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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...

Last post by chaotic neutral observer - Today at 02:39:31 AM

Conspiracy theories are a defining feature of our Discordian mythology. It's one of the things that drew me to this religion, as I find many popular conspiracy theories to be highly amusing.

In that case, I will divulge that my great grandfather quit from high ranks in the actual freemasons/illuminati.

Eh, that's not a terribly big deal.  I had an uncle who was a Shriner.  Have a picture of him wearing the hat, and everything.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...

Last post by chaotic neutral observer - Today at 02:34:06 AM

I perceive that you are full of shit.

That... seems to be the overused crutch of an emotionally stunted arguer who cannot stomach ideas that challenge their own assumptions.

On the contrary, I love ideas that challenge my assumptions.  Have you got any?

Old timey farmers needed an accurate system for timing planting and harvest

I grew up on a farm, kid, and you don't harvest by the calendar, nor by esoteric knowledge, grudgingly granted by the clerical class.  You go out to the field and check if the damn crop is ready.  The "old timey" farmers didn't have the convenience of grain moisture testers, but I guess they could go out, pluck a few stalks, and decide if the wheat was dry enough to grind.

because harvesting by hand took a long time and required the whole community working together, often for weeks on end, while crops only stayed perfectly ripe for a brief period before rain, wind, birds, or the plants themselves caused losses; in the past, with no good ways to preserve extra food for long periods or bring in supplies from far away, even losing 10 or 20 percent of the crop could leave the village short on calories during the winter or dry season when nothing new was growing and people already lived close to the edge.

Mostly true.  But the need for harvesting as quickly as possible once the crop is ready doesn't show the existence of a elite class that possessed "an accurate system for timing harvest".

Around these parts, even today, with machinery beyond the dreams of a medieval peasant, farmers hire extra workers and put in 20-hour work days to get the crop off when it's ready, and for much the same reasons.

But they don't start on a fixed date, because that would be stupid.  The time the crops are ready depends on the growing conditions during the season.

[Trump calls for impeachment of Senate Democrat who called ending Obama's Iran deal 'bad mistake']

#3

Aneristic Illusions / Re: Money Can't Buy Class - Ex...

Last post by Abbot Mythos - Yesterday at 12:31:17 PM

The POSOTUS just can't handle constructive criticism:

Trump calls for impeachment of Senate Democrat who called ending Obama's Iran deal 'bad mistake'

As per this article:

"President Trump on Sunday called for the impeachment of Democratic Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), after the lawmaker criticized his decision to pull out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in his first term.
 
"Senator Jack Reed, a Dumocrat from R.I., lied when stating the the Deal we just made is not as good as the Obama disaster known as the JCPOA. Reed is either an outright fraud, or incompetent," Trump wrote in a Sunday post on Truth Social.

"The Obuma Deal was a road to a Nuclear weapon for Iran, cash and all, one of the worst and dumbest (hence Dumocrats!) Deals ever made by the U.S. Our Deal is a WALL against Iran ever having a Nuclear weapon, the complete opposite of Obuma. Impeach Jack Reed!" he added.
 
A sitting senator cannot be impeached but can be expelled through a resolution that requires a two-thirds majority vote."

Now we replenish our popcorn supplies, sit back, and watch how many members of the Republicult™ eagerly jump on the Impeach Jack Reed Bandwagon.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...

Last post by Omnidextrious - Yesterday at 05:25:32 AM

Conspiracy theories are a defining feature of our Discordian mythology. It's one of the things that drew me to this religion, as I find many popular conspiracy theories to be highly amusing.

In that case, I will divulge that my great grandfather quit from high ranks in the actual freemasons/illuminati. The rumor was that we were cursed for three generations as a result. Tragic deaths and misfortune disabled and killed all of my relatives one by one, purely coincidental of course. There has never existed powerful conspirators or organized revenge, that has obviously absolutely never happened before, ever. Even suspecting that those long chain of unfortunate events could have been the result of poison and sabotage would be an absurd paranoia.

I submit that describing how our various previous civilizations operated, and how our current one operates, is more difficult than that. And, believing in conspiracy theories can lead to paranoia.

The very term, "Conspiracy Theory" is a loaded term that was propagated by corrupt intelligence agencies. A 1967 CIA internal dispatch, document 1035-960, titled "Countering Criticism of the Warren Report" instructed agency assets and media contacts to challenge skeptics of the official lone-gunman conclusion on President Kennedy's assassination via labeling them into the category of "Conspiracy Theorists" in the minds of the unsuspecting public.

And they likely got the idea from an 1863 New York Times editor, Charles Astor Bristed, who was discrediting the notion that British aristocrats were manipulating the US civil war for profits. Pure yellow journalist slander and mass manipulation, if you ask this random internet loon.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...

Last post by Omnidextrious - Yesterday at 05:11:44 AM

I perceive that you are full of shit.

That... seems to be the overused crutch of an emotionally stunted arguer who cannot stomach ideas that challenge their own assumptions.

Old timey farmers needed an accurate system for timing planting and harvest because harvesting by hand took a long time and required the whole community working together, often for weeks on end, while crops only stayed perfectly ripe for a brief period before rain, wind, birds, or the plants themselves caused losses; in the past, with no good ways to preserve extra food for long periods or bring in supplies from far away, even losing 10 or 20 percent of the crop could leave the village short on calories during the winter or dry season when nothing new was growing and people already lived close to the edge.

#6

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Republicult™ On Parade

Last post by Faust - June 16, 2026, 01:42:24 PM

Theatre, they needed a controversy that day to distract from the US surrender in Iran

[After White House bout, UFC fighter disparages Michelle Obama as 'a man']

#7

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Republicult™ On Parade

Last post by Abbot Mythos - June 16, 2026, 11:50:21 AM

Here's yet another example of a white trash MAGAt hero preaching to his choir:

After White House bout, UFC fighter disparages Michelle Obama as 'a man'

The former first lady and her husband, former president Barack Obama, have frequently been the targets of racist insults.

As per this article:

"UFC fighter Josh Hokit used his post-bout interview Sunday night at the White House to disparage former first lady Michelle Obama.
 
In a post-fight interview, the heavyweight fighter praised President Donald Trump for hosting the event, which was intended to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
 
He then insulted the mother of one of his rivals, thanked Jesus and ended by shouting: "And lastly — Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?""

After all, that's what MAGAtry is all about. There may be a Presidential Medal of Freedom coming this asshole's way in the near future.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Republicult™ On Parade

Last post by Pergamos - June 13, 2026, 04:45:39 PM

yeah, my roommate hasn't abandoned the Republicans, he's just finally critical of Trump.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...

Last post by chaotic neutral observer - June 13, 2026, 02:26:18 PM

I just ate an entire block of cheese.

He who was ears to hear, let him hear.  He who has butt to poop, let him poop.

#10

Aneristic Illusions / Re: Ancient Astronomy as it pe...

Last post by chaotic neutral observer - June 13, 2026, 02:21:51 PM

The entire time, the farming, agricultural class, was forced to adhere to the religiously aligned scholarly class which would tell them when to plant and when to harvest, else they would plant too early and wait too late to harvest.

Nonsense.  The farmers harvest when the crops are ready.  That doesn't happen on a fixed schedule.  Calendars sometimes come in helpful for determining when to plant, but the current year's conditions matters more.  Anything the "scholarly class" knows about farming they learned from the farmers.

The progression from cave people to modern people was not linear as we have all been brought up to believe.

I wasn't brought up to believe any such damn fool thing.  I perceive that you are full of shit.