I wasn't sure where to post this. (k) me
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This is a work of fiction.
Once upon a time there was a war. It was a big war. Although many men died (men being the sex principally used to fight wars at this time), there were so many fighting that quite a few managed to live.
These men were scared and scarred and proud and sad and haunted and optimistic. Like many people who are scared and scarred and proud and sad, they were beautiful and they fucked a lot.
These men had ideas, and Ideas, and children. Many of their ideas were shaped by the war that they had fought in, and more than a few of their Ideas, as well. It perhaps goes without saying that their children certainly were: because to the child the father and mother are God and Goddess, and their God was a War God.
Like all children, they grew up and hated their parents.
Some of the men had another war later on, and their children hated it. Oh, how they screamed! Oh, how they marched! But the men who were now Old Men did it anyway. The children lost. And they learned.
They learned what it costs to eat when their Old Men stopped feeding them. They learned how it hurts to love when the people you love change. They learned how it hurts to fuck, because a lot of them got sick.
They were scared and hungry, and did what they had to do. They worked. Because if there was anything you could say about these War Children, it was that they worked for what they wanted. Even if they lost, and no matter what it cost. And most of them swore to themselves that they would never stop loving their children, like their parents did to them, so their children would never stop loving them back.
They didn't know that every parent ever made the same oath.
One of them made a prophecy (actually more than one, but all that mattered is that at least one of them did). This was how it went: "Things Will Change."
So they worked hard and they made money. And they didn't fuck as much, sometimes because they were scared of it, but they fucked and they had children too.
These were the Money Children. When they were young was when computers were invented. Ok, not really, but it might as well have been as far as they knew. And as far as their parents knew, too: their parents often could hardly make the machines do what they wanted, but the Money Children seemed to them to dance on gossamer threads.
Nobody noticed how many of these children had dark-coloured eyes.
So these Dark-Eyed Money Children danced in their childhood and their parents were Gods. They were Gods of Money, but they used to be Gods of Fucking and Gods of Acid and Gods of Weed and Gods of Cocaine. And the Gods remembered. They remembered how much they hurt themselves and they loved their children so much that they took them all away. They loved their children so much that they swaddled them in wrappings of the finest plastic. They were tethered with the finest leashes. They were Finally Safe.
What they did not remember as well was that when they were young they were angry, and later on they were scared. And if they hadn't been angry and scared, maybe they wouldn't have worked so hard. And mostly their children were good workers, but they weren't always hard workers. They smiled and they did what they were told, and then they went back to the gossamer threads. And they smiled, and their eyes were dark.
And eventually the War Children got old and died. And the Money Children were in charge. And they didn't know enough to be scared, because everything had always been safe. And they knew so much about the gossamer, but so little about the power plants and the way to chart courses and what kept up airplanes. Some of them did, of course, but not enough.
And they didn't know that mostly the world was very large, because they always thought the gossamer tied it all together and they could go from one end to the other in the time it took to read this sentence. But there were a lot of places without almost any of that gossamer that they had hardly ever heard of, except sometimes when the War Children were trying to protect them from these places.
There were fires.
They didn't know how to put them out.
They tried.
They failed.
And Things Changed.
This would be a good place to end the story, but it's a story about the world, and so if I didn't tell you a little bit about what happened later, it might sound like the world ended. But that's not what happened. Here is what happened:
The World Kept Going
I like. But explain the 'dark eyes' thing.
Clapclapclap
I was all prepared to hate it, and for a minute I did hate it, but the ending redeemed it. Nice work.
Quote from: Laughtrack on June 09, 2009, 06:59:26 AM
I like. But explain the 'dark eyes' thing.
It's because he's racist.
Quote from: Laughtrack on June 09, 2009, 06:59:26 AM
I like. But explain the 'dark eyes' thing.
There isn't a really good explanation. The phrase "dark eyes generation" popped into my head a couple years back and refuses to leave. So sometimes I mention it in things.
Or because I'm a racist.
I actually liked this one too.
