ITT: Goons give us feedback

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Cain, you did all of that copying and pasting and you actually got my name right. I can never understand why so few people can spell a simple word like heliopticor.

I don't understand it either.

[Cain]

You ruined the joke now 

[Chairman Risus]

You ruined the joke now 

I'm pretty sure it was my turn to anyway.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

Heh, the goons seem alright.

[Z³]

They have silly and hilarious memes too.

[Requia ☣]

This

Taoism in a clown costume.

I like it because it's easy to misconstrue it as meaning "it's just Daoism in different words," which, as LMNO said, is not the case. The clown costume is an integral part of it. Sort of like the original versions of the Joker: you can't take the clown makeup off, because that's how he actually looks.

and this

It's funny, but I don't quite agree.  Naturally.

Since we began the Chao Te Ching project, I've had to re-examine what Lao Tzu was saying a lot more closely; and while some of it fits, it does so in the way just about every other introspective philosophy/religion fits into Discordia: Half way.  You just can't make a one-to-one comparison between Eris and Tao by swapping "Chaos" for "The Way" and "Order/Disorder" for "Yin/Yang".  Trust me, it was one of the first things I tried.

But, because it's funny, "Taoism in a clown costume" will most likely stick and continue giving people the wrong impression.

seem to make the beginning of a very good introduction.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Because of the order in which you quoted those, I read it as if LMNO were disagreeing with my statement, but then I checked the date stamps.

An introduction to what?

[LMNO]

Presumably, to the Chao te Ching.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Oh yeah...

<-- a bit thick