https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Iron-Prison-Escapees/227695500592785
It's bad enough that the name of the page is completely at odds with the actual BIP metaphor, but it's just flax and fnords all the way down. :argh!:
You know how back in the day, we used to use the term "Myspace Discordians"?
Well, they all got Facebook accounts.
I know, I actually literally wanted to know who specifically I need to verbally bitch-slap for this though.
I suspect someone here, from long ago, who got butthurt after declaring they had transcended their BIP and then getting mocked for it.
Captain Utopia, IIRC, did something like that once, but I like to think he could do better than this. Jackelope, too, had issues with the BIP that I remember. Apart from that, I'll send a PM.
Tempted to wall-post pics of Real Life Escapees. There are plenty of them on the webbernet, just google image search: "self-inflicted gunshot wound."
Do it.
I think PD should make a show of force on that page.
"ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. BACK IN YOUR CELLS, SPAGS!"
:lulz: got no idea who made this
Though a point I want to raise: if it's not somebody that posts here, it may just be a random spag for whom this work was meaningful. Either way, we do nothing for the BIP if we attack this output-point. Improving, making it into something that better represents the BIP would be much better.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 01:48:56 PM
Do it.
I think PD should make a show of force on that page.
I did a couple. I don't see them showing on the wall but they're in the photos.
I'm on a smartphone, though.
Quote from: Cain on January 11, 2012, 09:43:44 AM
You know how back in the day, we used to use the term "Myspace Discordians"?
Well, they all got Facebook accounts.
Yeah, a lot of those spags migrated. The signal:noise ratio in a lot of those groups is abysmally low.
BUTin that mix ----and mind you, it's a BIG mix, there are a LOT of Discordians on facebook---- there are some pretty solid cats, and there are a lot of newcomers who have only had time to flip through the PD and are thirsty for more.
So it's definitely not worth discounting, if we want our ideas to have any longevity. And I suspect there may be a bunch of people there that would really like it here.
Last I checked, 14 people had liked the BIP escapees page.
13 of them are rabid pinealists of the most irritating variety, to whom the answer to nearly every question is "5 pounds of flax" or "consult your pineal gland".
The other one is me, since I had to like the page to post there.
if they're going to use the memes, they should be taught what they mean.
Recruitment strategy imo.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 02:50:34 PM
Last I checked, 14 people had liked the BIP escapees page.
13 of them are rabid pinealists of the most irritating variety, to whom the answer to nearly every question is "5 pounds of flax" or "consult your pineal gland".
The other one is me, since I had to like the page to post there.
Why would you subject yourself to that sort of thing?
I couldn't let it slide, Roger. I saw the words "Black Iron Prison Escapees" and everything went a strange shade of red for a few seconds.
I did actually attempt to start a dialogue with the guy who started the page, though. Just a few minutes ago. I explained why the BIP is inescapable and told him we'd love to have him and some of the other people on the page come by the forums for some discussion.
Worst case scenario is we get either no response or a few new yahoos to chew on. And who knows? you never know where you'll find that diamond in the rough.
oh crazy, somebody else started a "like" page for the BIP too: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Iron-Prison/106607586027623?ref=ts
weirder: there's a metal band from Albany using the BIP name/logo https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Iron-Prison/154260424619752
I would just point out that Albany is in the same state as Saratoga Springs.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 06:00:00 PM
I couldn't let it slide, Roger. I saw the words "Black Iron Prison Escapees" and everything went a strange shade of red for a few seconds.
I did actually attempt to start a dialogue with the guy who started the page, though. Just a few minutes ago. I explained why the BIP is inescapable and told him we'd love to have him and some of the other people on the page come by the forums for some discussion.
Worst case scenario is we get either no response or a few new yahoos to chew on. And who knows? you never know where you'll find that diamond in the rough.