Good job!
i likes it :)
would you mind me uh... borrowing it in aid of http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=20538.60 (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=20538.60)?
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I put up a Kopyleft notice (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=11808.msg712746#msg712746) a little while ago.
I tried not to like this and failed.
My only criticism would be that IMO it needs just a touch more "flowery" in the language to contrast with the starkness of what it appears to actually be conveying.
That was fantastic. I approve and nominate it for some Intermittens Issue somewhere.
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
I appreciate your producing this work and kopylefting it for distribution.
Another excellent read!
I am curious, what age group would you consider the "dark-eyed" generation to be?
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
Because the Gun is good, and the Penis is evil.
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
I appreciate your producing this work and kopylefting it for distribution.
Another excellent read!
sigh
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
Be happy that at least they TRIED! :argh!:
stupid dove. i hate doves. anyone ever see an entire dove? there's always bits missing. urgh. they're like a fucking collectible carbon game or something. and don't get me started on the fucking shower cream...
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
I appreciate your producing this work and kopylefting it for distribution.
Another excellent read!
I don't think you get the general atmosphere of PD.
Quote from: Khara on June 09, 2009, 05:07:51 PM
I am curious, what age group would you consider the "dark-eyed" generation to be?
I'd guess generations X and Y.
Quote from: Triple Zero on June 09, 2009, 06:52:57 PM
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
Be happy that at least they TRIED! :argh!:
stupid dove. i hate doves. anyone ever see an entire dove? there's always bits missing. urgh. they're like a fucking collectible carbon game or something. and don't get me started on the fucking shower cream...
I once ate an entire dove.
Quote from: Nigel on June 09, 2009, 07:52:24 PM
I accidentally an entire dove, is this bad?
fixed :)
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1641/density.png)
I liked it.
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
I appreciate your producing this work and kopylefting it for distribution.
Another excellent read!
:lulz:
It must be nice
having being your own cheerleader.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 09, 2009, 11:37:14 PM
It must be nice having being your own cheerleader.
It's what gets me through the nights.
But in this case, I don't think it applies.
Quote from: Arafelis on June 09, 2009, 11:46:05 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 09, 2009, 11:37:14 PM
It must be nice having being your own cheerleader.
It's what gets me through the nights.
But in this case, I don't think it applies.
Uh huh. :lulz:
Just did an IP locator.
Welcome back. :lulz:
The Cellar Crew is always good for a laugh.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 10, 2009, 12:07:57 AM
Just did an IP locator.
Welcome back. :lulz:
The Cellar Crew is always good for a laugh.
? The term isn't anywhere else in the archives.
Quote from: Arafelis on June 10, 2009, 12:19:03 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 10, 2009, 12:07:57 AM
Just did an IP locator.
Welcome back. :lulz:
The Cellar Crew is always good for a laugh.
? The term isn't anywhere else in the archives.
Uh huh. You just happen to live on the same street as the Cellar member who posted here as "Red Shirt Reilly".
On the same block.
:lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 10, 2009, 12:20:39 AM
Uh huh. You just happen to live on the same street as the Cellar member who posted here as "Red Shirt Reilly".
On the same block.
:lulz:
That person isn't in your archives, either.
Edit: Also, your search function doesn't appear to accept regular expressions.
Quote from: Arafelis on June 10, 2009, 12:23:14 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 10, 2009, 12:20:39 AM
Uh huh. You just happen to live on the same street as the Cellar member who posted here as "Red Shirt Reilly".
On the same block.
:lulz:
That person isn't in your archives, either.
No, "he" is in the active membership:
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=5410
We don't delete accounts.
Quote from: Arafelis on June 10, 2009, 12:23:14 AM
Edit: Also, your search function doesn't appear to accept regular expressions.
Our search functions are full of shit, fail, and massive loss in public.
It's always been that way.
I meant, I couldn't find any posts by him, and I was having difficulty checking to see which part of the name you'd misspelled.
