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Principia Discordia => Literate Chaotic => Topic started by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 20, 2008, 07:17:45 PM

Title: Why are you here?
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 20, 2008, 07:17:45 PM
I was thinking about the various reasons different people come to this board and the extremely varied topics here... obviously, most people enjoy certain types of threads and projects more than others. Why are you here?

I'm here to have fun. I like the repartee, the funny, the exchange of ideas. I like the argument. I like the bizarre things people share about their thought processes and their lives. I like that it gives me things to think about, to keep my mind sharp and quick, and diversify my thought base. I like watching ideas evolve from sensical to completely nonsensical and then back into something sensical, but completely different from where they started. I like reading about prank ideas and sharing my own prank ideas. I'm not here to create my Discordian legacy, I'm not here to change the political landscape, I'm not here for Deep Important Things, but if something I tap out on my keyboard ends up being worth saving, that's rad.

What are you guys here for?
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Cramulus on November 20, 2008, 07:21:37 PM
I'm here to collaborate on creative projects

to be exposed to a wide spectrum of topics and interests

and to expose myself to strangers





most of all I like novelty, and doing something NEW, making something NEW, thinking NEW thoughts.
and I admittedly like riding this Discordian monster bareback and seeing where it's going.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: OPTIMUS PINECONE on November 20, 2008, 07:23:22 PM
     I'm Trolling you...
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: hooplala on November 20, 2008, 07:24:08 PM
I'm here to talk with people who have a wide range of interests and are not afraid to discuss certain issues, like some of the people I know IRL.

I'm also here to occasionally participate in collaborations.  Oh, and to attention whore.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: AFK on November 20, 2008, 07:30:42 PM
I'm going to be perfectly honest.  If it weren't for certain individuals/personalities I probably would've completely dropped off the map awhile ago.  My productivity/creativity here has been sparse for the last few/several months.  It's not that I'm not interested in this stuff anymore.  For whatever reason, I don't have the same spark I had when the BIP happened.  I have little flashes here and there, and I'm hoping this magazine development will help get that going again.  
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on November 20, 2008, 07:37:02 PM
I'm here to chatter like the little squirrel of discord that I am.  :lulz:

As to why I started posting here after a couple years of lurking...:

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=12965.msg410020#msg410020 (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=12965.msg410020#msg410020)




Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Manta Obscura on November 20, 2008, 07:41:59 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on November 20, 2008, 07:21:37 PM
I'm here . . .

. . . to expose myself to strangers


:eek: (also,  :fap:)

As for the actual topic, I come here to read and see the works of intelligent, mindful persons, to laugh at clever banter, to relieve the boredom of the workday, to participate in discussions which are far more insightful than anything I could ever have with others in real life, to experience some lulz, and to whore around some of my writing talents, in that order.

This is the best bunch of misfits I've ever met, and I'm glad to be a part of it all.

Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on November 20, 2008, 07:43:49 PM
Quote from: Manta Obscura on November 20, 2008, 07:41:59 PM
As for the actual topic, I come here to read and see the works of intelligent, mindful persons, to laugh at clever banter, to relieve the boredom of the workday, to participate in discussions which are far more insightful than anything I could ever have with others in real life...

Uh, wow did you come to the wrong place.

:lulz:
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Manta Obscura on November 20, 2008, 07:50:04 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on November 20, 2008, 07:43:49 PM
Quote from: Manta Obscura on November 20, 2008, 07:41:59 PM
As for the actual topic, I come here to read and see the works of intelligent, mindful persons, to laugh at clever banter, to relieve the boredom of the workday, to participate in discussions which are far more insightful than anything I could ever have with others in real life...

Uh, wow did you come to the wrong place.

:lulz:

Yeah, I forgot to add the part about my desires for those things being unfulfilled here.  :wink:
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 20, 2008, 08:16:59 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 07:30:42 PM
I'm going to be perfectly honest.  If it weren't for certain individuals/personalities I probably would've completely dropped off the map awhile ago.  My productivity/creativity here has been sparse for the last few/several months.  It's not that I'm not interested in this stuff anymore.  For whatever reason, I don't have the same spark I had when the BIP happened.  I have little flashes here and there, and I'm hoping this magazine development will help get that going again.  

