The Magazine Thread

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

Me too.

TTM,
experiencing priapism.

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Too much to do and not enough time to do it.

Balls = blue.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

Have you tried milking the prostate?

[LHX]

this can lead to bruising and other complications

[Adios]

That's right, I said it. And I sure as "Bob" mean it.

Do you want to know why? I don't care if you do or don't, I'm going to tell you.

I hate your religion because in your opinion "IT'S THE RIGHT ONE!" Prove it. Make me believe beyond a reasonable doubt that your religion is THE right one. Come prepared, and leave the phony faith BS at home. I don't want to hear how I have to Step Out Blindly On Faith. That's a crock. Show me. Have your god come and smite me, or at least have some scotch with me. Better yet, have your god turn water into scotch. Then I'll consider thinking it's the right religion.

Why is humankind so eager to label themselves? Is it an insecurity issue? Is it to "belong"? Some of us here are pagans. Would someone please describe what that term has been destroyed to mean. Some of us are Discordian. No true definition exists. Some are Christian. Do we dare entered that tangled mess? But the particular label isn't what's important. It;s the need for a label at all. Is it simply needed for basic mean communication? If this is true why do so many rally behind a label like it a badge of honor? Uncountable people have died because they have worn the wrong label at the wrong time and in the wrong place.

Back to religion as a whole. This concept has murdered more people that any other thing ever thought of. A CONCEPT. Get it? An unprovable concept that has inspired it's followers to kill, forfeit their own lives, cause acts that have scarred many others. And there is NO SUBSTANCE to it. Why is it not more deeply questioned? How many of you have heard "My <insert religious leader title> told me so, and he/she is my leader and would never lie to me so it has to be true?" Be honest on this one. Is this silly race, humankind, so dependent on being led they will simply accept whatever is told them? Must they blindly believe and follow any order they are given in the name of their religion?

How can one so easily offer up their ability of free thought and action to willfully be controlled by the whims and ideas of someone else? Can you not see the people you are following are human as well? They are not DIVINE, they have no special gift except the ability to plug your ears and blindfold you and get you to like it. You want to nail me to a cross, burn me at the stake, or whatever other unusually cruel and mindless idea you come up with? All I can tell you is bring help, because there's going to be one hell of a fight and I'm not dying alone. Don't expect some mealy meek pansy bullshit from me, I'm going to try to kill you.

So keep your worthless religion far away from me and we'll be fine. I prefer to use my own wits and mind to direct my life.



Back to your sheep pen now, I'm done.


If this fits feel free to edit and use it. I am new to posting rants, so no offense taken if it needs lots of work.

[Payne]

I think thats a little too much proselytizing. We don't want to run off new copies of the BIP do we?

Just a thought.

[Adios]

That's why I asked for input. At this point I really don't know what the projected scope of the magazine will be.

[Payne]

Though, I think that what the big ideas men on this project are planning to put more humour in, as opposed to lightening the tone of rants and stuff.

I'm working on something which isn't really funny either now that I think about it...

[Adios]

The humor is what attracted me to this insanity to begin with. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks, I'll try to work on something with more humor and less rage in it.

[Payne]

Woah! rage is good. Just ask TGRR.

I'm going to post something in a minute that isn't quite ready, but I want to know if I'm heading in the right track. Take a look.

[Triple Zero]

1) i just skimmed the blog a littlebit and i really really think the colourscheme should be changed. simple black/white/gray, with a bright background is going to reach a much larger audience IMO. with a black background people will have immaediately the idea they are on some "underground/counterculture" blog and get crackpot associations. there are lots of high quality creative thinking innovative blogs that get a large userbase with simple standard eas to read dark text on bright background. see for example http://headrush.typepad.com/

2) Net, as soon as you get those full colour flyers, you can PM me for a post address and i will flyer and spread them in the Netherlands. we could also make a fun thread in O:MF for creative ways to spread them.

3) Orbital Monthly = cool title, but "monthly" is something that's never going to happen.

[Cain]

I chose a dark colour for the reasons Maddox gave - a white background is like staring at a lightbulb and its far easier to read on a dark background.

[Triple Zero]

1 - adjust your monitor
2 - if that's really your concern, better pick a light-greyish background with dark text then. this is indeed easier on the eyes. but IMO the dark background/bright letters pretty much screams "underground crackpot" at me.
also this particular colour combo is actually quite hard reading to me, on my monitor, and i'm tempted to switch off the CSS (my web-fu skillz are endless) and view it in black-on-white Times New Roman default

more compare:

http://jeremiahgrossman.blogspot.com/
http://ha.ckers.org/
http://www.gnucitizen.org/categories/blog

all three high quality computer/information security weblogs, same topic, completely different feel.

[Cain]

Check it out now.  Better?

[Triple Zero]

oh yeah. looks great now!

('xcept now the Fight Club image could use some cropping .. )

this a standard wordpress theme? i think i've seen it before.