can you feel it coming? do you smell a change upon the wind?
NO.
you DON'T.
you CAN'T.
you've deluded yourself with dreams of a grand re-awakening, a massive paradigm shift of the collective social conscience. You've convinced yourself that someone (maybe even you) will come along and cast down the Powers That Be(tm) that are in control of the MACHINE(tm).
You're WRONG.
there are no Powers That Be(tm). The MACHINE(tm) deposed them long ago, or perhaps they just became obsolete, victims of their own efficiency. You see, long ago the MACHINE(tm) became far too large to be overseen by a conspiracy, or even by a network of several different conspiracies. The MACHINE(tm) is no longer under the control of mankind, rather it has become an entity unto itself. A blind, uncaring juggernaut of assimilation and mediocrity. The MACHINE(tm) feeds off of the static nature of humanity. Any real agents of change are percieved as dangerous mutations, to be neutralized and disposed of as quickly as possible. Yes, that includes you. And yes, that also includes me. Why do you think I constantly exhort YOU to become an agent of change? I've got my own schemes and machinations to that end, but I want to see the manner in which the MACHINE(tm) deals with you before I finalize MY game plan. You see, to be effective as a catalyst, one has to confront the problem of scale. You CAN NOT bring the MACHINE(tm) down. You can't even slow it down. What you can do is very slowly and unobtrusively begin to rearrange the basic components. We will refer to these as "widgets" and "sprockets". If widget A and sprocket B combine to exert societal influence C on the stinking morass known collectively as "humanity", then it stands to reason that the MACHINE(tm) can be reprogrammed at a very basic level and in very small increments. You waste your time dreaming of how to effect such a change on a global, national, or regional scale (the impossibility of which, I might add, keeps you in your perpetual state of blissful apathy), dreaming of assembling a group of like-minded fellows who will march with you to the very gates of the ivory tower whereupon those who have misled and exploited you will be cast down upon the parapets.
well guess what?
YOU ARE the one who has misled and exploited you. You have overlooked the most obvious solution, the most effective solution, the only possible solution.
kill yourself, fuck the body.
Just kidding.
maybe.
but seriously, this is what I have come to believe is the true spirit of the oft-misused phrase "we must stick apart": we cannot effect a large scale change, and if we make a serious attempt we WILL be neutralized. Instead, each and every one of us should make a conscious effort to effect a small reprogramming of the MACHINE(tm) in a manner that affects us and our immediate surroundings. keep the mutation small, and give it a chance to become effectively contagious. If we all effect a change on our own paradigm (this DOES require some effort, being a bliss-ninny doesn't count), there WILL be an eventual overlap, at which point the large scale change which we have hoped to effect all along will be impossible to stop.
(insert witty closing tagline here)
8)
*clap*
Great rant.
I think you might even be right about the whole "stick apart" thing too...
I would answer this but
a) I tend not to answer unless I can add something to the discussion, and
b) the only thing I can add is that I think my liver is dying.
Indeed. I was contemplating the "stick apart" meme, and decided that what it meant was very similar to terrorist cells. if each cell has a common goal, yet is oblivious to the other's means & methods, then the "strategic movements" become impossible to decipher.
*cough*globalguerrillanetworks*cough*, *cough*OpenSourceChaosrant*cough*
8)
this ech is exhibiting some promise
copied into the archive file on my hard drive
'stick apart' is starting to look more and more like a trick
it was designed to get you close
but you cant put the finishing touches on the job by sticking apart
by 'sticking apart' you are still afforded the comfort of a certain amount of privacy
i get to read all this shit that you type on line
but how the fuck am i supposed to know that it isnt the cock of leviathan that is propping you up to your keyboard
and we all know about the masks that the sinister folks wore on scooby-doo
with this stick apart shit - this just becomes a whole bunch of people who got the deal figured out but are still at the stage of the
'no - you try it first'
'no - you try it first'
mentality
to finish the shit off
we would have to tie ourselves together
do the job
and then un-tie ourselves and vow never to speak about this shit again
(or even feel compelled to talk about this shit anyway - because there would be no point
we would be done)
the trick is not
'kill yourself, fuck the body'
but more like
shit yourself
in front of an audience
and if you are in the audience
volunteer to be next in line
nope, you didn't get it. try again.
8)
ooooooo...
it's a game show!
can i spin the wheel?
please?
fffffffffuck
i am slow
this website is single-handedly helping me lose the ability to pay attention to anything other than my day dreams
thank you
fuck you very much
*sigh*
Anyways... Oh fuck it, nice rant Turd.
