I remember, a few weeks after I found Discordianism, I entered a competition on POEE- it was an essay competition, and the prize was a free book. I didn't really expect to win, but, I did! It was pretty amazing, and I remember Syn wrote a set of really amusing notes and doodles in the inside front cover of the book. I still have it, it's one of the few things I own which I'm really proud of. I've not won anything like that since, and it was awesome.
The subject of the essay was- What is Discordianism. Unfortunately, though the book survived, the essay has died along with most of my early writing, and I can't seem to find it on the POEE site any more, so it's probably lost. Which is a little ironic now I think of it; Syn commented at the time that it was a very optimistic piece, and, if I remember right, that I should try and hold on to the optimism.
Since then, though, Discordianism has changed so vastly that I can't really recognize it any longer. I remember that I used to think a lot of the strength of Discordianism lay in its use of religion to convey its message; that Eris made a useful narrative device that one could wrap ideas in, and because of conveying it as 'religious' it was able to penetrate skulls where purely political ideas couldn't.
Now, PD.com- what I always thought of as the more... 'serious' edge of Discordianism- has all but abandoned that particular facet, and is focused on the Black Iron Prison. Which has also evolved pretty radically from what I remember. So, really, what remains of Discordianism? Which bits make it a useful label to keep applying?
Well. Though I'm working from memory. The core of Discordianism, I think, has always been a commitment to questioning. Assumptions are often dragged out and into the open, where they can be fully examined. There is a suspicion of conclusions, and a wariness about drawing causal relationships.
There's also a real, true desire to share this with others. Getting people to Wake Up has been at the heart of many of the efforts I've seen made. It isn't an inexhaustible desire. Sometimes, stupidity wins out (haha, Mysticwicks), but by and large, there's a general feeling that people could benefit from asking a few more questions, and accepting a few less assumptions. Authority is also, often, called into question; after all, the sort of people who question everything rarely get along with any use of power; it is always challenged, if not outright railed against.
So. The packaging has changed a lot, but, for me, that core has remained the same. I used to think of Discordianism as an end goal; something that would be pretty much enduring, and which could be thought of as a good point to stop.
Looking back, I was pretty dumb. Discordianism must change over time; everything must change over time, or it will become irrelevent, because if you don't move forwards, you wind up stuck as a relic of the past. Perhaps it is more like a path, a way of looking at life as it comes. Perhaps the difference between this particular group, the thing which makes it useful, is that to be Discordian is to be actively engaged, rather than have it be a passive lens through which to process things.
So maybe that's what Discordianism is. Maybe I'll write another one of these in a few years time.
For my part the whole "discordian" thing sprang from me reading the original PD one day and thinking "If anyone else 'gets' this book they'll be on my wavelength."
I signed up here and figured out straight away it was a cool bunch of people. As for the ethos or the movement or whatever, that shit has never really mattered a toss to me. Lot of people here want to like further the aims of discordianism or raise it's profile or evangelise or whatever. I'm not really like that but it doesn't make me think any less of the ones who are.
So, basically, 'discordianism', for me is the people here, on this forum - totally fucking awesome!
:cheers:
Discordianism seems to contain one or more of the following concepts:
Absurdity (may or may not be "funny")
Law of Fives
Starbuck's Pebbles
Reality Filters
(An)Eristic Illusions
If a work contains one or more of these elements, there is a very good chance that it could or should be considered "Discordian".
Although humor is not necessarily a prerequisite, it seem hard for someone to grasp the above concepts and not have a sense of humor.
Quote from: LMNO on June 02, 2009, 07:06:32 PM
Discordianism seems to contain one or more of the following concepts:
Absurdity (may or may not be "funny")
Law of Fives
Starbuck's Pebbles
Reality Filters
(An)Eristic Illusions
If a work contains one or more of these elements, there is a very good chance that it could or should be considered "Discordian".
Although humor is not necessarily a prerequisite, it seem hard for someone to grasp the above concepts and not have a sense of humor.
I would shorten it to just that first line: Absurdity (may or may not be "funny")
Law of Fives/Starbucks Pebbles/Reality Filters/(An)Eristic Illusions are all examples of absurdity. We absurd humans who confuse "what we perceive" with "what is"... we confuse confirmation bias with the Law of Fives leading to absurd assumptions; we confuse "Our imposed Order" with Starbucks Pentagon/pentagram/random fuckin rocks leading to absurd conclusions; We see some of reality and make absurd conclusions about ALL of reality.... and some of us are so absurd that we perceive only Order or only Disorder, forgetting that both are simply in our heads.
And by absurd I don't mean Monty Python funnay, I mean "There is no fucking meaning to life, whatever you 'know' is probably wrong, or at least incomplete, all your plans are subject to change and you may die, for no good reason at any moment" kind of absurdism. The funnay is just a cherry on top. RAW's 'optimism' was about the control you can have if you accept/understand the absurdity of it.
Well, sure.
I could also reduce the whole fucking thing to "All is One".
But sometimes you gotta be a bit more... specific, yeah?
Quote from: LMNO on June 02, 2009, 07:34:22 PM
Well, sure.