So are you saying that you're here to contribute something meaningful to a collaborative project, and you're unsatisfied with your experience because you are not currently in a creative/productive headspace?

Because I think it is perfectly OK to be here just to waste time at work, or whatever.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Dr Goofy on November 20, 2008, 08:21:31 PM
I am here to prove to myself I am not nuts! Stupid Iowans our not unique.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: AFK on November 20, 2008, 08:39:41 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 20, 2008, 08:16:59 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 07:30:42 PM
I'm going to be perfectly honest.  If it weren't for certain individuals/personalities I probably would've completely dropped off the map awhile ago.  My productivity/creativity here has been sparse for the last few/several months.  It's not that I'm not interested in this stuff anymore.  For whatever reason, I don't have the same spark I had when the BIP happened.  I have little flashes here and there, and I'm hoping this magazine development will help get that going again.  

So are you saying that you're here to contribute something meaningful to a collaborative project, and you're unsatisfied with your experience because you are not currently in a creative/productive headspace?

Because I think it is perfectly OK to be here just to waste time at work, or whatever.

I am not suggesting it isn't OK.  In fact it was the perception that it wasn't OK, a couple of years ago, that, in part led to the exodus of some regulars to EB&G.  But for me personally, I felt a great sense of awakening and personal satisfaction when the BIP thing happened.  I also had a personal investment in it as before there was a BIP sub-forum on pd.com, there was a separate message board just for the BIP which I was the admin of.  So I have a personal attachment to that part of the history and so I do feel a little unsatisfied, on a personal level, when I'm in a dry spell.  It doesn't have anything to do with anyone else, what they are doing or not doing. 

I think on another level, I don't want to be typecast solely as "the pun guy". 
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on November 20, 2008, 08:43:56 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 08:39:41 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 20, 2008, 08:16:59 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 07:30:42 PM
I'm going to be perfectly honest.  If it weren't for certain individuals/personalities I probably would've completely dropped off the map awhile ago.  My productivity/creativity here has been sparse for the last few/several months.  It's not that I'm not interested in this stuff anymore.  For whatever reason, I don't have the same spark I had when the BIP happened.  I have little flashes here and there, and I'm hoping this magazine development will help get that going again.  

So are you saying that you're here to contribute something meaningful to a collaborative project, and you're unsatisfied with your experience because you are not currently in a creative/productive headspace?

Because I think it is perfectly OK to be here just to waste time at work, or whatever.

I am not suggesting it isn't OK.  In fact it was the perception that it wasn't OK, a couple of years ago, that, in part led to the exodus of some regulars to EB&G.  But for me personally, I felt a great sense of awakening and personal satisfaction when the BIP thing happened.  I also had a personal investment in it as before there was a BIP sub-forum on pd.com, there was a separate message board just for the BIP which I was the admin of.  So I have a personal attachment to that part of the history and so I do feel a little unsatisfied, on a personal level, when I'm in a dry spell.  It doesn't have anything to do with anyone else, what they are doing or not doing. 

I think on another level, I don't want to be typecast solely as "the pun guy". 

Well, personally I also typecast you as the 'lone sane anti-drug guy' if that helps  :wink:
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 09:06:23 PM
I'm here to increase paranoia, alienate myself from three-dimensional life and vent sarcastic remarks without having to feel bad about.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Cramulus on November 20, 2008, 09:08:01 PM
sooooooooooooooooooo you're an alt?
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 09:11:15 PM
What's an alt?

I'm also here to befriend someone who knows more about internet anonymity than I do, so I can learn to be less accessible. Like I said, I'm paranoid. The healthy kind.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: AFK on November 20, 2008, 09:15:39 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on November 20, 2008, 08:43:56 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 08:39:41 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 20, 2008, 08:16:59 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 07:30:42 PM
I'm going to be perfectly honest.  If it weren't for certain individuals/personalities I probably would've completely dropped off the map awhile ago.  My productivity/creativity here has been sparse for the last few/several months.  It's not that I'm not interested in this stuff anymore.  For whatever reason, I don't have the same spark I had when the BIP happened.  I have little flashes here and there, and I'm hoping this magazine development will help get that going again.  

