Hi, I am doing some research into discordianism and was wondering if anyone there has or could direct me to some real life examples, stories, and testimonies of discordians. If you could help me out that would be awesome. :)
Quote from: maerie on September 10, 2010, 11:00:19 PM
Hi, I am doing some research into discordianism and was wondering if anyone there has or could direct me to some real life examples, stories, and testimonies of discordians. If you could help me out that would be awesome. :)
Study the life of George W. Bush carefully.
The man was a
genius Discordian.
Oh, and the guy who invented pop tarts. Investigate him too.
no....
she means the really real discordians.
i for one, and not willing to take the risk inherent in discussing.....
them.
... :scared:
Reading the book-that-shall-not-be-named-except-in-the-title-of-this-site shall inform you on all the current Discordian saints that anyone gives a shit about. Study THEM carefully. And make sure the feds don't catch you. Godspeed.
Wait for the man in a green trenchcoat to contact you. He will have your next assignment.
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 11, 2010, 12:51:24 AM
Wait for the man in a green trenchcoat to contact you. He will have your next assignment.
No, it's going to be a woman in a pink blazer. Don't let the Illuminati sextuple agents trick you!
FUCK SHE FOUND ME
Quote from: The Good Reverend Payne on September 10, 2010, 11:06:43 PM
Oh, and the guy who invented pop tarts. Investigate him too.
This. It's mandatory study material.
Quote from: maerie on September 10, 2010, 11:00:19 PM
Hi, I am doing some research into discordianism and was wondering if anyone there has or could direct me to some real life examples, stories, and testimonies of discordians. If you could help me out that would be awesome. :)
Ill give you my testimony.
I was going nowhere with my life. I was doing drugs, getting drunk and sleeping with a different woman every night. Then at the age of 8 Eris came into my life and changed me forever.
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 03:04:39 AM
Quote from: maerie on September 10, 2010, 11:00:19 PM
Hi, I am doing some research into discordianism and was wondering if anyone there has or could direct me to some real life examples, stories, and testimonies of discordians. If you could help me out that would be awesome. :)
Ill give you my testimony.
I was going nowhere with my life. I was doing drugs, getting drunk and sleeping with a different woman every night. Then at the age of 8 Eris came into my life and changed me forever.
NEWSFEED
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 03:04:39 AM
Quote from: maerie on September 10, 2010, 11:00:19 PM
Hi, I am doing some research into discordianism and was wondering if anyone there has or could direct me to some real life examples, stories, and testimonies of discordians. If you could help me out that would be awesome. :)
Ill give you my testimony.
I was going nowhere with my life. I was doing drugs, getting drunk and sleeping with a different woman every night. Then at the age of 8 Eris came into my life and changed me forever.
Hey that's *my* story you bastard :argh!:
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 03:12:01 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 03:04:39 AM
Quote from: maerie on September 10, 2010, 11:00:19 PM
Hi, I am doing some research into discordianism and was wondering if anyone there has or could direct me to some real life examples, stories, and testimonies of discordians. If you could help me out that would be awesome. :)
Ill give you my testimony.
I was going nowhere with my life. I was doing drugs, getting drunk and sleeping with a different woman every night. Then at the age of 8 Eris came into my life and changed me forever.
Hey that's *my* story you bastard :argh!:
Surprise surprise!
Im secretly you.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d45/silosanders/Durden.jpg)
Only Im sexier than you.
That's it! It's fisticuffs time between you and me, you've been nothing but trouble since you came into my life :argh!:
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 03:25:09 AM
That's it! It's fisticuffs time between you and me, you've been nothing but trouble since you came into my life :argh!:
LET THE BATTLE BEGIN(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o134/deimos666/26208.gif)
:lulz:
Tho the book had a better ending
Quote from: Pēleus on September 11, 2010, 04:13:57 AM
:lulz:
Tho the book had a better ending
Depends who you ask.
The author actually thought the movie had a better ending.
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 04:18:15 AM
Quote from: Pēleus on September 11, 2010, 04:13:57 AM
:lulz:
Tho the book had a better ending
Depends who you ask.
The author actually thought the movie had a better ending.
And I agree with him. The book was very anti-climactic.
Quote from: maerie on September 10, 2010, 11:00:19 PM
Hi, I am doing some research into discordianism and was wondering if anyone there has or could direct me to some real life examples, stories, and testimonies of discordians. If you could help me out that would be awesome. :)
Give us your name, rank and serial number or consequences will be imminent, "maerie."
