first set of postergasm photos is up:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/22982051@N03/42rAiB
we ran out of light and didn't get as many good shots as we'd like, but it's a start.
That was fun! The people in McDonalds were all very amused by our awesome facial hair.
btw, any idea why they're not showing up here: ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/postergasm/
oracor - that makes no sense. that's not to say that it should, but if you really want to waste time you need to put more, or less, ink into it. less is a poster similar to the one above but simply reading: two. more is a full color print of textless content that is completely irrelevent yet somehow completely visible over anything else. there should be no recognizable symbolism involved at all. a "missing" poster containing a blank space where the missing article, animal or person would be and a phone number might also have some substantial effect. posters soaked in kerosene and set on fire are also effective, if they are posters depicting an image or picture of fire and nothing else. eye images are never practical, but i'm not permitted to explain why.
1/20/2008 9:33:49 PM
Cramulus - okay do it - and be sure to take pictures of it, it sounds really great.
1/20/2008 9:41:54 PM
oracor - by nature i have no intention of doing anything whatsoever. furthermore, i don't own a camera, but your appreciation of sound is recognized. cheers.
1/21/2008 1:16:53 PM
Rainy weather means this will have to be INside out here...hm...*thinks of alternatives to outside poles*LAMINATION FTW
Excellent work, you two, btw!
:lol: I don't have those er capabilities. No access to FedexKinko's here, bub! But a poster blitz sounds just the ticket.
Just might have to wait til the rainy stuff moves out of town, or think of places I could put them up in "public" view that are shelterd from the wet. I'm thinking public library or something like that.
:lol: I don't have those er capabilities. No access to FedexKinko's here, bub! But a poster blitz sounds just the ticket.
Just might have to wait til the rainy stuff moves out of town, or think of places I could put them up in "public" view that are shelterd from the wet. I'm thinking public library or something like that.
No Kinkos? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?
Public transit is another good place to leave flyers, especially longer materials.
Also, welcome back Jenne.
I thought about not ref...but I want to give Drew and Nat their due, yknow? They make their living off of it, and the advert is so random (I mean, srsly, who's "marriedtothesea"?)...but then I've been wearing their t-shirts around town and getting "what's that?" and "explain that!" from all these moms at the schools.
There's this one: You have cholera. With this little blue pill thingie:
(http://www.nataliedee.com/072906/hey-look-its-a-little-cholera.jpg) that is on this orange background that I wear...drives people nuts.
They also like my "Exercising Blows" t-shirt from toothpastefordinner.
and I'm having a short, silly, stupid battle on 23ae. There are some armchair Discordians who don't want to participate because they don't think it's possible to organize Discordians and accomplish anything. Please help me please them wrong?
and I'm having a short, silly, stupid battle on 23ae. There are some armchair Discordians who don't want to participate because they don't think it's possible to organize Discordians and accomplish anything. Please help me please them wrong?
Is that the whole basis of their argument?
What idiots. I suspect what they mean is that its much easier to just call yourself a Discordian and act wacky on a forum all day long instead of, you know...actually doing something.
And hell, its not like your even asking them to blow up the Federal Reserve (hi, NSA-bot!), or even do something borderline illegal like run the DoJ website through Gigaloader 23,000 times. Its using a printer, some paper and your spare time. Without wanting to make too many assumptions about people I have never met, these people sound like they suffer from Special Nerditis. They have their own little in joke (ie; Discordianism) that makes them feel superior to all the Grays and Cabbages, and they take great pride in that because they have little else to be proud about. Therefore, spreading the word or doing jakes, doing things that could let others in on the joke, threatens their oh so special status.
Or words to that effect. Its pretty much the same as Subgenii who are obssesed with "Bobbies", Pagans obsessed with "fluffy bunnies" and all secret societies everywhere.
and I'm having a short, silly, stupid battle on 23ae. There are some armchair Discordians who don't want to participate because they don't think it's possible to organize Discordians and accomplish anything. Please help me please them wrong?
Is that the whole basis of their argument?
What idiots. I suspect what they mean is that its much easier to just call yourself a Discordian and act wacky on a forum all day long instead of, you know...actually doing something.
And hell, its not like your even asking them to blow up the Federal Reserve (hi, NSA-bot!), or even do something borderline illegal like run the DoJ website through Gigaloader 23,000 times. Its using a printer, some paper and your spare time. Without wanting to make too many assumptions about people I have never met, these people sound like they suffer from Special Nerditis. They have their own little in joke (ie; Discordianism) that makes them feel superior to all the Grays and Cabbages, and they take great pride in that because they have little else to be proud about. Therefore, spreading the word or doing jakes, doing things that could let others in on the joke, threatens their oh so special status.
Or words to that effect. Its pretty much the same as Subgenii who are obssesed with "Bobbies", Pagans obsessed with "fluffy bunnies" and all secret societies everywhere.
I think that may be true in some sense... but let's not beat them too harshly yet. George Dorn didn't grok Hagbard at first either ;-)
and I'm having a short, silly, stupid battle on 23ae. There are some armchair Discordians who don't want to participate because they don't think it's possible to organize Discordians and accomplish anything. Please help me please them wrong?
Is that the whole basis of their argument?
What idiots. I suspect what they mean is that its much easier to just call yourself a Discordian and act wacky on a forum all day long instead of, you know...actually doing something.
