Shaman Yacatismic
Laughter is Salvation
Pungenday, Discord 25, Year of Our Lady of Discord 3174
You've all heard the arguments before: things are bad, but not that bad, but somehow bad enough; humanity is a bunch of hopeless monkeys; I feel like I'm going crazy cause I'm the only one who gets it; etc; etc. Indeed if one were to listen to such arguments, one would have a very bleak and almost misanthropic world view.
But it doesn't have to be like this.
So what if not everybody gets it, so what if they march like cattle to their own deaths? To keep dwelling on this is to fall into “their” trap. They WANT you to lose hope, they NEED you to lose hope, so they keep you pumped with elitism and hate. Now, I'm not saying the fine people of this place are like that all the time, but to be honest, you have to admit sometimes you get pretty negative.
But why? Here we are, discussing a way of thought that has not only given us hope, but the keys to our own reality. And still we languish. Brothers and sisters, I come before you today to tell you the greatest weapon, the biggest mindfuck, the shiniest apple of discord has been within you this whole time. And do you know what it is?
Laughter.
Thats right. Not only does laughter bring joy to yourself or others you wish, but we can turn it against our foes as well. We've all known that feeling of doing something totally normal to us, and then hearing unexpected laughter from behind. Are they laughing at me? Are they making fun of me? Laughter can make the target question what he is doing or what he believes in far better then any revelation from god. Imagine if you will, if six Discordians stood outside the United States Congress, and as our “esteemed” representatives filed in, they simply pointed and laughed. Oh, the chaos!
By laughing at the horrible, we take all power from it, and refuse to allow it to damage us. Next time your boss asks you to work overtime, simply look him in the face and break out in uncontrollable laughter. Watch him walk away. The shocking, the grotesque, everything loses it's power in the face of laughter. By laughing at ourselves we learn humility, and just how funny the universe nearly is. I'll never forget this one girl I had a huge crush on. After I finally worked up the courage to ask her out, she made it very clear she was not the slightest bit interested. And I laughed. Why?
Next time you encounter a problem, or face difficult times, remove yourself from the situation, and imagine if you had seen the same thing happen, but with cartoon characters. You'd be amazed at how funny losing a wallet and not realizing it till your at a toll booth can be!
Laughter, laughter is the key my brothers and sisters. I dream of the day when we might be able to launch a countrywide Laugh Attack! Just imagine it: Discordians laughing at Nazi rallies, the stock exchange, satanist functions, riots, and every time a politician got on the news, there would be one of our ranks in the audience....laughing his fucking head off!
Seek ye the Hyena, friends! To him speaking and laughter are but the same!
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because you can't laugh when you've been atomized by an H-bomb.
Sure ya can.
But fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK! Whoa everybody WHOA! Now where in the hell did any of you get the idea that I knew everything? Hm? In fact I said everybody was as right as me regardless of what they said. So what happens?
You all prove my point. I get attacked, I get jumped, and why? All of you seem to have such a very odd paradigm, you believe you and your small clique are the end all and be all of Discordianism. You sit at your computers and insulate yourselves with each other.
The pettyness of it all makes me sick! Who in the fuck are you, are any of you to say anything? HA HA! Your all in the same tiny little boat my friends, don't you see? All staring at the cave wall, making conjectures about what we believe we are watching.
However, you sit by and demonize any one who speaks too loudly or speaks differently about the shadows, claiming YOUR right and anyone else is wrong.
Is this what it's become? You speak of bringing Discordianism into the new age, making it modern. Modern indeed, so modern all the evils and worthless shit comes along with it free of charge. Ha ha ha ha ha! I mean, come on, your bitching on the internet! And after I post this, I know your just going to keep bitching and screaming and yelling and whatever you can to make yourself feel that you've won.
So go ahead my esteemed lords of Discordia, please wise and all seeing ones, oh righteous knights of Eris continue your campaign! Feed mine chuckles that I might reach enlightenment!
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