Hey everybody, Im new to these boards. Ive just recently read the Principia Discordia and The Book of Eris and Im really diggin the whole thing. But ya, anyway heres my rant that I feel like ranting:
There is an utter lack of monsters in the world. I was watching Jurrasic Park recently and after narrrowly escaping some dinosaurs the little girl asks "Are the monsters coming back?" and the main guy responds "They arent monsters, they are animals." And that made me think: If giant scaley things with teeth the size of your head arent monsters, then what are? As soon as a monster actually exists we make it into an animal. There was a time when whales were sea monsters, but now they are whales. If we ever find the lock ness monster, we will give it a scientific name and make it into an animal. I am sorely dissapointed with the underabundance of boogeymen and things that go bump in the night. There is nothing malevolent in the world. I suppose this could be seen as a positive, but whatever, I just felt like writing this to stall doing homework and to make a first post.
So there ya go.
http://principiadiscordia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8323 <--Clicky Linky.
Welcome to the club, kid.
shit.... you had the same thing. Now I feel thorougly noob-ish. well I came up with it like, last week, before I even knew about discordianism. So ya, well it doesnt really matter. Thanks for welcoming me.
Just as an extra note: After reading the principia discordia and the book of eris what else is there? Im sure theres more.
Quote from: renkoshit.... you had the same thing. well I came up with it like, last week, before I even knew about discordianism. So ya, well it doesnt really matter. Thanks for welcoming me.
Just as an extra note: After reading the principia discordia and the book of eris what else is there? Im sure theres more.
every thought you are
currently capable of having has already been thought before. Don't be so shocked, you're not nuveau anymore, you're as passe as the rest of us.
//www.subgenius.com
that is the end
Unless I made a specific attempt at not thinkin in words, just indistinguisable sounds. Then no one would have thought of that before, I just wouldnt be able to articulate it.
EDIT: this was made in response to the seer
and that 'bob' thing, taht seems like its something other than discordianism, if Im correct. is it like a sister religion or somethin?
a unique snowflake
Quote from: renkoUnless I made a specific attempt at not thinkin in words, just indistinguisable sounds. Then no one would have thought of that before, I just wouldnt be able to articulate it.
LOL. A million zenji have done just that.
You can't distinguish yourself no matter how hard you try. Just get over being distinguished. You're still unique even if there is nothing you cannot say that hasn't been said. Don't coddle yourself with delusions of grandeur is all I'm saying.
:lol: I like your new avatar LHX.
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and that 'bob' thing, taht seems like its something other than discordianism, if Im correct. is it like a master religion or somethin?
you almost had it
Quote from: renkoshit.... you had the same thing. Now I feel thorougly noob-ish. well I came up with it like, last week, before I even knew about discordianism. So ya, well it doesnt really matter. Thanks for welcoming me.
Just as an extra note: After reading the principia discordia and the book of eris what else is there? Im sure theres more.
1. Naw. Great minds, etc.
2. The Book of the Subgenius, Revelation X, and anything by Benrik. Robert Anton Wilson is also recommended by many, but it basically sucks ass. In my opinion. But, seeing as how I'm a God, you might consider taking that as (literally) Gospel. Or I'll turn your whole clan into hamsters. Or kill me.
Quote from: The seerQuote from: renkoUnless I made a specific attempt at not thinkin in words, just indistinguisable sounds. Then no one would have thought of that before, I just wouldnt be able to articulate it.
LOL. A million zenji have done just that.
You can't distinguish yourself no matter how hard you try. Just get over being distinguished. You're still unique even if there is nothing you cannot say that hasn't been said. Don't coddle yourself with delusions of grandeur is all I'm saying.
shit, I dont know what zenji even are...
PS. goddamit you guys post fast. every time I post something, three other people pop up between me and the thing Im responding too.
PPS. In the time it took me to edit this mesage and add that PS up there, two posts were made. You guys are like machines.
Quote from: renkoUnless I made a specific attempt at not thinkin in words, just indistinguisable sounds. Then no one would have thought of that before, I just wouldnt be able to articulate it.
EDIT: this was made in response to the seer
and that 'bob' thing, taht seems like its something other than discordianism, if Im correct. is it like a sister religion or somethin?
Or something.
Think of it as Discordia's "wrong" uncle, who is never let out of the attic, except on holidays, when he drinks too much punch and embarrasses everyone.
Quote from: renkoQuote from: The seerQuote from: renkoUnless I made a specific attempt at not thinkin in words, just indistinguisable sounds. Then no one would have thought of that before, I just wouldnt be able to articulate it.
LOL. A million zenji have done just that.