And hell, its not like your even asking them to blow up the Federal Reserve (hi, NSA-bot!), or even do something borderline illegal like run the DoJ website through Gigaloader 23,000 times. Its using a printer, some paper and your spare time. Without wanting to make too many assumptions about people I have never met, these people sound like they suffer from Special Nerditis. They have their own little in joke (ie; Discordianism) that makes them feel superior to all the Grays and Cabbages, and they take great pride in that because they have little else to be proud about. Therefore, spreading the word or doing jakes, doing things that could let others in on the joke, threatens their oh so special status.
Or words to that effect. Its pretty much the same as Subgenii who are obssesed with "Bobbies", Pagans obsessed with "fluffy bunnies" and all secret societies everywhere.
I think that may be true in some sense... but let's not beat them too harshly yet. George Dorn didn't grok Hagbard at first either ;-)
I've been hanging around with Pagans lately. They make me want to hit people.
I've been hanging around with Pagans lately. They make me want to hit people.
I've been hanging around with Pagans lately. They make me want to hit people.
What's compelling you to hang out with hippies?
I've been hanging around with Pagans lately. They make me want to hit people.
What's compelling you to hang out with hippies?
In an online sense. Offline I've already discovered the local ones are humourless and, even worse, throw crap parties.
This is true, but we don't have any Vikings around here.
:lulz:
I'll give the Japanese this much, when they set out to do something, they try their damndest at it, regardless of how insane or unlikely it may be.
http://community.livejournal.com/eris_activists/8183.html (http://community.livejournal.com/eris_activists/8183.html)
MetaGASM
:lulz: :argh!: :lulz: :argh!: :lulz: :argh!: :lulz:
(new solider and hunchback motif?)
http://community.livejournal.com/eris_activists/8183.html (http://community.livejournal.com/eris_activists/8183.html)
MetaGASM
:lulz: :argh!: :lulz: :argh!: :lulz: :argh!: :lulz:
(new solider and hunchback motif?)
It's my attempt at recruiting.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23105249@N03/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23105249@N03/)
:lulz:
two photos from postergasm are up on MyConfinedSpace today. Please go vote them five stars and digg 'em.
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/?attachment_id=24051
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/?attachment_id=24049
http://digg.com/comedy/I_bet_you_just_stepped_in_it
http://digg.com/comedy/America_No_Longer_Has_a_Breadbasket_Now_It_Has_a_Cornhole
Much LULZ can be had by printing out several of these, shuffling them with blank paper then putting them into the paper tray upside down. Executive assistants print out large reports and only use the tops and they don't even look at the backs...
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
two photos from postergasm are up on MyConfinedSpace today. Please go vote them five stars and digg 'em.
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/?attachment_id=24051
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/?attachment_id=24049
http://digg.com/comedy/I_bet_you_just_stepped_in_it
http://digg.com/comedy/America_No_Longer_Has_a_Breadbasket_Now_It_Has_a_Cornhole
They really don't seem to like you over at MSC, Cram.
two photos from postergasm are up on MyConfinedSpace today. Please go vote them five stars and digg 'em.:mittens:
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/?attachment_id=24051
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/?attachment_id=24049
http://digg.com/comedy/I_bet_you_just_stepped_in_it
http://digg.com/comedy/America_No_Longer_Has_a_Breadbasket_Now_It_Has_a_Cornhole
That's a really strong piece, Vex...
updates--
So far, Volume Dingus is doing really well. I've put them up in "high risk" spots - meaning that they're in spots where these things usually get torn down within hours. Nevertheless, most posters have remained up for three or four days.
We've observed two people reading the posters to whomever they are on the cell phone with, visibly laughing. That really made my day.
http://www.discoflux.com/files/d2.pdf
My sister says she saw some of your posters in her neighborhood, Cramulus; that means there is a mystery person in Portland.
if you tagged it "postergasm" it should appear within a day or so.Yes of course.
also, epimetheus, be sure to take pics and post them to flickr
My sister says she saw some of your posters in her neighborhood, Cramulus; that means there is a mystery person in Portland.
She didn't happen to see them yesterday, did she?
:ninja:
Telarus, maybe? Could also be Danny Chaoflux.
It's annoying if people aren't taking pix and uploading to flickr though!
if you tagged it "postergasm" it should appear within a day or so.Yes of course.
also, epimetheus, be sure to take pics and post them to flickr
Didn't you discover (in IRC) that they have to be tagged 'postergasm' and 'gasm'?
My sister says she saw some of your posters in her neighborhood, Cramulus; that means there is a mystery person in Portland.
She didn't happen to see them yesterday, did she?
:ninja:
Day before yesterday, actually; in NE, off Dekum near 15th.
if you tagged it "postergasm" it should appear within a day or so.Yes of course.
also, epimetheus, be sure to take pics and post them to flickr
Didn't you discover (in IRC) that they have to be tagged 'postergasm' and 'gasm'?
that's only for links posted to del.icio.us
flickr feeds tagged with <something>gasm get picked up automatically as long as there is at least one item on del.icio.us tagged with gasm and <something>gasm.
does that make sense?
The GASM Mission Feed (http://baronvonhoopla.blogspot.com/) picks up stuff on flickr as long as there's already a delicious category for it.
For example--
if there's a picture on flickr tagged "orgasm" it won't get picked up by the mission feed
--unless someone tagged something on del.icio.us with the tags "orgasm", and "gasm"
My sister says she saw some of your posters in her neighborhood, Cramulus; that means there is a mystery person in Portland.
She didn't happen to see them yesterday, did she?
:ninja:
Day before yesterday, actually; in NE, off Dekum near 15th.
