[renamed]: HERE! TASTE THIS BRICK!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Tip: Don't prosyletize to your friends. Especially not about this place.

If you tell them about it and they're intrigued, they'll ask. Maybe take them postering or something. But telling them it's new and fascinating and enlightening sets everyone up for failure.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Telling them we're a bunch of total dicks who sometimes have interesting conversations can work sometimes though.

[Don Coyote]

Telling them we're a bunch of total dicks who sometimes have interesting conversations can work sometimes though.

That's what I told my GF. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Telling them we're a bunch of total dicks who sometimes have interesting conversations can work sometimes though.

That's what I told my GF. 

That's also about what I told EOT, I think. 

[Cainad (dec.)]

Two weeks ago, hanging out with Cram and others:


Friend1: "So, wait, what's this Discordianism thing about?"

Me: "Well, you know how people act like complete dickheads to each other on the Internet?"

Friend1: "Yeah?"

Cram: "Some people have a religion about it."

CramFriend: "You know, like, YouTube comments? That's holy scripture."

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Two weeks ago, hanging out with Cram and others:


Friend1: "So, wait, what's this Discordianism thing about?"

Me: "Well, you know how people act like complete dickheads to each other on the Internet?"

Friend1: "Yeah?"

Cram: "Some people have a religion about it."

CramFriend: "You know, like, YouTube comments? That's holy scripture."

Amen. 

[Cain]

Ho-hum.

He's really a wonderful person. We were together once but we're two different, incompatible brands of crazy. I actually have a deep love for him still but he can be obstinate, stubborn and defensively self-righteous. It's like he sees the bars but then he fucks it all up by saying "Well, I'm glad I'm the only one who's got that sorted."

The funny thing is: I thought he'd end up getting along with you the best, believe it or not. He's a voracious history buff, tears apart war strategy/historical cause and effect in his mind like a machine, he's 7/8ths of the way into a degree in like, theology or some shit, is well-written, appreciates cynical irony and has a sharp wit that often goes below the radar because others are either missing knowledge or simply don't catch it.

He occasionally gets lost applying his knowledge of history to certain current events simply because he draws premature conclusions and sometimes fails to comprehend people's motivations.

I looked forward to seeing how he'd fit within the dynamic here and observing the two of you jaunt back and forth, turn each other onto new reading material, challenge each other and tag-team while taking down every chucklehead to make an uninformed or baseless declaration within earshot of your evil web of facts.

But ah, well...

Ah well indeed.  His loss.

[navkat]

Tip: Don't prosyletize to your friends. Especially not about this place.

If you tell them about it and they're intrigued, they'll ask. Maybe take them postering or something. But telling them it's new and fascinating and enlightening sets everyone up for failure.

It's weird: I actually found OUT about the existence of the Principia Discordia from him and fell in love with my own sort of translation of this shit on my own. I really believed he'd appreciate the "total rejection of all bullshit including our own" concept because to him "nothing is true" is sort of an ethic.

The irony is that he's arguing the same point. He just doesn't grasp that:
1. It isn't a mystery to us
And
2. We've already been inundated by "above it" n00bs who came here to teach us a thing or two about a thing or two.

He fails to see "We're *already* done laughing about that" as the fucked-up, sadistic welcome party it is.

[Freeky]

Tip: Don't prosyletize to your friends. Especially not about this place.

If you tell them about it and they're intrigued, they'll ask. Maybe take them postering or something. But telling them it's new and fascinating and enlightening sets everyone up for failure.

It's weird: I actually found OUT about the existence of the Principia Discordia from him and fell in love with my own sort of translation of this shit on my own. I really believed he'd appreciate the "total rejection of all bullshit including our own" concept because to him "nothing is true" is sort of an ethic.

The irony is that he's arguing the same point. He just doesn't grasp that:
1. It isn't a mystery to us
And
2. We've already been inundated by "above it" n00bs who came here to teach us a thing or two about a thing or two.

He fails to see "We're *already* done laughing about that" as the fucked-up, sadistic welcome party it is.

Well that's kind of sad.  I hope he gets over himself someday.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Tip: Don't prosyletize to your friends. Especially not about this place.

If you tell them about it and they're intrigued, they'll ask. Maybe take them postering or something. But telling them it's new and fascinating and enlightening sets everyone up for failure.

It's weird: I actually found OUT about the existence of the Principia Discordia from him and fell in love with my own sort of translation of this shit on my own. I really believed he'd appreciate the "total rejection of all bullshit including our own" concept because to him "nothing is true" is sort of an ethic.

The irony is that he's arguing the same point. He just doesn't grasp that:
1. It isn't a mystery to us
And
2. We've already been inundated by "above it" n00bs who came here to teach us a thing or two about a thing or two.

He fails to see "We're *already* done laughing about that" as the fucked-up, sadistic welcome party it is.