What we're gonna get are 20 yahoo wannabe-gurus who will tell us all how they got enlighted, like that jackass who posted the salvia rant. There will be mayhem and awful shit and I'll be all like
Quote from: The Very Near FutureSHUT IT! You hear me?!?! Shut it RIGHT NOW, or SO HELP ME I'll KICK YOUR FRONT DOOR IN and STRANGLE YOU with the ROUTER WIRES, right on your RATTY SHAG CARPET in front of your BUCK-TOOTHED GIRLFRIEND!!!
IT'S 2012, you STUPID FUCK!! *NO ONE*, and I mean *NO ONE* wants to hear your LAME-BRAINED PRINCIPIA QUOTES FOR THE ELEVEN TRILLIONTH TIME, you INBRED, OVERGROWN ADOLESCENT, MONGOLOID, EIGHTH-WITTED, WHINING SLOPPY-DRUNK, SHIT-CAKED-ASS-CRACK LITTLE MOTHERFUCKER!!!!
I WILL *KILL* YOU, you WORTHLESS, SNEERING LITTLE POSER GURU. I'll RIP that ring RIGHT OUT OF YOUR NOSE, and LAUGH as you dance around like a DRUNKEN INDIAN, cupping the BLOOD that RUNS DOWN YOUR FACE in your trembling hands. I'll KICK YOU in the chest SO HARD your SHOELACES WILL SNAP, and then I'll YANK EVERY LAST HAIR of that SPARSE and SCRAGGLY EXCUSE for a "soul patch" out of your face with a pair of NEEDLE NOSED PLIERS as you SCREAM AND WAIL about how UNFAIR we all are and how we're not REAL FUCKING DISCORDIANS, YOU SNIVELING SELF-CENTERED LITTLE CUNT!!
GET THE FUCK OUT! RIGHT NOW!
And then we'll have the usual arguments about being mean to noobs. And it will be all your fault.
Quote from: RWHN on January 11, 2012, 06:08:16 PM
I would just point out that Albany is in the same state as Saratoga Springs.
I'd like to point out that AKK moved to Albany.
I'd also like to point out that this is the natural consequence of Copyleft. AKK rips you off, and people wind up thinking YOU copied HIM, and that you're BIG FANS.
I'm not entirely sure that my piece in the BIP was given a copyleft license. And if it was, I would have absolutely done it in a fashion that required attribution and prohibited mangling the original piece.
I'm also not sure that has any bearing on AKK or some other tard stealing our work for their band, but if it does I'd be happy to have a legal notice sent to them.
Quote from: Cramulus on January 11, 2012, 06:03:29 PM
weirder: there's a metal band from Albany using the BIP name/logo https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Iron-Prison/154260424619752
Whose artwork is that, anyway? If it belongs to one of us as opposed to being clip art or something I'd be willing to pay an attorney to send an official cease-and-desist letter.
That REALLY pisses me off. Possibly more so than anything else in the history of either PD or Facebook.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 06:31:28 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on January 11, 2012, 06:03:29 PM
weirder: there's a metal band from Albany using the BIP name/logo https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Iron-Prison/154260424619752
Whose artwork is that, anyway? If it belongs to one of us as opposed to being clip art or something I'd be willing to pay an attorney to send an official cease-and-desist letter.
That REALLY pisses me off. Possibly more so than anything else in the history of either PD or Facebook.
It was bound to happen.
I trip over PDFs of my early rants all the time. They're attributed and distributed electronically for free, so it doesn't bug me. Then there was that flake in Tacoma that took the Maria Brag and posted it as her own, you may recall.
But it HAD to happen that, eventually, some po'bucker swine would try to cash in on the content here.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 06:31:28 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on January 11, 2012, 06:03:29 PM
weirder: there's a metal band from Albany using the BIP name/logo https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Iron-Prison/154260424619752
Whose artwork is that, anyway? If it belongs to one of us as opposed to being clip art or something I'd be willing to pay an attorney to send an official cease-and-desist letter.
That REALLY pisses me off. Possibly more so than anything else in the history of either PD or Facebook.
