WOAH!
I think I just got enligthened, just a few minutes ago. I was sitting here in front of my computer doing Nothing In Particular¬?,Ñ¢ when suddenly I realized that all sense and reason was seeping out of my mind, slowly emptying it. This feeling built up over a few minutes, and I could feel my brain processing enormous amounts of nothingness.
Then WAZOOOM! I see that nothing makes sense at all, and that makes perfect sense! Everything is here for a reason and no reason at all!
Nananananananananananananananananana!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
//Gimoz, who's mind has intentionally been left blank.
Rock on! :D What wonderful teachings do you have for us?
Im feeling all jittery and giggly at the moment. I think Im going insane in a wonderfull way.
that sounds like a standard trip on shrooms...
:D
not for me
::shudder::
no, that's just gas.
happens to me all teh time, wel nto particularly recently, but fairly often. great felling tho aint it?
Way to go Buddha!
Pass the tequila!
Quote from: Awkward Behaviourhappens to me all teh time, wel nto particularly recently, but fairly often. great felling tho aint it?
That happens to me when I empty my mind and realize that the reason for everything is absolutely nothing but a cooked up plan for entertainment.
Quote from: KarinkaQuote from: Awkward Behaviourhappens to me all teh time, wel nto particularly recently, but fairly often. great felling tho aint it?
That happens to me when I empty my mind and realize that the reason for everything is absolutely nothing but a cooked up plan for entertainment.
well tehre ya go, you know what i'm tlaking about.
Then again. It could be just the angle of the light.
Quote from: GimozWOAH!
I think I just got enligthened, just a few minutes ago. I was sitting here in front of my computer doing Nothing In Particular¬?,Ñ¢ when suddenly I realized that all sense and reason was seeping out of my mind, slowly emptying it. This feeling built up over a few minutes, and I could feel my brain processing enormous amounts of nothingness.
Then WAZOOOM! I see that nothing makes sense at all, and that makes perfect sense! Everything is here for a reason and no reason at all!
Nananananananananananananananananana!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
//Gimoz, who's mind has intentionally been left blank.
That's not enlightenment. That's gas.
That could very well be. A match test is in order.
There is a fine line between enlightenment and gas release.
Quote from: ScribeThere is a fine line between enlightenment and gas release.
Except during the NFL playoffs. Then it's the same thing.
No drugs was involved... i think
Quote from: GimozNo drugs was involved... i think
But was the NFL involved?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Quote from: Ghost In The MachineQuote from: GimozNo drugs was involved... i think
But was the NFL involved?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I don't even know what NFL is, so I can't answer.
Sorry
Quote from: GimozQuote from: Ghost In The MachineQuote from: GimozNo drugs was involved... i think
But was the NFL involved?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I don't even know what NFL is, so I can't answer.
Sorry
:shock:
What a world, what a world...
(National Football League)
Nope. No footballs in sight.
Sports doesn't intrest me very much... or at all.
Kaboom
Quote from: GimozNope. No footballs in sight.
Sports doesn't intrest me very much... or at all.
Kaboom
Dang! That's downright un-American, kid.
Are you sure you're not a terrarist?
Enlightenment is what happened to me when I realized that I was intrinsically ifallible.
EDIT: Infallible.
Quote from: Ghost In The MachineQuote from: GimozNope. No footballs in sight.
Sports doesn't intrest me very much... or at all.
Kaboom
Dang! That's downright un-American, kid.
Are you sure you're not a terrarist?
I AM downright un-American. I'm swedish.
I might be a terrorist, I might not. Only time will tell.
...
KABOOM!
Quote from: GimozQuote from: Ghost In The MachineQuote from: GimozNope. No footballs in sight.
Sports doesn't intrest me very much... or at all.
Kaboom
Dang! That's downright un-American, kid.
Are you sure you're not a terrarist?
I AM downright un-American. I'm swedish.
I might be a terrorist, I might not. Only time will tell.
...
KABOOM!
A Swede? That figures.
Your nation will pay, one day, for your unprovoked aggressions.
all phear teh evil swede!
Quote from: GimozWOAH!