Excellent, that was not my doing.
BUT NAO I KNOA APPROXIMATELY WHERE YUOR SISTAR LIVES!
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:troll:
Here's my (minor) contribution to POSTERGASM:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-e/sets/72157603953372321/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-e/sets/72157603953372321/)
I gotta say, it was this project that inspired me to be active and do something. I really dig it. :)
I did indeed see that, sorry for that I deleted it.
Yes I would like that account, and the link to the PDF was http://mihd.net/qulkmi (http://mihd.net/qulkmi) and I believe that download is in PDF format, so that'd be cool if you want to put it on Vex's.
Oh, and guys...gotta say:
I went on my first POSTERGASM outing tonight (12:38 so most things closed) lol, it was VERY fun. I took pictures on my shitty cell phone, so if I DO get them up their not great. However it was hilarious, we hit a couple church's, blockbuster, hospital, 2 gas station pumps(which works good for long reads), a library, THE FUCKING COURTHOUSE DOOR lol...ummm the Bowling Alley, Burger King Drive through on a thing above the speaker....and last but not least we put up our favorite "Now that you've read this I'll follow you home"...and we put it on the Wal-Mart missing children glass cover of those bulletins. Classic.
I used some from Mine I just recently made (adding more to them as I think..) and then some from the one's you all have listed on the wiki.
Oh, I get it.
The seal that Syn made-- he predicted someone would see the latin translation of "black" and immediately leap to racist conclusions.
(http://www.poee.co.uk/bip/images/4/46/Dollar_bip_niger_ferrum_carcer.jpg)
We talked about it for a while, and then we concluded that anyone who would think a latin translation of "black iron prison" was racist was, in fact, a complete fucking idiot.
Well, looks like we wore 169% RIGHT about that one.
Here's my (minor) contribution to POSTERGASM:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-e/sets/72157603953372321/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-e/sets/72157603953372321/)
I gotta say, it was this project that inspired me to be active and do something. I really dig it. :)
HAHAHAH :D
Just got word from my only other Cabal member (only two, does that count? We'll grow)....and he just informed me that he is at one of the gas stations, and they called the cops last night after finding the poster (he knows guy who works there) mainly because at the bottom I had the URL www.blackironprison.com and in this redneck southern town it was taken as a racist "inprison the blacks type thing" lol. LMFAO
I would love to take more pictures guys, but even if I put them in the computer it's with my phone so they are crappy as hell, and you have the choice of a far away picture where you can't read the sign but can see where it's posted or a close up to read the sign but can see where it is....
Ah...it seems that someone...yeah, someone...decided to go on a drunken spree? They ripped all the posters out of the local post office, and put up postergasm stuff, the post office plaque picture things are all down the street, it seems these unnamed people also took newspapers off the step of a local stores front and spread them down and around the street and placed meme bombs in many mailboxes...
Is that a federal offense for those unnamed persons? as well as a curfew thing at 1 in da morning?
Yes I would like that account, and the link to the PDF was http://mihd.net/qulkmi (http://mihd.net/qulkmi) and I believe that download is in PDF format, so that'd be cool if you want to put it on Vex's.
Oh, and guys...gotta say:
I went on my first POSTERGASM outing tonight (12:38 so most things closed) lol, it was VERY fun. I took pictures on my shitty cell phone, so if I DO get them up their not great. However it was hilarious, we hit a couple church's, blockbuster, hospital, 2 gas station pumps(which works good for long reads), a library, THE FUCKING COURTHOUSE DOOR lol...ummm the Bowling Alley, Burger King Drive through on a thing above the speaker....and last but not least we put up our favorite "Now that you've read this I'll follow you home"...and we put it on the Wal-Mart missing children glass cover of those bulletins. Classic.
I used some from Mine I just recently made (adding more to them as I think..) and then some from the one's you all have listed on the wiki.
RAWK ON, man. Never thought of gas pumps for the longer pieces, either. Good call.
I've done some covert spying on people reading posters, and I've found that unless they're a captive audience, they're not going to finish the longer (Roger) rants.
Ah...it seems that someone...yeah, someone...decided to go on a drunken spree? They ripped all the posters out of the local post office, and put up postergasm stuff, the post office plaque picture things are all down the street, it seems these unnamed people also took newspapers off the step of a local stores front and spread them down and around the street and placed meme bombs in many mailboxes...
Is that a federal offense for those unnamed persons? as well as a curfew thing at 1 in da morning?
Regardless of the law, associating the posters with unthinking vandalism seems kinda counterproductive.
was fun though?
Somewhat related question: how do I make my printer at home print without margins? I have a few posters I've made a .doc of (for a GASM-ish mission, more on that later), but they look all wrong with margins. And if I can't do that with a regular home laser printer, I'd imagine I could do something like that at Kinkos, right?
One of the posters, to show of my WOMW skillz (http://rapidshare.com/files/98251636/not_real_color.doc.html)
[...]I'm afraid the more discerning viewers might look at it and go "oh, it's an ad" and never think about it again... and those are the exact people we WANT to come here, IMO.
I'm not the one who thinks advertising is evil, pangolin-face. I'm the one who thinks it's a tool. I spend about $5300/year on advertising, it's a valid tool. Like any tool, it can be used ethically or unethically.
