Robert Munafo's Taxonomy of Pod People





One day I realized that I was a Pod Person in no less than three different ways.

For the purposes of this page a Pod Person is someone who retains a significant part of their identity (such as physical appearance) while also acquiring new traits including a powerful motivation and reasonably strong ability to assimilate or convert others. There must also be an opposing group of people that considers them to be a menace and wishes to limit their spread. These requirements are relaxed somewhat if I happen to think it's just really funny (for example, Monty Python fans probably wouldn't make the cut if I were being true to the standards).

This page is a parody on my own free-association network and was inspired by the question:


If you could be any kind of pod person in the world, what kind of pod person would you choose to be?

To start, pick an X at random: X X X X X. Then, just follow the links and let the pods guide you . . .

abbreviations: RT: related term, WT: wider term, NT: narrower term, SYN: synonym , ANT: antonym . . . more about these







































































































terms:

RT Related Term . . . SYN SYNonym . . . ANT ANTonym
WT Wider Term (also BT, Broader Term, and GT, General Term)
TT Top Term (the widest term of a hierarchy)
NT Narrower Term (also ST, Specific Term)
USE heading deprecated, USE following term instead
UF heading is Used For the following term
SN Scope Note helps explain where or how the word/phrase is used





































































































Abercrzombies:
WT: marketing
RT: zombies






































































































AMWAY:
WT: multi-level marketing






































































































body snatchers:
WT: modern sci-fi
RT: Communists






































































































Borg:
WT: modern sci-fi






































































































Broadway fans:
RT: Monty-Python-fans
RT: groupies
RT: gays






































































































classical monsters:
WT: fictitious types
NT: vampires
NT: werewolves
NT: zombies
RT: modern sci-fi






































































































Coca-Cola:
WT: marketing






































































































Communists:
RT: body snatchers WT: politics






































































































conspiracy theorists:
WT: fringe RT: secret groups
RT: politics






































































































Cult-of-Mac: (Apple customers)
RT: iPod people
WT: marketing






































































































environmental activists:
RT: liberals RT: Malthusians WT: politics






































































































EST:
WT: self-help groups






































































































fictitious types:
RT: real-life types
NT: classical monsters
NT: modern sci-fi






































































































fraternity members:
WT: social groups






































































































Freemasons:
WT: secret groups






































































































fringe:
NT: conspiracy theorists






































































































fundamentalist Christians:
WT: religions RT: Republicans






































































































gays:
RT: Broadway fans
RT: liberals






































































































groupies:
RT: Broadway fans






































































































hippies:
WT: liberals
RT: liberals
RT: potheads






































































































iPod people:
RT: Cult-of-Mac


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