Great rant.
But I still think it's funnier to go down swinging.
To be precise, for OTHER people to go down swinging.
To LHX:
Cross reference this rant with the Quantum Inseparability Principle, and see what happens.
Way to go!
Nice piece of work.
Sometimes though, I think that what the Machine has done is actually funny. We only have ourselves to blame.
Turd, Awesome.
/Swiped for the front page...
Fuck this shit.
Quote from: agent compassionFuck this shit.
What shit and why?
Yeah, why?
Quote from: LMNOTo LHX:
Cross reference this rant with the Quantum Inseparability Principle, and see what happens.
i keep getting 'syntax error'
Employ percussive maintanence. Repeat.
anothe r sermon worthy of it's place it teh book of ripoff. keep it up turd.
Quote from: LMNOTo LHX:
Cross reference this rant with the Quantum Inseparability Principle, and see what happens.
yeah
i seem to occasionally forget about those types of things
this forum is like heaven
discordians never lose
they just look bad sometimes
Quote from: Irreverend Hugh, KSCWay to go!
Nice piece of work.
Sometimes though, I think that what the Machine has done is actually funny. We only have ourselves to blame.
And we are the only ones who can fix it.
Quote from: VerthaineQuote from: Irreverend Hugh, KSCWay to go!
Nice piece of work.
Sometimes though, I think that what the Machine has done is actually funny. We only have ourselves to blame.
And we are the only ones who can fix it.
also the only ones who can pretend to be able to fix it
while we get run over
Right on!
Or perhaps you just watched "The Cube" one time too many.
Quote from: nurbldoffRight on!
Or perhaps you just watched "The Cube" one time too many.
OMG, I thought I was the only person to see that. That was one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen, and I watch a lot of hte SciFi channel, including, but not limited to SciFi originals, which is some of hte worst Science Fiction on TV. I even watched about 3 or 4 times trying to figure it out, really weird. :shock:
putting a stop to another inane threadjack before it gets any momentum...
Quote from: East Coast Hustlecan you feel it coming? do you smell a change upon the wind?
NO.
you DON'T.
you CAN'T.
you've deluded yourself with dreams of a grand re-awakening, a massive paradigm shift of the collective social conscience. You've convinced yourself that someone (maybe even you) will come along and cast down the Powers That Be(tm) that are in control of the MACHINE(tm).
You're WRONG.
there are no Powers That Be(tm). The MACHINE(tm) deposed them long ago, or perhaps they just became obsolete, victims of their own efficiency. You see, long ago the MACHINE(tm) became far too large to be overseen by a conspiracy, or even by a network of several different conspiracies. The MACHINE(tm) is no longer under the control of mankind, rather it has become an entity unto itself. A blind, uncaring juggernaut of assimilation and mediocrity. The MACHINE(tm) feeds off of the static nature of humanity. Any real agents of change are percieved as dangerous mutations, to be neutralized and disposed of as quickly as possible. Yes, that includes you. And yes, that also includes me. Why do you think I constantly exhort YOU to become an agent of change? I've got my own schemes and machinations to that end, but I want to see the manner in which the MACHINE(tm) deals with you before I finalize MY game plan. You see, to be effective as a catalyst, one has to confront the problem of scale. You CAN NOT bring the MACHINE(tm) down. You can't even slow it down. What you can do is very slowly and unobtrusively begin to rearrange the basic components. We will refer to these as "widgets" and "sprockets". If widget A and sprocket B combine to exert societal influence C on the stinking morass known collectively as "humanity", then it stands to reason that the MACHINE(tm) can be reprogrammed at a very basic level and in very small increments. You waste your time dreaming of how to effect such a change on a global, national, or regional scale (the impossibility of which, I might add, keeps you in your perpetual state of blissful apathy), dreaming of assembling a group of like-minded fellows who will march with you to the very gates of the ivory tower whereupon those who have misled and exploited you will be cast down upon the parapets.
well guess what?
YOU ARE the one who has misled and exploited you. You have overlooked the most obvious solution, the most effective solution, the only possible solution.
kill yourself, fuck the body.
