Recruiting the unrecruited

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

I wouldn't steal my wallet, cause there's never anything worth stealing in it.

I'd probably punch myself in the face.

MySpace Discordians, Pinealists, 23Fnord Spouting ChaoKids, etc etc etc all seem incredibly useful to me... the potential for mayhem increases with every actual body we can attract.

I concur on this. I don't want to "convert" people, as it were, but I would be interested in building more of a.... network, I guess.

That, I think, seems to be the current goal (based on discussion in O:MF thread about FSM)

[Jasper]

The spreading of ideas is what we're trying to achieve.  This is best done by talking to and exchanging ideas with people who do a lot of that with other people.  Talk's cheap.  We just need to talk to the right people and see what they think, and whether or not our talks are successful, we'll have inserted the ideas into their subconsciousness, which will stay there forever adn slowly if not quickly spread throughout the collective perception. 

In short, let's just talk to as many talkers as possible.

What I wouldn't give to see Rog talk to Larry King.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

and have sex with myself, naturally.

Dude, pics pls.

[Cramulus]

Last time I brought a Discordian I knew from IRL to this board, she got fed up with the self-contradictory "YUOR DOING IT WRONG N00B" shtick and later deleted her account. Now I'm dating her. Totally unrelated.

My current girlfriend was a Discordian and had an account on this forum long before I met her. At some point, she introduced one of HER IRL Discordian friends to this place. That girl had more or less the same reaction - after two weeks, not only did she vow to never come back to PD, but also said that she will never again seek out other Discordians. Kind of sad, but that's sometimes the climate here.

What I wouldn't give to see Rog talk to Larry King.

QFT

but did anyone see the Hunter S. Durden interview on Larry King?

[Cain]

Alright then, how do we link up this with what was being discussed on the last page of this http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=14768.165

[LMNO]

My current girlfriend was a Discordian and had an account on this forum long before I met her.

What was her screename?

[Cain]

It was Soy Letchin, IIRC.

[LMNO]

Sound like before my time.

[Cain]

It was about 9 months ago, I think.

[LMNO]

Oh.  I can't remember her.

By the way, does anyone else kind of giggle when a Discordian writes off an entire group of people ("she will never again seek out other Discordians") because of the actions of a small handful (the dozen or so asshats on this board)?

[Cain]

Yes.  But I also get annoyed, because we're not exactly swimming in manpower.

[Cramulus]

yeah I thought it was kind of extreme too, but the point stands. As Ratatosk is fond of pointing out, we make cole slaw out of cabbages. There's no training course for what we consider n00bs, just the standard "Get it right in 50 posts or god help you if you don't GTFO"

[Cain]

Yes, that is kind of a problem.  Though Roger's advice to the n00bs (pinned, Apple Talk) is pretty helpful.

How would you suggest making a change?

[LMNO]

I'm finding it hard to find the line between "be nicer to people" and "suffer fools gladly".


PS - I can't find Soy Letchin on the memberlist.

[Cain]

Because she deleted her account.

Go back far enough and you'll find guest posts made with that name.

I think a more pro-active approach could be a better thing.  I just want ideas on how to approach it.