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The Good Reverend Roger

#375
July 11, 2012, 05:11:36 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on July 11, 2012, 05:09:33 PM

Fuck it, it's one of those days.  I'm out.

Fuck yeah it is.  I just found out what my friends think of me.

I think I'll get good & drunk tonight, and reevaluate a few things.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

tyrannosaurus vex

#376
July 11, 2012, 05:19:13 PM
On the other hand, rate the following organizations by how racist they probably are:

National Association for the Advancement of White People
Congressional White Caucus
White American Association
etc.

I have no inclination to argue that the above fictional organizations should exist, but the fact that the actual organizations exist with moral and social impunity speaks volumes. Why do we believe that the best way to resolve deeply ingrained double standards in our culture is to institute new double standards? Why not just eliminate double standards? Why are "Black Pride" and "Hispanic Pride" something to celebrate, and "White Pride" is something to disdain? I understand the history and I'm NOT ADVOCATING WHITE PRIDE. I'm saying if we really want to move past race, we should probably move past all races, even the ones with unfortunate histories.
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Anna Mae Bollocks

#377
July 11, 2012, 05:35:46 PM
Quote from: v3x on July 11, 2012, 05:19:13 PM
On the other hand, rate the following organizations by how racist they probably are:

National Association for the Advancement of White People
Congressional White Caucus
White American Association
etc.

I have no inclination to argue that the above fictional organizations should exist, but the fact that the actual organizations exist with moral and social impunity speaks volumes. Why do we believe that the best way to resolve deeply ingrained double standards in our culture is to institute new double standards? Why not just eliminate double standards? Why are "Black Pride" and "Hispanic Pride" something to celebrate, and "White Pride" is something to disdain? I understand the history and I'm NOT ADVOCATING WHITE PRIDE. I'm saying if we really want to move past race, we should probably move past all races, even the ones with unfortunate histories.

A lot of US holidays are "White Pride" day. Look at Columbus Day and Thanksgiving from a Native American point of view. "President's Day" - we just NOW got a Black president, the other 43 were white. Fourth of July - Let freedom ring! Yeah, Black people came here for the "freedom".

If there was no institutionalized racism, there wouldn't be a need for the NAACP, etc. I wouldn't constantly have to advise people around here to call LULAC when their boss calls them a "wetback" or they get an eviction notice because their new boyfriend doesn't speak english. These organizations don't exist as a special privilege for non-whites, they exist because people get fucked EVERY SINGLE DAY down here.
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Freeky

#378
July 11, 2012, 06:05:22 PM
Holy shit.

Fuck this noise, ech, Nigel, eot, and vex.

The Good Reverend Roger

#379
July 11, 2012, 06:09:01 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on July 11, 2012, 06:05:22 PM
Holy shit.

Fuck this noise, ech, Nigel, eot, and vex.

Um, let's not let this spread any further.  I appreciate the support, but this isn't some grand conspiracy against Rogerism or anything; it seems to be how they genuinely feel.

It would be better, I think, for this shit to die down.  As for me, I have to think about a few things before I continue. 
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Freeky

#380
July 11, 2012, 06:13:35 PM
Quote from: The Dead Reverend Roger on July 11, 2012, 06:09:01 PM
Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on July 11, 2012, 06:05:22 PM
Holy shit.

Fuck this noise, ech, Nigel, eot, and vex.

Um, let's not let this spread any further.  I appreciate the support, but this isn't some grand conspiracy against Rogerism or anything; it seems to be how they genuinely feel.

It would be better, I think, for this shit to die down.  As for me, I have to think about a few things before I continue.

Agreed.

I meant it though.

The Good Reverend Roger

#381
July 11, 2012, 07:25:16 PM
Having had time to think about it, I sort of hate myself for posting in this thread.  I mean, I'm not entirely stupid, and I KNEW where this was heading, but at some point the monkey part of my brain said "WHY NOT?  Let's just shove our head up our arse!"

I'm not going to carry on any sort of animosity toward anyone for anything they've said on this thread, and I'm going to ignore any animosity aimed at me.  I am also going to avoid any thread that looks like it's going to become "controversial" (code for "drama-infested"). 

It occurred to me that I couldn't give two shits for any of the opinions voiced on this thread, because A) nobody's actually talking TO each other, we're all talking PAST each other, and B) Opinions are politics, and politics is the stupidest fucking thing over which we as a species have ever jacked off.

TDRR,
Building a Better Brain.  Get your filthy paws off me, you damn dirty apes.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

AFK

#382
July 11, 2012, 08:12:28 PM
That's the conundrum with Discordianism, especially when we are all on this side of it.  Discordianism wants to push buttons to get peoples' attention and to think about things differently. 


