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How to think for yourself

Started by Zurtok Khan, November 10, 2005, 03:57:48 AM

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Zurtok Khan

November 10, 2005, 03:57:48 AM
When did Discordian thought fall into the baleful whole of fads?  When did we get so lost, that instead of doing what we wanted to do, we started listening to what They(tm) started telling us?  Wasn't this all supposed to be about how we are FREE?  Or, do you like the psychic suit?  Does it keep you cold in the winter, and hot as hell in the summer?  Somewhere between the heatstroke and the frostbite I figured someone might wake up.

Think for yourself.  It is THE maxim of the Discordian (bowel) Movement(tm).  In it's way it is the most beautiful of Zen Irony.  Everyone else is telling YOU how to think.  For yourself of course.  Come up with your own ideas, no one else's are worth it.  Or something, I'm not even sure what "think for yourself" means.  It is some strange abstraction of what we do with all the lovely chemicals in our heads that somehow, through the mysterious nature of the universe have given us this "intelligence" thing.

But, there is something here, even in this most overused of statements that has been stamped on, and double checked for accuracy by all of the worlds greatest Corporations (because anyone who thinks for themselves buys OUR product).  It is simple, subtle, and elusive.  And, of course the only reason I found it was because I was listening to what everyone else was saying.  And, there ladies and gentlebugs, is the difference.

To "think for yourself" as it were, means to listen and consider what is happening, what is going on.  It means that you see the events, the "facts" of the situation, and you use your own brain power to form ideas about whether it was 'good' or 'bad.'

Thinking for yourself does not mean being a dick.  There are certain times when being a dick is called for, of course, but please choose wisely.

The Principia Discordia says that "A Discordian is prohibited from believing what he reads."  I believe that this needs to be reexamined and corrected into "A Discordian is prohibited from believing what he reads, unless he has thoroughly thought about it, and considers it worthy of his belief."

Of course, the greatest Irony of all is that I am still telling you how to think.  Think for yourself schmuck.  Don't listen to me (notice, I left this until the end to make you keep reading), I don't know anymore then you do.  Consult your own pineal gland.

-Zurtok Khan
Because I can.
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

The Good Reverend Roger

#1
November 10, 2005, 03:59:06 AM
You had me, right up until you mentioned the pineal gland.

Other than that, it was gonna get a 9.
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- 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.

BADGE OF HONOR

#2
November 10, 2005, 04:03:54 AM
HOrab already said it.
The Jerk On Bike rolled his eyes and tossed the waffle back over his shoulder--before it struck the ground, a stout, disconcertingly monkey-like dog sprang into the air and snatched it, and began to masticate it--literally--for the sound it made was like a homonculus squatting on the floor muttering "masticate masticate masticate".

Horab Fibslager

#3
November 10, 2005, 04:28:41 AM
not a bad piece.

what did i say now?
Hell is other people.

Zurtok Khan

#4
November 10, 2005, 05:37:38 AM
Quote from: Horab Fibslagernot a bad piece.

what did i say now?

"think for yourself"

or something like that.
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

Zurtok Khan

#5
November 10, 2005, 05:38:11 AM
Wait a minute, Badger.

We're ALL Horab.  So, of course he's said it before.
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

BADGE OF HONOR

#6
November 10, 2005, 10:31:20 AM
Wow, Zurtok, you're certainly doing a good job "fitting in" with those "jokes".  Pretty soon we'll all have forgotten what a putz you are!
The Jerk On Bike rolled his eyes and tossed the waffle back over his shoulder--before it struck the ground, a stout, disconcertingly monkey-like dog sprang into the air and snatched it, and began to masticate it--literally--for the sound it made was like a homonculus squatting on the floor muttering "masticate masticate masticate".

Shibboleet The Annihilator

#7
November 10, 2005, 11:47:03 AM
No we won't.














(speaking of thinking for yourself...)













Nice fucking title by the way yuo god damn idiot fucktard. Couldn't think of yuor own?

East Coast Hustle

#8
November 10, 2005, 02:35:04 PM
what makes Zurtok think that anyone here is listening to anyone else when it comes to what they should think?

points deducted for unnecessary carping.

8)
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

LMNO

#9
November 10, 2005, 03:42:02 PM
But you can tell he put some thought into it, so I'm gonna tack on some additional points.

hooplala

#10
November 10, 2005, 03:54:09 PM
Quote from: Zurtok KhanThe Principia Discordia says that "A Discordian is prohibited from believing what he reads."  I believe that this needs to be reexamined and corrected into "A Discordian is prohibited from believing what he reads, unless he has thoroughly thought about it, and considers it worthy of his belief."


I like this part.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

East Coast Hustle

#11
November 10, 2005, 05:30:17 PM
Quote from: eroticBut you can tell he put some thought into it, so I'm gonna tack on some additional points.

Hitler put some thought into exterminating Jews.

didn't mean it was a good idea.

8)
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

LMNO

#12
November 10, 2005, 05:38:11 PM
Hitler?

OMGWTF?  are yuo teh NAZI!!!?!?one eleventy!oneone!

East Coast Hustle

#13
November 10, 2005, 05:41:45 PM
I AM TEH 1337 UBAR-NAZI!!!111@!

just ask horab.

8)
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

agent compassion

#14
November 10, 2005, 05:42:37 PM
Well, with spelling like that, you're certainly not the Grammar Nazi.  8)

'I'll take you out for a meal with Mr. and Mrs. Pain, order up some violent quiche. Do you want some?' - ++++++ Moon

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