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book burning party looks like something Discordians would do

Started by BabylonHoruv, June 21, 2012, 04:31:49 AM

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#15
June 22, 2012, 05:58:07 PM
Quote from: kingyak on June 22, 2012, 05:42:14 PM
Quote from: Joh'Nyx on June 21, 2012, 11:19:11 PM
Quote from: kingyak on June 21, 2012, 08:45:52 PM
I thought this was great when I first saw it, but something about it bothered me. I think it's the fact that the idea ultimately revolves around getting a bunch of uninformed slacktivist types worked up about an issue they have little or no understanding of (see also Kony). While it might be a good strategy in some specific situations (and I'm really glad they got to keep their library open), this kind of appeal to easily-outraged low-information "activists" is almost like an admission that rational political discourse is a thing of the past. Unfortunately, that might be true.

please to give example of when rational political discourse has existed

Good point. But I'm pretty sure there's a spectrum of irrationality and we're way the fuck on the wrong end of it.

I don't know.

We haven't quite gotten to the point yet where Teh Joos!!121!! are repsonsible for everything wrong in the world.

It's a low standard, sure, but we're beating it (barely).

The Good Reverend Roger

#16
June 22, 2012, 06:02:21 PM
Come to think of it, Kingyak is right.  Discordianism is all about SAVING THE WORLD.

So tell me, Kingyak, what's the plan?
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#17
June 22, 2012, 06:03:17 PM
Maybe I could start a Facebook petition.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

EK WAFFLR

#18
June 22, 2012, 06:06:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 22, 2012, 06:03:17 PM
Maybe I could start a Facebook petition.
C'mon TGRR. That doesn't work. A snappy twitter hashtag is the way to go.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#19
June 22, 2012, 06:09:14 PM
Quote from: Waffles, The Iron on June 22, 2012, 06:06:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 22, 2012, 06:03:17 PM
Maybe I could start a Facebook petition.
C'mon TGRR. That doesn't work. A snappy twitter hashtag is the way to go.

Well, we have to do SOMETHING.  I mean, there's billions of stupid, squabbling primates out there that need to be SAVED FROM THEMSELVES.  Granted, they have a track record of brutally killing anyone who tries, but we MUST, as Discordians, throw ourselves under the clattering treads of The Machine™, because the primates aren't acting rationally.

It says so, right in the Discordian Charter.  Somewhere.  I think.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#20
June 22, 2012, 06:14:57 PM
#wemustdestroythemsotheycanbefree

The Good Reverend Roger

#21
June 22, 2012, 06:15:41 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on June 22, 2012, 06:14:57 PM
#wemustdestroythemsotheycanbefree

Damn straight.  Better start with hipsters like me.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#22
June 22, 2012, 06:17:28 PM
You fuckers ran him off. 

:crankey:

How am I gonna know how to save the primates, now?  I am but a cynacle (sic) hipster.  I cannot do this on my own.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

kingyak

#23
June 22, 2012, 06:19:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 22, 2012, 06:02:21 PM
Come to think of it, Kingyak is right.  Discordianism is all about SAVING THE WORLD.

So tell me, Kingyak, what's the plan?

Sorry, sometimes I post from the standpoint a human being whose forced to live in this world rather than a Discordian. Didn't realize that was problematic.

I'm just of the opinion that there's already plenty of stupid in the world to provide endless entertainment, so encouraging more for no good reason is just overkill.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."-HST

LMNO

#24
June 22, 2012, 06:19:12 PM
ONLY GOOGLE+ CAN SAVE US NOW!

The Good Reverend Roger

#25
June 22, 2012, 06:19:48 PM
Quote from: kingyak on June 22, 2012, 06:19:03 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 22, 2012, 06:02:21 PM
Come to think of it, Kingyak is right.  Discordianism is all about SAVING THE WORLD.

So tell me, Kingyak, what's the plan?

Sorry, sometimes I post from the standpoint a human being whose forced to live in this world rather than a Discordian. Didn't realize that was problematic.

I'm just of the opinion that there's already plenty of stupid in the world to provide endless entertainment, so encouraging more for no good reason is just overkill.

"Too much is always better than not enough."
- Some hipster.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Epimetheus

#26
June 22, 2012, 10:04:41 PM
Is there ever such a thing as not enough stupid?
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The Good Reverend Roger

#27
June 22, 2012, 10:24:50 PM
Quote from: Epimetheus on June 22, 2012, 10:04:41 PM
Is there ever such a thing as not enough stupid?

Depends what your motivations are, I guess.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

East Coast Hustle

#28
June 23, 2012, 01:19:06 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 22, 2012, 01:09:14 AM
Quote from: kingyak on June 21, 2012, 08:45:52 PM
I thought this was great when I first saw it, but something about it bothered me. I think it's the fact that the idea ultimately revolves around getting a bunch of uninformed slacktivist types worked up about an issue they have little or no understanding of (see also Kony). While it might be a good strategy in some specific situations (and I'm really glad they got to keep their library open), this kind of appeal to easily-outraged low-information "activists" is almost like an admission that rational political discourse is a thing of the past. Unfortunately, that might be true.

Um.  Moving backwards:

Obama/McCain
Bush/Kerry
Bush/Gore
Clinton/Dole
Clinton/Bush
Bush/Dukakis
Reagan/Mondale
Reagan/Carter
Carter/Ford
Nixon/McGovern
Nixon/Humphrey
LBJ/Goldwater
JFK/Nixon

I still haven't hit anything rational...

I'd make a case for Eisenhower. Of course, you can see where it got him.
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East Coast Hustle

#29
June 23, 2012, 01:21:11 AM
Quote from: Epimetheus on June 22, 2012, 10:04:41 PM
Is there ever such a thing as not enough stupid?

Is there ever such a thing as too much stupid?

The more stupid there is, there more there is for me to exploit to my advantage. I understand that some people don't see the world as a zero-sum game, and that's OK because it fits in nicely with the previous sentence.
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"
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