Dear friends,
Months ago I joined this forum along with others on facebook. I'm slightly perplexed. It seems to me that many take discordianism quite seriously. Can someone help me understand exactly why that is?I'm obviously missing the mark.I thought that humor played a great part in the belief.What is it that I'm not getting?
But we're extremely serious about having fun! Just look at Aneristic Illusions! Clearly this isnt your century! :lulz:
Quote from: roy howard on June 18, 2015, 10:52:54 PM
Dear friends,
Months ago I joined this forum along with others on facebook. I'm slightly perplexed. It seems to me that many take discordianism quite seriously. Can someone help me understand exactly why that is?I'm obviously missing the mark.I thought that humor played a great part in the belief.What is it that I'm not getting?
Your humour may not be my humour.
Not all jokes cause detectable laughter.
Not all laughter is out of joy, sometimes one laughs because one wants to scream.
Could you be a bit more specific in your question?
I'm afraid I haven't followed the FB discordian crowds so I don't have the context to make correct assumptions about your thoughts.
Not all jokes are recognizable as jokes by the masses.
Thanks for your replies.
Quote from: roy howard on June 18, 2015, 10:52:54 PM
Dear friends,
Months ago I joined this forum along with others on facebook. I'm slightly perplexed. It seems to me that many take discordianism quite seriously. Can someone help me understand exactly why that is?I'm obviously missing the mark.I thought that humor played a great part in the belief.What is it that I'm not getting?
FB Discordian "humor" is basically racism, misogyny/Gay-bashing, word salad, and yet ANOTHER fucking set of pope cards.
That's YOUR discordianism, and you're fucking welcome to it. Ours is different.
Dunno just figured they were wrong about the hot dog thing so can't see why the joke thing would be any different.
Hold on Doktor Howl.I'm not here to piss you off. Just here looking for a little understanding. Why so serious?
Quote from: roy howard on June 19, 2015, 04:53:49 AM
Hold on Doktor Howl.I'm not here to piss you off. Just here looking for a little understanding. Why so serious?
Serious?
No, just really, really hateful when it comes to FB discordians.
Got it.
It's really tragic how I forget the way levity is not the final testament to gravity.
They say the secret to humour is surprise.
I would love an entirely comedy based discordian group, but facebook discorianism isn't it.
It's repetitious, and iterates through the same material over and over: attempt at shock humour, what is believed to be "ironic" misogyny or racism, the rest is light dada and random.
There are others then who think they are trolling in there, they're not very good either.
Some comedians do it well: Gilbert Gottfried can tell amazingly funny offensive jokes but it takes skill and well executed delivery.
It might seem elitist but its not really, I cant help what I find funny or don't find funny.
I agree, delivery, and moar broadly, timing. The subject can otherwise be, well, indifferent or irrelevant to the point being made. It's funny still how some make the wrong kind of use of that freedom, in the name of what may as well be a funeral pyre,
What you're not getting is that taking something seriously has no bearing at all on finding it funny. The best comedians take their comedy extremely seriously.
Eris is the Goddess of Confusion.
You are confused.
I believe this is what American presidents refer to as "mission accomplished".
Quote from: Cain on June 19, 2015, 09:20:29 AM
Eris is the Goddess of Confusion.
You are confused.
I believe this is what American presidents refer to as "mission accomplished".
Naa... He's too confused for it to be "mission accomplished" on confusing him. Maybe if he was slightly perplexed but had a manual that would explain things, then it might be "mission accomplished". This is more of the "no new confusion" approach.
Quote from: Cain on June 19, 2015, 09:20:29 AM
Eris is the Goddess of Confusion.
You are confused.
I believe this is what American presidents refer to as "mission accomplished".
Naw. No aircraft carrier.
In any case, Eris is the Goddess of strife, really. And while that's funny, after a while the clown car's electric battery explodes and they all burn to death, and the magician's pulling the rabbits out of the hat, but they're dead and the heads come off and frighten the children. The entire cast of Wiggle is broadcasting from hell, and Harry Potter gets expelled in year one of Hogwart's for selling bad crank to Hufflepuff. And Dumbledore's been arrested for setting up a magic picture in the lady's room.
