Dear Authors of the BIP: Your Book Is Shit

[Iason Ouabache]

tl;dr

Was anyone surprised?

[The Wizard]

Well, this was disappointing. Seemed like a nice guy. What in the world would make someone think that posting something like that was okay. 

[Doktor Howl]

Well, this was disappointing. Seemed like a nice guy. What in the world would make someone think that posting something like that was okay. 

He wanted to demonstrate his superior understanding, I think.

[NotPublished]

 

[JackALope2323]

Oh you guys.

<3 to all.

I'd post in response to all of your posts, but that'd take far too much effort than I'm willing to put forward at the moment, and I've got a Civ4 game to get back to.

One thing I will say though, to whoever criticized my comparing the BIP to the New Testament.

Yes, the BIP says it's different than all the other texts, and doesn't intend to indoctrinate you. But that's part of the (Once again, conscious or otherwise) plan in the BIP. It's part of the con they're playing. It's part of the show they're selling. Of course it doesn't want to seem like the New Testament. Then it would be contradicting it's prime philosophy of "Think For Yourself, Schmuck!" That won't change the fact that, even if it never claims to be more than a book, acts like it's more than a book.

The claims and actions of someone are, quite often, two very different things. For example, I could be stabbing you in the leg, and say "I'm not stabbing you in the leg."

Which would you rather trust, though? Your eyes and your pain receptors that are telling you you're being stabbed in the leg, or the man who's telling you that he's not stabbing you in the leg?

[M. Nigel Salt]

but that'd take far too much effort than I'm willing to put forward at the moment, and I've got a Civ4 game to get back to.

 

Pretty much says it all about you.

[Dimocritus]

If you want to avoid the possibility of things attempting to "indoctrinate" you, then kindly lock yourself away in a basement, throw out your TV, radio and computer, and hang yourself. The rest of the world doesn't give a shit if you don't want to be influenced by it. It will do it anyway. Unless, y'know, you're no longer alive...

Really, though. Out of everything in the world to bitch about, you pick this?

but that'd take far too much effort than I'm willing to put forward at the moment, and I've got a Civ4 game to get back to.

 

Pretty much says it all about you.

And, This^ You're a tool.

[NotPublished]

It would be really funny if this JackAlope guy was the real deal....
But I doubt anyone who knows how to post on the internet is this retarded ... right?
Whoa that'd be awkward...

[The Wizard]

Yes, the BIP says it's different than all the other texts, and doesn't intend to indoctrinate you. But that's part of the (Once again, conscious or otherwise) plan in the BIP. It's part of the con they're playing. It's part of the show they're selling. Of course it doesn't want to seem like the New Testament. Then it would be contradicting it's prime philosophy of "Think For Yourself, Schmuck!" That won't change the fact that, even if it never claims to be more than a book, acts like it's more than a book.

You hit post right after you wrote this didn't you? I forgot who said this, but wait twenty minutes before hitting post so that you can see how much of a prick this makes you seem.

[Cramulus]

now you're just making stuff up! 

the thinker part of your brain has concluded that somebody's trying to brainwash you
and the prover part of your brain is filtering all this data to be consistent with that conclusion

but, this is just a joke at this point
if you can't stop playing civilization for long enough to hold up one end of a conversation that's not even happening in real time, you're clearly not really invested. You're ignoring other people's points, so it's going in circles. Your heart's not in it, you're not trying to learn, you're trying to argue. You can't be arsed with the details.

Fighting against the Black Iron Prison only makes you a guard in it.

maybe this guy is more up your alley 
http://concordiamovement.blogspot.com/2007/09/problem-with-thinking-for-yourself.html

[Requia ☣]

Dok, are you suggesting that Jackalope is COINTELPRO?

Not yet, but there's some really interesting things coming up about the AFB that he's at.  He claims to live NEXT to it, but there's a few things:

1.  His "home" and "school" computers are in the same building.

2.  His location is given ON the AFB, and not in housing.  He claims to live next to the AFB, not in housing.  The AFB is very large, and he's dead center.  Also, there's no way his ISP is located there.

3.  His AFB is connected to Beale and Tinker AFBs as part of their "cyber command".

4.  His moniker also posts at drug boards, but with an entirely different writing style and personality.

5.  It would be funny to pin this on him if he's NOT COINTELPRO or something similar, so it's win-win.

  What's his ISP?

[Doktor Howl]

I'd post in response to all of your posts, but that'd take far too much effort than I'm willing to put forward at the moment, and I've got a Civ4 game to get back to.

Yeah, likewise, I could have read the rest of your post, but you simply don't matter enough to me.

[Doktor Howl]

but that'd take far too much effort than I'm willing to put forward at the moment, and I've got a Civ4 game to get back to.

 

Pretty much says it all about you.

Yeah, makes me wonder why he even comes here, when he could be playing video games.

I think I'm done with this pud.

[Jasper]

I was done when apparently expecting rational thought or effortful cognition was too high a standard.

Funny, given his sooper high standards of quality.

[Dr. Paes]

Well, fuck. You almost had me convinced that you were, to some degree, a competent, functioning individual.
We're not here to be your Discordian Guides. And we're not just saying that because it's part of the game.
You can identify your flaws, but seem to make no attempt to control them when posting. Yeah, I know. That's probably one of your flaws.

We... No, fuck it. You just turned into a lame fucking troll, man.

I AM DISAPPOINT.
The End.