I could also reduce the whole fucking thing to "All is One".
But sometimes you gotta be a bit more... specific, yeah?
Well, I was trying to pare it down to 'basic' and for me all of those appear to boil down to Absurd. I'd almost say that Discordianism ~= Grokking the Absurdity of it all ;-)
But hey, specify as much as you like, it's your Discordia ;-)
Must admit I'd have put absurdism pretty low down the list of things I got from the PD
reality tunnels, projection and how obviously stoopid the concept of religion is would have been listed way before we got to absurdism
Yeah. Absurdism has a place, but I wouldn't say it is something I immediately think of when I think 'Discordianism'. Especially not now; I might have done a few years back.
Rereading it, the OP can come off as a bit... preachy, too. I certainly didn't mean for it to come off that way...
There's a lot to be said for:
Quote from: P3nT4gR4mSo, basically, 'discordianism', for me is the people here, on this forum - totally fucking awesome!
... because I think that the personalities here make up a lot of the continued appeal. I sort of missed that aspect completely. :oops:
for me discordianism is looking at the world with non-judgemental eyes, or at least trying to, and so more clearly seeing the merits and failings of other people and their ideas, that is, other reality grids. At the same time (possibly derived from that...) it is saying "Fuck You, I'll Go my Own Way" to all the pompous preachers in the world.
but thats jsut my take
x
EDIT: i didnt mean preachers in a purely religious sense there, just to clarify
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on June 02, 2009, 08:21:18 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4mSo, basically, 'discordianism', for me is the people here, on this forum - totally fucking awesome!
... because I think that the personalities here make up a lot of the continued appeal. I sort of missed that aspect completely. :oops:
It's always been a question of 'enlightenment' (for want of a better word) for me. PD was a flag in the sand. Most people I encounter, be it IRL or on the net, haven't had that 'eureka' moment. Gets lonely sometimes. The complete opposite is true of this forum and it's nice to be in touch with fellow primates who are generally above petty somnambulist obsessions of the majority of this race to which I increasingly feel I don't belong. I'm sure I've said this before but I get more out of the very limited interactions I have with people here than I do with most of the muppets I meet in the street.
Also it's a bit of a support network. Progress is spiral, as the saying goes. Anytime I start sinking back into the ignorance of greyface someone here is guaranteed to call me on it and snap me back out of it. The machine is like quicksand and the more people you have to throw you a rope when you get caught up in it the better off you are.
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on June 02, 2009, 08:11:55 PM
Must admit I'd have put absurdism pretty low down the list of things I got from the PD
reality tunnels, projection and how obviously stoopid the concept of religion is would have been listed way before we got to absurdism
I initially thought that as well, because my exposure to 'absurd' was the Marx Bros/Stooges/etc sort... but after reading Kierkegaard and Camus... I think that Mal/Omar et all were pushing the absurdest view.. that is:
The meaning that exists in the Universe, is the meaning you make up.
Reality tunnels, projection etc seem to me an examination of HOW we make up Meaning to our life... Order and Disorder might be seen as the human brain railing against the Absurdity of reality... struggling to find a 'meaning' to life struggling to find the REAL PATTERN in the Chaos. So, if I'm trying to find the Zen of Discordia, the single thread that ties all Discordian concepts together, the Uncarved block of wood, before a POEE POPE or a PDer or a ELF agent carves it into their own bust of Discordia... that most basic concept seems to be philosophical absurdism. It doesn't have to be funny, it doesn't have to be whacky, it doesn't really have to touch on "My perception is different from your perception".
The painting of Moses, with the two tablets and the One Commandment "Think For Yourself, Schmucks!" seems to hit directly upon the idea of 'make your own meaning in life, cause that's all there is'. Hypoc's Bitter Tea, The Enlightened Shithead, The Polyfather's Aspirin commercial all seem to point directly to "No Meaning to Life, except what you make up". Granted, this idea has been wandering about in my head since I read Camus last year, and I don't think I've actually argued it much... but apparently this is the day where I throw it out for you all to destroy ;-)
10. The Earth quakes and the heavens rattle;
the beasts of nature flock together and the
nations of men flock apart; volcanoes usher up
heat while elsewhere water becomes ice and
melts; and then on other days it just rains.
11. Indeed do many things come to pass.
HBT; The Book of Predictions, Chap. 19
Mine brain has meditated on the spinning of The Chao;
It is hovering o'er the table where the Chiefs of Staff are now
Gathered in discussion of the dropping of The Bomb;
Her Apple Corps is strong!
14. Wipe thine ass with what is written
and grin like a ninny at what is Spoken. Take
thine refuge with thine wine in the Nothing
behind Everything, as you hurry along the Path.
THE PURPLE SAGE
HBT; The Book of Predictions, Chap. 19
All of those, I think, are statements that fit with Camus and Kierkegaard's 'absurd' philosophy. (Unless of course, I'm just pattern matching and there is no meaning in Discordianism, except for the meaning I put there...) OhFUK :fnord:
EDIT: Before I forget, please note that ALL of this is my opinion. However, as I'm trying to extract myself from epriming and somesening everything to death... it may come across as a bit more than just opinion and you may wish to complain.... Please register such complaints with the official site semanticist.
