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atomised individualism, as was mentioned earlier.

and conventions.

That doesn't explain why you have a flipped cat in your avatar instead of a dog. 

i have no pictures of dogs. i may change the cat one. it was the only thing i had in the 'my pictures' folder at work when i set the account up that wasn't a pic of my kids, or a hieronymous bosch download.

i prefer cats to dogs, generally, but flipcat sounds slightly less good.

Jonathan Kane - February

i think of grammar as a convenience, as i do words and conventions.

Welcome.  We may end up not liking each other.

Concur.  The jury's still out, but mangling the Queen's English out of laziness isn't a good sign.

Seconded. (Although the Queen is technically, and genetically more German than English)

So is about a third of the English language, at least at its roots.

And Germans would never put up with her hooliganism, so she's English.

I agree completely Rog, and her Hooliganism is the main thing that endears her to us. I mean, she married a Greek Gangster ffs!  But then we've never been all that stipulative about our Monarchs. So long as they don't attempt to get "Political" that is. (That's ((partly)) why "The  Idiot" will never be King) William will be OK though, because his Mother
had proper Royal Blood. (That's why it got splattered all over an ancient Temple of Diana) So it goes. 

i mangle the english language because it's fun, not because i'm lazy, and because it takes itself waaaay too seriously.

and also because i don't care much for the phrase 'the queens english.' it's my english, that i've adapted from those around me. the fact that the queen uses something broadly similar is just one of those things that i have no control over.

Don't worry reading the story doesn't help it make anymore sense. However, if you want to confuse someone or make them think 'WHY!?' this story is great.

I prefer doing that by being a horrible cunt, rather than with word salad.

Word!

the most righteous thing i've read all day.

For me, the PD was something of a catalyst.  That is, when I read it, it wasn't really one of those "Eureka" moments.  It sort of brought together a lot of thoughts and philosophies I already had, but hadn't quite pieced together.  It was like, I realized I was always a Discordian.  I just hadn't ever had a proper title for it.  It crystallized for me so many of the reasons I left the Christian faith of my youth for a more expansive, self-regulated and self-determined religion/spirituality. 

As for the book itself, it's been awhile since I've read it.  But there are parts that resonate with me in particular and I suspect they are the same passages that resonate with many of you.  Nonsense as Salvation, Sermon on Ethics and Love, the Sacred Chao (text)/Reality grids, and of course Greyface. 

I still think of myself as a Discordian.  I don't really go around telling other people I'm a Discordian.  I generally avoid the discussion of religion around friends and family as it doesn't seem to be a very fruitful discussion. 

Anyway, not sure where I'm going with this anymore so I'll stop right about here. 

This sums up my feelings and past exactly.

As far as philosopies as ladders analogy, I like it but don't think it quite fits.

There are times that instead of it being a ladder it's a compass, showing where to go. Each ideology or philosophy has a compass that points in different directions (with similar ones pointing to similer places). It depends on yourself to know what direction you want. If you go too far in one direction, then you pick up a different philosophy that points closer to the place you want to be.

Now that I've taken that analogy to the breaking point I'll also stop.

so it's more like a hill, or maybe a mountain, in that you can go up, have a look around, but then go back down again in whichever direction you choose. whenever my mind has had a new bending, i usually go down in a slightly differing direction, because if i go back down to where i was before, it's a bit disorienting.

Sire Flipdog El-Ronus Mariachi

beard optional

me new. here's what.

i call meself flipdog. my mates call me Jay. i laughingly think of myself as creative. i think everybody else is potentially, but cos many don't do anything about it, i get to use the label still. not for any profit though.

i think of grammar as a convenience, as i do words and conventions. this makes working in a library with its many nitpickers quite entertaining. it's the least crap job i've had.

i have two kiddies. i realise they're not miracles, but i adore them anyway.

i discovered eris via the trilogy known as Illuminatus, which i considered ana bsolute riot when i was reading, and was sorry to finish it, but it meant i could at least move on to another book downstairs.

the books i'm reading are: downstairs- sex, drugs and magick by Rob Ant Wil; upstairs - pentagon of power by lewis mummy; at work - the critical path by bucky fuller.

i like many music, much of the time.

This book explains itself

http://www.onedogclapping.com/The%20Book%20of%20Dysfunction.pdf

(incidentally, compiled about a year before the author had any notions whatsoever of discordian related subjects)