Dear Authors of the BIP: Your Book Is Shit

[Jasper]

The statement OP makes is itself insulting, but that it came from a young person attempting to become wise, I can't really work up any kind of serious response.

I can.  He's a dumbfuck.

Yeah, but nobody is really born with sense.

All I'm saying is it may be hasty to judge his worth at zero.  So he didn't like the BIP because he perceives some kind of poorly defined fatal flaw*, and he decided to say so with the internet equivalent of a food fight.  kind of typical teenager behavior.  The condition is usually temporary.

*as far as I can discern, he liked it too much at first, so then he decided not to?  I would totally be down with mocking him for that.

[Doktor Howl]

No need to be so hostile, Dok Howl. I wasn't criticizing you, or any other authors of the BIP. I was criticizing the book. You're not shit people. The book is a shit book. In my least humble opinion, anyways.

Maybe it's not shit to other people. Maybe other people get the message it's trying to send. I don't get it, though. So, for me, it's a shit book, because all it did was end up doing a reverse-brainwash on me. Of course, many would argue, including myself at some points, that that was mostly my fault.

@ Sigmatic: See, that's my problem. When I was all like "LOL BIP FTW" I was attempting to become wise, because of how Greyfaced I was about how desperately I needed to be come wise. Unfortunately, I'm STILL Greyfaced off my rocker about needing to be wise, so here I am trying to be wise by going "LOL BIP FTL".

@ Kai: It still seemed to have the reverse effect of the philosophy it was spouting. Instead of finding myself thinking for myself more, I instead found myself just indoctrinated by the BIP rather than indoctrinated by the Communist Manifesto or Leviathan. Once again, mostly probably my fault for being so easy to indoctrinate, but the point still stands. I feel it is a work intended, consciously or otherwise, to indoctrinate, and therefore is no better than the other works intended to indoctrinate which it so beats upon.

Anyways, time for some more of these delicious ribs! =D

I'm not criticizing YOU, I'm criticizing your incredible unthinking, self-indulgent bullshit.  Your willingness to spit on others.  Your complete inability to communicate effectively.  I'm not down on Jackalope, just on every stupid fucking thing that comes out of his stupid fucking face.

Just kidding.  I AM shitting on you Jackalope, and you should go find people that write better books.

You piece of vermin.

Your friend,
Dok.

[Thurnez Isa]

Trying to become wise, eh?
Boy are you in trouble. That is not what we sell around these parts.

[ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S.]

You do realize that by not stating, in specific, what is wrong with the BIP, you /are/ in fact directly criticizing the authors at random?

"The book is a shit book", "you're not shit people", you just wrote a shit book, which is to say, you write like shit.

See how that is?

Also, reverse brainwashing is a good start. I wrote an essay by that title several years ago.

[Doktor Howl]

Yeah, but nobody is really born with sense.

All I'm saying is it may be hasty to judge his worth at zero.  So he didn't like the BIP because he perceives some kind of poorly defined fatal flaw*, and he decided to say so with the internet equivalent of a food fight.  kind of typical teenager behavior.  The condition is usually temporary.

*as far as I can discern, he liked it too much at first, so then he decided not to?  I would totally be down with mocking him for that.

I already judged him at zero, along with most others.  Then I talked them out of it.  Then he does this.

This isn't the first time the little fuckwad has come in, guns blazing, looking to insult the fuck out of everyone possible to show how "Discordian" he is.  Look at his old posts, through his profile.

He's a worthless waste of fucking air.  He has nothing to say that's worth hearing.  End of story.

[NotPublished]

Ha...

Blame the book when it doesn't work.

I bought this incredible magic wand,
Its not incredible, nor magic.
 

Trying to become wise, eh?
Boy are you in trouble. That is not what we sell around these parts.

This.

Who the fuck wants to be wise anymore?

[Doktor Howl]

You do realize that by not stating, in specific, what is wrong with the BIP, you /are/ in fact directly criticizing the authors at random?

"The book is a shit book", "you're not shit people", you just wrote a shit book, which is to say, you write like shit.

See how that is?

Also, reverse brainwashing is a good start. I wrote an essay by that title several years ago.

Fuck this punk.  He deserves nothing more than to be ridden out on a fucking rail.  He knew precisely what he was writing.

[Doktor Howl]

Trying to become wise, eh?
Boy are you in trouble. That is not what we sell around these parts.

No, he's trying to SOUND wise.

I can't believe I went out of my way to defend this little shitbag a couple of months ago.

[NotPublished]

Worst book review ever.
Thank you.

[NotPublished]

Also by the sounds of it Jack, you are trying way, way, WAY too hard.

[JackALope2323]

I'm not sure if my laughter at the Good Doktor's posts is the kind that is self-defensive (You know, the kind that keeps you from crying instead) or actual laughter. I guess only time will tell.

Anyways.

@ NotPubli: As I said, it's probably (More than half, at least) my fault the BIP did not have the (Whatever it is) intended effect. I'm easy to indoctrinate, I've unfortunately discovered. I also twist my indoctrinations into whatever settles best with me.

And yeah, I always try way too hard. Another wonderful flaw of mine.

@ Isa: I know, rite? I'd like it very much if I found myself NOT trying to become wise anymore, but, unfortunately, it's something I've been working towards for the past few years now, and it's rather hard to stop the momentum I've already got going. I'm trying, but it's like trying to stop a raging elephant by throwing a pebble.

@ Sigmatic: Nice to know it's (Probably) only a temporary thing.

@ The Good Doktor Howl: I'm down on every stupid fucking thing that comes out of my stupid fucking face too.

You see, I've realized that if I sit in my room and philosophize, then of course all of my philosophies and ideas I come up with will sound completely rational to me, since there's nobody there with me to say "No, dude, you're just being retarded."

If I didn't think I'd be criticized, I wouldn't have come on here. If there's one thing PD.com is good for, I've discovered, it's for putting my high and mighty ideals in check. I've needed that, recently.

Thanks, by the way.

(Although, I'll note that this is, more probably than not, me trying to CYA and save face. I'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not it is, since I'm not sure what it is myself.)

[Eater of Clowns]

Dear author's name who I can't remember in spite of possibly having spoken to him several times who wrote Catcher in the Rye,

Your book is shit.  I read it and then it made me realize that I was Holden Caulfield.  So I took the narrative you presented and logically concluded that the character's next action would be to shoot John Lennon.  I shot John Lennon, and now a bunch of people are really mad at me.

You see, I was crazy, but then I read your book.  Then I realized I was the main character, who I don't really think is crazy, so I obviously wasn't crazy myself.  But I did a crazy thing anyway because of it.  Nothing against you, but your book is shit.

-Mark David Chapman

[Jasper]

Also by the sounds of it Jack, you are trying way, way, WAY too hard.

Bolded for needed emphasis.

The facepalm ITT is incredible.

[ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S.]

You haven't replied to my post, Jack.

[Doktor Howl]

I'm not sure if my laughter at the Good Doktor's posts is the kind that is self-defensive (You know, the kind that keeps you from crying instead) or actual laughter. I guess only time will tell.

Oh, yeah, good response.  I give it a 9, in keeping with your initial post.  You are obviously out to pick fights.

@ The Good Doktor Howl: I'm down on every stupid fucking thing that comes out of my stupid fucking face too.

Then you should call my good friend and colleague Doctor Kevorkian.  He may have some advice for you.

I hope you take it.