We used to be a community

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

We used to be a community

We used to talk about how we felt.  We used to talk about everything.  We used to be able to.

We used to be diverse.  We used to have balance, yin and yang, order and disorder, light and dark, serious and humorous.  Magic and Mundane, Christian, pagan, heathen, Discordian, Erisian, Athiest, neopagan and people who defy description.  

We used to remember that a user name is attached to a person with a name, that pixels on the screen represent a person at a keyboard, we used to laugh and cry with each other, as well as bitching and moaning, kvetching and complaining.  

We used to have fun.  We used to be sillier, we used to be more serious.  It's not a contradiction, you need the silly for the serious and the serious for the silly.

Sometimes we all have to go where the yellow ball goes from here to there, and  the white ball follows or leads, as it waxes and wanes.  Where this mythical real world is.  Where there are jobs or not, family or not, homes, school, vacations, hobbies or not.  Where we speak to people, not with a keyboard, but with our lips, our eyes, the muscles of our face, our hands, the expressiveness of our voice, our hearts, our souls, our genitals, our minds.  

We used to be a group of people instead of a group of factions.  There was this mythical, mystical time I have heard about, where Eris ran freely through the forum, causing mischief without pain, chaos without catastrophy, when words were used to teach, not injure.  A time when people listened to their pineal gland, or at least some part of their brain.  There were heros.  There were villains.  There was also community.  There was a hippy trippy togetherness that was more than hippy or trippy.  People cared about each other.  Or, maybe this is just another myth.

[Z³]

Meh!

Things arent all that bad now. Of course, if things always stayed the same as they were...

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

I wrote it in bits and pieces, so it pretty much has nothing to do with anything that happened recently, but I knew if I didn't post it I would forget about it again  :P  

[Z³]

Hmm, I feel like I want to disagree with you because of this post, but I also feel like I do not want to disagree with you because its too much trouble. Oh well.

THE MOON

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

Is the moon still in the seventh house, or did it move on?

[Verthaine]

We used to be a community

We used to talk about how we felt.  We used to talk about everything.  We used to be able to.

We used to be diverse.  We used to have balance, yin and yang, order and disorder, light and dark, serious and humorous.  Magic and Mundane, Christian, pagan, heathen, Discordian, Erisian, Athiest, neopagan and people who defy description.  

We used to remember that a user name is attached to a person with a name, that pixels on the screen represent a person at a keyboard, we used to laugh and cry with each other, as well as bitching and moaning, kvetching and complaining.  

We used to have fun.  We used to be sillier, we used to be more serious.  It's not a contradiction, you need the silly for the serious and the serious for the silly.

Sometimes we all have to go where the yellow ball goes from here to there, and  the white ball follows or leads, as it waxes and wanes.  Where this mythical real world is.  Where there are jobs or not, family or not, homes, school, vacations, hobbies or not.  Where we speak to people, not with a keyboard, but with our lips, our eyes, the muscles of our face, our hands, the expressiveness of our voice, our hearts, our souls, our genitals, our minds.  

We used to be a group of people instead of a group of factions.  There was this mythical, mystical time I have heard about, where Eris ran freely through the forum, causing mischief without pain, chaos without catastrophy, when words were used to teach, not injure.  A time when people listened to their pineal gland, or at least some part of their brain.  There were heros.  There were villains.  There was also community.  There was a hippy trippy togetherness that was more than hippy or trippy.  People cared about each other.  Or, maybe this is just another myth.

Sorry sweetie.That was all myth.There were times we were almost civil with each other,but the Greyfaced harpies took over this forum long time ago.There was always factions here.There were always those here who seem to only get off when they are putting people down.

There are those of us who still try to teach.But I fear we are in the minority.To many of us here seems to  to think they know everything.And goddess forbid we actually point out a mistake,or disagree with them.Grudges are held more tightly here then a winning Powerball ticket.
Lets not delude ourselves Eldora.We are Children of Chaos,not Moonies.And many of us here are not hippies(no offense,but the only thing I can't stand more then hippies is gutterpunks).PD.com was never a Utopia.Nor should it be.But for me,it is a place I can go to learn things.a oplace i can get a good laugh.A place where people I have never met in person were concerned for my well being during Katrina.

One of the things we try to acheive in the COE is gaining the ability to see how things really are,nd then dealing with it.I we can change it for the better,so be it.If not,oh well.Shit happens.

We are still able to talk about how we feel.what we believe.I do it here all the time.This forum is not for the meek.Chaos has a habit of getting rid of things that cannot adapt.And if a poster can't deal with the assholes on this forum,how the fuck do they think they are going to deal with Eris.