I can't definitively comment on the music itself, but.... On a subjective level, it ain't too good.
http://www.reverbnation.com/blackironprison
Well, if nothing else, looks like we got our next trolling safari... And I can totally participate in this one.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 11, 2012, 06:35:39 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 06:31:28 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on January 11, 2012, 06:03:29 PM
weirder: there's a metal band from Albany using the BIP name/logo https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Iron-Prison/154260424619752
Whose artwork is that, anyway? If it belongs to one of us as opposed to being clip art or something I'd be willing to pay an attorney to send an official cease-and-desist letter.
That REALLY pisses me off. Possibly more so than anything else in the history of either PD or Facebook.
I can't definitively comment on the music itself, but.... On a subjective level, it ain't too good.
http://www.reverbnation.com/blackironprison
Well, if nothing else, looks like we got our next trolling safari... And I can totally participate in this one.
Fuck that. What we have is our next ORBITAL STRIKE.
It was Syn's artwork. He's still contactable via FB, if you want to mention it to him.
He hasn't posted there in months. I just hit him up at G+.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 11, 2012, 06:50:01 PM
He hasn't posted there in months. I just hit him up at G+.
Tell him to hit me on facebook (Hamish Howl). I need some of the shit that was on his site.
will do.
So anyway, what's the best approach for FB bombing?
Friend them and then start playing Farmville? I don't play that game but someone on my list does and no matter what I do I get copious amounts of Farmville updates.
IIRC, band pages won't receive requests/updates for stuff like Farmville.
On the other hand, what if we covered a couple of their songs, did them 1000x better, and posted them on their band page?
I like the idea, but my desire to do cookie monster metal isn't very strong.
But...then...we would have to play Farmville...
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 08:10:32 PM
IIRC, band pages won't receive requests/updates for stuff like Farmville.
On the other hand, what if we covered a couple of their songs, did them 1000x better, and posted them on their band page?
And by "1000x better" you do mean that in the way that people say something is "Baaad!" When it's good, right?
Does this mean I'll be allowed to do "remixes" wherein I use an 808 cowbell and add hoovers?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 11, 2012, 08:15:23 PM
I like the idea, but my desire to do cookie monster metal isn't very strong.
well yeah, that's why we should be doing acoustic piano versions, with a childrens choir handling vocal duties.
I bow to your exquisite arrangement skills.
Well, at least will I get to mix in jet-engine sounds and that awesome "Yoshi hatching from the egg" noise?
OH OH OH!
WE COULD REMIX ALL OF THEIR SONGS TO GO OVER THE THEME SONG TO SUPER MARIO BROTHERS! LIKE THAT REMIX OF "CLOSER" ONLY A ZILLION TIMES MORE ANNOYING!
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 08:36:27 PM
OH OH OH!
WE COULD REMIX ALL OF THEIR SONGS TO GO OVER THE THEME SONG TO SUPER MARIO BROTHERS! LIKE THAT REMIX OF "CLOSER" ONLY A ZILLION TIMES MORE ANNOYING!
I THOUGHT THE POINT WAS TO MAKE THEM BETTER, NOT.... :horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth:
... Okay, i see your point. :lulz:
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 08:36:27 PM
OH OH OH!
WE COULD REMIX ALL OF THEIR SONGS TO GO OVER THE THEME SONG TO SUPER MARIO BROTHERS! LIKE THAT REMIX OF "CLOSER" ONLY A ZILLION TIMES MORE ANNOYING!
Unadulterated brilliance, sir.
And you say you're not
formally trained?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 11, 2012, 06:50:40 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 11, 2012, 06:50:01 PM
He hasn't posted there in months. I just hit him up at G+.
Tell him to hit me on facebook (Hamish Howl). I need some of the shit that was on his site.
Got a response, "proceed without caution".
And I told him to message you on FB.
You think we could do something conspiratorial and Illuminati-ish, like, "Did you think we wouldn't find you? The Great Seal calls us like a beacon in the night" or something.
We should take the BIP documents offline so no more shitty people find it.
I assume that's sarcasm, in which case way to completely miss the point. :lulz:
Quote from: Cramulus on January 12, 2012, 02:20:53 PM
We should take the BIP documents offline so no more shitty people find it.
That's hardly the point here, Cram.
