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Shaman Yacatismic
Laughter is Salvation
Pungenday, Discord 25, Year of Our Lady of Discord 3174

You've all heard the arguments before: things are bad, but not that bad, but somehow bad enough; humanity is a bunch of hopeless monkeys; I feel like I'm going crazy cause I'm the only one who gets it; etc; etc. Indeed if one were to listen to such arguments, one would have a very bleak and almost misanthropic world view.

But it doesn't have to be like this.

So what if not everybody gets it, so what if they march like cattle to their own deaths? To keep dwelling on  this is to fall into "their" trap. They WANT you to lose hope, they NEED you to lose hope, so they keep you pumped with elitism and hate. Now, I'm not saying the fine people of this place are like that all the time, but to be honest, you have to admit sometimes you get pretty negative.

But why? Here we are, discussing a way of thought that has not only given us hope, but the keys to our own reality. And still we languish. Brothers and sisters, I come before you today to tell you the greatest weapon, the biggest mindfuck, the shiniest apple of discord has been within you this whole time. And do you know what it is?

Laughter.

Thats right. Not only does laughter bring joy to yourself or others you wish, but we can turn it against our foes as well. We've all known that feeling of doing something totally normal to us, and then hearing unexpected laughter from behind. Are they laughing at me? Are they making fun of me? Laughter can make the target question what he is doing or what he believes in far better then any revelation from god. Imagine if you will, if six Discordians stood outside the United States Congress, and as our "esteemed" representatives filed in, they simply pointed and laughed. Oh, the chaos!

By laughing at the horrible, we take all power from it, and refuse to allow it to damage us. Next time your boss asks you to work overtime, simply look him in the face and break out in uncontrollable laughter. Watch him walk away. The shocking, the grotesque, everything loses it's power in the face of laughter. By laughing at ourselves we learn humility, and just how funny the universe nearly is. I'll never forget this one girl I had a huge crush on. After I finally worked up the courage to ask her out, she made it very clear she was not the slightest bit interested. And I laughed. Why?

Next time you encounter a problem, or face difficult times, remove yourself from the situation, and imagine if you had seen the same thing happen, but with cartoon characters. You'd be amazed at how funny losing a wallet and not realizing it till your at a toll booth can be!

Laughter, laughter is the key my brothers and sisters. I dream of the day when we might be able to launch a countrywide Laugh Attack! Just imagine it: Discordians laughing at Nazi rallies, the stock exchange, satanist functions, riots, and every time a politician got on the news, there would be one of our ranks in the audience....laughing his fucking head off!

Seek ye the Hyena, friends! To him speaking and laughter are but the same!