Have you noticed that this city is literally covered with ads? They're everywhere. people want you to come check out their bands, their baby clothes, their whatever. A lot of ads are pretty clever, too. All I'm saying is that I think it would be more effective/interesting to make people dig a little, pique their interest, rather than throw the ad ('cause that's what it is, an ad for PD.com) right on the poster, because I think there's kind of a high rate for burnout and dismissal of ads, however clever and subversive. So that's what I'm doing. Other people can do it however they think is awesomest or funniest or whatever.
So, yeah, my approach is a little more viral marketing" than "overt advertisement", and maybe that's dumb. But I still like it, and it's what I'm going to do.
I'm not the one who thinks advertising is evil, pangolin-face. I'm the one who thinks it's a tool. I spend about $5300/year on advertising, it's a valid tool. Like any tool, it can be used ethically or unethically.
Have you noticed that this city is literally covered with ads? They're everywhere. people want you to come check out their bands, their baby clothes, their whatever. A lot of ads are pretty clever, too. All I'm saying is that I think it would be more effective/interesting to make people dig a little, pique their interest, rather than throw the ad ('cause that's what it is, an ad for PD.com) right on the poster, because I think there's kind of a high rate for burnout and dismissal of ads, however clever and subversive. So that's what I'm doing. Other people can do it however they think is awesomest or funniest or whatever.
So, yeah, my approach is a little more viral marketing" than "overt advertisement", and maybe that's dumb. But I still like it, and it's what I'm going to do.
Well, forgive me for getting that impression from your previous post.
Now that I've heard more about your idea, the more I'm liking it.
Net,
Douchetard.
I insisted that there is next to nothing that Axe Body Spray can do which will make me go to their website. No matter what celebrity you get to pimp it, no matter how hot the models are
So I'd suggest something like "Google Principia Discordia" on the flyers. It has more of a "Do your own research!" feel that I think would appeal to our target audience.
:mittens: :lulz: :mittens: :lulz: :mittens: :lulz: :mittens: :lulz:2nded.
maybe my perception is a bit warped due to this messageboard. but on the other hand, i do know several people IRL that occasionally like to be "random", but completely lack in any kind of grace or insight of the execution and cause this sort of hurting UNNG groan deep inside of me. the best bit is when i comment and they answer they don't care what anybody else thinks .. :-(
I'd make the advertising non-obstrusive and as small as possible while still being readable. I mean, literally put it in size 8 font on the bottom left corner of the poster or something. And only put it on half of them.
If you've set your heart on advertising, that is.
Here's some GASMic evidence:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25286876@N08/
hahahah nice!
what's the symbol behind the text mean?
for American Discordians:
US Consitution: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/constitution.pdf
Bill of Rights (parchment version): http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/doc-content/images/bill-of-rights.pdf
(print with contrast turned way up)
Bill of Rights Cspan version (has questions at the end): http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/pdf/ws_billofrights.pdf
good, because I'm printing out a fucking thick stack of postergasm today and I was hoping this would make it in. :wink:
(a lot of it is being given to printer-impaired Discordians so they can play too)
(btw, if anyone wants some POSTERGASM stuff mailed their way, let me know)
More postergasm lulz
Done at my local university...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23636964@N07/2491357649/sizes/l/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23636964@N07/2492176720/
The x-tian who came to collect them read the signs and looked very puzzled for a minute...
was going to take pics but it was too late when he picked up the sign and left :sad:
(http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-17851957.jpg?size=572&uid={bcb9e19b-1408-45ae-9e83-805ffac2f7c4})More postergasm lulz
Done at my local university...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23636964@N07/2491357649/sizes/l/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23636964@N07/2492176720/
The x-tian who came to collect them read the signs and looked very puzzled for a minute...
was going to take pics but it was too late when he picked up the sign and left :sad:
can't find the first one on wiki... is it on there?
ugh... i thought all the NSFW images were gone... :|
http://www.cwyohba.org/noexit/cramulus/5160%20discordian%20labels.doc
http://www.cwyohba.org/noexit/cramulus/moarlabels.doc
meme bombs and labels jacked from poee.co.uk and resized to be printed at 5160 size stickers.
TOG : people have already been doing it, so i suppose templates are out there, you just need to look for them:
http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=%28citationgasm+OR+citationneeded%29&type=all
I put up a couple today that read::mittens:If you are wondering why there isn't a group[/b]
for people like you, it's because you're
not one of us yet.
:pax:
http://www.poee.co.uk/bip/index.php?title=POSTERGASM
:pax:
http://www.poee.co.uk/bip/index.php?title=POSTERGASM
We're in the process of reformating our book (damn program doesn't always translate right from one computer to another), and plan to add info on OMGASM to our Operation: Mindfuck page.
:pax:
http://www.poee.co.uk/bip/index.php?title=POSTERGASM
We're in the process of reformating our book (damn program doesn't always translate right from one computer to another), and plan to add info on OMGASM to our Operation: Mindfuck page.
You could have asked.
:pax:
http://www.poee.co.uk/bip/index.php?title=POSTERGASM
We're in the process of reformating our book (damn program doesn't always translate right from one computer to another), and plan to add info on OMGASM to our Operation: Mindfuck page.
You could have asked.
I've talked to Professor Cramulus about this before, over on http://23ae.com, and was just giving an update.
someone linked me to these...
(http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v252/175/116/516504476/n516504476_472352_2255.jpg)
(http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v252/175/116/516504476/n516504476_472351_1692.jpg)
(http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v252/175/116/516504476/n516504476_472355_8177.jpg)
:pax:
http://www.poee.co.uk/bip/index.php?title=POSTERGASM
We're in the process of reformating our book (damn program doesn't always translate right from one computer to another), and plan to add info on OMGASM to our Operation: Mindfuck page.