I think I just got enligthened, just a few minutes ago. I was sitting here in front of my computer doing Nothing In Particular¬?,Ñ¢ when suddenly I realized that all sense and reason was seeping out of my mind, slowly emptying it. This feeling built up over a few minutes, and I could feel my brain processing enormous amounts of nothingness.
Then WAZOOOM! I see that nothing makes sense at all, and that makes perfect sense! Everything is here for a reason and no reason at all!
Nananananananananananananananananana!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
//Gimoz, who's mind has intentionally been left blank.
i think Nietzche went through your wallet while you were in that coma, space cadet.
So that's where he got American money from. I was wondering, since he's German, and dead
Quote from: Gimoz on March 21, 2005, 09:10:50 PM
WOAH!
I think I just got enligthened, just a few minutes ago. I was sitting here in front of my computer doing Nothing In Particular¬?,Ñ¢ when suddenly I realized that all sense and reason was seeping out of my mind, slowly emptying it. This feeling built up over a few minutes, and I could feel my brain processing enormous amounts of nothingness.
Then WAZOOOM! I see that nothing makes sense at all, and that makes perfect sense! Everything is here for a reason and no reason at all!
Nananananananananananananananananana!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
//Gimoz, who's mind has intentionally been left blank.
Why can't I kill people like this just by wanting it?
Wow . . . wow. And that was about a month before I joined this board . . .
I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
This shit is why I stopped lurking here the first time.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 29, 2007, 05:31:00 AM
Why can't I kill people like this just by wanting it?
Roger I hope that is the only time you and I have ever had the same thought.
HAY GUYZ, CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.dreamspell.net/LKS/eris-frame.html
THE BEST DISCRODIAN COLORING BOOK EVAR!!!
:hosrie:
those graphics look pretty cool, IMO
I actually used to have a hard copy of that thing
by hard I mean printercrafted
Actually, that isn't 100% suck.
It may be about 65-70% suck, but not 100%.
Quote from: LMNO on October 04, 2007, 01:18:43 PM
Actually, that isn't 100% suck.
It may be about 65-70% suck, but not 100%.
Does this invalidate my usage of the hosrie?
The fuck if I know.
I am not my hosrie's keeper.
Quote from: LMNO on October 04, 2007, 01:18:43 PM
Actually, that isn't 100% suck.
It may be about 65-70% suck, but not 100%.
Roger thinks you should re-check your figures.
:lol:
But you can't even fit a pony in a blender...
Quote from: I Am Not A Rhombus on October 07, 2007, 02:43:16 AM
But you can't even fit a pony in a blender...
ZOMFG23LAWOF5SPINEALGLAND.
There. We covered all the bases. Now stop acting like a fucking retard.
Thanks, asshole.
Oroa dig ej, om du andas djupt ett tag så återvänder allt till det normala.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 29, 2007, 05:31:00 AM
Quote from: Gimoz on March 21, 2005, 09:10:50 PM
WOAH!
I think I just got enligthened, just a few minutes ago. I was sitting here in front of my computer doing Nothing In Particular¬?,Ñ¢ when suddenly I realized that all sense and reason was seeping out of my mind, slowly emptying it. This feeling built up over a few minutes, and I could feel my brain processing enormous amounts of nothingness.
Then WAZOOOM! I see that nothing makes sense at all, and that makes perfect sense! Everything is here for a reason and no reason at all!
Nananananananananananananananananana!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
//Gimoz, who's mind has intentionally been left blank.
Why can't I kill people like this just by wanting it?
I think that's covered in the section where nothing makes any sense at all.
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 09:39:38 AM
Oroa dig ej, om du andas djupt ett tag så återvänder allt till det normala.
I hope you plan on sharing with the class.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 21, 2007, 02:07:42 PM
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 09:39:38 AM
Oroa dig ej, om du andas djupt ett tag så återvänder allt till det normala.
I hope you plan on sharing with the class.
It means: Worry not, if you breathe deeply for a while everything turns back to normal.
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 04:01:57 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 21, 2007, 02:07:42 PM
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 09:39:38 AM
Oroa dig ej, om du andas djupt ett tag så återvänder allt till det normala.
