Why is Discordia Irrelevant in the Year 2009?

[Iason Ouabache]

If we were relevent then there would be no need for us.  We are Discordians, Eris is our main squeeze because she was not considered relevent, she was considered disruptive and outside the norm.  The question should be more along the lines of, "Should we be worried about becoming relevent?"  I mean, to me relevence means that someone recognizes the movement as a movement, and THEY should see us as "Lone Gunmen" so to speak.  If we were a movement we would be a target for disruption and removal.  Sure we hang out on the forum and have a bit of a giggle at the expense of the Thudians, but THEY don't see that as a threat.

Any group that opposes the status quo becomes a threat.  But individuals are ignored for the most part while they quietly rewrite the worlds code to bring some small enlightenment to the ones who can turn their brains on to what the deal is with the unreality of reality.

The only thing that can kill Discordia is success.

[Halfbaked1]

what's a Daruko?  Is it tasty and crunchy with catsup?

Yes.

I R Teh Halfbaked1, They called me Halfbaked for my ideas that I didn't know were Erisian until I learned to dig the Principia Discordia, so I started using the name as a badge of honour.  As long as THEY see me as being some Halfbaked pseudo philosopher then they never realize that bit by lil bit I am showing them what's behind the curtain.  And by the time that someone realizes that they have had their lil minds re-coded it's too late and they can't go back to thinking like all the sheep around them.

Um, that's actually incorrect.  Monkey programming is self-correcting, and simians tend to drop back on all fours if you let them.

True that, which is why I have these electrodes, I mean pamphlets...heh heh...pamphlets.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

If we were relevent then there would be no need for us.  We are Discordians, Eris is our main squeeze because she was not considered relevent, she was considered disruptive and outside the norm.  The question should be more along the lines of, "Should we be worried about becoming relevent?"  I mean, to me relevence means that someone recognizes the movement as a movement, and THEY should see us as "Lone Gunmen" so to speak.  If we were a movement we would be a target for disruption and removal.  Sure we hang out on the forum and have a bit of a giggle at the expense of the Thudians, but THEY don't see that as a threat.

Any group that opposes the status quo becomes a threat.  But individuals are ignored for the most part while they quietly rewrite the worlds code to bring some small enlightenment to the ones who can turn their brains on to what the deal is with the unreality of reality.

The only thing that can kill Discordia is success.

And that CAN, not WILL, kill Discordia.  If we get successful, the only hope we have is to make some horrible prepackaged joke out of it.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

what's a Daruko?  Is it tasty and crunchy with catsup?

Yes.

I R Teh Halfbaked1, They called me Halfbaked for my ideas that I didn't know were Erisian until I learned to dig the Principia Discordia, so I started using the name as a badge of honour.  As long as THEY see me as being some Halfbaked pseudo philosopher then they never realize that bit by lil bit I am showing them what's behind the curtain.  And by the time that someone realizes that they have had their lil minds re-coded it's too late and they can't go back to thinking like all the sheep around them.

Um, that's actually incorrect.  Monkey programming is self-correcting, and simians tend to drop back on all fours if you let them.

True that, which is why I have these electrodes, I mean pamphlets...heh heh...pamphlets.

You remind me a lot of this board, back in 2003/2004.  Poor bastard.

[LMNO]

Monkey programming is self-correcting, and simians tend to drop back on all fours if you let them.

I'm gonna yoink that, if you don't mind.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Monkey programming is self-correcting, and simians tend to drop back on all fours if you let them.

I'm gonna yoink that, if you don't mind.

Knock yourself out.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If we were relevent then there would be no need for us.  We are Discordians, Eris is our main squeeze because she was not considered relevent, she was considered disruptive and outside the norm.  The question should be more along the lines of, "Should we be worried about becoming relevent?"  I mean, to me relevence means that someone recognizes the movement as a movement, and THEY should see us as "Lone Gunmen" so to speak.  If we were a movement we would be a target for disruption and removal.  Sure we hang out on the forum and have a bit of a giggle at the expense of the Thudians, but THEY don't see that as a threat.

Any group that opposes the status quo becomes a threat.  But individuals are ignored for the most part while they quietly rewrite the worlds code to bring some small enlightenment to the ones who can turn their brains on to what the deal is with the unreality of reality.

The only thing that can kill Discordia is success.

Do you mean success, or do you mean popularity? Because I'm not even really sure what success IS, in terms of Discordianism.

[Halfbaked1]

If we were relevent then there would be no need for us.  We are Discordians, Eris is our main squeeze because she was not considered relevent, she was considered disruptive and outside the norm.  The question should be more along the lines of, "Should we be worried about becoming relevent?"  I mean, to me relevence means that someone recognizes the movement as a movement, and THEY should see us as "Lone Gunmen" so to speak.  If we were a movement we would be a target for disruption and removal.  Sure we hang out on the forum and have a bit of a giggle at the expense of the Thudians, but THEY don't see that as a threat.

Any group that opposes the status quo becomes a threat.  But individuals are ignored for the most part while they quietly rewrite the worlds code to bring some small enlightenment to the ones who can turn their brains on to what the deal is with the unreality of reality.