You could have asked.
AH CRAP I totally forgot I'm supposed to be mailing you cats some posters!
I'll get right on that.
some of the posters mixchd and i put up yesterday:
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll212/darukomakaruto/poster60.jpg)
Those are awesome. Mind posting them in a way that's not too fast for the human neuron?
Not well. The adhesive comes off too easily.
Also, who wants to create the official "HIMEOBS" bumpersticker?
No other text, just HIMEOBS. That would be awesome.
Not well. The adhesive comes off too easily.
Also, who wants to create the official "HIMEOBS" bumpersticker?
No other text, just HIMEOBS. That would be awesome.
Not well. The adhesive comes off too easily.
Also, who wants to create the official "HIMEOBS" bumpersticker?
No other text, just HIMEOBS. That would be awesome.
PM me your shipping address and quantity desired, pls.
If anyone else wants some, same deal. They costed me $1.30 each.
The stickers are 10 x 1.5 inches, black text on a white background.
daruko/mixchd, please register an account at Flickr, upload your photos and tag them with "postergasm". this is how we collect all the posterGASM evidence.done (^_^)b
thanks ;-)
Not well. The adhesive comes off too easily.
Also, who wants to create the official "HIMEOBS" bumpersticker?
No other text, just HIMEOBS. That would be awesome.
PM me your shipping address and quantity desired, pls.
If anyone else wants some, same deal. They costed me $1.30 each.
The stickers are 10 x 1.5 inches, black text on a white background.
Wait, you already have them? Have I accidentally slipped into an alternate universe?
Whatever, Net came over to my house for our own little ripoff of Kallisticon, we called it "here, let's ship this shit and BTW at first I thought your bike had a HIMEOBS sticker on it, haha I want one" and then I took some pictures of him and he went home, so FUCK YOU, COPYCAT.
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/search/56490745/
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts/loki_cola.html
okay fellas, lets keep our parody logos nice and SHARP!
This is a thing I discovered for PosterGASMing:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000J2C4IU
BEST THING EVER.
IDEAS NEEDED:
I just found that the bulletin board with the WANTED posters in it is in a short hallway between the main library and the federal courthouse in my town. I HAVE to put some stuff there.
The bulletin board in enclosed in glass, so it will be a tape-it-on-as-you-walk-by job.
Wanted posters of famous authors?
I have yet to participate in this, but that will not last long. It sounds beyond fun. I'll definitely post some stuff around my university come August. Maybe Cainad and I can do some GASMing when we meet up, too. I'll have to talk to him about it. May also do some posting in San Antonio while I'm here, but I don't know how plausible that is. It'd be great fun to mindfuck the Texans, but I don't know that I'll be able to get into San An without my family, so... Anyway, I definitely look forward to doing this.
Out of curiosity, is the offer to mail posters out still open, Cram?
I have yet to participate in this, but that will not last long. It sounds beyond fun. I'll definitely post some stuff around my university come August. Maybe Cainad and I can do some GASMing when we meet up, too. I'll have to talk to him about it. May also do some posting in San Antonio while I'm here, but I don't know how plausible that is. It'd be great fun to mindfuck the Texans, but I don't know that I'll be able to get into San An without my family, so... Anyway, I definitely look forward to doing this.
Out of curiosity, is the offer to mail posters out still open, Cram?
Thank you very much. Once my computer is set up (on a crappy laptop right now), I will go through the posters and pm you.I have yet to participate in this, but that will not last long. It sounds beyond fun. I'll definitely post some stuff around my university come August. Maybe Cainad and I can do some GASMing when we meet up, too. I'll have to talk to him about it. May also do some posting in San Antonio while I'm here, but I don't know how plausible that is. It'd be great fun to mindfuck the Texans, but I don't know that I'll be able to get into San An without my family, so... Anyway, I definitely look forward to doing this.
Out of curiosity, is the offer to mail posters out still open, Cram?
Can't speak for Cram, but if you pm me some requests I can put together something for you.
I used to put shit up all over in San Antonio. There is nothing like putting up posters in a tourist center with national landmarks. A friend and I used to put up "Forget the Alamo" signs almost daily during our lunch breaks. (I worked I block from the Alamo)lol That sounds great! What sort of things did you do to mess with people at that ghost tour?
There is also a ghost tour downtown that you can seriously mess with people.
IDEAS NEEDED:
I just found that the bulletin board with the WANTED posters in it is in a short hallway between the main library and the federal courthouse in my town. I HAVE to put some stuff there.
The bulletin board in enclosed in glass, so it will be a tape-it-on-as-you-walk-by job.
IDEAS NEEDED:
I just found that the bulletin board with the WANTED posters in it is in a short hallway between the main library and the federal courthouse in my town. I HAVE to put some stuff there.
The bulletin board in enclosed in glass, so it will be a tape-it-on-as-you-walk-by job.
I hate to rain on the proverbial parade, but I'd be very careful what you post in any government facility in America (or elsewhere, for that matter). They often have hidden cameras, and any tampering with federal government stuff is considered a federal offense.
Post something on a local telephone pole, and about the worst you'll get is a fine, which likely won't happen.
:argh!:IDEAS NEEDED:
I just found that the bulletin board with the WANTED posters in it is in a short hallway between the main library and the federal courthouse in my town. I HAVE to put some stuff there.
The bulletin board in enclosed in glass, so it will be a tape-it-on-as-you-walk-by job.
