The Only Reason I Can Tolerate Discordianism

[Nephew Twiddleton]

If the old cave man says to the young cave man dont try and kill that gazelle just yet its not tired enough thats wisdom. Knowledge based on long experience. I dont see how thats childish. Chasing after the gazelle even after he said that on the other hand...

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Isn't the concept of wisdom itself childish.

What?  Are you trying to be somehow profound about innocence being wise?

[Doktor Howl]

Isn't the concept of wisdom itself childish.

What?  Are you trying to be somehow profound about innocence being wise?

HAPPY CHILDREN DANCING IN THE WILDFLOWERS.

AT LOVE CANAL.

[CorbeauEtRenard]

The moment I started self-identifying as Discordian (rather than just being fond of Discordia without "practicing" it intentionally) was the moment when "Everybody can say something wise and yet everybody's full of shit at the same time." finally clicked, personally.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Isn't the concept of wisdom itself childish.

What?  Are you trying to be somehow profound about innocence being wise?

HAPPY CHILDREN DANCING IN THE WILDFLOWERS.

AT LOVE CANAL.

[Doktor Howl]

Isn't the concept of wisdom itself childish.

What?  Are you trying to be somehow profound about innocence being wise?

HAPPY CHILDREN DANCING IN THE WILDFLOWERS.

AT LOVE CANAL.

If you're gonna have innocent children dancing around all over the place, you'd better have someone with enough wisdom to keep them out of toxic waste dumps, yanno?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Isn't the concept of wisdom itself childish.

What?  Are you trying to be somehow profound about innocence being wise?

HAPPY CHILDREN DANCING IN THE WILDFLOWERS.

AT LOVE CANAL.

If you're gonna have innocent children dancing around all over the place, you'd better have someone with enough wisdom to keep them out of toxic waste dumps, yanno?

You would think that stands to reason.

The best thing about Love Canal is that there are probably hundreds of similar concealed dump sites that haven't been discovered yet, and won't be until it's too late.

The other best thing about Love Canal is that we're basically still doing this, and the Superfund ran out of money a long time ago.

Humanity; can it learn?

[Doktor Howl]

Isn't the concept of wisdom itself childish.

What?  Are you trying to be somehow profound about innocence being wise?

HAPPY CHILDREN DANCING IN THE WILDFLOWERS.

AT LOVE CANAL.

If you're gonna have innocent children dancing around all over the place, you'd better have someone with enough wisdom to keep them out of toxic waste dumps, yanno?

You would think that stands to reason.

The best thing about Love Canal is that there are probably hundreds of similar concealed dump sites that haven't been discovered yet, and won't be until it's too late.

The other best thing about Love Canal is that we're basically still doing this, and the Superfund ran out of money a long time ago.

Humanity; can it learn?

NOPE!

SEND IN THE INNOCENT HAPPY DANCING CHILDREN!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Now with help from Love Canal, the children have twice as many feet for dancing!

[Doktor Howl]

Now with help from Love Canal, the children have twice as many feet for dancing!

See?  Wisdom just gets in the way of progress!

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Are absorbed twins more likely in the presence of toxic whatnot? I always assumed chemical birth defects were more the malformed limbs/cleft palate/brain damage stuff.

[Doktor Howl]

Um.

What the hell is going on here?  Has everyone taken pedant pills or something?

[Doktor Howl]

Not dogging on you specifically, QG.  It's just that this is the 4th time today that a running joke has been harpooned by pedantry.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

No worries, I've been on a "ruining jokes with science" kick the last couple weeks. Got to yell at a teacher for anthromorphizing evolutionary processes and everything.

[Doktor Howl]

No worries, I've been on a "ruining jokes with science" kick the last couple weeks.

I'll keep that in mind.