I hope you plan on sharing with the class.
It means: Worry not, if you breathe deeply for a while everything turns back to normal.
LIES!!! I tried breathing deeply for a while and everything turned into a bad anime for thirty minutes or so.
DO NOT FEAR REALITY! REALITY IS A BAD ANIME!
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 21, 2007, 04:04:14 PM
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 04:01:57 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 21, 2007, 02:07:42 PM
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 09:39:38 AM
Oroa dig ej, om du andas djupt ett tag så återvänder allt till det normala.
I hope you plan on sharing with the class.
It means: Worry not, if you breathe deeply for a while everything turns back to normal.
LIES!!! I tried breathing deeply for a while and everything turned into a bad anime for thirty minutes or so.
Well sure. Next time try putting down the Jenkem. :wink:
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 04:10:09 PM
DO NOT FEAR REALITY! REALITY IS A BAD ANIME!
Oh that explains so much.
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 04:01:57 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 21, 2007, 02:07:42 PM
Quote from: Kusa on December 21, 2007, 09:39:38 AM
Oroa dig ej, om du andas djupt ett tag så återvänder allt till det normala.
I hope you plan on sharing with the class.
It means: Worry not, if you breathe deeply for a while everything turns back to normal.
"Normal" does not exist.
LMNO
-Kicks Gaussian functions in the nads.
Why exclude "normal" when all our other fantastic made up concepts roam and rape freely?
You racist.
I think you're starting to see why the barstool is needed...
LMNO
-tosses Kusa a barstool, and wades into the fray.
Nope, no lessons learned. :')
Quote from: Kusa on December 22, 2007, 06:13:47 PM
Nope, no lessons learned. :')
*picks up a barstool and whacks Kusa over the head with it*
I don't imagine it helped, but I enjoyed it.
Good to see you're able to be an ape, just like the rest of us.
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 06:20:09 PM
Good to see you're able to be an ape, just like the rest of us.
Well, all metaphors fit somewhere... if you have a shoehorn large enough to manage it. For me, I've never really felt that the Barstool Metaphor was particularly good for enlightening the receiver, but who doesn't enjoy whacking someone in the head with a stool on occasion, just for the fun of it? It may not teach them a thing about reality (and if they have a decent philosophical grasp on the concepts that they are espousing, it shouldn't change their mind at all), but it can be damned good stress relief.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Hear, hear.
I can see what you're saying... I have a feeling that amongst the complaints the pinealists have with PD.com is that some of us tend towards pragmatism over idealism... Or we're Idealistically Pragmatic.
I dunno if that makes sense. My wife just took me out to lunch at a high-end sushi place. I had some sake. w00t.
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 26, 2007, 06:27:12 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 06:20:09 PM
Good to see you're able to be an ape, just like the rest of us.
Well, all metaphors fit somewhere... if you have a shoehorn large enough to manage it. For me, I've never really felt that the Barstool Metaphor was particularly good for enlightening the receiver, but who doesn't enjoy whacking someone in the head with a stool on occasion, just for the fun of it? It may not teach them a thing about reality (and if they have a decent philosophical grasp on the concepts that they are espousing, it shouldn't change their mind at all), but it can be damned good stress relief.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
As the saying goes:
"When the oxygen masks come down, put your own mask on before attempting to help those around you."
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 06:37:26 PM
Hear, hear.
I can see what you're saying... I have a feeling that amongst the complaints the pinealists have with PD.com is that some of us tend towards pragmatism over idealism... Or we're Idealistically Pragmatic.
I dunno if that makes sense. My wife just took me out to lunch at a high-end sushi place. I had some sake. w00t.
Well, I think that and the wholesale vocal rejection of everything that most of them know about Discordianism. Don't get me wrong, every cult has its higher level where all of the n00b stuff gets replaced with some other stuff... but usually they hide that shit behind a initiation so that the n00b is inducted into a new mindset, and is brought to an understanding of how the old mindset isn't wrong... but rather that its just a model.
