Im sorry but ive been on the site for about a year now and i still dont know what zeitgeist is or means help?

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Feb 3, 2010. 2:07 PM

Kiteman says:

"Zeitgeist" is a German word, originally,which means "the spirit of the time".

Basically, it means the mood of the moment, not just of one person, but of a whole community or population.

Here, on Instructables, it means what people are talking about at the moment; what projects are getting commented on at the moment, even if they are old.

Feb 3, 2010. 2:53 PM

frollard says:

That ...is exactly it. Doesn't get much better than that.

Feb 3, 2010. 5:19 PMpaganwonder says:

Apr 5, 2010. 7:47 AMdogfishpaste says:

there is a film called 'zeitgeist' which everybody should watch...

Jan 25, 2011. 12:05 AMSupercoke says:

seen it

Oct 18, 2010. 11:15 PMafridave says:

good answer kiteman and this is the best way to study history as well by getting into the "spirit of the age" by study of its art,music,politics,religion,food,industry etc etc. as opposed to just looking at a bunch of meaningless dates and events.

Feb 3, 2010. 4:00 PM

Re-design says:

I thought it meant "go get another beer".

Mar 5, 2010. 6:04 PMRCMadMatt says:

I second Re-design's interpretation!!

Feb 9, 2010. 11:36 PMaxecool says:

+1 to u too :)

Mar 4, 2010. 2:37 PM

fretted says:

The term zeitgeist is from German Zeit- 'time' (cognate with English tide and "time") and Geist- 'spirit' (cognate with English ghost).

Feb 15, 2010. 10:51 AM1up says:

Quite simply, the Instructables listed under Zeitgeist are the ones that have been commented on most recently. :)

Feb 16, 2010. 6:41 PMWhales says:

I thought it meant the weirdest ones.. or something along those lines.

Feb 3, 2010. 3:26 PM

lemonie says:

...or in real terms: The site uses "robots" to select site-content that is currently receiving attention based upon page-hits, comments etc. These are packaged under the Zeitgeist heading as Kiteman describes.

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