:crankey:
@op: If you want to learn about Discordianism, look up Chuck Palahniuk. Specifically, look up a short story of his called Guts. It's very deep and profound. It really changed the way I see the world, spiritually speaking.
So I pick one side, the other side becomes the other side, as soon as I pick one side then I'm defined as one side, so the one side, well, they're the other side, and therefore that side is not my side, so there is a difference, they must be destroyed... But the other side, they're just like me in a way, they just don't want to be like me in a way, so I guess they're just like me in a way.
Cryptic lies, bizarre inside jokes, shock writing, off topic tangents, and vaguely philosophical ramblings.
This thread is Discordia in a nutshell.
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:00:09 AM
Cryptic lies, bizarre inside jokes, shock writing, off topic tangents, and vaguely philosophical ramblings.
This thread is Discordia in a nutshell.
LIES, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DISCORDIA IS IN A NUTSHELL.
NUT SHELLS CONTAIN NUTS, NOT DISCORD.
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:04:21 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:00:09 AM
Cryptic lies, bizarre inside jokes, shock writing, off topic tangents, and vaguely philosophical ramblings.
This thread is Discordia in a nutshell.
LIES, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DISCORDIA IS IN A NUTSHELL.
NUT SHELLS CONTAIN NUTS, NOT DISCORD.
You foolish sheeple, youve bought into
THE MACHINES LIES.
Yes, nutshells do contain nuts,
but what do you think the nuts contain?
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:07:28 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:04:21 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:00:09 AM
Cryptic lies, bizarre inside jokes, shock writing, off topic tangents, and vaguely philosophical ramblings.
This thread is Discordia in a nutshell.
LIES, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DISCORDIA IS IN A NUTSHELL.
NUT SHELLS CONTAIN NUTS, NOT DISCORD.
You foolish sheeple, youve bought into THE MACHINES LIES.
Yes, nutshells do contain nuts,
but what do you think the nuts contain?
Discordians of course.
But is it the Nuts are Discordians, or is it the Discordians who are Nuts?
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:19:14 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:07:28 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:04:21 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:00:09 AM
Cryptic lies, bizarre inside jokes, shock writing, off topic tangents, and vaguely philosophical ramblings.
This thread is Discordia in a nutshell.
LIES, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DISCORDIA IS IN A NUTSHELL.
NUT SHELLS CONTAIN NUTS, NOT DISCORD.
You foolish sheeple, youve bought into THE MACHINES LIES.
Yes, nutshells do contain nuts,
but what do you think the nuts contain?
Discordians of course.
But is it the Nuts are Discordians, or is it the Discordians who are Nuts?
Cabbages are Discordians and Discordians are nuts.
Therefore cabbages are nuts.
Therefore Cabbages grow in shells.
Therefore I just blew your fucking mind.
I thought the discordians were the nutshells, encasing the nuts?
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:20:32 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:19:14 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:07:28 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:04:21 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:00:09 AM
Cryptic lies, bizarre inside jokes, shock writing, off topic tangents, and vaguely philosophical ramblings.
This thread is Discordia in a nutshell.
LIES, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DISCORDIA IS IN A NUTSHELL.
NUT SHELLS CONTAIN NUTS, NOT DISCORD.
You foolish sheeple, youve bought into THE MACHINES LIES.
Yes, nutshells do contain nuts,
but what do you think the nuts contain?
Discordians of course.
But is it the Nuts are Discordians, or is it the Discordians who are Nuts?
Cabbages are Discordians and Discordians are nuts.
Therefore cabbages are nuts.
Therefore Cabbages grow in shells.
Therefore I just blew your fucking mind.
:asplode:
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 11, 2010, 05:24:41 AM
I thought the discordians were the nutshells, encasing the nuts?
WHO TOLD YOU THAT? WHO SENT YOU? THAT INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED.
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:27:14 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 11, 2010, 05:24:41 AM
I thought the discordians were the nutshells, encasing the nuts?
WHO TOLD YOU THAT? WHO SENT YOU? THAT INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED.
SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH
\
:fnord:
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:29:24 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:27:14 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 11, 2010, 05:24:41 AM
I thought the discordians were the nutshells, encasing the nuts?
WHO TOLD YOU THAT? WHO SENT YOU? THAT INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED.
SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH
\
:fnord:
I thought it was common knowledge that Discordians are nutcases.
Judging by the amazing lack of response from the OP, I think we scared it away.
:lulz:
Mission Success or :?
Now she'll go away and tell the Feds that a guy called Glittersnatch tried to get her to touch his nuts!
Quote from: nekk on September 11, 2010, 12:31:15 AM
Reading the book-that-shall-not-be-named-except-in-the-title-of-this-site shall inform you on all the current Discordian saints that anyone gives a shit about. Study THEM carefully. And make sure the feds don't catch you. Godspeed.
You're forgetting Toyama Koichi. That man is awesome.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 11, 2010, 05:31:10 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 05:29:24 AM
Quote from: Lysergic on September 11, 2010, 05:27:14 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 11, 2010, 05:24:41 AM
I thought the discordians were the nutshells, encasing the nuts?
WHO TOLD YOU THAT? WHO SENT YOU? THAT INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED.
SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH
\
:fnord:
I thought it was common knowledge that Discordians are nutcases.
Yeah, that's what *they* would say, now isn't it?
Quote from: BadBeast on September 11, 2010, 05:49:01 AM
Now she'll go away and tell the Feds that a guy called Glittersnatch tried to get her to touch his nuts!
She wanted to know what discordia was all about...
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 06:10:58 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on September 11, 2010, 05:49:01 AM
Now she'll go away and tell the Feds that a guy called Glittersnatch tried to get her to touch his nuts!
She wanted to know what discordia was all about...
Thanks for that. After 3 pages I forgot what the point was. Fucking spags.
As for the OP then, might as well ask what Christianity or Islam is all about. Or democracy. Or masturbation. Ok, that last one is more easily answered, but what is the evolutionary advantage?! I want to know!
I HUNGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :fnord:
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 06:10:58 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on September 11, 2010, 05:49:01 AM
Now she'll go away and tell the Feds that a guy called Glittersnatch tried to get her to touch his nuts!
She wanted to know what discordia was all about...
We're just lucky she didn't meet Glitternuts.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 11, 2010, 07:46:20 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 06:10:58 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on September 11, 2010, 05:49:01 AM
Now she'll go away and tell the Feds that a guy called Glittersnatch tried to get her to touch his nuts!
She wanted to know what discordia was all about...
Thanks for that. After 3 pages I forgot what the point was. Fucking spags.
As for the OP then, might as well ask what Christianity or Islam is all about. Or democracy. Or masturbation. Ok, that last one is more easily answered, but what is the evolutionary advantage?! I want to know!
Isnt discordia just ritualized masturbation?
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 08:42:20 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 11, 2010, 07:46:20 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 06:10:58 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on September 11, 2010, 05:49:01 AM
Now she'll go away and tell the Feds that a guy called Glittersnatch tried to get her to touch his nuts!
She wanted to know what discordia was all about...
Thanks for that. After 3 pages I forgot what the point was. Fucking spags.
As for the OP then, might as well ask what Christianity or Islam is all about. Or democracy. Or masturbation. Ok, that last one is more easily answered, but what is the evolutionary advantage?! I want to know!
Isnt discordia just ritualized masturbation?
I thought that was chaos magic.
Quote from: Cudgel on September 11, 2010, 08:51:46 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 08:42:20 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 11, 2010, 07:46:20 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 11, 2010, 06:10:58 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on September 11, 2010, 05:49:01 AM
Now she'll go away and tell the Feds that a guy called Glittersnatch tried to get her to touch his nuts!
She wanted to know what discordia was all about...
Thanks for that. After 3 pages I forgot what the point was. Fucking spags.
As for the OP then, might as well ask what Christianity or Islam is all about. Or democracy. Or masturbation. Ok, that last one is more easily answered, but what is the evolutionary advantage?! I want to know!
Isnt discordia just ritualized masturbation?
I thought that was chaos magic.
My favorite sigil is a picture of Bettie Page in bondage. I charge it every night.
On a side note:
I always wondered if Chaos Magicians ever got conditioned(Pavlov style) by charging sigils.
Like whenever they see a bunch of squiggly lines that sort of look magicky they start getting horny.
Ask Enki, I'm sure he'd know :lulz:
Quote from: maerie on September 10, 2010, 11:00:19 PM
Hi, I am doing some research into discordianism and was wondering if anyone there has or could direct me to some real life examples, stories, and testimonies of discordians. If you could help me out that would be awesome. :)
You MUST find the wise Ambassador Klok Kaos. Make your way to his Temple in Saratoga Springs, New York. You will be able to recognize him by his outlandish aura. He is known and noted to be the wisest of the really real Discordians of wise realness.