So are you saying that you're here to contribute something meaningful to a collaborative project, and you're unsatisfied with your experience because you are not currently in a creative/productive headspace?

Because I think it is perfectly OK to be here just to waste time at work, or whatever.

I am not suggesting it isn't OK.  In fact it was the perception that it wasn't OK, a couple of years ago, that, in part led to the exodus of some regulars to EB&G.  But for me personally, I felt a great sense of awakening and personal satisfaction when the BIP thing happened.  I also had a personal investment in it as before there was a BIP sub-forum on pd.com, there was a separate message board just for the BIP which I was the admin of.  So I have a personal attachment to that part of the history and so I do feel a little unsatisfied, on a personal level, when I'm in a dry spell.  It doesn't have anything to do with anyone else, what they are doing or not doing. 

I think on another level, I don't want to be typecast solely as "the pun guy". 

Well, personally I also typecast you as the 'lone sane anti-drug guy' if that helps  :wink:

Well, not to get off on a tangent, I'm not really anti-drug, I'm anti-drug-addiction.  But thanks just the same.    :)
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Cain on November 20, 2008, 09:24:00 PM
Quote from: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 09:11:15 PM
What's an alt?

I'm also here to befriend someone who knows more about internet anonymity than I do, so I can learn to be less accessible. Like I said, I'm paranoid. The healthy kind.

You are on the internet, you are not anonymous.

That said, this article will interest you http://cryptogon.com/?p=624
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on November 20, 2008, 09:29:56 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 09:15:39 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on November 20, 2008, 08:43:56 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 08:39:41 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 20, 2008, 08:16:59 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 07:30:42 PM
I'm going to be perfectly honest.  If it weren't for certain individuals/personalities I probably would've completely dropped off the map awhile ago.  My productivity/creativity here has been sparse for the last few/several months.  It's not that I'm not interested in this stuff anymore.  For whatever reason, I don't have the same spark I had when the BIP happened.  I have little flashes here and there, and I'm hoping this magazine development will help get that going again.  

So are you saying that you're here to contribute something meaningful to a collaborative project, and you're unsatisfied with your experience because you are not currently in a creative/productive headspace?

Because I think it is perfectly OK to be here just to waste time at work, or whatever.

I am not suggesting it isn't OK.  In fact it was the perception that it wasn't OK, a couple of years ago, that, in part led to the exodus of some regulars to EB&G.  But for me personally, I felt a great sense of awakening and personal satisfaction when the BIP thing happened.  I also had a personal investment in it as before there was a BIP sub-forum on pd.com, there was a separate message board just for the BIP which I was the admin of.  So I have a personal attachment to that part of the history and so I do feel a little unsatisfied, on a personal level, when I'm in a dry spell.  It doesn't have anything to do with anyone else, what they are doing or not doing. 

I think on another level, I don't want to be typecast solely as "the pun guy". 

Well, personally I also typecast you as the 'lone sane anti-drug guy' if that helps  :wink:

Well, not to get off on a tangent, I'm not really anti-drug, I'm anti-drug-addiction.  But thanks just the same.    :)

Very good... consider you re-typecastorated ;-)
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Shadowdaemon on November 20, 2008, 09:34:53 PM
I am here to read interesting stories. To have conversations with many differing people from time to time. To gain useful resources. To laugh. To learn. To find new ways to prank the shit out of people. And also to find my damn glasses.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: fomenter on November 20, 2008, 10:00:37 PM
Quote from: Cain on November 20, 2008, 09:24:00 PM
Quote from: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 09:11:15 PM
What's an alt?

I'm also here to befriend someone who knows more about internet anonymity than I do, so I can learn to be less accessible. Like I said, I'm paranoid. The healthy kind.

You are on the internet, you are not anonymous.

