Grand Theft Auto gives a nod to discordia

[Lies]

Please leave this thread and fuck off if you already know this, but:

I noticed while playing grand theft auto that there's a mock company that sells "Eris" brand things like shoes and tshirts, very clever and subtle nod to discordianism

http://gta.wikia.com/Eris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot-QL-v1WMo

I only just noticed it while playing GTA4 but apparently its in GTA3 as well as they are mentioned in a radio advertisement.

In GTA4 there's a whole website with the mock up webpage dedicated to it as well.

So yeah, that's kinda awesome.

[Requia ☣]

Sounds more like a standard parody brand.  Replacing one one Greek goddess with another to parody Nike shoes.

[Pæs]

Sounds more like a standard parody brand.  Replacing one one Greek goddess with another to parody Nike shoes.

Except for this:

[Epimetheus]

Sounds more like a standard parody brand.  Replacing one one Greek goddess with another to parody Nike shoes.

Except for this:

Maaaayyyybe. But without more information it can't be assumed.

[Requia ☣]

Oh, hmm, that does look a lot like an arrow of discord...

[Lies]

Except if you go the the mock website in the game they basically spell it out for you. Well, they give you all the letters, you still have to work it out for themselves.
And COME ON.
as if is an accident.

[Lies]

Sounds more like a standard parody brand.  Replacing one one Greek goddess with another to parody Nike shoes.

Except for this:

Maaaayyyybe. But without more information it can't be assumed.

[Phox]

Eris is a logical alternative for Nike because Nike is the personification of victory, and and one form of Eris is the personification of athletic competition. [/gas on fire]

[Lies]

Eris is a logical alternative for Nike because Nike is the personification of victory, and and one form of Eris is the personification of athletic competition. [/gas on fire]

You can't *not* find out about discordianism if you look up eris on the web.
And you can't know what the 5 fingered hand of eris looks like without  looking up discordianism.

Ergo, its a nod to discordianism, you skeptic bastards!!

[Epimetheus]

Sounds more like a standard parody brand.  Replacing one one Greek goddess with another to parody Nike shoes.

Except for this:

Maaaayyyybe. But without more information it can't be assumed.

Look, it's a fucking doubled letter E. It's not much of a stretch from the bare name. It's not unique enough that it had to be intended as a 5-fingered Hand.

[Phox]

 

First page of google results for "eris": Wiki entries for "Eris (dwarf planet)" and "Eris" disambiguation page.

Entries for the goddess Eris at theoi.com and pantheon.org

Two news articles about the discovery of the dwarf planet Eris

and references to the Droid Eris.

Nothing about Discordia on page one. 

[Elder Iptuous]

...

Nothing about Discordia on page one. 

I didn't believe you until i checked for myself!
obviously a conspiracy at work here!

also, if i recall correctly from when i played that game, weren't there some discordian references in the fake ads for the eris clothing that they played on the radio when you're driving around?

[the last yatto]

I remember when I crammed this

[Jasper]

Who cares what was intended?  It's publicity either way although granted "Eris" is getting a lot of that these days as noted above.

Planets, phones, virtual shoes...  Terrible insane goddess.  It's a thing.

[The Johnny]

One time, Eris rode to battle alongside Typhon, while Zeus rode to battle with Biaa and Nike - and no i cannot find the source.