Damn it to hell, now I want some really real pop tarts. :argh!:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Payne on September 10, 2010, 11:06:43 PM
Oh, and the guy who invented pop tarts. Investigate him too.
:mittens:
Discord is what happens when any group of monkeys hang out together. From an international church with a billion of followers to your local school board to a night out on the town with some friends, a bucket of rum, a blind dog with three legs and a number of blow up sex dolls.
Monkeys can't help being monkeys, and Discordians don't really hold that against them. (Dok Howl does, but he's a Superior Mutant). What Discordians hold against the monkeys is that they deny the Discord that automatically rises amongst them and try to stamp it out. Now because the unpredictable discord is where all the REALLY fun and interesting shit happens, that kinda bums Discordians out. But it also cheers them up because there is an adage pertaining to this: "Any imposition of Order increase Disorder".
Discordian thinkers (there aren't many of them, most of them are here and have become cynical and jaded by that fact) are quick to point out that "Chaos" is not, in fact, Disorder. Chaos is the canvas on which Order and Disorder are played against each other. Discord is a function of Chaos, not of Disorder alone.
This is not the only balancing act within Chaos to be seen in Discordian philosophies. For example there is the balancing act of Love of Change vs. Love of Stasis and that of The Social Instinct vs. The Ideological Instinct. Balance is not neccessary, but in a set of philosophies that embraces (almost) all Physical Realities as valid, there is bound to be an abnormal amount of Discord within a Discordian group.
Discordians fall into several different broad groupings, for greater details of this one should seek out the writings of The Good Reverend Roger (Peace Be Upon Him). These groupings are arbitrary, but are generally ranked in terms of "activist" proclivites with distinctions in the underlying philosophy that guides that activism. There is obviously a difference between an Orthodox Discordian who repeats the jokes and memes of the original Principia Discordia (These Discordians are generally referred to as Pinealists) and someone who is identified as a Discordian more by accident (The Deacon Richter once described this as 'sitting down in a field and having a house called Discordia built over him). There are, in reality, as many different types of Discordia as there are Discordians. And probably more.
The basic premises of the original Principia Discordia fall into those same categories, roughly. On the face of it a facile book filled with infantile jokes (entirely intentionally so). To some readers this is all it is. Looked at another way, it is filled with thought provoking alternative views of thinking about ones place in the universe and within society. Again, there are probably more views on what the book actualy is than readers of it. It is an old book, however, and as Discordia is generally thought of as an agresively progressive mode of thought, other works are available such as the Black Iron Prison.
In general, it is best to view any collection of Discordians of being unrepresentative of the whole. In investigating Discordianism, it is always better to search for it within yourself first. Then seek to find your brand of Discordianism elsewhere. Although this does fall into a classic human "strength" (the ability to impose a pattern to find what you're looking for), it WILL please whoever is looking at the results of such investigation. Then you can get on with some REAL Discord - be it postering, sermonising, parroting the PD or just good ol' fashioned hell rasing.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Payne on September 11, 2010, 04:59:21 PM
Discord is what happens when any group of monkeys hang out together. From an international church with a billion of followers to your local school board to a night out on the town with some friends, a bucket of rum, a blind dog with three legs and a number of blow up sex dolls.
Monkeys can't help being monkeys, and Discordians don't really hold that against them. (Dok Howl does, but he's a Superior Mutant). What Discordians hold against the monkeys is that they deny the Discord that automatically rises amongst them and try to stamp it out. Now because the unpredictable discord is where all the REALLY fun and interesting shit happens, that kinda bums Discordians out. But it also cheers them up because there is an adage pertaining to this: "Any imposition of Order increase Disorder".
Discordian thinkers (there aren't many of them, most of them are here and have become cynical and jaded by that fact) are quick to point out that "Chaos" is not, in fact, Disorder. Chaos is the canvas on which Order and Disorder are played against each other. Discord is a function of Chaos, not of Disorder alone.
This is not the only balancing act within Chaos to be seen in Discordian philosophies. For example there is the balancing act of Love of Change vs. Love of Stasis and that of The Social Instinct vs. The Ideological Instinct. Balance is not neccessary, but in a set of philosophies that embraces (almost) all Physical Realities as valid, there is bound to be an abnormal amount of Discord within a Discordian group.