That said, this article will interest you http://cryptogon.com/?p=624
this is an awesome article/post on anonymity i would like to read more on the subject, written for the same level of Internet technology understanding
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 11:41:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on November 20, 2008, 09:24:00 PM
Quote from: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 09:11:15 PM
What's an alt?

I'm also here to befriend someone who knows more about internet anonymity than I do, so I can learn to be less accessible. Like I said, I'm paranoid. The healthy kind.

You are on the internet, you are not anonymous.

That said, this article will interest you http://cryptogon.com/?p=624

Great article but talk about a buzz kill. I was thinking it might be doable, but now I've got to find a shack. That will take some time.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: OPTIMUS PINECONE on November 20, 2008, 11:52:14 PM
Quote from: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 11:41:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on November 20, 2008, 09:24:00 PM
Quote from: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 09:11:15 PM
What's an alt?

I'm also here to befriend someone who knows more about internet anonymity than I do, so I can learn to be less accessible. Like I said, I'm paranoid. The healthy kind.

You are on the internet, you are not anonymous.

That said, this article will interest you http://cryptogon.com/?p=624

Great article but talk about a buzz kill. I was thinking it might be doable, but now I've got to find a shack. That will take some time.

     Don't let your family know where it's at or they'll turn you in.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: nurbldoff on November 21, 2008, 12:22:02 AM
I'm not usually here.

But when I am, it's mostly to check out what weird stuff you guys are concocting this time.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: ternechto on November 21, 2008, 01:19:21 AM
Quote from: OPTIMUS PINECONE on November 20, 2008, 11:52:14 PM
Quote from: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 11:41:43 PM
Quote from: Cain on November 20, 2008, 09:24:00 PM
Quote from: ternechto on November 20, 2008, 09:11:15 PM
What's an alt?

I'm also here to befriend someone who knows more about internet anonymity than I do, so I can learn to be less accessible. Like I said, I'm paranoid. The healthy kind.

You are on the internet, you are not anonymous.

That said, this article will interest you http://cryptogon.com/?p=624

Great article but talk about a buzz kill. I was thinking it might be doable, but now I've got to find a shack. That will take some time.

     Don't let your family know where it's at or they'll turn you in.


Thanks for the heads up.

Now.... where's that gun??
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Eater of Clowns on November 21, 2008, 02:59:30 AM
I'm here to have fun.  I like saying ridiculous stuff, making a lot of bad jokes, and I like it when other people do the same.  It's great when people feed off one another's nonsense. 

I've had my fill of internet arguing in my day, so if I say some stuff in a thread nobody agrees with and they ream me out, I'll probably respond in a line or two to verify that I saw it and just not bother any longer.  Be advised pd.com - this is a strictly non-serious relationship.

Then again I just started in on irc and I like that better, so I might not be here very long.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on November 21, 2008, 05:39:07 AM
Came for the lail, stayed for the fail, and where the heck is my puke pail?

*blarghragh* *ack*

Fucking stomach flu... makin' me rhyme dumb shit...

Anyway, I'm here to steal people's cool ideas and apply them to my own life, share a few of my own, and participate in some projects.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Triple Zero on November 29, 2008, 06:56:30 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 08:39:41 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 20, 2008, 08:16:59 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on November 20, 2008, 07:30:42 PM
I'm going to be perfectly honest.  If it weren't for certain individuals/personalities I probably would've completely dropped off the map awhile ago.  My productivity/creativity here has been sparse for the last few/several months.  It's not that I'm not interested in this stuff anymore.  For whatever reason, I don't have the same spark I had when the BIP happened.  I have little flashes here and there, and I'm hoping this magazine development will help get that going again.  

So are you saying that you're here to contribute something meaningful to a collaborative project, and you're unsatisfied with your experience because you are not currently in a creative/productive headspace?

Because I think it is perfectly OK to be here just to waste time at work, or whatever.

