This is how it starts. One frozen, soulless, emotionless white devil at a time. Can you feel it, PD? Can you feel the icy grip of Europe gripping your shoulders, maybe offering a backrub (which over there alway ends in "full release"*)? I can feel it.
We are losing out Americentrism, people. And sure, they speak English. Sort of. They type English well enough, but I'm sure any well built robot can do that. I can assure you there's plenty of gobbledygook that issues from their chapped lips. And it will haunt your dreams.
The point is this: MURRICA has PLENTY frozen landscape and people in it. And here comes Waffle Iron claiming to be a terrible ice god or something. That position has been FILLED, sir.
And THEN, what happens? ANOTHER one shows up out of nowhere. And they'd like you to think they don't know each other, that this is a chance meeting of Scandinavians. Hah. HAH, I say.
I can see the forest for the densely-packed line trees. I can see because I'm high enough on the globe to see Russia, I can certainly see those Scandis while they plot.
I'm watching you people.
You People have the right to have not rights. Murrica has rights because we stole them fair and square.
I'm watching.
*OF YOUR LIFE.
Hate to tell you dude, but they've been slowly taking over for some time.
Sepia- Norway
Lenin McCarthy- Norway
Waffle Iron- not only Norway, but willing to visit us
Reeducation-Finnland
And now this Arim, from Denmark
And lets not forget that Trip is from the Belgian part of Scandinavia, along with Regret. Hell, wasn't there a Merkin spag that got absorbed by them? I know there is I just forget which one.
You've failed us as a first warning Alaskan.
:nuke2:
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 10:49:19 PM
And lets not forget that Trip is from the Belgian part of Scandinavia, along with Regret. Hell, wasn't there a Merkin spag that got absorbed by them? I know there is I just forget which one.
The only Discordian American I know around these parts doesn't hang around the forums, just IRC.
Quote from: el sjaako on March 06, 2012, 11:06:39 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 10:49:19 PM
And lets not forget that Trip is from the Belgian part of Scandinavia, along with Regret. Hell, wasn't there a Merkin spag that got absorbed by them? I know there is I just forget which one.
The only Discordian American I know around these parts doesn't hang around the forums, just IRC.
I remember. It's NWC.
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 06, 2012, 11:01:32 PM
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
A DIVINE ICE-OFF? I'M GAME
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 06, 2012, 11:01:32 PM
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
A DIVINE ICE-OFF? I'M GAME
i thought you Icers had all sorts of gods which is ok because they all die at the end of the story.
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:34:54 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 06, 2012, 11:01:32 PM
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
A DIVINE ICE-OFF? I'M GAME
i thought you Icers had all sorts of gods which is ok because they all die at the end of the story.
Yes, but time in ICE is cyclical, so we all come back. Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:36:48 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:34:54 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 06, 2012, 11:01:32 PM
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
A DIVINE ICE-OFF? I'M GAME
i thought you Icers had all sorts of gods which is ok because they all die at the end of the story.
Yes, but time in ICE is cyclical, so we all come back. Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again
Sounds like the kind of gods we have in Ireland too.
I mean, the gods we had before Jeebus.
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:39:48 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:36:48 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:34:54 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 06, 2012, 11:01:32 PM
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
A DIVINE ICE-OFF? I'M GAME
i thought you Icers had all sorts of gods which is ok because they all die at the end of the story.
Yes, but time in ICE is cyclical, so we all come back. Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again
Sounds like the kind of gods we have in Ireland too.
I mean, the gods we had before Jeebus.
They might be related. Kissing cousins or something.
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:49:38 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:39:48 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:36:48 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:34:54 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 06, 2012, 11:01:32 PM
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
A DIVINE ICE-OFF? I'M GAME
i thought you Icers had all sorts of gods which is ok because they all die at the end of the story.
Yes, but time in ICE is cyclical, so we all come back. Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again
Sounds like the kind of gods we have in Ireland too.
I mean, the gods we had before Jeebus.
They might be related. Kissing cousins or something.