I understand how you feel Eldora,but there is one thing I think noone hear wants,and that is PD.Com becoming just another sappy perky pagan site.You have always shown me nothing but respect and kindness El.And I thank you for that.
This place is truly a furum of Eris.because it has real people(sorry for the pun)acting likme real people.and that is the Way of Eris.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

We used to be a community

We used to talk about how we felt.  We used to talk about everything.  We used to be able to.

We used to be diverse.  We used to have balance, yin and yang, order and disorder, light and dark, serious and humorous.  Magic and Mundane, Christian, pagan, heathen, Discordian, Erisian, Athiest, neopagan and people who defy description.  

We used to remember that a user name is attached to a person with a name, that pixels on the screen represent a person at a keyboard, we used to laugh and cry with each other, as well as bitching and moaning, kvetching and complaining.  

We used to have fun.  We used to be sillier, we used to be more serious.  It's not a contradiction, you need the silly for the serious and the serious for the silly.

Sometimes we all have to go where the yellow ball goes from here to there, and  the white ball follows or leads, as it waxes and wanes.  Where this mythical real world is.  Where there are jobs or not, family or not, homes, school, vacations, hobbies or not.  Where we speak to people, not with a keyboard, but with our lips, our eyes, the muscles of our face, our hands, the expressiveness of our voice, our hearts, our souls, our genitals, our minds.  

We used to be a group of people instead of a group of factions.  There was this mythical, mystical time I have heard about, where Eris ran freely through the forum, causing mischief without pain, chaos without catastrophy, when words were used to teach, not injure.  A time when people listened to their pineal gland, or at least some part of their brain.  There were heros.  There were villains.  There was also community.  There was a hippy trippy togetherness that was more than hippy or trippy.  People cared about each other.  Or, maybe this is just another myth.

I'd crush you but I'm too chill to do anything right now. Maybe tomorrow.

[Zurtok Khan]

Sorry El, but Verthaine is right.

Roger has always been Roger.  Turd has always been Turd.  Hugh has always had a small rodent fetish.

Me?  Who knows.

[LMNO]

We used to be a community

Um... No, we didn't.


And actually, over the past few days we were being pretty creative, coming after the fallow period of the lastest brush fire.  Unfortunately, when you make posts like this, it tends to encourage people to start being assholes again.

So, essentially, whining about the state of the boards does more harm than good.  Nice job.

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

Thanks Verthaine, you were the only one who got it.    It's good to have the sheriff back in town  

[LMNO]

You do realize he was disagreeing with you, right?

I understand how you feel Eldora, but there is one thing I think noone hear wants,and that is PD.Com becoming just another sappy perky pagan site.

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

You do realize he was disagreeing with you, right?

I understand how you feel Eldora, but there is one thing I think noone hear wants,and that is PD.Com becoming just another sappy perky pagan site.

I didn't say I wanted PD.com to become another sappy perky pagan site.

[LMNO]

We used to be a group of people instead of a group of factions. There was this mythical, mystical time I have heard about, where Eris ran freely through the forum, causing mischief without pain, chaos without catastrophy, when words were used to teach, not injure. A time when people listened to their pineal gland, or at least some part of their brain. There were heros. There were villains. There was also community. There was a hippy trippy togetherness that was more than hippy or trippy. People cared about each other.

The above = sappy perky pagan site.

And has never applied to these forums.

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

We used to be a group of people instead of a group of factions. There was this mythical, mystical time I have heard about, where Eris ran freely through the forum, causing mischief without pain, chaos without catastrophy, when words were used to teach, not injure. A time when people listened to their pineal gland, or at least some part of their brain. There were heros. There were villains. There was also community. There was a hippy trippy togetherness that was more than hippy or trippy. People cared about each other.

The above = sappy perky pagan site.

And has never applied to these forums.

I guess you missed the bolded sentence  

[Horab Fibslager]

We used to be a community

Um... No, we didn't.


And actually, over the past few days we were being pretty creative, coming after the fallow period of the lastest brush fire.  Unfortunately, when you make posts like this, it tends to encourage people to start being assholes again.

So, essentially, whining about the state of the boards does more harm than good.  Nice job.

nobody has stopped being assholes. it just may be a matter of the rest of the forum ignoring it. or not.


on the other hand, i' ve never beeen there, but i'm guessing this forumis getting closer to the ideals of such assholery as a life style chocie to get out the furstrations of being middle to upper classed and emotionally sensitive americans in the vein of fc and others. this is how we fight the con. this is how we prove we're a part of the problem.


if you're part of the problem you're part of the solution. now let's break stuff like fred durst.