Discordians fall into several different broad groupings, for greater details of this one should seek out the writings of The Good Reverend Roger (Peace Be Upon Him). These groupings are arbitrary, but are generally ranked in terms of "activist" proclivites with distinctions in the underlying philosophy that guides that activism. There is obviously a difference between an Orthodox Discordian who repeats the jokes and memes of the original Principia Discordia (These Discordians are generally referred to as Pinealists) and someone who is identified as a Discordian more by accident (The Deacon Richter once described this as 'sitting down in a field and having a house called Discordia built over him). There are, in reality, as many different types of Discordia as there are Discordians. And probably more.
The basic premises of the original Principia Discordia fall into those same categories, roughly. On the face of it a facile book filled with infantile jokes (entirely intentionally so). To some readers this is all it is. Looked at another way, it is filled with thought provoking alternative views of thinking about ones place in the universe and within society. Again, there are probably more views on what the book actualy is than readers of it. It is an old book, however, and as Discordia is generally thought of as an agresively progressive mode of thought, other works are available such as the Black Iron Prison.
In general, it is best to view any collection of Discordians of being unrepresentative of the whole. In investigating Discordianism, it is always better to search for it within yourself first. Then seek to find your brand of Discordianism elsewhere. Although this does fall into a classic human "strength" (the ability to impose a pattern to find what you're looking for), it WILL please whoever is looking at the results of such investigation. Then you can get on with some REAL Discord - be it postering, sermonising, parroting the PD or just good ol' fashioned hell rasing.
Way to ruin the chi man.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Payne on September 11, 2010, 04:59:21 PM
Discord is what happens when any group of monkeys hang out together. From an international church with a billion of followers to your local school board to a night out on the town with some friends, a bucket of rum, a blind dog with three legs and a number of blow up sex dolls.
Monkeys can't help being monkeys, and Discordians don't really hold that against them. (Dok Howl does, but he's a Superior Mutant). What Discordians hold against the monkeys is that they deny the Discord that automatically rises amongst them and try to stamp it out. Now because the unpredictable discord is where all the REALLY fun and interesting shit happens, that kinda bums Discordians out. But it also cheers them up because there is an adage pertaining to this: "Any imposition of Order increase Disorder".
Discordian thinkers (there aren't many of them, most of them are here and have become cynical and jaded by that fact) are quick to point out that "Chaos" is not, in fact, Disorder. Chaos is the canvas on which Order and Disorder are played against each other. Discord is a function of Chaos, not of Disorder alone.
This is not the only balancing act within Chaos to be seen in Discordian philosophies. For example there is the balancing act of Love of Change vs. Love of Stasis and that of The Social Instinct vs. The Ideological Instinct. Balance is not neccessary, but in a set of philosophies that embraces (almost) all Physical Realities as valid, there is bound to be an abnormal amount of Discord within a Discordian group.
Discordians fall into several different broad groupings, for greater details of this one should seek out the writings of The Good Reverend Roger (Peace Be Upon Him). These groupings are arbitrary, but are generally ranked in terms of "activist" proclivites with distinctions in the underlying philosophy that guides that activism. There is obviously a difference between an Orthodox Discordian who repeats the jokes and memes of the original Principia Discordia (These Discordians are generally referred to as Pinealists) and someone who is identified as a Discordian more by accident (The Deacon Richter once described this as 'sitting down in a field and having a house called Discordia built over him). There are, in reality, as many different types of Discordia as there are Discordians. And probably more.
The basic premises of the original Principia Discordia fall into those same categories, roughly. On the face of it a facile book filled with infantile jokes (entirely intentionally so). To some readers this is all it is. Looked at another way, it is filled with thought provoking alternative views of thinking about ones place in the universe and within society. Again, there are probably more views on what the book actualy is than readers of it. It is an old book, however, and as Discordia is generally thought of as an agresively progressive mode of thought, other works are available such as the Black Iron Prison.
In general, it is best to view any collection of Discordians of being unrepresentative of the whole. In investigating Discordianism, it is always better to search for it within yourself first. Then seek to find your brand of Discordianism elsewhere. Although this does fall into a classic human "strength" (the ability to impose a pattern to find what you're looking for), it WILL please whoever is looking at the results of such investigation. Then you can get on with some REAL Discord - be it postering, sermonising, parroting the PD or just good ol' fashioned hell rasing.