Many young, tragically hip Discordians have only read the PD and maybe some of Bob's books. Yet instead of folks here saying "Yes, that's really cool... didja notice how *insert thing* actually leads to *insert new concept*, we often tend to say "You have 50 posts to get that bullshit out of your system, or we will unleash that which cannot be named on your ass. Have a nice day."
When I began hanging out here more often than in the past, I found this mindset lame... not because it failed to embrace the old maps and models, but because often it appears (from the outside) that most people here would like to burn all of the old maps and models, rather than simply including newer maps and models alongside the old ones.
I think it comes from pragmatism in some sense... but it can appear more like genocide on occasion ;-)
hey, if it were our duty to personally lead the LDD through the veils of Limbo Peak
this place would be even more fucked up than it already is :mrgreen:
ho ho ho we're so advanced
ah ho CRAMULUS
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on December 26, 2007, 07:58:35 PM
hey, if it were our duty to personally lead the LDD through the veils of Limbo Peak
this place would be even more fucked up than it already is :mrgreen:
ho ho ho we're so advanced
ah ho CRAMULUS
Hail Hail and Hail Yes ;-)
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 26, 2007, 07:48:11 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 06:37:26 PM
Hear, hear.
I can see what you're saying... I have a feeling that amongst the complaints the pinealists have with PD.com is that some of us tend towards pragmatism over idealism... Or we're Idealistically Pragmatic.
I dunno if that makes sense. My wife just took me out to lunch at a high-end sushi place. I had some sake. w00t.
Well, I think that and the wholesale vocal rejection of everything that most of them know about Discordianism. Don't get me wrong, every cult has its higher level where all of the n00b stuff gets replaced with some other stuff... but usually they hide that shit behind a initiation so that the n00b is inducted into a new mindset, and is brought to an understanding of how the old mindset isn't wrong... but rather that its just a model.
Many young, tragically hip Discordians have only read the PD and maybe some of Bob's books. Yet instead of folks here saying "Yes, that's really cool... didja notice how *insert thing* actually leads to *insert new concept*, we often tend to say "You have 50 posts to get that bullshit out of your system, or we will unleash that which cannot be named on your ass. Have a nice day."
When I began hanging out here more often than in the past, I found this mindset lame... not because it failed to embrace the old maps and models, but because often it appears (from the outside) that most people here would like to burn all of the old maps and models, rather than simply including newer maps and models alongside the old ones.
I think it comes from pragmatism in some sense... but it can appear more like genocide on occasion ;-)
Well, a lot of that comes from the absolute predictability of many of the pinealist posters.
After almost 5 years of that shit, it gets kind of irritating. Every so often, I'll engage someone on Discordian theosophy, but you can only take so much "LOL23FNORDPINEALGLANDSMOKEWEEDPINEALERISERIERISERISERIS23232323LOL" before you want to punch someone.
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 08:01:32 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 26, 2007, 07:48:11 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 06:37:26 PM
Hear, hear.
I can see what you're saying... I have a feeling that amongst the complaints the pinealists have with PD.com is that some of us tend towards pragmatism over idealism... Or we're Idealistically Pragmatic.
I dunno if that makes sense. My wife just took me out to lunch at a high-end sushi place. I had some sake. w00t.
Well, I think that and the wholesale vocal rejection of everything that most of them know about Discordianism. Don't get me wrong, every cult has its higher level where all of the n00b stuff gets replaced with some other stuff... but usually they hide that shit behind a initiation so that the n00b is inducted into a new mindset, and is brought to an understanding of how the old mindset isn't wrong... but rather that its just a model.
Many young, tragically hip Discordians have only read the PD and maybe some of Bob's books. Yet instead of folks here saying "Yes, that's really cool... didja notice how *insert thing* actually leads to *insert new concept*, we often tend to say "You have 50 posts to get that bullshit out of your system, or we will unleash that which cannot be named on your ass. Have a nice day."
When I began hanging out here more often than in the past, I found this mindset lame... not because it failed to embrace the old maps and models, but because often it appears (from the outside) that most people here would like to burn all of the old maps and models, rather than simply including newer maps and models alongside the old ones.
I think it comes from pragmatism in some sense... but it can appear more like genocide on occasion ;-)
Well, a lot of that comes from the absolute predictability of many of the pinealist posters.