I am not suggesting it isn't OK.  In fact it was the perception that it wasn't OK, a couple of years ago, that, in part led to the exodus of some regulars to EB&G.  But for me personally, I felt a great sense of awakening and personal satisfaction when the BIP thing happened.  I also had a personal investment in it as before there was a BIP sub-forum on pd.com, there was a separate message board just for the BIP which I was the admin of.  So I have a personal attachment to that part of the history and so I do feel a little unsatisfied, on a personal level, when I'm in a dry spell.  It doesn't have anything to do with anyone else, what they are doing or not doing. 

I think on another level, I don't want to be typecast solely as "the pun guy". 

rev, you know i love reading your puns as much as i love making them myself :) but that's not all you are to me, srsly. even though i don't participate often in those discussions, I love to hear your opinion about the social work you do, the anti-drug-addiction projects, childrens/youth projects, your opionions about what kind of factors make up a stable environment for kids / people to grow (up) in. i admire that. also the stories and pics of your kid growing up :) and your music (which i hardly ever download for which i'm sorry, i should more, but it's those myspace-y websites that make my browser and comp sluggish as fuck...) -- just sayin' :-)

as for why *I* am here:

- interesting discussions with and between very intelligent people
- an amazing amount of creative vibe, put to work in the type of zany projects I love doing so much
- watching other people troll (i followed the whole TCC debacle like a soap series, it was beautiful)
- fun, jokes, silly and hilarious humor
- helping, providing and facilitating your projects with my computer/programming/http skills (there are now quite a few more computer-knowledgeable spags on this forum, but some time ago i kinda felt i was the only one)
- WOMPing and GIMPing of silly imagery
- interesting links to interesting articles
- discussing Discordia, I learned a lot about morality and ethics from you guys, both from rants/essays but also from drama-cycles.
- dumb people getting pwnd (in moderation)
- getting to know people from another culture (American, in this case)
- keeping up with recent global events (I hardly ever read or watch the news, I get most my info via osmosis)

some of this i could also get at other fora, but not in as high quality, and definitely not all of it.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: shadowfurry23 on November 30, 2008, 04:48:04 PM
  I consider Discordianism my religion, and I think it's great that my religion allows me to randomly discover new holy books. Initially I was drawn here after reading BIP.  Some of y'all's posts fall under that category too.

There seems to be a pretty intelligent crowd here, talking about some informative stuff, some useful stuff, some thought-provoking stuff and some silly stuff.  Hells, somewhere in the Recipes subforum someone's probably talking about stuffing stuff.

In addition to be amused, I can also throw things out here and get interesting commentary on them from some varied perspectives.

It's been fairly worthwhile so far.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on November 30, 2008, 04:52:33 PM
Quote from: Cainad on November 21, 2008, 05:39:07 AM
Came for the lail, stayed for the fail, and where the heck is my puke pail?

*blarghragh* *ack*

Fucking stomach flu... makin' me rhyme dumb shit...

Anyway, I'm here to steal people's cool ideas and apply them to my own life, share a few of my own, and participate in some projects.

Okay, several days later, I'd like to revise this answer. The last bit is still true, but I came here and stuck around because I really like the group dynamic and the way this board is run.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: East Coast Hustle on December 03, 2008, 03:28:48 PM
I'm here because I couldn't allow you all to be subjected to any more Gay Caribbean Disco forum skins.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: LMNO on December 03, 2008, 03:35:21 PM
And we thank thee, o benevolent dictator.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Dysfunctional Cunt on December 03, 2008, 04:47:45 PM
Damn, you made me think Nigel....  NOT FAIR in the AM  :lulz:

Well, my son and I were lurking on MW and spent most of our time reading what was written in the Discordian sub forum there.  THEN those idiot facist pig bastards over at MW decided to ban everyone with a brain so we sort of "followed" them to MA, then to EB&G and then here.... 

I stayed because while there are laughs to be had here, there is also a base group of highly intelligent (though at times a bit eccentric) and exceptionally talented people who's work and ideas I have come to respect a lot.  I also got involved in some things and was able to get my kids involved in some of the poster and sticker gasms.  We still do cookie gasms too. 