Some people get stuck in their own enlightenment. Which, after a while, becomes no kind of enlightenment at all, but a trap instead.

[Doktor Howl]

GooooooooooooooooooooooFUCKyourself!

HIM: "There's nothing new in this philosophy that you're going to teach me. for fucks sakes."

ME: "Aaaaand THAT is where your biggest fucking blindspot is."

--Logs off--

Incoming text < minute later...

HIM: "Yeah, sure, take off and leave. That'll convince me to come back ... You're supposed to challenge me, right? Challenge me, motherfucker!"

*more blathering.* *comparison of peen*

ME: Who the fuck cares which is bigger? Both accomplish the same goal: Funn."

...
...

ME: Confuscious say He who roll rotten, antiquated apple into hall then walk away sees not people kicking wormy apple back his way."
"Aaaand He who not see kicked apple miss out on exciting game of apple-football."

HIM: "I'm not the one who's all butthurt over [it]."

ME: No one's butthurt...it's just a shame you won't join the fun."

HIM: "Then why are you whining at me in the middle of the night for?"

ME: "Was I whining? What a manic-pixie thing for me to do! My apologies!"

HIM: "Manic pixies don't whine. They flitter about, pouring their uselessness all over everything like vomit diarrhea."

ME: "I see..."
"Well, MY useless ass has a job interview with an Ambulance company in the morning. I will molest your important midnight online poker sessions no more with my watery copremesis."
"Toody-loo!"

Find better friends.

[Doktor Howl]

Tip: Don't prosyletize to your friends. Especially not about this place.

If you tell them about it and they're intrigued, they'll ask. Maybe take them postering or something. But telling them it's new and fascinating and enlightening sets everyone up for failure.

It's weird: I actually found OUT about the existence of the Principia Discordia from him and fell in love with my own sort of translation of this shit on my own. I really believed he'd appreciate the "total rejection of all bullshit including our own" concept because to him "nothing is true" is sort of an ethic.

The irony is that he's arguing the same point. He just doesn't grasp that:
1. It isn't a mystery to us
And
2. We've already been inundated by "above it" n00bs who came here to teach us a thing or two about a thing or two.

He fails to see "We're *already* done laughing about that" as the fucked-up, sadistic welcome party it is.

Some people get stuck in their own enlightenment. Which, after a while, becomes no kind of enlightenment at all, but a trap instead.

This is why I refuse to be enlightened, though I'm not above inflicting it on others.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Tip: Don't prosyletize to your friends. Especially not about this place.

If you tell them about it and they're intrigued, they'll ask. Maybe take them postering or something. But telling them it's new and fascinating and enlightening sets everyone up for failure.

It's weird: I actually found OUT about the existence of the Principia Discordia from him and fell in love with my own sort of translation of this shit on my own. I really believed he'd appreciate the "total rejection of all bullshit including our own" concept because to him "nothing is true" is sort of an ethic.

The irony is that he's arguing the same point. He just doesn't grasp that:
1. It isn't a mystery to us
And
2. We've already been inundated by "above it" n00bs who came here to teach us a thing or two about a thing or two.

He fails to see "We're *already* done laughing about that" as the fucked-up, sadistic welcome party it is.

Some people get stuck in their own enlightenment. Which, after a while, becomes no kind of enlightenment at all, but a trap instead.

This is why I refuse to be enlightened, though I'm not above inflicting it on others.

Correct two-wheeled motorized vehicle.

[Triple Zero]

Ho-hum.

What about it? I found it a very interesting site? Even though I may not agree with all of it, or even be familiar with all the sub-genres to decide whether I do or not

Hey but if he's your friend, realize that your friend don't necessarily need to like everything you like. If he's your friend there should be sufficient other common ground.

Also what others said, I never proselytise about this place. I just pass them a link every once in a while if it's something I feel they might appreciate. If they tend to appreciate a lot of the things, I ask them if they wouldn't like consider registering and post something. But then usually the answer is "I don't have time to get involved with an Internet Forum", and that's okay. Then later I might poke them a bit about doing IRL missions with me maybe, but they usually don't wanna either, so that's that, nothing is lost. Except opportunity maybe.

Cool image, did you draw that? What is the circle-face thing? The sun?

Given your other miserable rantings (which are fine, get it off your chest girl!!), I kind of had to think of this painting, made by an old friend:



I liked the imagery so much (darker times for me, too), she painted a new copy* for me and sent it through the mail. It got lost, I received an empty envelope. She told me "no use trying at the post office, it's gone now". I was puzzled. I totally did not understand. A painting got lost! Being who I was 10 years ago, I didn't know how to reply to that and lost contact. But now I think I do. Because it's gone now.



(*actually this image is the new copy. the old one was kind of the same image but worse photo+jpg quality)

[Cainad (dec.)]

Cool image, did you draw that? What is the circle-face thing? The sun?

It's a thingy from one of Shel Silverstein's illustrated books, The Missing Piece.