The only thing that can kill Discordia is success.

Do you mean success, or do you mean popularity? Because I'm not even really sure what success IS, in terms of Discordianism.

My dear Nigel, noone should have a clue what success would mean for Discordianism.  But in the conventional sense I suppose that would mean a church on many a corner in major metropolitan areas where there are a hookas and a circles of pillows instead of pews, and the holy communion is a hotdog sans bun.  Then Mal2 could have an audience with the Pope where he offers him the golden apple of Kalissti, and go tag "Eris Rules" on the wailing wall.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

If we were relevent then there would be no need for us.  We are Discordians, Eris is our main squeeze because she was not considered relevent, she was considered disruptive and outside the norm.  The question should be more along the lines of, "Should we be worried about becoming relevent?"  I mean, to me relevence means that someone recognizes the movement as a movement, and THEY should see us as "Lone Gunmen" so to speak.  If we were a movement we would be a target for disruption and removal.  Sure we hang out on the forum and have a bit of a giggle at the expense of the Thudians, but THEY don't see that as a threat.

Any group that opposes the status quo becomes a threat.  But individuals are ignored for the most part while they quietly rewrite the worlds code to bring some small enlightenment to the ones who can turn their brains on to what the deal is with the unreality of reality.

The only thing that can kill Discordia is success.

Do you mean success, or do you mean popularity? Because I'm not even really sure what success IS, in terms of Discordianism.

My dear Nigel, noone should have a clue what success would mean for Discordianism.  But in the conventional sense I suppose that would mean a church on many a corner in major metropolitan areas where there are a hookas and a circles of pillows instead of pews, and the holy communion is a hotdog sans bun.  Then Mal2 could have an audience with the Pope where he offers him the golden apple of Kalissti, and go tag "Eris Rules" on the wailing wall.

No one.  NO.  ONE.  TWO WORDS.

TGRR,
IS RICHARD.  FUCKING.  CHEESE!

[Halfbaked1]

If we were relevent then there would be no need for us.  We are Discordians, Eris is our main squeeze because she was not considered relevent, she was considered disruptive and outside the norm.  The question should be more along the lines of, "Should we be worried about becoming relevent?"  I mean, to me relevence means that someone recognizes the movement as a movement, and THEY should see us as "Lone Gunmen" so to speak.  If we were a movement we would be a target for disruption and removal.  Sure we hang out on the forum and have a bit of a giggle at the expense of the Thudians, but THEY don't see that as a threat.

Any group that opposes the status quo becomes a threat.  But individuals are ignored for the most part while they quietly rewrite the worlds code to bring some small enlightenment to the ones who can turn their brains on to what the deal is with the unreality of reality.

The only thing that can kill Discordia is success.

Do you mean success, or do you mean popularity? Because I'm not even really sure what success IS, in terms of Discordianism.

My dear Nigel, noone should have a clue what success would mean for Discordianism.  But in the conventional sense I suppose that would mean a church on many a corner in major metropolitan areas where there are a hookas and a circles of pillows instead of pews, and the holy communion is a hotdog sans bun.  Then Mal2 could have an audience with the Pope where he offers him the golden apple of Kalissti, and go tag "Eris Rules" on the wailing wall.

No one.  NO.  ONE.  TWO WORDS.

TGRR,
IS RICHARD.  FUCKING.  CHEESE!

And I thought I was a Grammar Nazi...ACK!  Not the face not the face!!  *runs to hide, leaving a ham sammich behind to distract pursuers*

[Brotep]

Why would anyone fuck cheese?   

[rong]

Why would anyone fuck cheese?   

sounds like a gouda idea to me.

[LMNO]

You sir, are a Munster!

[Jenne]

Cheese puns!  I miss you so!

And now, I need a metacomment:  this debate/discussion had come from "irrelevance" to "destruction"--are the two the same?  I think not.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If we were relevent then there would be no need for us.  We are Discordians, Eris is our main squeeze because she was not considered relevent, she was considered disruptive and outside the norm.  The question should be more along the lines of, "Should we be worried about becoming relevent?"  I mean, to me relevence means that someone recognizes the movement as a movement, and THEY should see us as "Lone Gunmen" so to speak.  If we were a movement we would be a target for disruption and removal.  Sure we hang out on the forum and have a bit of a giggle at the expense of the Thudians, but THEY don't see that as a threat.

Any group that opposes the status quo becomes a threat.  But individuals are ignored for the most part while they quietly rewrite the worlds code to bring some small enlightenment to the ones who can turn their brains on to what the deal is with the unreality of reality.

The only thing that can kill Discordia is success.

Do you mean success, or do you mean popularity? Because I'm not even really sure what success IS, in terms of Discordianism.

My dear Nigel, noone should have a clue what success would mean for Discordianism.  But in the conventional sense I suppose that would mean a church on many a corner in major metropolitan areas where there are a hookas and a circles of pillows instead of pews, and the holy communion is a hotdog sans bun.  Then Mal2 could have an audience with the Pope where he offers him the golden apple of Kalissti, and go tag "Eris Rules" on the wailing wall.

See,  that sounds like popularity, rather than success.

"Success" might actually be irrelevance.