I hate to rain on the proverbial parade, but I'd be very careful what you post in any government facility in America (or elsewhere, for that matter). They often have hidden cameras, and any tampering with federal government stuff is considered a federal offense.
Post something on a local telephone pole, and about the worst you'll get is a fine, which likely won't happen.
...no porn in the legislator's office?
:sadbanana:
glad you liked it!OFUK. Cram, if you can sweetly print MOAR I can pay for post and packing.
I have access to such sweet printers, it's a crime to keep it to myself. :mrgreen:
I want to see some pix of where you put these things up!
Am I the only one who finds that putting a tex on imaeg makes the imaeg less funny?
man i should get this flyer out
(http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9528/taxchurchrb4.th.gif) (http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taxchurchrb4.gif)
if i owned property i might have more to work with but my compound is rented
the purpose of the DHS postergasm campaign should be to get the government to release a statement saying "just because somebody puts up signs with an official-looking logo doesn't mean you need to obey them."
DHS might be too large of a target. I can't imagine us spreading enough posters that they actually even notice.
Local official organizations are a good start, i think...
Game & Fish Departments, Transportation Departments, etc.
I love the idea of causing a storm of propaganda that leaves people not knowing which propaganda to believe or comply with. The main obstacle here is materials. Plain copy paper doesn't come across as authentic quite as well as metal signs. But I'm sure there are ways around that.
Also, I agree about including warnings against removing the signs.
psst - the rant was actually written by Roger. Net's just a wandering design genius who comes and makes our stuff look good.aaah yeah.... i had already gleaned that before, but you know what they say: in one eye and out the other....
^^
beautiful! I'm on a gold forum that's all about real money v. fiat. They'd eat that up. i assume you wouldn't mind me disseminating it to annuder board?
psst - the rant was actually written by Roger. Net's just a wandering design genius who comes and makes our stuff look good.
just an idea, but what if we started including a "For more information contact..." section and include a real person like:
J. Edward Fox, Assistant Secretary For Public Affairs
Department of Homeland Security
202-282-8000 (main DHS operator: unverified -- called with no answer)
Sounds like a great idea. Though I think it would work best on a more governmental and official looking flyer with different content. Something with more of a stale, informational tone rather than Roger's vivid prose.as in a presentation of information that, while in itself, is alarming, is not presented in an alarming way?.....
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa261/broodwitch/MVC-015F.jpg)
a taste of what is yet to come (or rather what i have yet to do...but the ball is rolling).
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa261/broodwitch/MVC-015F.jpg)I'm getting teary-eyed here. That's so beautiful.
a taste of what is yet to come (or rather what i have yet to do...but the ball is rolling).
iason, WIN!:thanks: There are a couple more bulletin boards inside that office that I might hit up later this week.
btw, did you coem up wiht the blind spot one?Yep. (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=11054.msg543392#msg543392) And I'm taking full credit since it's the only smart thing I've ever said here.
iason, WIN!:thanks: There are a couple more bulletin boards inside that office that I might hit up later this week.Quotebtw, did you coem up wiht the blind spot one?Yep. (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=11054.msg543392#msg543392) And I'm taking full credit since it's the only smart thing I've ever said here.
we need to get a copy of the Report Suspicious Activity one to WOMP and repostI'll see if I can find a copy on my work's network. No promises though.
I work at a defense contractor, so we have up all those 'report suspicious stuff' things all over the place, too. They put up a bunch of these little paper disks with the following image (left), so i modified it to the one on the right, photocopied and hung up in their place. Gotta prepare everyone for the onslaught of terrrist pilgrims this coming thanksgiving with their assault blunderbusses. not really mind blowing, but it made me chuckle...
(http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u337/mtdozier/suspicious.jpg)
we actually have replicas of WWII propaganda all over the place. Loose lips sink ships, and all. I'll have to scan some of it.
as for the steel pens and what not, they actually did pass a thing around about a year ago asking us to declare all exotic metals for some OSHA thing or something, and on the list was steel. no qualifier calling out rare alloys or anything; just ....steel. they got a lot of guffaws for that. people sent it document clips and pens etc.
(http://www.discoflux.com/sites/default/files/aqm.png)
pdf link (http://www.discoflux.com/sites/default/files/aqm.pdf)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2952264753_0a9b244d76.jpg?v=0)I like the "This is interaction" meme. Have we thought of that before?
Who do you know that has wider front bottom row teeth than on the top row?
I took the time to PDF-ize some posters. I haven't gotten around to posting these yet.
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/free-crazy.pdf
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/fucking-up-chi.pdf
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/noids.pdf
I took the time to PDF-ize some posters. I haven't gotten around to posting these yet.Sweet. This will make for a funner holiday.
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/free-crazy.pdf
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/fucking-up-chi.pdf
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/noids.pdf
I took the time to PDF-ize some posters. I haven't gotten around to posting these yet.
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/free-crazy.pdf
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/fucking-up-chi.pdf
http://namcub.accela-labs.com/pics/noids.pdf
http://www.scribd.com/people/documents/6599645/folder/65142?secret_password=fsypvnfqwtggdzjxyu2
The postergasm packs have been broken into individual PDFs and re-hosted on scribd. This should make it much easier to find individual posters if there's something specific you're looking for.
apparently the bulgarians do!
http://discordia.inchaos.org/archives/category/postergasm
that's awesomeapparently the Bulgarians do!
http://discordia.inchaos.org/archives/category/postergasm
ITS NOT FAIR, BULGARIAN DISCORDIANS HAVE TRUCKS: http://discordia.bg/
I saw one on the German autobahn last year, I was like "whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?"