"If you think the PRINCIPIA is just a ha-ha, then go read it again."
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on June 02, 2009, 08:45:16 PM
Quote from: Demolition_Squid on June 02, 2009, 08:21:18 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4mSo, basically, 'discordianism', for me is the people here, on this forum - totally fucking awesome!
... because I think that the personalities here make up a lot of the continued appeal. I sort of missed that aspect completely. :oops:
It's always been a question of 'enlightenment' (for want of a better word) for me. PD was a flag in the sand. Most people I encounter, be it IRL or on the net, haven't had that 'eureka' moment. Gets lonely sometimes. The complete opposite is true of this forum and it's nice to be in touch with fellow primates who are generally above petty somnambulist obsessions of the majority of this race to which I increasingly feel I don't belong. I'm sure I've said this before but I get more out of the very limited interactions I have with people here than I do with most of the muppets I meet in the street.
Also it's a bit of a support network. Progress is spiral, as the saying goes. Anytime I start sinking back into the ignorance of greyface someone here is guaranteed to call me on it and snap me back out of it. The machine is like quicksand and the more people you have to throw you a rope when you get caught up in it the better off you are.
An excellent point, P3Nt... For me, I've found this seems true at this site and among 'other' Discordians as well. Hell, once I was even smacked back to my senses by.... Rev. Uncle BadTouch :eek:
LOL
It will be interesting to see, long term, though... if this continues. While we seem to have very good antibodies here against, at least, some forms of Greyfaced infections, memetic viruses and Semantically Transmitted Diseases, will it last? Will PDers continue to evolve, dynamically acting as antibodies for new attacks on our nonSenses, or will we become a closed system, wiped out when an unsuspecting memebug gets us all?
Quote from: Nigel on June 02, 2009, 09:42:28 PM
"If you think the PRINCIPIA is just a ha-ha, then go read it again."
So many people just read right over that...
What book was it anyways?
WTF?
A thread about what Discordianism "is" without people getting snippy and whining "UR DOING IT WRONG!"? This is a thing unheard of!
Quote from: Cainad on June 03, 2009, 03:14:24 AM
people getting snippy and whining "UR DOING IT WRONG!"?
This is what Discordia is.
Is there anything about pranks in the PD?
Even if there isn't, pranks are for me a real important part of discordia. I googled "RIP LOLCAT" last week, got 15k hits and was like HELL YEAH
Even if Improv Everywhere or the Yes Men sometimes pwn the fuck out of little old us, I love the idea of just pranking for pranking for the hell of a religion of it.
And all the philosophy thinking stuff .. well I didnt exactly come looking for it, cause I thought I had it elsewhere as well, but this place showed me how to do it without navel staring, or getting all atheist fundie, or mystic, or magical, etc etc--which I didnt know I had been missing.
To me it boils down to the idea that those armed with themselves have the best shot at surviving in this world. I of course don't mean, literally, surviving. In fact, I think those armed with themselves would tend to be more apt to have a sense of humor still intact as well.
And the bits about reality grids speak to that idea. Nonsense as Salvation, the Sermon on Ethics and Love, Starbucks Pebbles.
It's about raising awareness of your awareness (or lack thereof). And yes, absurdity and the holistic nonsense are one of those tools. They are the crowbars that pry open the box you are in, to let a little sunshine in to illuminate those corners of your cell you may have been missing or ignoring.
It then becomes all too obvious. How can one seriously think they have any control over where they are going when they don't know that they are letting someone else drive the bus?
I like where this thread is going.
I'd like to add to the rest of these great ideas the archetype of the holy clown, the satire saint, sort of an avatar of absurdity that cuts through illusion with humor. The holy clown isn't discussed in the Principia but I think its the ultimate practical output of all the messages of Discordia overall.
Quote from: Kai on June 04, 2009, 10:13:15 PM
I like where this thread is going.
I'd like to add to the rest of these great ideas the archetype of the holy clown, the satire saint, sort of an avatar of absurdity that cuts through illusion with humor. The holy clown isn't discussed in the Principia but I think its the ultimate practical output of all the messages of Discordia overall.
Excellent Point
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on June 03, 2009, 02:13:23 PM
And yes, absurdity and the holistic nonsense are one of those tools. They are the crowbars that pry open the box you are in, to let a little sunshine in to illuminate those corners of your cell you may have been missing or ignoring.
Absolutely. But then you're out of the box. Why keep wielding the crowbar?
Quote from: Arafelis on June 06, 2009, 06:04:33 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on June 03, 2009, 02:13:23 PM
And yes, absurdity and the holistic nonsense are one of those tools. They are the crowbars that pry open the box you are in, to let a little sunshine in to illuminate those corners of your cell you may have been missing or ignoring.
Absolutely. But then you're out of the box. Why keep wielding the crowbar?
Why throw it away?
People are far more likely to leave one box and enter another than they are to leave boxes completely.