0/10 Please troll again.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Payne on September 11, 2010, 04:59:21 PM
Discord is what happens when any group of monkeys hang out together. From an international church with a billion of followers to your local school board to a night out on the town with some friends, a bucket of rum, a blind dog with three legs and a number of blow up sex dolls.
Monkeys can't help being monkeys, and Discordians don't really hold that against them. (Dok Howl does, but he's a Superior Mutant). What Discordians hold against the monkeys is that they deny the Discord that automatically rises amongst them and try to stamp it out. Now because the unpredictable discord is where all the REALLY fun and interesting shit happens, that kinda bums Discordians out. But it also cheers them up because there is an adage pertaining to this: "Any imposition of Order increase Disorder".
Discordian thinkers (there aren't many of them, most of them are here and have become cynical and jaded by that fact) are quick to point out that "Chaos" is not, in fact, Disorder. Chaos is the canvas on which Order and Disorder are played against each other. Discord is a function of Chaos, not of Disorder alone.
This is not the only balancing act within Chaos to be seen in Discordian philosophies. For example there is the balancing act of Love of Change vs. Love of Stasis and that of The Social Instinct vs. The Ideological Instinct. Balance is not neccessary, but in a set of philosophies that embraces (almost) all Physical Realities as valid, there is bound to be an abnormal amount of Discord within a Discordian group.
Discordians fall into several different broad groupings, for greater details of this one should seek out the writings of The Good Reverend Roger (Peace Be Upon Him). These groupings are arbitrary, but are generally ranked in terms of "activist" proclivites with distinctions in the underlying philosophy that guides that activism. There is obviously a difference between an Orthodox Discordian who repeats the jokes and memes of the original Principia Discordia (These Discordians are generally referred to as Pinealists) and someone who is identified as a Discordian more by accident (The Deacon Richter once described this as 'sitting down in a field and having a house called Discordia built over him). There are, in reality, as many different types of Discordia as there are Discordians. And probably more.
The basic premises of the original Principia Discordia fall into those same categories, roughly. On the face of it a facile book filled with infantile jokes (entirely intentionally so). To some readers this is all it is. Looked at another way, it is filled with thought provoking alternative views of thinking about ones place in the universe and within society. Again, there are probably more views on what the book actualy is than readers of it. It is an old book, however, and as Discordia is generally thought of as an agresively progressive mode of thought, other works are available such as the Black Iron Prison.
In general, it is best to view any collection of Discordians of being unrepresentative of the whole. In investigating Discordianism, it is always better to search for it within yourself first. Then seek to find your brand of Discordianism elsewhere. Although this does fall into a classic human "strength" (the ability to impose a pattern to find what you're looking for), it WILL please whoever is looking at the results of such investigation. Then you can get on with some REAL Discord - be it postering, sermonising, parroting the PD or just good ol' fashioned hell rasing.
:mittens:
This is what I would give as a serious response to the OP, if I could explain myself twice as well as I can now.
Quote from: Lysergic on September 12, 2010, 02:52:30 AM
Way to ruin the chi man.
Fuck you
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on September 12, 2010, 02:54:21 AM
0/10 Please troll again.
Fuck you
Quote from: Remington on September 12, 2010, 04:11:52 AM
:mittens:
This is what I would give as a serious response to the OP, if I could explain myself twice as well as I can now.
I dunno if this isn't some form of troll. I've seen this style before in a troll (on POEE, as I recall). But to give the benefit of the doubt to the OP I posted this.
~~~Payne: Is not 100% convinced this isn't poptart back for yet another run.
So long as you keep writing stuff like that, I don't mind the occasional "n00b troll" routine.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 13, 2010, 02:16:21 PM
So long as you keep writing stuff like that, I don't mind the occasional "n00b troll" routine.
THIS!!
Damn Payne, nice writing, you should do a lot more!!!!
:mittens:
I have to admit however, I've not been able to get past the topic title of
unground discordia, all I can think of is coffee beans... :|
Best part of waking up is Discordia in your cup!
Quote from: Pēleus on September 13, 2010, 08:54:26 PM
Best part of waking up is Discordia Amphetamine in your cup!
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Quote from: Pēleus on September 13, 2010, 08:54:26 PM
Best part of waking up is Discordia in your cup!
I like that.... newsfeed?
Its better then a qtip in your mouth.