One of the things I appreciate of most members here is there is, for the most part, an underlying "live and let it go" factor that is in play here.  I know I have made people here mad, and some have done the same for me, BUT.... it stayed in the thread it was pertaining to and I've never felt there were grudges being held against me on a personal level.  There are a few (and you know who you are  :D) who worry the shit to the bone marrow, but most let shit go.  It's the internet afterall....

Also, I'm really old now and this place has become a habit..... :argh!: 


EDITED TO ADD......  Ignore the above post, I am here because of Roger's mind rays and that is the only reason I am here.....  That is all.....
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Brotep on December 17, 2008, 01:52:15 AM
I am here for laughs, and maybe to exchange ideas with other...post-occultists
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Cramulus on December 17, 2008, 03:03:44 AM
 :lulz: "post-occult" ... I've never heard that one before.

Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Kai on December 17, 2008, 03:09:43 AM
I'm here from inertia mostly. I got involved here 4 years ago and I guess I have stuck around because people make me feel welcome here. Yeah, it doesn't make much sense if you are new, but alot of these old members are some of the oldest friends I have, on or offline. Secondarily I'm here for the lulz and to learn, and also to teach (to anyone who can stand to listen).

Its probably the whole gang mentality more than anything. Being part of this community gives me family, friends, motivation, and purpose.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Cramulus on December 17, 2008, 03:12:57 AM
            The community gives you purpose
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                                 Excellent.
                                    \
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Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Brotep on December 17, 2008, 03:16:46 AM
^good poster

Quote from: Cramulus on December 17, 2008, 03:03:44 AM
:lulz: "post-occult" ... I've never heard that one before.

Made it up on the spot because I enjoy discussing the occult but don't believe in it.  Just looking for deeper insight into self and others and the world around us, by examining and breaking down perspectives and beliefs.

Quote from: Kai on December 17, 2008, 03:09:43 AM
I'm here from inertia mostly. I got involved here 4 years ago and I guess I have stuck around because people make me feel welcome here. Yeah, it doesn't make much sense if you are new, but alot of these old members are some of the oldest friends I have, on or offline. Secondarily I'm here for the lulz and to learn, and also to teach (to anyone who can stand to listen).

Its probably the whole gang mentality more than anything. Being part of this community gives me family, friends, motivation, and purpose.

It's good to have a circle of friends to fall back on, some kind of constant amidst the disorder ( :wink: ) of life.

btw, thanks for not automatically blocking me again on IRC  :lulz:
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Kai on December 17, 2008, 03:22:38 AM
Well yeah. I think many people disregard the people THEY know online as not being friends equal to the ones they know outside the internet, but I see it quite opposite. Its comforting to know that if you are in deep shit somewhere far from home, someone cool is not far away, and that no matter where you go, a friend is not too distant.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Brotep on December 17, 2008, 03:33:21 AM
Well said.

Also, whether or not I might agree with the particular beliefs of people on this forum, I bet we communicate in the same idiom, so to speak.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Cramulus on December 17, 2008, 03:47:34 AM
Quote from: Anton LaGay on December 17, 2008, 03:33:21 AM
Well said.

Also, whether or not I might agree with the particular beliefs of people on this forum, I bet we communicate in the same idiom, so to speak.

I'm a total spag for replying with a RAW quote, but nevertheless:


Celine reared back as if I had waved offal under his nose. "Objectivists?" he pronounced the word as if I had accused him of being a child-molester. "We're anarchists and outlaws, goddam it. Didn't you understand that much? We've got nothing to do with right-wing, left-wing or any other half-assed political category. If you work within the system, you come to one of the either/or choices that were implicit in the system from the beginning. You're talking like a medieval serf, asking the first agnostic whether he worships God or the Devil. We're outside the system's categories. You'll never get the hang of our game if you keep thinking in flat-earth imagery of right and left, good and evil, up and down. If you need a group label for us, we're political non-Euclideans. But even that's not true. Sink me, nobody of this tub agrees with anybody else about anything, except maybe what the fellow with the horns told the old man in the clouds: Non serviam."
Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, Illuminatus!
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Brotep on December 17, 2008, 03:52:24 AM
In your defense, it is a pretty cool quote.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Manta Obscura on December 17, 2008, 01:57:01 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on December 17, 2008, 03:47:34 AM
Quote from: Anton LaGay on December 17, 2008, 03:33:21 AM
Well said.