You can't distinguish yourself no matter how hard you try. Just get over being distinguished. You're still unique even if there is nothing you cannot say that hasn't been said. Don't coddle yourself with delusions of grandeur is all I'm saying.
shit, I dont know what zenji even are...
They start haiku threads, mostly.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Rogerand they have the ability to get bored with handling sharp objects that cut them occasionally... unlike me. :lol:
Quote from: The seerQuote from: The Good Reverend Rogerand they have the ability to get bored with handling sharp objects that cut them occasionally... unlike me. :lol:
Zenjis can throw a drinking straw so hard that it would stick 2" into a tree trunk.
169% TROOF!
Quote from: renkoThere was a time when whales were sea monsters, but now they are whales.
they will always be sea monsters to me :x :x :cry: :cry:
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: The seerQuote from: The Good Reverend Rogerand they have the ability to get bored with handling sharp objects that cut them occasionally... unlike me. :lol:
Zenjis can throw a drinking straw so hard that it would stick 2" into a tree trunk.
169% TROOF!
wow, thats impressive. people who post haikus, cut themselves, and can throw drinking straws impossibly hard.
Quote from: mian tiao FredQuote from: renkoThere was a time when whales were sea monsters, but now they are whales.
they will always be sea monsters to me :x :x :cry: :cry:
I hate Whales, too!
or, MY contribution to your campaign, the numpersticker:
I'M MAD TOO, FRED!
but, uhm just to get back to this: Is that bob thing something completely different from discordianism? are they written by the same guy or something? From what Ive seen I think I prefer Eris to Bob, personally.
Quote from: renkobut, uhm just to get back to this: Is that bob thing something completely different from discordianism? are they written by the same guy or something? From what Ive seen I think I prefer Eris to Bob, personally.
Eris is the positive facet of Hesiod's two part eris.
Bob is the other, angry, vengeful part. The irony is he just haoppens to look like the ery vision of the world he is against: 1960's america.
Quote from: renkobut, uhm just to get back to this: Is that bob thing something completely different from discordianism? are they written by the same guy or something? From what Ive seen I think I prefer Eris to Bob, personally.
1. No, they are totally different.
Eris: destroys civilizations when she gets snubbed. "Bob": Destroys worlds when he's
bored.
Discordians: Hope for a miracle when all else fails. Subgenii: DEMAND a miracle before
anything has been tried.We Subgenii are the "black sheep" of the counter-culture. We never get invited to the best parties...but we have more sex, even when we have to do it with someone else.
2. "Bob", not Bob. Any "Bob" you can actually spell isn't worth talking about.
3. If you want to see for yourself, I'll link you to some of their texts.
Quote from: The seerQuote from: renkobut, uhm just to get back to this: Is that bob thing something completely different from discordianism? are they written by the same guy or something? From what Ive seen I think I prefer Eris to Bob, personally.
Eris is the positive facet of Hesiod's two part eris.
Bob is the other, angry, vengeful part. The irony is he just haoppens to look like the ery vision of the world he is against: 1960's america.
1950s, to be precise. The bland, "guy next door", if the guy next door hated your guts and owned too many guns.
Quote from: renkoQuote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: The seerQuote from: The Good Reverend Rogerand they have the ability to get bored with handling sharp objects that cut them occasionally... unlike me. :lol:
Zenjis can throw a drinking straw so hard that it would stick 2" into a tree trunk.
169% TROOF!
wow, thats impressive. people who post haikus, cut themselves, and can throw drinking straws impossibly hard.
Zenji was one of the founders of this board, along with Horab, Hugh, Verthaine, Skecjy, and myself (and a bunch of others who were, unfortunately, eaten by Chef).
He was one tough dude. Rumor has it he had a toenail on his dick.
You think there's no monsters in the world? :evil:
after reading some subgenius stuff (mostly the Wikipedia entry) I still think I prefer Discordianism. Eris is way sexier.
Quote from: SchizzyYou think there's no monsters in the world? :evil:
Sure there are...but not the COOL kind.
All we have are the crooked cops, the bent politicians, the smiling bastard who says "WE HAVE NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE BLACK GOO LEAKING OUT OF OUR FACTORY INTO THE LOCAL PRESCHOOL YARD HAS ANY CONNECTION TO THE GRUESOME MUTATIONS IN LOCAL CHILDREN."
Oh, we've got monsters, all right...but they look
just like us.
Quote from: renkoafter reading some subgenius stuff (mostly the Wikipedia entry) I still think I prefer Discordianism. Eris is way sexier.
That's what you get for reading Wikipedia.
Lies, all lies.
You have to read the original source material.