To follow your metaphor, to throw away the crowbar after breaking out of the box is to suggest that "I know everything I need to know now; there is nothing constricting my thoughts or actions that I am not in complete control of," which sounds like just the sort of arrogant statement that gets Eris's attention and makes her do weird and uncomfortable things to you.
Quote from: Cainad on June 06, 2009, 03:25:01 PM
Quote from: Arafelis on June 06, 2009, 06:04:33 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on June 03, 2009, 02:13:23 PM
And yes, absurdity and the holistic nonsense are one of those tools. They are the crowbars that pry open the box you are in, to let a little sunshine in to illuminate those corners of your cell you may have been missing or ignoring.
Absolutely. But then you're out of the box. Why keep wielding the crowbar?
Why throw it away?
People are far more likely to leave one box and enter another than they are to leave boxes completely.
To follow your metaphor, to throw away the crowbar after breaking out of the box is to suggest that "I know everything I need to know now; there is nothing constricting my thoughts or actions that I am not in complete control of," which sounds like just the sort of arrogant statement that gets Eris's attention and makes her do weird and uncomfortable things to you.
:potd:
:thanks:
Cainad,
stretching metaphors until they scream
Quote from: Arafelis on June 06, 2009, 06:04:33 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on June 03, 2009, 02:13:23 PM
And yes, absurdity and the holistic nonsense are one of those tools. They are the crowbars that pry open the box you are in, to let a little sunshine in to illuminate those corners of your cell you may have been missing or ignoring.
Absolutely. But then you're out of the box.
are you for serious?? :lol:
For me its not the wrapping, or even what is in the package that matters...
its the people opening the package that matters to me
No, the most important thing is to obtain the receipt the moment after you opened the package, so that you can exchange the present later on for a more suitable gift of similar value.
Or it's the thought that counts.
Or maybe it's not about winning the game, but about seeing what happens if you change the rules just like this
JESUS CHRIST, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE CROWBAR, YOU IDIOT! WHAT THE FUCK ELSE WILL YOU DEFEND YOURSELF WITH??!??
HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT'S OUTSIDE THE BOX? HOLY FUCK!!! YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE OUT THERE WITHOUT A WEAPON!!!!
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7052/1218737914hititcrowbar.jpg) (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1218737914hititcrowbar.jpg)
Quote from: Cainad on June 03, 2009, 03:14:24 AM
WTF?
A thread about what Discordianism "is" without people getting snippy and whining "UR DOING IT WRONG!"? This is a thing unheard of!
Well it was...until you posted that.
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5991/bips.jpg)
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
:potd:
Zip, that is AWESOME! :mittens:
Arifella, cut it out. You and I both know there is no box; so, who the fuck needs a crowbar?
Quote from: Arafelis on June 06, 2009, 06:04:33 AM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on June 03, 2009, 02:13:23 PM
And yes, absurdity and the holistic nonsense are one of those tools. They are the crowbars that pry open the box you are in, to let a little sunshine in to illuminate those corners of your cell you may have been missing or ignoring.
Absolutely. But then you're out of the box. Why keep wielding the crowbar?
You probably believe that little fairy tale about how lighting never strikes the same place twice, am I right?
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris The Goddess of Choas, and I would like to known what discordianism is from a discordians point of view. I would prefer everything to be detailed and a couple examples used, thank you :)
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris the Goddess of Chaos and would like to know: what is discordianism, how it started, how it has an effect on todays society and what is the best thing about being a discordianism. Thank you
This will not end well.
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 01:47:12 AM
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris The Goddess of Choas, and I would like to known what discordianism is from a discordians point of view. I would prefer everything to be detailed and a couple examples used, thank you :)
It's all the cute word games and surrealism gone horribly wrong. It's an entire dark age, just because someone didn't get invited to a party. Even though it's still better than "not enough", it's still
too much. It's giving up all your comfortable illusions, to realize that it isn't just a case of the piles, it's Nigel's dick up your ass. There are an infinite number of Nigels, of course, so there's enough of her dick for everyone. An infinite number of times.
It's the guy who designed the first run of the Ford Pinto. It's the guy who laquered the Hindenberg. It's some dumbfuck kicking in the door and asking us to do his homework for him. It's Richter clinging to the window and licking his eyeballs. It's knowing just how fucked everything is, and
not caring.
It's "Queen Gogira", aka "Jimmy Walnuts" smashing your testicles with a hammer because your cable bill is late again. It's Squiddy dancing around in your skin. It's Stella kicking you in the face and taking your lunch money. Again. It's Cain vomiting rum out of that big fucking ferris wheel they have in London.
It's Smilin' George Bush, saying that if you're not fer us, yer agin us. It's America watching that
with a straight face. It's Obama smiling while HE fucks you the same way GEORGE did.
If you came here looking for silly-ass hippie shit, you're in the wrong place. That's the Facebook Discordians. We're the fuckers who tell jokes about shit decent people won't even
bring up.