Just kidding.
maybe.
but seriously, this is what I have come to believe is the true spirit of the oft-misused phrase "we must stick apart": we cannot effect a large scale change, and if we make a serious attempt we WILL be neutralized. Instead, each and every one of us should make a conscious effort to effect a small reprogramming of the MACHINE(tm) in a manner that affects us and our immediate surroundings. keep the mutation small, and give it a chance to become effectively contagious. If we all effect a change on our own paradigm (this DOES require some effort, being a bliss-ninny doesn't count), there WILL be an eventual overlap, at which point the large scale change which we have hoped to effect all along will be impossible to stop.
(insert witty closing tagline here)
8)
Quote from: LMNOIndeed. I was contemplating the "stick apart" meme, and decided that what it meant was very similar to terrorist cells. if each cell has a common goal, yet is oblivious to the other's means & methods, then the "strategic movements" become impossible to decipher.
yeah, that's sort of what I had in mind, only even more decentralized...I think most of us have proven that we're not all that good at working together as a group without infighting and egotism coming into play, but we're all on the same page enough that if we just worry about effecting a change in our own sphere of influence, there will be an inevitable overlap of achievements and changes which will merge into a perhaps somewhat cohesive thing once it gathers enough mass to be more or less unstoppable.
8)
Did you check out the latest LMNO-PI chapter? I have a little bit in there about that.
Quote from: East Coast Hustleyeah, that's sort of what I had in mind, only even more decentralized...I think most of us have proven that we're not all that good at working together as a group without infighting and egotism coming into play, but we're all on the same page enough that if we just worry about effecting a change in our own sphere of influence, there will be an inevitable overlap of achievements and changes which will merge into a perhaps somewhat cohesive thing once it gathers enough mass to be more or less unstoppable.
8)
this whole thing is strangely reassuring
almost makes me feel comfortable
like i might
relax
or something
Quote from: LMNODid you check out the latest LMNO-PI chapter? I have a little bit in there about that.
I did, and as usual it was fantastic.
and I noticed how you couched my and the gnome's thoughts on the matter within the context of the story without losing the feel of the narrative. very nicely done.
8)
Quote from: East Coast HustleQuote from: LMNODid you check out the latest LMNO-PI chapter? I have a little bit in there about that.
I did, and as usual it was fantastic.
and I noticed how you couched my and the gnome's thoughts on the matter within the context of the story without losing the feel of the narrative. very nicely done.
8)
:oops:
Quote from: East Coast Hustlecan you feel it coming? do you smell a change upon the wind?
NO.
you DON'T.
you CAN'T.
you've deluded yourself with dreams of a grand re-awakening, a massive paradigm shift of the collective social conscience. You've convinced yourself that someone (maybe even you) will come along and cast down the Powers That Be(tm) that are in control of the MACHINE(tm).
You're WRONG.
there are no Powers That Be(tm). The MACHINE(tm) deposed them long ago, or perhaps they just became obsolete, victims of their own efficiency. You see, long ago the MACHINE(tm) became far too large to be overseen by a conspiracy, or even by a network of several different conspiracies. The MACHINE(tm) is no longer under the control of mankind, rather it has become an entity unto itself. A blind, uncaring juggernaut of assimilation and mediocrity. The MACHINE(tm) feeds off of the static nature of humanity. Any real agents of change are percieved as dangerous mutations, to be neutralized and disposed of as quickly as possible. Yes, that includes you. And yes, that also includes me. Why do you think I constantly exhort YOU to become an agent of change? I've got my own schemes and machinations to that end, but I want to see the manner in which the MACHINE(tm) deals with you before I finalize MY game plan. You see, to be effective as a catalyst, one has to confront the problem of scale. You CAN NOT bring the MACHINE(tm) down. You can't even slow it down. What you can do is very slowly and unobtrusively begin to rearrange the basic components. We will refer to these as "widgets" and "sprockets". If widget A and sprocket B combine to exert societal influence C on the stinking morass known collectively as "humanity", then it stands to reason that the MACHINE(tm) can be reprogrammed at a very basic level and in very small increments. You waste your time dreaming of how to effect such a change on a global, national, or regional scale (the impossibility of which, I might add, keeps you in your perpetual state of blissful apathy), dreaming of assembling a group of like-minded fellows who will march with you to the very gates of the ivory tower whereupon those who have misled and exploited you will be cast down upon the parapets.
well guess what?
YOU ARE the one who has misled and exploited you. You have overlooked the most obvious solution, the most effective solution, the only possible solution.
kill yourself, fuck the body.