(http://www.discoflux.com/sites/default/files/aqm.png)
pdf link (http://www.discoflux.com/sites/default/files/aqm.pdf)
The task administered to the dead salmon in the fMRI machine involved completing an open-ended
mentalizing task. The deceased salmon was shown a series of photographs depicting human
individuals in social situations with a specified emotional valence. The salmon was
asked to determine what emotion the individual in the photo must have been
experiencing.
http://prefrontal.org/files/posters/Bennett-Salmon-2009.pdf
For added lulz, this is a real, documented scientific case study (designed to point out the uncertainty in our minds/tools, probably).
The point is, go look at it, it is MADE OF AWESOME.Now go POST IT EVERYWHERE.
(...on second thought, anyone want to shoop some erisiana on it first and re-host it? It deserves to be a genuine piece Discordian artifact.)
Then GO POST IT EVERYWHERE.
The task administered to the dead salmon in the fMRI machine involved completing an open-ended
mentalizing task. The deceased salmon was shown a series of photographs depicting human
individuals in social situations with a specified emotional valence. The salmon was
asked to determine what emotion the individual in the photo must have been
experiencing.
http://prefrontal.org/files/posters/Bennett-Salmon-2009.pdf
For added lulz, this is a real, documented scientific case study (designed to point out the uncertainty in our minds/tools, probably).
The point is, go look at it, it is MADE OF AWESOME.Now go POST IT EVERYWHERE.
(...on second thought, anyone want to shoop some erisiana on it first and re-host it? It deserves to be a genuine piece Discordian artifact.)
Then GO POST IT EVERYWHERE.
The task administered to the dead salmon in the fMRI machine involved completing an open-ended
mentalizing task. The deceased salmon was shown a series of photographs depicting human
individuals in social situations with a specified emotional valence. The salmon was
asked to determine what emotion the individual in the photo must have been
experiencing.
http://prefrontal.org/files/posters/Bennett-Salmon-2009.pdf
For added lulz, this is a real, documented scientific case study (designed to point out the uncertainty in our minds/tools, probably).
The point is, go look at it, it is MADE OF AWESOME.Now go POST IT EVERYWHERE.
(...on second thought, anyone want to shoop some erisiana on it first and re-host it? It deserves to be a genuine piece Discordian artifact.)
Then GO POST IT EVERYWHERE.
duuuuude, those are cool!
that's sweet! where'd you get 'em printed?
(http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/jeep1153.jpg)
(http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/jeep1154.jpg)
Fucking glossy sticker paper. :argh!: Works great IRL, not so much on camera.
(http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/jeep1153.jpg)
(http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/jeep1154.jpg)
Fucking glossy sticker paper. :argh!: Works great IRL, not so much on camera.
Hahahhaahahaaaaa! Those are awesome!
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/jeep1153.jpg
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/jeep1154.jpg
Fucking glossy sticker paper. :argh!: Works great IRL, not so much on camera.
Hahahhaahahaaaaa! Those are awesome!
Thanks.
We're going to do a bunch more. Any suggestions are welcome.
Our target population is Tucson: Slightly liberal, broke, in a city that leans on everyone just a little more every year.
nice partylite buddha :D
nice partylite buddha :D
Your wife too?
Oh my god I must have GOOGLY EYES!!
nice partylite buddha :D
Your wife too?
mother :roll:
I can't sleep because I come up with shit like this and then have to make it
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32232091/Ulysses-Poster
I opened the scribd page and I was logged in, even though I don't have an account. Session still open from last time I logged in thanks to bugmenot I think.
Paint shop pro, can't remember what font though.
Thanks, I'll see if I can find some more suitably off the wall pics, and label them with some of the totally inappropriate bilge that passes for thought process here, (here, being my brain) and post them here, in an attempt to find some kind of catharsis for my psychic sepsis.
If anyone else appreciates them, it gives me hope that I'm not alone in my reeking septic tank of bad taste, crassness, and warped humour. :evil:
:mittens:
Inspired works of genius! Even more-so because it has great potential to generate an "I could do that!" response in the audience.
Here's (http://a.imageshack.us/img713/2769/campaignforyourabsolute.jpg) a flyer I made today, in the style of the masters.
Here's (http://a.imageshack.us/img713/2769/campaignforyourabsolute.jpg) a flyer I made today, in the style of the masters.:mittens:
Here's (http://a.imageshack.us/img713/2769/campaignforyourabsolute.jpg) a flyer I made today, in the style of the masters.
:mittens:
I really dig that! there's so much going on at once - it's like jazz chaos
Here's (http://a.imageshack.us/img713/2769/campaignforyourabsolute.jpg) a flyer I made today, in the style of the masters.
Here's (http://a.imageshack.us/img713/2769/campaignforyourabsolute.jpg) a flyer I made today, in the style of the masters.
(http://imgur.com/CQfUV.jpg)
Oh update: I got some, and I've been putting them everywhere. It is so much fun. :D
We even got the waitress (i.e. drink refiller person) to put some on her nametag. missed out on the pic though. :(Haha! This is well beyond awesome.