Now, fuck off.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 06, 2014, 03:05:44 AM
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 01:47:12 AM
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris The Goddess of Choas, and I would like to known what discordianism is from a discordians point of view. I would prefer everything to be detailed and a couple examples used, thank you :)
It's all the cute word games and surrealism gone horribly wrong. It's an entire dark age, just because someone didn't get invited to a party. Even though it's still better than "not enough", it's still too much. It's giving up all your comfortable illusions, to realize that it isn't just a case of the piles, it's Nigel's dick up your ass. There are an infinite number of Nigels, of course, so there's enough of her dick for everyone. An infinite number of times.
It's the guy who designed the first run of the Ford Pinto. It's the guy who laquered the Hindenberg. It's some dumbfuck kicking in the door and asking us to do his homework for him. It's Richter clinging to the window and licking his eyeballs. It's knowing just how fucked everything is, and not caring.
It's "Queen Gogira", aka "Jimmy Walnuts" smashing your testicles with a hammer because your cable bill is late again. It's Squiddy dancing around in your skin. It's Stella kicking you in the face and taking your lunch money. Again. It's Cain vomiting rum out of that big fucking ferris wheel they have in London.
It's Smilin' George Bush, saying that if you're not fer us, yer agin us. It's America watching that with a straight face. It's Obama smiling while HE fucks you the same way GEORGE did.
If you came here looking for silly-ass hippie shit, you're in the wrong place. That's the Facebook Discordians. We're the fuckers who tell jokes about shit decent people won't even bring up.
Now, fuck off.
It's all this, and MORE!
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 01:51:48 AM
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris the Goddess of Chaos and would like to know: what is discordianism, how it started, how it has an effect on todays society and what is the best thing about being a discordianism. Thank you
The NSW Department of Education and Communities sets assignments on Discordians now, does it?
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2014, 07:06:03 AM
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 01:51:48 AM
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris the Goddess of Chaos and would like to know: what is discordianism, how it started, how it has an effect on todays society and what is the best thing about being a discordianism. Thank you
The NSW Department of Education and Communities sets assignments on Discordians now, does it?
How nice to know we've had such an impact!
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 01:51:48 AM
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris the Goddess of Chaos and would like to know: what is discordianism, how it started, how it has an effect on todays society and what is the best thing about being a discordianism. Thank you
So you're asking others to essentially write this for you.
This isn't a problem, I have rates for this. What's the billing address?
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A DISCORDIANISM
Quote from: All-Father Nigel on May 06, 2014, 07:11:48 AM
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2014, 07:06:03 AM
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 01:51:48 AM
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris the Goddess of Chaos and would like to know: what is discordianism, how it started, how it has an effect on todays society and what is the best thing about being a discordianism. Thank you
The NSW Department of Education and Communities sets assignments on Discordians now, does it?
How nice to know we've had such an impact!
And since this is at least the second member* of the aforementioned NSW Department of Education and Communities to sign up to PD in the last month, I think we at least deserve an answer.
I do hope there is a good reason for Australian government employees to be posing as interested members on this here website. Otherwise, I might have to put in a complaint with the NSW Ombudsman.
*Unless they used a different computer for the first sign up. Very possible, as it was a government email, but a home computer. By contrast, the above member used a gmail address, but was posting from a state government IP address.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2014, 02:33:24 PM
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A DISCORDIANISM
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
Of course.
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2014, 02:33:24 PM
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A DISCORDIANISM
Being talked around?
Quote from: All-Father Nigel on May 06, 2014, 06:57:16 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 06, 2014, 03:05:44 AM
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 01:47:12 AM
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris The Goddess of Choas, and I would like to known what discordianism is from a discordians point of view. I would prefer everything to be detailed and a couple examples used, thank you :)
It's all the cute word games and surrealism gone horribly wrong. It's an entire dark age, just because someone didn't get invited to a party. Even though it's still better than "not enough", it's still too much. It's giving up all your comfortable illusions, to realize that it isn't just a case of the piles, it's Nigel's dick up your ass. There are an infinite number of Nigels, of course, so there's enough of her dick for everyone. An infinite number of times.
It's the guy who designed the first run of the Ford Pinto. It's the guy who laquered the Hindenberg. It's some dumbfuck kicking in the door and asking us to do his homework for him. It's Richter clinging to the window and licking his eyeballs. It's knowing just how fucked everything is, and not caring.
It's "Queen Gogira", aka "Jimmy Walnuts" smashing your testicles with a hammer because your cable bill is late again. It's Squiddy dancing around in your skin. It's Stella kicking you in the face and taking your lunch money. Again. It's Cain vomiting rum out of that big fucking ferris wheel they have in London.
It's Smilin' George Bush, saying that if you're not fer us, yer agin us. It's America watching that with a straight face. It's Obama smiling while HE fucks you the same way GEORGE did.
If you came here looking for silly-ass hippie shit, you're in the wrong place. That's the Facebook Discordians. We're the fuckers who tell jokes about shit decent people won't even bring up.
Now, fuck off.
It's all this, and MORE!
Yeah, but nobody else even looked, and jackass won't be back to read this anyway. :lulz:
I did. I'm just a bit preoccupied with why an Australian state department is apparently infiltrating this site to comment.
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2014, 03:11:48 PM
I did. I'm just a bit preoccupied with why an Australian state department is apparently infiltrating this site to comment.