Quote from: navkat on January 11, 2012, 08:19:29 PM
Does this mean I'll be allowed to do "remixes" wherein I use an 808 cowbell and add hoovers?
Whoever gave you the idea that there's
any reason you're not allowed to use more 808 cowbell EVER should be bitchslapped pls?
LET'S GET BRUTAL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJxbDitNLg)
We should lay autotune over the entire damn thing, while we're at it.
AND REVERB!
but NO VOCODER.
The Discordian Society cordially invites you to join us in a jailBREAKBEAT
Well, shit. Now we HAVE to do this.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 11, 2012, 06:35:39 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 11, 2012, 06:31:28 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on January 11, 2012, 06:03:29 PM
weirder: there's a metal band from Albany using the BIP name/logo https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Iron-Prison/154260424619752
Whose artwork is that, anyway? If it belongs to one of us as opposed to being clip art or something I'd be willing to pay an attorney to send an official cease-and-desist letter.
That REALLY pisses me off. Possibly more so than anything else in the history of either PD or Facebook.
I can't definitively comment on the music itself, but.... On a subjective level, it ain't too good.
http://www.reverbnation.com/blackironprison
Well, if nothing else, looks like we got our next trolling safari... And I can totally participate in this one.
Heh, they are still using Syn's artwork on that page...
hehe i just messaged the Reverbnation guys and said this
QuoteA friend of mine is upset that the Black Iron Prison has stolen his artwork for their logo which is being used on your site. I cannot comment on their page because you have to be a "fan" and I refuse to do this because they suck. The original Black Iron Prison artwork was from an original piece of philosophy writing created by the forums at principiadiscordia.com. Please can you ask them to remove the logo.
He apologized rather profusely to me on FB (I never said it wasn't MY artwork and was happy to let him assume that he was talking to the potential point of origin of legal consequences for copyright infringement) but I haven't checked today to see if he's changed the pic on that page. He also said he had never heard of the BIP pamphlet, which is strange given that he stole Syn's pic.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 13, 2012, 01:47:21 PM
He apologized rather profusely to me on FB (I never said it wasn't MY artwork and was happy to let him assume that he was talking to the potential point of origin of legal consequences for copyright infringement) but I haven't checked today to see if he's changed the pic on that page. He also said he had never heard of the BIP pamphlet, which is strange given that he stole Syn's pic.
Spag prolly did a google image search. anyway this was their reply http://support.reverbnation.com/reverbnation/topics/stolen_artwork_as_logo?utm_content=topic_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reply_notification.
apparently Syn can E-mail them and ask them to remove it.
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 13, 2012, 01:47:21 PM
He apologized rather profusely to me on FB (I never said it wasn't MY artwork and was happy to let him assume that he was talking to the potential point of origin of legal consequences for copyright infringement) but I haven't checked today to see if he's changed the pic on that page. He also said he had never heard of the BIP pamphlet, which is strange given that he stole Syn's pic.
They changed it to Smedley Butler. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/SmedleyButler.jpeg/150px-SmedleyButler.jpeg)
Now someone should email them and say that Butler is their grandfather, and insist they change once again.
Quote from: Risus on January 13, 2012, 05:02:28 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on January 13, 2012, 01:47:21 PM
He apologized rather profusely to me on FB (I never said it wasn't MY artwork and was happy to let him assume that he was talking to the potential point of origin of legal consequences for copyright infringement) but I haven't checked today to see if he's changed the pic on that page. He also said he had never heard of the BIP pamphlet, which is strange given that he stole Syn's pic.
They changed it to Smedley Butler. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/SmedleyButler.jpeg/150px-SmedleyButler.jpeg)
Now someone should email them and say that Butler is their grandfather, and insist they change once again.
Actually, anything that spreads the word - or even knowledge of - Smedley Butler's existence is okay by me. If even ONE (1) useless fan googles General Butler, the world will be a better place.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 12, 2012, 04:36:32 PM
We should lay autotune over the entire damn thing, while we're at it.
It's FRIDAY, FRIEEEDAY.