Quote from: Arafelis on June 10, 2009, 12:25:59 AM
I meant, I couldn't find any posts by him, and I was having difficulty checking to see which part of the name you'd misspelled.
I am not responsible for the spelling of filthy Irish names. They're all papists, anyway.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 10, 2009, 12:27:11 AM
Quote from: Arafelis on June 10, 2009, 12:25:59 AM
I meant, I couldn't find any posts by him, and I was having difficulty checking to see which part of the name you'd misspelled.
I am not responsible for the spelling of filthy Irish names. They're all papists, anyway.
Damn dirty apists.
Read all exciting twenty of his posts. If the criteria you're using to compare me to him and conclude that we're the same person is that you hate us and our IP addresses are both in the apartment section of a college town... Well. (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=48&chapter=5&verse=9&end_verse=11&version=31&context=context)
Quote from: Arafelis on June 10, 2009, 12:33:05 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 10, 2009, 12:27:11 AM
Quote from: Arafelis on June 10, 2009, 12:25:59 AM
I meant, I couldn't find any posts by him, and I was having difficulty checking to see which part of the name you'd misspelled.
I am not responsible for the spelling of filthy Irish names. They're all papists, anyway.
Damn dirty apists.
Read all exciting twenty of his posts. If the criteria you're using to compare me to him and conclude that we're the same person is that you hate us and our IP addresses are both in the apartment section of a college town... Well. (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=48&chapter=5&verse=9&end_verse=11&version=31&context=context)
That's not strictly accurate. I hate you, true, but I hate just about everyone, so that's hardly a decent criteria.
The criteria is that "both" of you live on the same block, and "both" of you came here to pick fights.
Alright, I think I can express this in a way you'll understand.
There's this one guy who's willing to try just about any food once. While his diet might have a couple of staples, it varies wildly from day to day. So when he shits, sometimes his shit is strong and robust. Sometimes it's weak and watery. Sometimes he sits on the can for hours and can't shit at all. In general, he produces a wide variety of shit.
And there's this other guy who has wheaties for breakfast, a Big Mac for lunch, and a TV-meal for dinner every day. Occasionally he has twinkies. His shit is pretty much all the same.
Is that making sense?
Quote from: Arafelis on June 10, 2009, 01:04:03 AM
Alright, I think I can express this in a way you'll understand.
There's this one guy who's willing to try just about any food once. While his diet might have a couple of staples, it varies wildly from day to day. So when he shits, sometimes his shit is strong and robust. Sometimes it's weak and watery. Sometimes he sits on the can for hours and can't shit at all. In general, he produces a wide variety of shit.
And there's this other guy who has wheaties for breakfast, a Big Mac for lunch, and a TV-meal for dinner every day. Occasionally he has twinkies. His shit is pretty much all the same.
Is that making sense?
Um, both guys are in for some health issues?
I eat all kinds of random things all the time and my diet changes wildly from day to day and week to week, but my poop is pretty consistent.
I mean, I ate nothing but raw meat for breakfast for a few days straight, then shifted to kim chee and bean thread. Today I had fresh juice and leftover green curry. lunch and dinner are all over the map, from tinned kippers with cream cheese to spaghetti to steak. Sometimes I eat cold hot dogs and olives.
My poop is, as always, perfect.
Maybe a little burny.
Quote from: Nigel on June 10, 2009, 01:11:58 AM
I eat all kinds of random things all the time and my diet changes wildly from day to day and week to week, but my poop is pretty consistent.
I mean, I ate nothing but raw meat for breakfast for a few days straight, then shifted to kim chee and bean thread. Today I had fresh juice and leftover green curry. lunch and dinner are all over the map, from tinned kippers with cream cheese to spaghetti to steak. Sometimes I eat cold hot dogs and olives.
My poop is, as always, perfect.
Maybe a little burny.
I eat pathetically small amounts of food, but I consistently take shits the size of Volkswagons.
Something must be working right, then...
It's all the rage you can't funnel off normally. You're shitting all the extra hate.
Isn't the issue whether Dove is Arafelis's sock puppet cheerleader, not whether Arafelis is this Riley person?