They're after Paes. Can you blame them?
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2014, 03:11:48 PM
I did. I'm just a bit preoccupied with why an Australian state department is apparently infiltrating this site to comment.
Probably the Day of Discord 23rd events:
May 23 (5.23) is DAY OF DISCORD.
Quote
I'm hoping to be able to publicize some Day of Discord Events around the world. If you're happy to host an event, or just want to put out feelers for how many people in your area would be interested, contact Discordian Events.
https://www.facebook.com/DiscordianEvents or http://www.chasingeris.com/events.html
CURRENT DoD EVENTS
CAIRNS QLD: https://www.facebook.com/events/600539790014369/?ref=ts&fref=ts
AUS: QLD: Brisbane: https://www.facebook.com/events/310369572448606/?ref=ts&fref=ts
AUSTIN TX: https://www.facebook.com/events/747002871990878/
Attention: Australian state department, if you are thinking Project mayhem from Fight Club, you will be very underwhelmed, on the threat level this rates at somewhere between a Rod Stewart concert and a comic convention
True. Filthy representative of the sheep-shagging idolators to the south that he is. But still, that's a job for ASIS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Secret_Intelligence_Service). They know how to do these black-bag-over-the-head-and-bundle-them-into-a-plane jobs.
Quote from: Faust on May 06, 2014, 03:24:44 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2014, 03:11:48 PM
I did. I'm just a bit preoccupied with why an Australian state department is apparently infiltrating this site to comment.
Probably the Day of Discord 23rd events:
May 23 (5.23) is DAY OF DISCORD.
Quote
I'm hoping to be able to publicize some Day of Discord Events around the world. If you're happy to host an event, or just want to put out feelers for how many people in your area would be interested, contact Discordian Events.
https://www.facebook.com/DiscordianEvents or http://www.chasingeris.com/events.html
CURRENT DoD EVENTS
CAIRNS QLD: https://www.facebook.com/events/600539790014369/?ref=ts&fref=ts
AUS: QLD: Brisbane: https://www.facebook.com/events/310369572448606/?ref=ts&fref=ts
AUSTIN TX: https://www.facebook.com/events/747002871990878/
Attention: Australian state department, if you are thinking Project mayhem from Fight Club, you will be very underwhelmed, on the threat level this rates at somewhere between a Rod Stewart concert and a comic convention
Note - Rod Stewart probably qualifies as a biological weapon nowadays so this could be a relatively wider range than you anticipated.
Quote from: Faust on May 06, 2014, 03:24:44 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2014, 03:11:48 PM
I did. I'm just a bit preoccupied with why an Australian state department is apparently infiltrating this site to comment.
Probably the Day of Discord 23rd events:
May 23 (5.23) is DAY OF DISCORD.
Quote
I'm hoping to be able to publicize some Day of Discord Events around the world. If you're happy to host an event, or just want to put out feelers for how many people in your area would be interested, contact Discordian Events.
https://www.facebook.com/DiscordianEvents or http://www.chasingeris.com/events.html
CURRENT DoD EVENTS
CAIRNS QLD: https://www.facebook.com/events/600539790014369/?ref=ts&fref=ts
AUS: QLD: Brisbane: https://www.facebook.com/events/310369572448606/?ref=ts&fref=ts
AUSTIN TX: https://www.facebook.com/events/747002871990878/
Attention: Australian state department, if you are thinking Project mayhem from Fight Club, you will be very underwhelmed, on the threat level this rates at somewhere between a Rod Stewart concert and a comic convention
Maybe, but neither of those cities are in New South Wales. I mean, you may still be on the right track, but I would expect a Queensland state department to be doing something if that were the case.
Hrm, that's true, unless they are tracking someone. Who do we know in NSW? I'm hoping Lysergic
Quote from: Faust on May 06, 2014, 03:24:44 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 06, 2014, 03:11:48 PM
I did. I'm just a bit preoccupied with why an Australian state department is apparently infiltrating this site to comment.
Probably the Day of Discord 23rd events:
May 23 (5.23) is DAY OF DISCORD.
Quote
I'm hoping to be able to publicize some Day of Discord Events around the world. If you're happy to host an event, or just want to put out feelers for how many people in your area would be interested, contact Discordian Events.
https://www.facebook.com/DiscordianEvents or http://www.chasingeris.com/events.html
CURRENT DoD EVENTS
CAIRNS QLD: https://www.facebook.com/events/600539790014369/?ref=ts&fref=ts
AUS: QLD: Brisbane: https://www.facebook.com/events/310369572448606/?ref=ts&fref=ts
AUSTIN TX: https://www.facebook.com/events/747002871990878/
Attention: Australian state department, if you are thinking Project mayhem from Fight Club, you will be very underwhelmed, on the threat level this rates at somewhere between a Rod Stewart concert and a comic convention
:lulz:
You know, there's some rantworthiness lurking there, but why bother?