It seems to get a bit heated when we use those tactics on each other, in the name of discussion and debate. 


I think if we all (I include myself) could try to check ouselves and take "time outs" whenthe wagon feels like it is getting a little wobbly, perhaps these hot-topic discussions could have a little more forward motion and less hurt feelings.


Just my thoughts.
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

P3nT4gR4m

#383
July 11, 2012, 08:45:10 PM
Quote from: Gen. Disregard on July 11, 2012, 08:12:28 PM
That's the conundrum with Discordianism, especially when we are all on this side of it.  Discordianism wants to push buttons to get peoples' attention and to think about things differently. 


It seems to get a bit heated when we use those tactics on each other, in the name of discussion and debate. 


I think if we all (I include myself) could try to check ouselves and take "time outs" whenthe wagon feels like it is getting a little wobbly, perhaps these hot-topic discussions could have a little more forward motion and less hurt feelings.


Just my thoughts.

Troof! Sometimes we have different opinions about shit. Regardless of how dumb I might think ECH's take on one issue* of Roger's take on another* might be, doesn't mean they're retards. So I have a stab at bringing them round to my way of thinking and they reciprocate. At some point an opinion either changes or it's stalemate. Fuck it, they got one dumb idea - doesn't mean they're retarded - I know better than that. I let it slide. The alternative is we keep going until all that's left are a small group who agree on everything. Discordia becomes orderly, right-thinking and a belief-system. The minute that occurs I'l be trolling the shit out of the lot of you constantly.



** - before anyone jumps down my throat I plucked both those names out my ass in the name of hypothetical - swap them for any two regular posters who I have more respect for than 99.9% of the monkeys I rub shoulders with IRL

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The Good Reverend Roger

#384
July 11, 2012, 08:47:02 PM
My dumb idea, my shame, was attempting to regionalize the rank stupidity and bad behavior of humans.

I was wrong to do so.  All humans are equally vile, all over the world.  End of story.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

P3nT4gR4m

#385
July 11, 2012, 08:52:33 PM
Quote from: The Dead Reverend Roger on July 11, 2012, 08:47:02 PM
My dumb idea, my shame, was attempting to regionalize the rank stupidity and bad behavior of humans.

I was wrong to do so.  All humans are equally vile, all over the world.  End of story.

I wouldn't go so far as to say all but I wouldn't stop so short that it'd make much difference.

I'm up to my arse in Brexit Numpties, but I want more.  Target-rich environments are the new sexy.
Not actually a meat product.
Ass-Kicking & Foot-Stomping Ancient Master of SHIT FUCK FUCK FUCK
Awful and Bent Behemothic Results of Last Night's Painful Squat.
High Altitude Haggis-Filled Sex Bucket From Beyond Time and Space.
Internet Monkey Person of Filthy and Immoral Pygmy-Porn Wart Contagion
Octomom Auxillary Heat Exchanger Repairman
walking the fine line line between genius and batshit fucking crazy

"computation is a pattern in the spacetime arrangement of particles, and it's not the particles but the pattern that really matters! Matter doesn't matter." -- Max Tegmark

AFK

#386
July 11, 2012, 08:54:56 PM
It's not all but it's enough and they come in every flavor under the sun. 


Except at the grocery store.  I'm fully convinced everyone in the grocery store is an unmitigated disaster.
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

The Good Reverend Roger

#387
July 11, 2012, 08:55:46 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on July 11, 2012, 08:52:33 PM
Quote from: The Dead Reverend Roger on July 11, 2012, 08:47:02 PM
My dumb idea, my shame, was attempting to regionalize the rank stupidity and bad behavior of humans.

I was wrong to do so.  All humans are equally vile, all over the world.  End of story.

I wouldn't go so far as to say all but I wouldn't stop so short that it'd make much difference.

I have recovered my wits, and have returned to my position that there are humans and there are mutants.  The purpose of a human is to make more humans, from what I can gather.  The purpose of a mutant is to gnaw on the skulls of the humans with their very own teeth.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#388
July 11, 2012, 08:56:43 PM
Quote from: Gen. Disregard on July 11, 2012, 08:54:56 PM
It's not all but it's enough and they come in every flavor under the sun. 


Except at the grocery store.  I'm fully convinced everyone in the grocery store is an unmitigated disaster.

Which is to say, damn near everyone.  The only exception being P3nt, who hunts and kills all of his food.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#389
July 11, 2012, 09:00:16 PM
Wait.  Scratch all that shit.

All the humans need to come to Tucson, so I can say hi.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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