Quote from: Nigel on June 10, 2009, 01:18:44 AM
Something must be working right, then...
I think my poop gland is overactive.
Quote from: Laughtrack on June 10, 2009, 01:21:44 AM
It's all the rage you can't funnel off normally. You're shitting all the extra hate.
Isn't the issue whether Dove is Arafelis's sock puppet cheerleader, not whether Arafelis is this Riley person?
I'm fairly satisfied that Dove is not Arafelis, but rather one of his Cellar buddies.
did they think this through carefully or are they stumbling around blindly unaware of the possibilities?
Quote from: fomenter on June 10, 2009, 01:28:11 AM
did they think this through carefully or are they stumbling around blindly unaware of the possibilities?
muhaha
Quote from: fomenter on June 10, 2009, 01:28:11 AM
did they think this through carefully or are they stumbling around blindly unaware of the possibilities?
Well, it's not like they think, so that narrows it down...
true if it came from the cellar one person could have pulled it out of their ass and all the members of the 'buddy system" would go along it just to be supportive of that community member's right to feel good about having an opinion...
i kind doubt the cellar would try an invasion, or be completely oblivious to pd's history..
i lean toward the blindly unaware option ..
Quote from: fomenter on June 10, 2009, 02:12:51 AM
true if it came from the cellar one person could have pulled it out of their ass and all the members of the 'buddy system" would go along it just to be supportive of that community member's right to feel good about having an opinion...
i kind doubt the cellar would try an invasion, or be completely oblivious to pd's history..
i lean toward the blindly unaware option ..
Who knows? I could be wrong about jackass being a Cellar Dwellar.
But seeing as how he has no problem making assumptions about people, stirring shit, and acting like everyone around him is stupid, why the hell should he be given any benefit of the doubt?
i don't know "nothing for sure" my guess would be Arafelis was invited from live journal by ratta,
dove may be a cellar dweller but if he is i doubt any ideas to stir shit originated there,
more likely a personal thing from a past history with you, automatically siding with what ever noob dejure is arguing with you in this case arafella
(the automatic jump on you had me thinking a dar reserve alt at first)
benefit of the doubt :lulz: that means we doubt it will take idiots long to show themselves and be treated accordingly??..
edit to add he is definitely here to stir shit :lulz:
Quote from: fomenter on June 10, 2009, 03:23:55 AM
i don't know "nothing for sure" my guess would be Arafelis was invited from live journal by ratta,
So he's a LJ spag? :lulz:
seems that way on the surface anyway http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=21041.msg711230#msg711230
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 10, 2009, 01:21:59 AM
Quote from: Nigel on June 10, 2009, 01:18:44 AM
Something must be working right, then...
I think my poop gland is overactive.
:spittake:
Roger you're on a roll lately :lol:
Quote from: Laughtrack on June 09, 2009, 06:59:55 PM
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
I appreciate your producing this work and kopylefting it for distribution.
Another excellent read!
I don't think you get the general atmosphere of PD.
I'm starting too.
4 posts. Gimme a break! ;p
Quote from: Dove on June 10, 2009, 11:25:01 PM
Quote from: Laughtrack on June 09, 2009, 06:59:55 PM
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
I appreciate your producing this work and kopylefting it for distribution.
Another excellent read!
I don't think you get the general atmosphere of PD.
I'm starting too.
4 posts. Gimme a break! ;p
Pay attention, read before you post, lurk a lot when you first start. If you had done that, you'd have picked up almost immediately the nature of this site.
Quote from: Dove on June 10, 2009, 11:25:01 PM
Quote from: Laughtrack on June 09, 2009, 06:59:55 PM
Quote from: Dove on June 09, 2009, 05:06:22 PM
Why would anyone try to hate the piece before reading it.
I appreciate your producing this work and kopylefting it for distribution.
Another excellent read!
I don't think you get the general atmosphere of PD.
I'm starting too.
4 posts. Gimme a break! ;p
Fuck you.