After almost 5 years of that shit, it gets kind of irritating. Every so often, I'll engage someone on Discordian theosophy, but you can only take so much "LOL23FNORDPINEALGLANDSMOKEWEEDPINEALERISERIERISERISERIS23232323LOL" before you want to punch someone.
Oh don't get me wrong, I understand that point quite well. I speak only of appearance to the outside, not what reasons might exist within. For while we have been subject to 23PINEALFNORDS for 4, 5, 6, or even 23 years... some are just discovering it. Again, I think it might be similar to the 'degrees' in initatory societies. I'm sure that Thelemics get tired of hearing some n00b ranting about summoning Therion and Babelon (again). I'm sure some Wiccans get tired of hearing about some n00b's experience with "The Goddess" again and again. I wonder if that's not the reason for degrees in some systems. So that the n00bs aren't destroyed, but rather guided. Those that aren't under the same delusions as a n00b can take refuge in their fellows of similar degree ;-)
Perhaps the other systems just evolved a mechanism to take care of their own PINEALISTS, while PDians just hits them with barstools ;-)
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 26, 2007, 07:48:11 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 06:37:26 PM
Hear, hear.
I can see what you're saying... I have a feeling that amongst the complaints the pinealists have with PD.com is that some of us tend towards pragmatism over idealism... Or we're Idealistically Pragmatic.
I dunno if that makes sense. My wife just took me out to lunch at a high-end sushi place. I had some sake. w00t.
Well, I think that and the wholesale vocal rejection of everything that most of them know about Discordianism. Don't get me wrong, every cult has its higher level where all of the n00b stuff gets replaced with some other stuff... but usually they hide that shit behind a initiation so that the n00b is inducted into a new mindset, and is brought to an understanding of how the old mindset isn't wrong... but rather that its just a model.
Many young, tragically hip Discordians have only read the PD and maybe some of Bob's books. Yet instead of folks here saying "Yes, that's really cool... didja notice how *insert thing* actually leads to *insert new concept*, we often tend to say "You have 50 posts to get that bullshit out of your system, or we will unleash that which cannot be named on your ass. Have a nice day."
When I began hanging out here more often than in the past, I found this mindset lame... not because it failed to embrace the old maps and models, but because often it appears (from the outside) that most people here would like to burn all of the old maps and models, rather than simply including newer maps and models alongside the old ones.
I think it comes from pragmatism in some sense... but it can appear more like genocide on occasion ;-)
I thought we called him Roger. :?
Quote from: Gimoz on March 21, 2005, 09:10:50 PM
WOAH!
I think I just got enligthened, just a few minutes ago. I was sitting here in front of my computer doing Nothing In Particular¬?,Ñ¢ when suddenly I realized that all sense and reason was seeping out of my mind, slowly emptying it. This feeling built up over a few minutes, and I could feel my brain processing enormous amounts of nothingness.
Then WAZOOOM! I see that nothing makes sense at all, and that makes perfect sense! Everything is here for a reason and no reason at all!
Nananananananananananananananananana!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
//Gimoz, who's mind has intentionally been left blank.
Repost for the venting of contempt.
Having an attack of mania != "enlightenment".
Wazoom.
This thread makes Screamin Jay Hawkins cry.
Quote from: Hoopla on May 26, 2008, 01:51:31 PM
This thread makes Screamin Jay Hawkins cry.
Want to hear that.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 31, 2007, 05:40:28 AM
Quote from: Gimoz on March 21, 2005, 09:10:50 PM
WOAH!
I think I just got enligthened, just a few minutes ago. I was sitting here in front of my computer doing Nothing In Particular¬?,Ñ¢ when suddenly I realized that all sense and reason was seeping out of my mind, slowly emptying it. This feeling built up over a few minutes, and I could feel my brain processing enormous amounts of nothingness.
Then WAZOOOM! I see that nothing makes sense at all, and that makes perfect sense! Everything is here for a reason and no reason at all!
Nananananananananananananananananana!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
//Gimoz, who's mind has intentionally been left blank.
Repost for the venting of contempt.