(http://imgur.com/CQfUV.jpg)
the napkin dispenser seems to be the only one smiling.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5616406726_256dfee94b_b.jpg (http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5616406726_256dfee94b_b.jpg)
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6489/allcitizensmust.jpg)
Others:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4270/phoneposter.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4270/phoneposter.jpg)
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1598/17risk.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1598/17risk.jpg)
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/337/eliminateevadeextermina.jpg (http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/337/eliminateevadeextermina.jpg)
So, Stephen has jumped onto PosterGASM (kind-of). He totally shocked Jack White of the White Stripes by initiating a PosterGASM capaign for the newest album out of Jack's company.
http://a1926.g.akamai.net/downloadstor.download.akamai.com/10768/comedy/colbert/TMR_catposter.pdf
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/390479/june-23-2011/jack-white
Look at the expression on Jack's face when Stephen says "I want Community Associations to write me angry letters about how this is all over the place."
Jack, a moment later quips, "What's the Colbert Bump?"
Stephen - "You, M-therf-cker, are about to find out!"
urrrgh. I really do like Jack White, but I will definitely NOT be putting any of those up. Using postergasm as a way to advertise for a product defeats the point of hacking your neighborhood to begin with.
urrrgh. I really do like Jack White, but I will definitely NOT be putting any of those up. Using postergasm as a way to advertise for a product defeats the point of hacking your neighborhood to begin with.
I had a similar rage-out moment, but then started laughing at the "Motherfucker" comment. I just though it interesting that Stephen broached the concept to a national audience.
No, I don't.
urrrgh. I really do like Jack White, but I will definitely NOT be putting any of those up. Using postergasm as a way to advertise for a product defeats the point of hacking your neighborhood to begin with.
1: Is everyone okay with me stealing their wit and hanging it randomly all over the University of Wisconsin? (So far I've just been duct taping the "christopher walken is watching you pee" poster to every stall, even in female restrooms, on campus)
2: If #1 is okay, where can I find the originals or printable versions of some oddball posterGASM's I can use to make people WTF?
Who was the originator of "Christopher Walken is Watching You Pee", anyway? I love that one.
Who was the originator of "Christopher Walken is Watching You Pee", anyway? I love that one.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/x-is-watching-you-y
:lulz: thanks for the update, trix
do you have any pix of your posters up?
*bump*
I will start POSTERGASMing like hell as soon as I find something that survives translation to Norwegian.
Of course not! I'll spend my Christmas break trying to come up with something.*bump*
I will start POSTERGASMing like hell as soon as I find something that survives translation to Norwegian.
This is a good idea. Mind if I join ya?
I just realized that I never updated my prior post, in case anyone is interested.
I put up Volume Aleph, Dingus, and Calvinball, all over campus. By the very next day more then half of the flyers had been taken down =(. Each day since, I notice even more missing. The upside is I know people are noticing them, I've heard random conversations about some of them, and I know for sure that every single one was noticed at least by the person(s) taking them down.
The first ones to come down were, of course, the "Miscarriage is manslaughter" and "Christian Dating" ones, as I put them on the bulletin normally used by the Campus Crusade for Christ, which is the college evangelist nutjob society that are the pushiest and most self-righteous in-your-face group we have. In fact, we had an event last year with a local senator come to campus, and since one of her things was anti gay marriage, the local LGBT (or is it LBGT? I dunno, it's the gays) group staged a peaceful protest out front, and tons of other student not even a part of the club joined in to help make the senator feel "welcome". As I think being against gay marriage is retarded, I too joined in, but the church nutjobs did a thing of their own in support of the senator and had their anti-protest protest stand in front of us being lame. Anyway I got off topic.
There's still one more volume I haven't done, but since the bulletin boards on campus get cleared at the end of the month, I'm going to wait until the first before I put them up. Also I'm going to buy a fuckton of googley eyes because those pics I saw are hilarious!
Anyway, thanks for the lulz folks! Everything I heard from students about your posters was positive! Except for the Evangelists of course, but insults from them can be taken as a compliment.
For college campuses, there's an easy way to help make your shit look "official".
Just find an already posted flier with a clean stamp of approval (I assume it's quite standard to have to validate fliers for posting...) Scan that and shop the expiration date. rotate to random orientations and print over existing fliers.
I had trouble keeping fliers up at my community college- that small detail was pretty good at extending the life of some.
Steve Colin made his own version of my favorite poster. :)
I fucking LOVE it when this happens
(http://i.imgur.com/T5El7.jpg)
Steve Colin made his own version of my favorite poster. :)
I fucking LOVE it when this happens
(http://i.imgur.com/T5El7.jpg)
I've seen a lot of posterGASM-like material from (seemingly) non-discordian sources in the past year or two. I can't say if this is a success, a cynical re-appropriation by the Spectacle, or just something relating to awareness or the group I associate with. But, if we don't do posterGASM, the straights will -- and while I don't have strong feelings either way about that, it might push some decisions.
I've seen a lot of posterGASM-like material from (seemingly) non-discordian sources in the past year or two. I can't say if this is a success, a cynical re-appropriation by the Spectacle, or just something relating to awareness or the group I associate with. But, if we don't do posterGASM, the straights will -- and while I don't have strong feelings either way about that, it might push some decisions.
When you say, (seemingly) non-discordian sources, do you mean the material does not seem to convey the type of humor or style that a Discordian is likely to use, or do you just mean that you don't recognize the posters themselves from any of the posterGASM collections you've seen?
I'm just wondering if those posters are, themselves, not Discordian at all in nature, or just not from a recognizable discordian source.
I'm finding it hard to come up with words today, my head is in a weird place, apologies if my question is confusing or stupid