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More of this sort of action, please.

http://www.trueactivist.com/meet-indias-gulabi-gang-female-activists-for-change/

I think it'd be boring if life had intrinsic meaning. I prefer the choose your own adventure model of self defined purpose.

It seems like people just want a reason to be offended. Nobody gives a shit about INTENT any more. Substance no longer matters, only image.

Unfortunately, this runs headfirst into the signal vs carrier; or rather, "if you're communicating a message, it's up to you to make sure the message gets across correctly."

"But I meant to say" vs "what people heard".


We've had some pretty long discussions about that, here.

This is true, however there are many out there who won't even see a message. All they'll see are words that they find ugly and so regardless of how concise or well thought out the message is, it will be lost on them. Of course in a way that serves as a filtration process to weed out controlling, reactionary douche bags.

If there's one thing I hate more than reactionary fuckbags it's reactionary fuckbags who want to control others. I reject. Proud to be a FAG.

It seems like people just want a reason to be offended. Nobody gives a shit about INTENT any more. Substance no longer matters, only image. As a bisexual man I don't give a fuck what you call me. I'm perfectly capable of distinguishing the difference between speech that is intended to be inflammatory or hateful and that which is not. I would hope that the average thinking person could see the distinction as well. Also, it seems to me that by giving any word that sort of power you're just providing the hateful with more ammunition. I thought the point was to take words that were intended to be hurtful and embrace them to show that there's nothing wrong with how we live, that we are proud to be who we are.

Apparently that's a physical impossibility. Even the most innocuous of statements seems to enrage the locals. I'm really not trying to antagonize anyone. I made one joke, not even a harsh one, and since that point every post that I've commented on has drawn a negative response.

So you've got this friend, right?  Known him for years.  But then there's a serious argument.  Real bad blood.  The friend comes around to state his case, but there's some giggling idiot standing there making light of what you and your erstwhile friend say.

How the fuck did you not expect the result?  Action/reaction.  Jesus H Christ.  How the FUCK did you EXPECT the universe to behave?

Here goes:
Hello fellow sentient beings and others. It's a pleasure to meet all of you. I'm sure that in time we can grow to appreciate one another or perhaps this will all end in a murder/suicide. You can never be too sure about these things. I apologize if my initial entrance into this forum was a bit rocky. I'm really not a bad guy, in my opinion.

Better.

I guess I just didn't realize how personal and heated a debate it was. You see these kind of disagreements on forums all the time. Sorry for the rudeness. It wasn't intentional, more like a faux pas.

You're absolutely right. Trying to shake off the monotony of rhetorical dialogue, obligatory sentiments and micro-transactions in pseudo-emotional investment in order to rekindle some sort of real connection, personal involvement and productive existence outside the social boundaries that we've been brainwashed to believe are normalcy sounds like just what this world needs

Holy fuck, this scans exactly the same as one of LMNO's corporate jargon riffs. Congratulations. You've elevated pseudo-intellectual wankery to an artform 

Hey Thanks!
Now that I see how things operate around here I figure I'd better start blending in by puffing up my ego and acting affronted by everything anyone else has the audacity to post. If only I could get my head a little further up my ass I could actually start to believe that anyone gives a fuck about what is posted on this obscure and dying, probably due to the shitty holier than thou attitudes that seem to prevail, forum. Your opinion means the world to me, choke on it.

Clearly the obvious answer is to continue posting at a forum you loathe.

Hey, like I said, apologies for the rocky entrance.

Alright, I'm here.

I'm already bored by you. Was there ever a time where it was possible for you not to charge in and establish an antagonistic relationship with this board?

Apparently that's a physical impossibility. Even the most innocuous of statements seems to enrage the locals. I'm really not trying to antagonize anyone. I made one joke, not even a harsh one, and since that point every post that I've commented on has drawn a negative response. I suppose this is how folks here filter out the undesirables or whatever. Well I'm not going anywhere simply because we've gotten off on the wrong foot.

Here goes:
Hello fellow sentient beings and others. It's a pleasure to meet all of you. I'm sure that in time we can grow to appreciate one another or perhaps this will all end in a murder/suicide. You can never be too sure about these things. I apologize if my initial entrance into this forum was a bit rocky. I'm really not a bad guy, in my opinion.

Alright, I'm here.

You're ADORABLE.

You too, cupcake.

You're absolutely right. Trying to shake off the monotony of rhetorical dialogue, obligatory sentiments and micro-transactions in pseudo-emotional investment in order to rekindle some sort of real connection, personal involvement and productive existence outside the social boundaries that we've been brainwashed to believe are normalcy sounds like just what this world needs

Holy fuck, this scans exactly the same as one of LMNO's corporate jargon riffs. Congratulations. You've elevated pseudo-intellectual wankery to an artform 

Hey Thanks!
Now that I see how things operate around here I figure I'd better start blending in by puffing up my ego and acting affronted by everything anyone else has the audacity to post. If only I could get my head a little further up my ass I could actually start to believe that anyone gives a fuck about what is posted on this obscure and dying, probably due to the shitty holier than thou attitudes that seem to prevail, forum. Your opinion means the world to me, choke on it.

There's some interesting stuff in Zenarchy and the Zenarchist Cookbook if you haven't looked at those. Both kopyleft, both on scribd.

You're absolutely right. Trying to shake off the monotony of rhetorical dialogue, obligatory sentiments and micro-transactions in pseudo-emotional investment in order to rekindle some sort of real connection, personal involvement and productive existence outside the social boundaries that we've been brainwashed to believe are normalcy sounds like just what this world needs

Any advice on interior designing and trying to exit the "BIP"?

Consult your pineal gland.

It's not pretending it's something it's not, it's creatively highlighting whatever will get people's foot in the door, so that they may eventually shed their former selves, and be more like you

Nobody needs another TGRR.  Especially not me.  Unless you cloned me, in which case I'd never leave the fucking house.  I don't WANT people to be like me, and I hope YOU DON'T, EITHER.

No.  I want people to be themselves.  On someone else's planet.

And if they can't be themselves, then Discordia will be of no use to them, and they'd FUCK IT UP FOR ME, because there'd be RULES and shit all of a sudden, and I wouldn't be able to shit in the poorbox anymore.

Exactly. It isn't about getting anyone to be more like anyone else so much as it is about getting them to realize that they don't have to be like anyone but themselves. When people ask me about Discordianism I emphasize the idea that it's largely about freedom. At least MY discordianism is.