HAW HAW HAW
Sergeant Rock comes home in a wheelchair, Ironman gets arrested by the FAA, and all the other superheroes just turn out to be steroid cases who like to wrassle in the street in spandex. Hunter S Thompson turns out to be an FBI plant. The rollercoaster goes through the concertina wire.
Mind you, I'm just talking about the actual mythology, here.
Thank you for your responses.
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DANCE MONKEY
DANCE YOU GODDAMN
MONKEY
DO THAT THING THAT'S FUNNY
DO I MAKE YOU WANNA LAUGH?
I MAKE YOU WANNA MOVE.
DO DO DO DO DODO!
CASE ONE CARRIES A PAINT GUN
SHE'S UNAFRAID OF WAIVING
WHEN SHE'S GETTING HER FACE DONE
HER FAVORITE RADIO STATION'S A PERMANENT PAID VACATION
BURNING HER FACE IN THE SUN
SHE LOVES REPETITIVE SONGS THAT KEEP PLAYIN
YOU KNOW THE REPETITIVE SONGS THAT KEEP PLAYIN
SHE LEARNED ALL THE WORDS AND
SHE WORKS IT BABY
DANGEROUSLY CATCHY AND
SHE FEELS IT IN HER CERVIX LATELY
CAUSE THE RHYTHM IS A CANCER
SHE'S ON A SECRET DIET
A PRIVATE VIEWING DISEASE FREE TV PILOT
SHE SAW THE FUTURE IN A GROUP STUDY
THEY THREW MONEY IN HER PANTS
DANCE MONKEY
DANCE YOU GODDAMN
MONKEY
DO THAT THING THAT'S FUNNY
DO I MAKE YOU WANNA LAUGH?
I MAKE YOU WANNA MOVE.
DO DO DO DO DODO!
Quote from: NoLeDeMiel on June 20, 2015, 07:11:52 AM
DANCE MONKEY
DANCE YOU GODDAMN
MONKEY
DO THAT THING THAT'S FUNNY
DO I MAKE YOU WANNA LAUGH?
I MAKE YOU WANNA MOVE.
DO DO DO DO DODO!
CASE ONE CARRIES A PAINT GUN
SHE'S UNAFRAID OF WAIVING
WHEN SHE'S GETTING HER FACE DONE
HER FAVORITE RADIO STATION'S A PERMANENT PAID VACATION
BURNING HER FACE IN THE SUN
SHE LOVES REPETITIVE SONGS THAT KEEP PLAYIN
YOU KNOW THE REPETITIVE SONGS THAT KEEP PLAYIN
SHE LEARNED ALL THE WORDS AND
SHE WORKS IT BABY
DANGEROUSLY CATCHY AND
SHE FEELS IT IN HER CERVIX LATELY
CAUSE THE RHYTHM IS A CANCER
SHE'S ON A SECRET DIET
A PRIVATE VIEWING DISEASE FREE TV PILOT
SHE SAW THE FUTURE IN A GROUP STUDY
THEY THREW MONEY IN HER PANTS
DANCE MONKEY
DANCE YOU GODDAMN
MONKEY
DO THAT THING THAT'S FUNNY
DO I MAKE YOU WANNA LAUGH?
I MAKE YOU WANNA MOVE.
DO DO DO DO DODO!
Who are we?
Quote from: Cain on June 19, 2015, 09:20:29 AM
Eris is the Goddess of Confusion.
You are confused.
I believe this is what American presidents refer to as "mission accomplished".
:mittens:
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 19, 2015, 05:12:41 PM
In any case, Eris is the Goddess of strife, really. And while that's funny, after a while the clown car's electric battery explodes and they all burn to death, and the magician's pulling the rabbits out of the hat, but they're dead and the heads come off and frighten the children. The entire cast of Wiggle is broadcasting from hell, and Harry Potter gets expelled in year one of Hogwart's for selling bad crank to Hufflepuff. And Dumbledore's been arrested for setting up a magic picture in the lady's room.
HAW HAW HAW
Sergeant Rock comes home in a wheelchair, Ironman gets arrested by the FAA, and all the other superheroes just turn out to be steroid cases who like to wrassle in the street in spandex. Hunter S Thompson turns out to be an FBI plant. The rollercoaster goes through the concertina wire.
Mind you, I'm just talking about the actual mythology, here.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
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"If you think the PRINCIPIA is just a ha-ha, then go read it again."