reading all 600 fucking entries this weekend. There’s a lot of obscure shit in there. What was I to do? This: Pick out what seemed to be the most obscure shit, and then pick randomly. Hopefully this won’t piss anyone off, but after The Great Other Story Debacle of 2010, at least you’re in sizable company; besides, I may not be the best judge of obscure nerd loves, but 1) I have been a professional nerd for 9 years, so I know a thing or two about a thing or two and 2) it’s my site, so whatever. First two special honorable mentions: one for Damask, and his ode to algebra, and one for RobP and his love for the second Punic War; they both wrote a lot on how they loved these exceedingly odd but not altogether unknown subjects, and it was very, very nerdy. Now, some super obscure shit and winners after the jump.

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