Also, whether or not I might agree with the particular beliefs of people on this forum, I bet we communicate in the same idiom, so to speak.

I'm a total spag for replying with a RAW quote, but nevertheless:


Celine reared back as if I had waved offal under his nose. "Objectivists?" he pronounced the word as if I had accused him of being a child-molester. "We're anarchists and outlaws, goddam it. Didn't you understand that much? We've got nothing to do with right-wing, left-wing or any other half-assed political category. If you work within the system, you come to one of the either/or choices that were implicit in the system from the beginning. You're talking like a medieval serf, asking the first agnostic whether he worships God or the Devil. We're outside the system's categories. You'll never get the hang of our game if you keep thinking in flat-earth imagery of right and left, good and evil, up and down. If you need a group label for us, we're political non-Euclideans. But even that's not true. Sink me, nobody of this tub agrees with anybody else about anything, except maybe what the fellow with the horns told the old man in the clouds: Non serviam."
Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, Illuminatus!

You would be a total spag with or without the quote, Cram.  :wink:

But yeah, Anton is right, that quote is pretty nanners. I generally didn't like Hagbard, but he said some neat things throughout the novels.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: East Coast Hustle on December 19, 2008, 05:27:16 PM
that's probably the best paragraph in the whole Illuminatus! trilogy.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Brotep on December 20, 2008, 03:39:31 AM
Quote from: East Coast Hustle on December 19, 2008, 05:27:16 PM
that's probably the best paragraph in the whole Illuminatus! trilogy.

That's good to hear, because I've pretty much forgotten the rest of it
Title: Re: Why are you her
Post by: hirley0 on December 27, 2008, 08:57:59 PM
1 the LiB is open ?/?
2: ive 12:21 left
3 HA  naturally
Title: Re: Why are you her
Post by: Brotep on December 27, 2008, 09:05:13 PM
Quote from: hirley0 on December 27, 2008, 08:57:59 PM
1 the LiB is open ?/?
2: ive 12:21 left
3 HA  naturally

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit.
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: hirley0 on December 28, 2008, 08:59:53 PM
HA: well make of it what U will


20081228 9:15 AM (Um}? After 9:11
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LooKie ... CooKie ... have no doubt whatsoever
= =
for whatever reason i did ACcept the OBsidian from
Tom &I DO (try to) carry forward WHAT HE Said to me
: : :
the case is so OBscure (other than Cover UP) ThaT
there is very little I have ACtual ACess to. Lemme
say?/? there exists a lot of Obsidian in ARCHAEO
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BUTT my point here today was ALvord. the passwor(l)d
to the CASE STUDY. It was Texan Oil Money that set
UP NewMan as the Fall Guy Prior(20 years+/-)to Enron
So, Shirley, I'Poise i'Opose TEXAS+OIL+MONEY(got it}?

EOT 13:00
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Kai on December 28, 2008, 09:10:38 PM
 :lulz:
Title: Re: Why are you her
Post by: Manta Obscura on December 29, 2008, 02:16:02 PM
Quote from: Antonymous on December 27, 2008, 09:05:13 PM
Quote from: hirley0 on December 27, 2008, 08:57:59 PM
1 the LiB is open ?/?
2: ive 12:21 left
3 HA  naturally

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit.

I thought he lived on Kashyyyk?
Title: Re: Why are you her
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on December 29, 2008, 03:31:05 PM
Quote from: Manta Obscura on December 29, 2008, 02:16:02 PM
Quote from: Antonymous on December 27, 2008, 09:05:13 PM
Quote from: hirley0 on December 27, 2008, 08:57:59 PM
1 the LiB is open ?/?
2: ive 12:21 left
3 HA  naturally

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit.

I thought he lived on Kashyyyk?

Gehzunteit
Title: Re: Why are you here?
Post by: Ziggy Odyssey on January 08, 2009, 05:24:29 AM
i am here for the watermelon cutting ceremonies.

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