(Or I could just pimp my own stuff: http://poee.co.uk/boards/viewforum.php?f=15 )
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger
Oh, we've got monsters, all right...but they look just like us.
worse... they
are us!
Quote from: renkoQuote from: The Good Reverend Roger
Oh, we've got monsters, all right...but they look just like us.
worse... they are us!
Speak for yourself, dude. We Gods only LOOK evil, because we're misunderstood.
I, for one, blame society.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger
(Or I could just pimp my own stuff: http://poee.co.uk/boards/viewforum.php?f=15 )
Any chance, you could condense those 15 or so sermons into a concise little summary paragraph for those of us who can only read right now during the commercial breaks during jon stewart?
Quote from: renkoQuote from: The Good Reverend Roger
(Or I could just pimp my own stuff: http://poee.co.uk/boards/viewforum.php?f=15 )
Any chance, you could condense those 15 or so sermons into a concise little summary paragraph for those of us who can only read right now during the commercial breaks during jon stewart?
1. 100+, actually.
2. Sorry. I cannot enable your demon addiction. Kill your tv.
1. oh man... thats alot of sermons
2. oh common, how can you be against jon stewart? he is to politics like you are to religion.
Quote from: renko1. oh man... thats alot of sermons
2. oh common, how can you be against jon stewart? he is to politics like you are to religion.
1. I've been doing it for YEARS. Fear not, though...Some day, YOU will also be old & bitter, with a few hundred rants under your belt.
2. I have nothing against Jon Stewart. He's one of the (very few) good guys. But he's on TV, and TV is a tool of the Conspiracy(tm). Except for anything with William Shatner in it, obviously.
Welcome aboard dude, and thanks for not subjecting us to any rants on the mysteries of the number 23, the law of fives, or the pentabarf.
TGRR,
Loves not having to play whack-a-noob.
PS: I feel I should warn you that I am considered a bad influence in these parts. Just saying.
How about the PBS special of an old Tom JOnes TV concert that was on tonight. No, I swear, I got out of the shower and that was what my husband was watching and no, I don't know why :shock:
Quote from: Eldora, Oracle of AlchemyHow about the PBS special of an old Tom JOnes TV concert that was on tonight. No, I swear, I got out of the shower and that was what my husband was watching and no, I don't know why :shock:
Tom Jones can crush a python's skull wiff his biceps.
D/N/T.
This special was about 25 years old, it was kinda scary :shock:
Quote from: Eldora, Oracle of AlchemyThis special was about 25 years old, it was kinda scary :shock:
Without fuel they were nothing. They built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked. But nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled. The cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men.
On the roads it was a white line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice. And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary men were battered and smashed.
Except for one man, who hasn't aged since 1972.
Quote from: Eldora, Oracle of AlchemyHow about the PBS special of an old Tom JOnes TV concert that was on tonight. No, I swear, I got out of the shower and that was what my husband was watching and no, I don't know why :shock:
Your husband watches wrestling and is obsessed with Tom Jones...
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Quote from:  Quote from: Eldora, Oracle of AlchemyHow about the PBS special of an old Tom JOnes TV concert that was on tonight. No, I swear, I got out of the shower and that was what my husband was watching and no, I don't know why :shock:
Your husband watches wrestling and is obsessed with Tom Jones...
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Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerQuote from: renkoafter reading some subgenius stuff (mostly the Wikipedia entry) I still think I prefer Discordianism. Eris is way sexier.
That's what you get for reading Wikipedia.
Lies, all lies.
You have to read the original source material.
Which guy was it who describe Eris as a graying old hag again? I may be wrong here, but I just think he wasn't getting enough. All the Greek gods were lookers. Its why they got away with so much.
Besides, she was killing people and dragging their bodies about at Troy. She had to be in pretty good shape for that.
Fess up Rog. Is "The FATHER" character on cartoon networks Codename:
Kids Next Door actuALLY THE "aNTI-bOB"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Wigglestein
Quote from: VerthaineFess up Rog. Is "The FATHER" character on cartoon networks Codename:
Kids Next Door actuALLY THE "aNTI-bOB"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Wigglestein
I'm so glad I am not the only one who noticed that. I tried to get a picture off the TV, but because Father is in shadow all the time they never came out.
Quote from: renkoafter reading some subgenius stuff (mostly the Wikipedia entry) I still think I prefer Discordianism. Eris is way sexier.
i'm with you, kid
welcome to the boards
Quote from: VerthaineFess up Rog. Is "The FATHER" character on cartoon networks Codename:
Kids Next Door actuALLY THE "aNTI-bOB"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Wigglestein
I can neither confirm nor deny that.
TGRR,
Can neither confirm nor deny that.