Discordian Dates, Etc.

[hooplala]

I've been noticing that almost every Discordian site uses the standard Discordian dating system - is this not sort of missing the point of Discordianism?

I made up my own calendar over a year ago, nothing special, but I can say its mine.

Thoughts?

[hooplala]

Not the same issue, but certainly related:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deVlk0p9chU

These people have obviously gone through a lot of trouble and effort to make this video, but would it not be more rewarding to create their own methods of convincing people, rather than simply restate the PD??

[PopeTom]

Everyone has to start somewhere, and many times that somewhere is rehashing stuff that seems to have worked before.

At least that kind of how I learned to dance.

[hooplala]

I learned to dance like this:

[PopeTom]

Well, in those pants you'd have to.

[hooplala]

I certainly bought Discordianism at face value when I first became interested, but one of the first things I did was to write up my Burnig Bush Revelations . . . I wanted my own stuff to give people, not 'official' documents. 

I wish I could follow up with these people after a year or so . . .

[LMNO]

I never use the Discordian calendar.

To me, it was never worth the time to remember the system and how it correlates, because I didn't think the joke was that funny.

Sure, today's date is arbitrary, and is founded on the erroneous birth of Christ.  I learned that in high school. So what?

[AFK]

I see the Discordian calendar as one of those things Discordians use to identify with other Discordians.  Huh?

It's like, "Hey look we're different.  But, we're different together." 

After all, Discordians are still human.  They still want to belong to something.  The symbolism of calendars and five-fingered hands of Eris are that warm and fuzzy safety blanket. 

I guess OUR warm and fuzzy safety blanket is that most of us are kind of sick of that stuff. 

[Cain]

My warm and fuzzy security blanket is a bottle of scotch and Fox News.

[Cramulus]

I use the Discordian calendar when I need to sound over-the-top in explaining why I'm taking a day off from work.

"Yeah, our holy book requires a day of phasting* on the 55th day of every month, you know how it goes." Usually they're so weirded out they don't ask what religion I'm talking about. Nor would they get it if I told them anyway.


BTW - The video clip you posted is from Forteetu, who sometimes posts here when he's not busy putting together festivals or something.




*pronounced "fasting" but means something else entirely.

[Cain]

Forteetu is a pretty cool dude, IMO.  I'll have to watch the video now.

[AFK]

I use the Discordian calendar when I need to sound over-the-top in explaining why I'm taking a day off from work.

"Yeah, our holy book requires a day of phasting* on the 55th day of every month, you know how it goes." Usually they're so weirded out they don't ask what religion I'm talking about. Nor would they get it if I told them anyway.


BTW - The video clip you posted is from Forteetu, who sometimes posts here when he's not busy putting together festivals or something.




*pronounced "fasting" but means something else entirely.

Back when we were both doing the Retail Hell thing, Chuck and I would put the Holy Days on the store's calendar and then make up some screwy rituals to perform during our break.  I'm still baffled to this day why we were never written up, let alone fired. 

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I tend to use it in online site stuff because the calendar already exists in Linux (Linux command "ddate") and I can pull and display something overtly Discordian in about three lines of PHP.

I think there's something to be said for the existence of the Discordian Calendar existing on 50% of the web servers currently active on the net. (and the DNS servers, SMTP servers, etc etc etc).

[Triple Zero]

this is truth. my terminal window at the university still greets me with it every time :-D [/nerd]

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I've been noticing that almost every Discordian site uses the standard Discordian dating system - is this not sort of missing the point of Discordianism?

I made up my own calendar over a year ago, nothing special, but I can say its mine.

Thoughts?

It's today.  It's just like any other day.  Everyone got dumber and everyone got meaner and nobody laughed and nobody cared and all I can dream about is the day the power finally runs out and all the fucking primates get eaten by the triumphant coyotes who will finally get their day at the top of the food chain.

Amen.