Having an attack of mania != "enlightenment".
But it often feels like it to the person experiencing in. In my most recent manic episode, the most intense I've ever had(I did not sleep or eat for over 3 weeks), I was feeling enlightened for a bit, but then my skepticism kicked in and I started writing a book about mania. I wrote a complete outline and about 200 pages, and it's about halfway done. It's kindof like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance hopped up on active schizophrenia(it's actually much more complicated than that, but I don't really feel like explaining the whole thing right now, maybe when it's finished).
That being said, mania can lead to varying forms of enlightenment, for the sole reason that one can be awake and thinking for 3 weeks, and achieve things mentally in that time. However, most of that enlightenment, for me at least, well I don't really know how to explain it, except maybe fnord23pinealgland.
Kidding, but yeah, I did learn alot about myself and the nature of many in those 3 weeks, but that's cos I had nothing better to do.
Quote from: Gimoz on March 21, 2005, 09:10:50 PM
WOAH!
I think I just got enligthened, just a few minutes ago. I was sitting here in front of my computer doing Nothing In Particular¬?,Ñ¢ when suddenly I realized that all sense and reason was seeping out of my mind, slowly emptying it. This feeling built up over a few minutes, and I could feel my brain processing enormous amounts of nothingness.
Then WAZOOOM! I see that nothing makes sense at all, and that makes perfect sense! Everything is here for a reason and no reason at all!
Nananananananananananananananananana!!!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
//Gimoz, who's mind has intentionally been left blank.
Don't do drugs, kids. Give them to TGRR.
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on December 26, 2007, 08:27:43 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 08:01:32 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 26, 2007, 07:48:11 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 26, 2007, 06:37:26 PM
Hear, hear.
I can see what you're saying... I have a feeling that amongst the complaints the pinealists have with PD.com is that some of us tend towards pragmatism over idealism... Or we're Idealistically Pragmatic.
I dunno if that makes sense. My wife just took me out to lunch at a high-end sushi place. I had some sake. w00t.
THIS
Well, I think that and the wholesale vocal rejection of everything that most of them know about Discordianism. Don't get me wrong, every cult has its higher level where all of the n00b stuff gets replaced with some other stuff... but usually they hide that shit behind a initiation so that the n00b is inducted into a new mindset, and is brought to an understanding of how the old mindset isn't wrong... but rather that its just a model.
Many young, tragically hip Discordians have only read the PD and maybe some of Bob's books. Yet instead of folks here saying "Yes, that's really cool... didja notice how *insert thing* actually leads to *insert new concept*, we often tend to say "You have 50 posts to get that bullshit out of your system, or we will unleash that which cannot be named on your ass. Have a nice day."
When I began hanging out here more often than in the past, I found this mindset lame... not because it failed to embrace the old maps and models, but because often it appears (from the outside) that most people here would like to burn all of the old maps and models, rather than simply including newer maps and models alongside the old ones.
I think it comes from pragmatism in some sense... but it can appear more like genocide on occasion ;-)
Well, a lot of that comes from the absolute predictability of many of the pinealist posters.
After almost 5 years of that shit, it gets kind of irritating. Every so often, I'll engage someone on Discordian theosophy, but you can only take so much "LOL23FNORDPINEALGLANDSMOKEWEEDPINEALERISERIERISERISERIS23232323LOL" before you want to punch someone.
Oh don't get me wrong, I understand that point quite well. I speak only of appearance to the outside, not what reasons might exist within. For while we have been subject to 23PINEALFNORDS for 4, 5, 6, or even 23 years... some are just discovering it. Again, I think it might be similar to the 'degrees' in initatory societies. I'm sure that Thelemics get tired of hearing some n00b ranting about summoning Therion and Babelon (again). I'm sure some Wiccans get tired of hearing about some n00b's experience with "The Goddess" again and again. I wonder if that's not the reason for degrees in some systems. So that the n00bs aren't destroyed, but rather guided. Those that aren't under the same delusions as a n00b can take refuge in their fellows of similar degree ;-)
Perhaps the other systems just evolved a mechanism to take care of their own PINEALISTS, while PDians just hits them with barstools ;-)