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#1
Some while back (I forget an even estimate of how long ago) I stopped watching the news. Why? Because it depressed me so much. Hearing stories about all the natural disasters, atrocities committed by man against man, and just all the general misery, misfortune, and unhappiness in the world just completely turned me off from watching the news.

Recently, I've been reading a few news stories, just to pass the time.

Jesus Christ, real news is now more hilarious to me than Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert ever was.

This, for example: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20000855-503544.html

I nearly fell out of my chair after watching the video.

Thanks to Discordianism, rather than watching the news and going to bed depressed about all the shit happening in the world, I can watch the news and go to bed with a few laughs tucked under my belt for the day.

Thanks, Eris.
#2
Or Kill Me / Society is an abused child.
March 16, 2010, 09:46:19 PM
As it is, I've been breaking Rule #1 of the Wise Spag. Far too much, unfortunately. As it is, though, with my suspension, everybody knows of my... Beliefs. So I figure it won't hurt. Once I move to Rhode Island, nobody there will know about what I did here, anyways, and I can start afresh as a "Normal".

I've been trying to explain to my friends the philosophy behind Discordianism, exactly all of the beliefs espoused in the Black Iron Prison. To, for some reason, my surprise, none of them are willing to listen to me. I know this shouldn't surprise me, but fuck. It hurts when The Machine (TM) has worked so well that people won't even listen to alternative views, let alone consider them.

There's one analogy that either I came up with or was implanted in my head and I think is mine, that I really love. But, as it is, I've been unable to get it out to anybody, so it's been stewing here in my head, demanding it be expressed. So I toss it at you guys, who I know will be able to understand and appreciate it.

Society is like the abused child. When the parent comes home, drunk and angry, slaps the child, and tells them how much of a failure, or a slut, or a loser, or a thug they are, night after night, over and over again, this message being drilled into their heads, what happens? The child BELIEVES these things their sole authority figure in life (At the moment) is telling them. And so, therefore, they become a failure, or a slut, or a loser, or a thug, because they BELIEVE this is what they are, and that it is all they ever will be able to be, because their authority figure told them so.

The same applies to individuals in society. For example; Blacks in America are constantly shown this image of other blacks being only one thing: Thugs and street gangsters, people who drop out of high school and resort to a life of crime. They are shown this by the media, by the government. And what happens? Most blacks in America BECOME like what they are shown; They become like what they are told they are; They become like what they are told they can only be. They do not believe that they can be any more than that thug or gangster.

However, my larger point applies to not just an individual group of people; It applies to the entire population of America, and the entire population controlled by The Machine (TM). We are given this view that we, as people, are naturally violent. That, without control by some sort of Government, we would destroy ourselves. We are given the view that we are animals, needing farmers to corral use and leash us and lead us along. And therefore, we BECOME these animals that are violent and need to be controlled. We BECOME these creatures that, if not governed, would destroy one another. We do not think about ourselves; We do not think "Am I a creature that is violent?" We blindly accept the "facts" that are given to us by our authority figures, just like the abused child.

This should not be, but, as it is, it is.

I'd continue, but I'm in school right now, and the class is almost up, so I need to put this laptop away. I hope this was understandable, and not just a ramble session.

-Jack
#3
GASM Command / This won't always happen... Right?
March 09, 2010, 03:39:38 AM
So, I went out on my first Discordian mission today; I got to school EARLY (Read, two hours or so before it actually started), and posted up a bunch of one-sentence Memebombs in poster/flier all around school. Give or take a couple hundred. I was very proud of myself, to say the least, especially that I managed to do the entire thing covertly!

So, the day goes on. People start talking about the posters. I smile inwardly. Lots of people are saying bad things about them, but that's to be expected, amirite?

And then I get word that the order has been sent from the administration to every faculty member to take down any of my posters they see. I get to view not only faculty but a number of students joining in the ripping down of my posters.

At lunch time, not a single one of my posters (Besides the one posted in the most inconspicuous areas, the ones nobody goes into) is left on a wall. Needless to say, my spirit is utterly crushed. Nobody really speaks out against it, either. Sure, somebody's (While they didn't know who's, still) First Amendment rights were just raped right in front of their eyes. But that's okay. The Machine (TM) ordered it, so it must be morally correct, right?

Adding insult to... Well... Insult is that in sixth period, at the end of the day, they decided to send an announcement over the intercom:

"Vandalism is NOT tolerated at (Insert school name here). Any students caught vandalizing school property will be punished severely." (It's paraphrased, but you get the point.)

So, I'm sitting here now in a melancholic state, to say the least. I'm completely convinced that nothing I can do in terms of GASMs will ever get anywhere, after today. So, I wanted to ask you guys, who are infinitely more experienced than Mr. Noob here.

Does this usually happen? Do there have to be infinite failures like this before a success finally comes along? Should I just keep trying, no matter how much Authority smacks me down? Or should I give up while the giving's good? I mean, I know I probably shouldn't be asking that, but I just don't even know after today.

Thanks. -Jack
#4
Howdy there, folks. Relatively new to the Discordian scene, but I'm enthusiastic, to say the least.

So, from the BIP and the Sacred Chao Te Ching, I've begun to understand that, as it is, speaking out against Authority gets one no-where. Well, I've realized this before, but I was always one to think that broadcasting one's anti-establishment actions was the best possible course.

However, both works have taught me that the wise spag indeed knows to blend in, and destroy the Machine(TM) from the inside out.

Now, I've had long hair for several years now. I never grew it to be a rebel, or anything like that. I just liked having long hair. And I STILL like having long-hair. I know the long-hair doesn't exactly allow a spag like me to blend in, but I was wondering if long hair would be such a sore thumb to the Establishment as if I went out waving around a sign saying "Hail Eris!" I'd much enjoy being able to take down the Machine(TM), and I'd rather not get FUBAR'd just because of something as simple as my hair length.

Thanks in advance. -Jack