Quote from: Triple Zero on June 06, 2009, 11:22:19 PM
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5991/bips.jpg)
:lulz:
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2014, 02:33:24 PM
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A DISCORDIANISM
cLOCK IS Wronghttp://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=34391.30 {not
8TT2967 5/6 disconnect| search for chemistry # J.C. :fnord: (http://www.pacificu.edu/as/chemistry/faculty/currie.cfm) D.A. :fnord: (http://www.pdx.edu/chem/advising-0)
{never mind | today NHK was doing knife fight promo & saying "TRACKING"
not StALK'/\/ | go fingers >
11:35:34 am pDt
Quote from: hirley0 on May 06, 2014, 06:24:23 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2014, 02:33:24 PM
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A DISCORDIANISM
cLOCK IS Wrong
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=34391.30 {not
8TT2967 5/6 disconnect| search for chemistry # J.C. :fnord: (http://www.pacificu.edu/as/chemistry/faculty/currie.cfm) D.A. :fnord: (http://www.pdx.edu/chem/advising-0)
{never mind | today NHK was doing knife fight promo & saying "TRACKING"
not StALK'/\/ | go fingers >
11:35:34 am pDt
Hirley0 makes this place go BOOM. :lulz:
Go fingers!
Obviously people have miss understood me. My assignment is to do a report on an Ancient goddess/ god, event or place. I have chosen Eris and as a furthur investigation I wanted to know from a DISCORDIANS point of view on how they view her and the impact the religion has had on them! I have already researched about the religion and the goddess, but I want to know it from your perspective. That's it
Obviously people have miss understood me. My assignment is to do a report on an Ancient goddess/ god, event or place. I have chosen Eris and as a furthur investigation I wanted to know from a DISCORDIANS point of view on how they view her and the impact the religion has had on them! I have already researched about the religion and the goddess, but I want to know it from your perspective. That's it
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 11:25:56 PM
Obviously people have miss understood me. My assignment is to do a report on an Ancient goddess/ god, event or place. I have chosen Eris and as a furthur investigation I wanted to know from a DISCORDIANS point of view on how they view her and the impact the religion has had on them! I have already researched about the religion and the goddess, but I want to know it from your perspective. That's it
I just told you.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 06, 2014, 03:05:44 AM
Quote from: purplejellybeansarecool12 on May 06, 2014, 01:47:12 AM
I'm doing an assignment based on Eris The Goddess of Choas, and I would like to known what discordianism is from a discordians point of view. I would prefer everything to be detailed and a couple examples used, thank you :)
It's all the cute word games and surrealism gone horribly wrong. It's an entire dark age, just because someone didn't get invited to a party. Even though it's still better than "not enough", it's still too much. It's giving up all your comfortable illusions, to realize that it isn't just a case of the piles, it's Nigel's dick up your ass. There are an infinite number of Nigels, of course, so there's enough of her dick for everyone. An infinite number of times.
It's the guy who designed the first run of the Ford Pinto. It's the guy who laquered the Hindenberg. It's some dumbfuck kicking in the door and asking us to do his homework for him. It's Richter clinging to the window and licking his eyeballs. It's knowing just how fucked everything is, and not caring.
It's "Queen Gogira", aka "Jimmy Walnuts" smashing your testicles with a hammer because your cable bill is late again. It's Squiddy dancing around in your skin. It's Stella kicking you in the face and taking your lunch money. Again. It's Cain vomiting rum out of that big fucking ferris wheel they have in London.
It's Smilin' George Bush, saying that if you're not fer us, yer agin us. It's America watching that with a straight face. It's Obama smiling while HE fucks you the same way GEORGE did.
If you came here looking for silly-ass hippie shit, you're in the wrong place. That's the Facebook Discordians. We're the fuckers who tell jokes about shit decent people won't even bring up.
Now, fuck off.
It's the shingles in TGRR's eye.
It's Richter, sharpening a snuggie.
It's the propensity of liberal cities to be quietly racist.
It's Muscle Shoals in 1967.
It's P3nt, glassin' you for the fun of it.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on May 07, 2014, 12:21:59 PM
It's the shingles in TGRR's eye.
It's Richter, sharpening a snuggie.
It's the propensity of liberal cities to be quietly racist.
It's Muscle Shoals in 1967.
It's P3nt, glassin' you for the fun of it.
That's got nothing to do with discordianism, that's just good old fashioned scottish hospitality :argh!:
Sorry, we consider it sinful to give you a straight answer.
Oh shit, there I go again
*proceeds to flagellate self*
:lmnuendo:
Quote from: Cramulus on May 07, 2014, 03:12:57 PM
Sorry, we consider it sinful to give you a straight answer.