Just kidding.
maybe.
but seriously, this is what I have come to believe is the true spirit of the oft-misused phrase "we must stick apart": we cannot effect a large scale change, and if we make a serious attempt we WILL be neutralized. Instead, each and every one of us should make a conscious effort to effect a small reprogramming of the MACHINE(tm) in a manner that affects us and our immediate surroundings. keep the mutation small, and give it a chance to become effectively contagious. If we all effect a change on our own paradigm (this DOES require some effort, being a bliss-ninny doesn't count), there WILL be an eventual overlap, at which point the large scale change which we have hoped to effect all along will be impossible to stop.
(insert witty closing tagline here)
8)
bippity-bump!
Boompity bump for possible pamphlet inclusion.
OK, but let me give it an edit/re-write first, since this was more internally aimed than externally. It could be redirected without much trouble, though.
Oh noes! too late!
Heh. kidding.
here's the rewrite. I think it's quite a bit better than the original. YMMV.
Quotecan you feel it coming? do you smell a change upon the wind?
NO.
you DON'T.
you CAN'T.
you've deluded yourself with dreams of a grand re-awakening, a massive paradigm shift of the collective social conscience. You've convinced yourself that someone (maybe even you) will come along and cast down the Powers That Be(tm) that are in control of the MACHINE(tm).
You're WRONG.
there are no Powers That Be(tm). The MACHINE(tm) deposed them long ago, or perhaps they just became obsolete, victims of their own efficiency. You see, long ago the MACHINE(tm) became far too large to be overseen by a conspiracy, or even by a network of several different conspiracies. The MACHINE(tm) is no longer under the control of mankind, rather it has become an entity unto itself. A blind, uncaring juggernaut of assimilation and mediocrity. The MACHINE(tm) feeds off of the static nature of humanity. Any real agents of change are percieved as dangerous mutations, to be neutralized and disposed of as quickly as possible. Yes, that includes you. And yes, that also includes me. Why do you think I constantly exhort YOU to become an agent of change? I've got my own schemes and machinations to that end, but I want to see the manner in which the MACHINE(tm) deals with you before I finalize MY game plan. You see, to be effective as a catalyst, one has to confront the problem of scale. You CAN NOT bring the MACHINE(tm) down. You can't even slow it down. What you can do is very slowly and unobtrusively begin to rearrange the basic components. We will refer to these as "widgets" and "sprockets". If widget A and sprocket B combine to exert societal influence C on the stinking morass known collectively as "humanity", then it stands to reason that the MACHINE(tm) can be reprogrammed at a very basic level and in very small increments. You waste your time dreaming of how to effect such a change on a global, national, or regional scale (the impossibility of which, I might add, keeps you in your perpetual state of blissful apathy), dreaming of assembling a group of like-minded fellows who will march with you to the very gates of the ivory tower whereupon those who have misled and exploited you will be cast down upon the parapets.
well guess what?
YOU ARE the one who has misled and exploited you. You have overlooked the most obvious solution, the most effective solution, the only possible solution.
You
need
to
wake
UP.
You cannot effect a large scale change, and if you make a serious attempt you WILL be neutralized. Instead, each and every one of you should make a conscious effort to effect a small reprogramming of the MACHINE(tm) in a manner that affects you and your immediate surroundings. keep the mutation small, and give it a chance to become effectively contagious. If we all effect a change on our own paradigm, there WILL be an eventual overlap, at which point the large scale change which you have hoped to effect all along will be impossible to stop.
The only question that remains is...
Will you talk?
Or will you ACT?
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woot!
double w00t with cherry on top!
:mittens:
"TURDS PIZZAS"
Come to Maine, feel the breeze, linger among the smart, hip and urban kids in their natural enviroment. See the spring break break out and think of it as a mass outbreak of ebola, but it's not. TURDS PIZZERIA, where you are forced to act on how you would like your pizza. Do you want it to act? To talk? Most people want to talk to the pizza but some others choose to act through the bald pizzamaker and choose their pizzas to act. Several bureaus are staking out TURDS FANTASTICO NEGRONI PIZZERIA and international newspapers have linked TURDS MAGNIFICENTO GRANDIOUZO FANTASTICO NEGRONI PIZZERIA to the infamous website neurocam and have linked it to several people being arrested, apparently brainwashed, for throwing pizzas at prominent politicians, celebrities and homeless people walking around with "THE END IS NIGH" signs.
I couldn't find the clapping hands emoticon so
damn. I forgot I even wrote this, and at risk of tooting my own horn, I think it's kinda good.
Better to toot your own horn than to toot someone else's; you don't know where it's been.