Lollercaust?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I have a parable that I started on Saturday. It's possible that I might finish it someday.

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So, how long do we want this thing?  Similar to BIP which I think was 30ish pages?

Also, if we haven't already, we should probably also compile any artwork that we want to go in the production. 

I got the impression that it was supposed to be a "quick pick-up-and-read" thing, but I probably wasn't paying proper attention.  30-page booklets are good, but not many people will be willing to read it if they don't know anything beforehand about Discordianism (though that does mean they won't have to unlearn anything). 

Or are there already some quickie "primers" out there that I don't know about?

[AFK]

Well BIP was close to 30, so that's the template I'm going by. 

[Triple Zero]

also if it's lots of short pieces of text, people don't mind if it's got many pages or not, they'll leaf through it and just pick a few at random if they dont want to spend the effort.

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i'sooth

[Cramulus]

http://www.poee.co.uk/bip/index.php?title=Lollercaust

updated


next steps:

add moar stuff from this thread to the website.

add moar stuff from PD.com to the website

vote on pieces for inclusion/exclusion



stuff we still need:

more horrormirth art [see next post]
marginalia

[Triple Zero]

[Cramulus]

So looking at that stuff (art, marginalia, and layout - at the link in my last post),
I'm wishy washy about a lot of it.

I think we should zero in on the horrormirth theme

which means excluding
  -robots from the future 

I also think that (as some people said earlier) we should use the nazi art sparingly, lest it be confused with the central idea.

I think LMNO's recent work (putting funny image macros on startling photos) hits the nail on the head more squarely than any of the other stuff so far.


On the text:

we should have some fiction, some essayish stuff, some zany, not everything needs to be 100% on topic
but most of all, I think we need a big central piece.

An introduction to this idea of horrormirth, which lists dozens of horrible modern and real things which will leave you laughing in horror at the end.

[Cramulus]

[Cramulus]

[barumunk]

current banksy work on the same topic as crams post
[not too relavant but maybe a little] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=559547&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490

[Triple Zero]

I think we should zero in on the horrormirth theme

which means excluding
  -robots from the future 

i disagree.

browsing through that wiki page you set up, again, the imagery struck me as overly negative. and i thought we were trying to avoid that, re:BIP.

horrormirth is a very interesting concept, but just like strong blue cheese and Kafka, it is best when consumed in small amounts.

for some reason, when i see a lot of horrormirth-type imagery at high velocity, mostly the horror stands out. i especially got that from the "we have ways of making you laugh" torture series.

so, actually, just to cheer things up a littlebit, but keep that gloom atmosphere, something obviously zany like robots from the future (even though it's got a dark hidden message in it), should be included.

I also think that (as some people said earlier) we should use the nazi art sparingly, lest it be confused with the central idea.

agreed. the one "we are not laughing with you" with Hitler, isn't very strong either.

I think LMNO's recent work (putting funny image macros on startling photos) hits the nail on the head more squarely than any of the other stuff so far.

i miss LMNOs one with "Hilarity ensues." on the image page. i'll see if i can find it, it was somewhere in Or Kill Me.

An introduction to this idea of horrormirth, which lists dozens of horrible modern and real things which will leave you laughing in horror at the end.

well i think we got the horror bit covered fairly well. i just wonder if people will be laughing at the end.

[LMNO]

[Triple Zero]

thanks! added to the wiki page.

[Cramulus]

Khara found some AWESOME marginalia!

These are from Quote of the Day....

Well, I don't know about you, but in the event the entire internet dies, I'm quite likely too busy scavenging through the remains of the country for food, water, weapons and loyal minions to worry about you guys.

I'm always a bitch.  How do you want me?

First you have to take it out to a nice dinner... share a bottle of wine... long walk on the beach... THEN you do pot.

They call pot a gateway drug because after a high maintenance relationship like that one, the simplicity of coke's quickie-in-the-bathroom becomes very appealing!

Your attempts are admirable.

Your work is epic fail.

Quote from: TEH CRAM
I was walking around in Boston the other week shouting into my phone (which was off) "Get the cat out of the microwave. GET THE FUCKING CAT OUT OF THE MICROWAVE. Of course it's meowing, it doesn't like being in a fucking microwave! TELL THE UPS MAN TO SHUT UP, UNPLUG THE MICROWAVE AND WAIT FOR ME TO GET HOME. JESUS." *click* I got some confused looks. I got some disgusted looks. I got some downright horrified looks. Did I accomplish some great Discordian goal? Yes: I got lots of lulz.

I pissed on my neighbor's car
They got really angry at me
I told them it used too much gas
Then I got arrested for disorderly conduct

So I set their house on fire
And shot them in the face
With a chicken cannon
Spraying chicken and people gibs everywhere

It was horrible
I feel bad now
But now I feel better
Because I wrote a poem

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, ABOUT YOUR WASHING MACHINE...MAY KILL YOUR CHILDREN!

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

DO YOU HAVE A WASHING MACHINE?

WELL YOU BETTER TUNE IN AT 9PM, BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR WASHING MACHINE, COULD END UP KILLING YOUR CHILDREN!














And this is CNN and the time is 9pm.   Don't put your kids in a washing machine.  Now, onto the days news....

OH GOD I'M  A TERRORIST.

I should blow myself up to prove that I'm not one.

That gesture certainly won't be misconstrued as an act of terror, ironically proving that I am in fact a terrorist!

OH GOD IRONY'S A TERRORIST.