Oh shit, there I go again
*proceeds to flagellate self*
I gave a straight answer. :argh!:
*shrugs*
*proceeds to flagellate roger*
3185T 5/14<11 3192 3193moving on >
3203 :fnord: (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=28631.msg1342794#msg1342794)
T3182 p5#72 5/13<10 ordianism? Take T dead in the WATER v
T3175 5/12<8 to much to TRACK | My D'Rail 0poloGy
T3167 5/11<8
11> http://hub1938.webs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/12858375-2014058TT 5/10<7 9>http://www.pacificu.edu/as/chemistry/index.cfm
8TT 5/9<7 8> [___] WHAT2frame: V
8TT 5/8<7 Lookii its a 3x4Mat #### #### #### interwoven / but sparce = Lot of nothing BLANK [___]5/7 NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON HERE out of con^read up^{probably
Quote from: hirley0 on May 06, 2014, 06:24:23 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2014, 02:33:24 PM
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A DISCORDIANISM
cLOCK IS Wrong
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=34391.30 {not
8TT2967 5/6 disconnect| search for chemistry # J.C. :fnord: (http://www.pacificu.edu/as/chemistry/faculty/currie.cfm) D.A. :fnord: (http://www.pdx.edu/chem/advising-0)
{never mind | today NHK was doing knife fight promo & saying "TRACKING"
not StALK'/\/ | go fingers >
11:35:34 am pDt
? 10:58 am 5/7
8TT 5/7<7. NO DOUBT HERE Police State in effect \ eta of Maids For Prime Time TV 8:11PM pDt
Quote from: Cramulus on May 07, 2014, 05:46:16 PM
*shrugs*
*proceeds to flagellate roger*
WOOP WOOP.
Send me an invoice.
oh shit, I really want to talk about this, but I fear I'll go into a rant trance.
Quote from: hirley0 on May 07, 2014, 05:56:42 PM
3185T 5/14<11 3192 3193moving on >3203 :fnord: (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=28631.msg1342794#msg1342794)
T3182 p5#72 5/13<10 ordianism? Take T dead in the WATER v
T3175 5/12<8 to much to TRACK | My D'Rail 0poloGy
T3167 5/11<8 11> http://hub1938.webs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/12858375-201405
8TT 5/10<7 9>http://www.pacificu.edu/as/chemistry/index.cfm
8TT 5/9<7 8> [___] WHAT2frame: V
8TT 5/8<7 Lookii its a 3x4Mat #### #### #### interwoven / but sparce = Lot of nothing BLANK [___]
5/7 NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON HERE out of con^read up^{probably
Quote from: hirley0 on May 06, 2014, 06:24:23 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2014, 02:33:24 PM
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A DISCORDIANISM
cLOCK IS Wrong
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=34391.30 {not
8TT2967 5/6 disconnect| search for chemistry # J.C. :fnord: (http://www.pacificu.edu/as/chemistry/faculty/currie.cfm) D.A. :fnord: (http://www.pdx.edu/chem/advising-0)
{never mind | today NHK was doing knife fight promo & saying "TRACKING"
not StALK'/\/ | go fingers >
11:35:34 am pDt
? 10:58 am 5/7
8TT 5/7<7. NO DOUBT HERE Police State in effect \ eta of Maids For Prime Time TV 8:11PM pDt
I think this pretty well sums it up.
I hear what he's saying:
In 1884, meridian time personnel met in Washington to change Earth time. First words said was that only 1 day could be used on Earth to not change the 1 day bible. So they applied the 1 day and ignored the other 3 days. The bible time was wrong then and it proved wrong today. This a major lie has so much evil feed from it's wrong.
No man on Earth has no belly-button, it proves every believer on Earth a liar. Children will be blessed for Killing Of Educated Adults Who Ignore 4 Simultaneous Days Same Earth Rotation. Practicing Evil ONEness - Upon Earth Of Quadrants.
Dude, no. Manley is not Time Cube Guy, you take that back.
Quote from: hirley0 on May 07, 2014, 05:56:42 PM
3185T 5/14<11 3192 3193moving on >3203 :fnord: (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=28631.msg1342794#msg1342794)
T3182 p5#72 5/13<10 ordianism? Take T dead in the WATER v
T3175 5/12<8 to much to TRACK | My D'Rail 0poloGy
T3167 5/11<8 11> http://hub1938.webs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/12858375-201405
8TT 5/10<7 9>http://www.pacificu.edu/as/chemistry/index.cfm
8TT 5/9<7 8> [___] WHAT2frame: V
8TT 5/8<7 Lookii its a 3x4Mat #### #### #### interwoven / but sparce = Lot of nothing BLANK [___]
5/7 NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON HERE out of con^read up^{probably
Quote from: hirley0 on May 06, 2014, 06:24:23 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on May 06, 2014, 02:33:24 PM
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A DISCORDIANISM
cLOCK IS Wrong
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=34391.30 {not
8TT2967 5/6 disconnect| search for chemistry # J.C. :fnord: (http://www.pacificu.edu/as/chemistry/faculty/currie.cfm) D.A. :fnord: (http://www.pdx.edu/chem/advising-0)
{never mind | today NHK was doing knife fight promo & saying "TRACKING"
not StALK'/\/ | go fingers >
11:35:34 am pDt
? 10:58 am 5/7
8TT 5/7<7. NO DOUBT HERE Police State in effect \ eta of Maids For Prime Time TV 8:11PM pDt
:potd:
that's beautiful.
hirley0 wins thread.
Quote from: trix on July 10, 2014, 06:24:00 PM
:potd:
that's beautiful.
hirley0 wins thread.
hirley0 already won the whole board.