Maybe. Some of our legendary enemies are from Norway (Lachlann, in Boghopper). Also, your gods are misshapen. So are our Fomorians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians). In fact, one Fomorian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor) only had one eye open most of the time since his other eye killed whoever it was looking at. Except that makes him cooler than Odin, who lost an eye instead of gaining a poisoned one. ;) <--smiley pun
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:54:40 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:49:38 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:39:48 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:36:48 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:34:54 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 06, 2012, 11:01:32 PM
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
A DIVINE ICE-OFF? I'M GAME
i thought you Icers had all sorts of gods which is ok because they all die at the end of the story.
Yes, but time in ICE is cyclical, so we all come back. Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again
Sounds like the kind of gods we have in Ireland too.
I mean, the gods we had before Jeebus.
They might be related. Kissing cousins or something.
Maybe. Some of our legendary enemies are from Norway (Lachlann, in Boghopper). Also, your gods are misshapen. So are our Fomorians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians). In fact, one Fomorian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor) only had one eye open most of the time since his other eye killed whoever it was looking at. Except that makes him cooler than Odin, who lost an eye instead of gaining a poisoned one. ;) <--smiley pun
Fomorians must be related to the Jotuns (giants)
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 07, 2012, 12:01:23 AM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:54:40 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:49:38 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:39:48 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:36:48 PM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 06, 2012, 11:34:54 PM
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 06, 2012, 11:29:00 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 06, 2012, 11:01:32 PM
There's only one way to settle who is really the terrible ice god of PD.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
A DIVINE ICE-OFF? I'M GAME
i thought you Icers had all sorts of gods which is ok because they all die at the end of the story.
Yes, but time in ICE is cyclical, so we all come back. Again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again
Sounds like the kind of gods we have in Ireland too.
I mean, the gods we had before Jeebus.
They might be related. Kissing cousins or something.
Maybe. Some of our legendary enemies are from Norway (Lachlann, in Boghopper). Also, your gods are misshapen. So are our Fomorians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomorians). In fact, one Fomorian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor) only had one eye open most of the time since his other eye killed whoever it was looking at. Except that makes him cooler than Odin, who lost an eye instead of gaining a poisoned one. ;) <--smiley pun
Fomorians must be related to the Jotuns (giants)
They are conceptually the same. Titans basically, to take a Greco-Roman parlance. Except that the Fomorians (Fomhoire, in Irish) are said to basically be from under the sea (Fomhoire= fo (under) muir (sea)). In later myths (when the stories are repeated in theme (except now the gods are Gaels)) the Fomorian types become pirates from a Northern country (our modern word for Norway actually originally referred to this land of pirates. No doubt historical events led to this conflation).
So, the Mythological Cycle= Tuatha De Danann (gods, for lack of better definition) vs Fomorians (ok, demons)
In the Ulster Cycle= Gaels (Irish people) vs Mysterious Northern Pirates Named the Same Thing as Norwegians.
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 07, 2012, 12:17:57 AM
Mysterious Northern Pirates Named the Same Thing as Norwegians.
Best band name ever.
Also. Thanks for the Historics of Irish godliness. I need to read up on it!
Quote from: Waffle Iron on March 07, 2012, 12:19:16 AM
Quote from: An Twidsteoir on March 07, 2012, 12:17:57 AM
Mysterious Northern Pirates Named the Same Thing as Norwegians.
Best band name ever.
Also. Thanks for the Historics of Irish godliness. I need to read up on it!
It's a rather interesting mythology. Our gods can be killed too. And oddly enough, the most research on it has been done in German.
Go figure.
Germans are trying to annex your mythology.
Ok with it.
They've actually be very scholarly about researching other cultures and languages. I was briefly interested in learning Sumerian, and when I got my preliminary text on it, found that in order to get the best understanding of Sumerian, you would have to learn German AND Danish, I was like, no it's cool.
Might still go back to it, but hopefully English language scholarship will go further without Zecharia Sitchin bullshit first.
And anyway, I'm pretty sure at this point that I want to Irish up my Irishness to the Irishest before I move onto other shit. Our language is dying, which is worst than dead, since you can still do something about it but most aren't.