TGRR's New-Style Discordianism™ Without Eris

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, November 14, 2011, 07:02:57 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

November 14, 2011, 07:02:57 PM
Okay, something's been bugging me for a while, and I thought I'd just puke it out and leave the mess for someone else.

Erisians piss me off.  There, I said it.  I get pissy when people say "Oh my Goddess".  It's fucking pretentious as hell.  "GOD" IS A GENDER-NEUTRAL TERM.  And if it ISN'T, it SHOULD BE.  There is no need to say "Goddess" unless your point is to show how fucking edgy you are, what a Real Discordian™ you are.  "Hey, everyone, look!  I'm different than all the Pinkboys and Po'buckers!  Look at meeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Suckers.

That, taken together with "Eris loves us" or "Fuck you, Eris", puts you squarely in the Wiccan camp...ie, you've just taken Christianity and pasted a new header on it.  Eris doesn't do shit for or to you.  At best (worst, really), she has historically given people what they thought they wanted, and then sat back and watched civilizations burn to the ground.

The fact is, Discordianism doesn't require a God.  I mean, sure, you can have one, but you don't NEED one, and you sure as fuck don't need to tell us all about it or make sure we all know.  As far as I'm concerned, you can worship the good old-fashioned patriarchal Jehovah, and still be a Discordian, because Discordia isn't about which god you worship, it's about being a walking glitch.  Or hell, it's just about acknowledging that order and disorder are both omnipresent and that both are the correct tool for different jobs.

The ONLY thing that makes US right and THEM wrong is that we know how the universe works.  We know about the subjective reality fallacy and we know that imposing order or chaos results in a corresponding amount of the opposite quality.  We're just as stupid as they are, but we KNOW it and they don't.  And if we go haring off after silly-assed hipster shit, making DAMN GOOD AND SURE that everyone knows what we think we are, then we may as well just put on a wife beater, pop open a Coors Lite, and hop in the sty with all the other piggies.

So just shut up.  All of you.

Or Kill Me.
" 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.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#1
November 14, 2011, 07:08:52 PM
LIKE.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Jenne

#2
November 14, 2011, 07:14:49 PM
I only have one caveat:

Vincent.

Everything else, hell yes.

Payne

#3
November 14, 2011, 07:19:49 PM
I use Eris only as a symbol, and I don't put much belief into that symbol. It's a convenient shorthand way to communicate certain ideas and concepts to those who can be arsed to figure it out and nothing more.

As I think about it, that is pretty much the same for most communication that I know of.

Triple Zero

#4
November 14, 2011, 07:21:52 PM
I'm sometimes tempted to say "Goddess" when I'd say "oh my god", "thank god", "god knows", etc. in a sense that would fit Eris better than the traditional Christian god or Jesus or such. I usually end up not doing it because I don't want to sound like a Wiccan, yeah. But it shouldn't matter because I'd be using it to add more nuance, instead of trying to sound edgy.

I'd kinda hope most folks on this board would understand it in a similar matter, but I also know where that sort of optimism usually gets me :)
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e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

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The Good Reverend Roger

#5
November 14, 2011, 07:23:50 PM
Quote from: Jenne on November 14, 2011, 07:14:49 PM
I only have one caveat:

Vincent.

Everything else, hell yes.

Verthaine gets a special dispensation.

Because he's the coolest motherfucker on the planet.
" 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

#6
November 14, 2011, 07:24:33 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on November 14, 2011, 07:21:52 PM
I'm sometimes tempted to say "Goddess" when I'd say "oh my god", "thank god", "god knows", etc. in a sense that would fit Eris better than the traditional Christian god or Jesus or such. I usually end up not doing it because I don't want to sound like a Wiccan, yeah. But it shouldn't matter because I'd be using it to add more nuance, instead of trying to sound edgy.

I'd kinda hope most folks on this board would understand it in a similar matter, but I also know where that sort of optimism usually gets me :)

I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THINGS WORSE...
" 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

#7
November 14, 2011, 07:25:20 PM
Quote from: The Payne on November 14, 2011, 07:19:49 PM
I use Eris only as a symbol, and I don't put much belief into that symbol. It's a convenient shorthand way to communicate certain ideas and concepts to those who can be arsed to figure it out and nothing more.

As I think about it, that is pretty much the same for most communication that I know of.

I use Eris only to mislead schucks who think they know what we're all about.
" 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.

Payne

#8
November 14, 2011, 07:26:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 14, 2011, 07:25:20 PM
Quote from: The Payne on November 14, 2011, 07:19:49 PM
I use Eris only as a symbol, and I don't put much belief into that symbol. It's a convenient shorthand way to communicate certain ideas and concepts to those who can be arsed to figure it out and nothing more.

As I think about it, that is pretty much the same for most communication that I know of.

I use Eris only to mislead schucks who think they know what we're all about.

This is a better place to leave the porn.

The Good Reverend Roger

#9
November 14, 2011, 07:28:58 PM
Quote from: The Payne on November 14, 2011, 07:26:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 14, 2011, 07:25:20 PM
Quote from: The Payne on November 14, 2011, 07:19:49 PM
I use Eris only as a symbol, and I don't put much belief into that symbol. It's a convenient shorthand way to communicate certain ideas and concepts to those who can be arsed to figure it out and nothing more.

As I think about it, that is pretty much the same for most communication that I know of.

I use Eris only to mislead schucks who think they know what we're all about.

This is a better place to leave the porn.

Po'bucker:  "Discordianism?  Oh, that's that cute joke religion about Eris, isn't it?"

Roger:  "Yes.  We're real kidders."
" 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.

notathing

#10
November 14, 2011, 07:36:07 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 14, 2011, 07:02:57 PM

The ONLY thing that makes US right and THEM wrong is that we know how the universe works.


I don't know about that.

The Good Reverend Roger

#11
November 14, 2011, 07:39:46 PM
Quote from: LCS on November 14, 2011, 07:36:07 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 14, 2011, 07:02:57 PM

The ONLY thing that makes US right and THEM wrong is that we know how the universe works.


I don't know about that.

That's because you are insufficiently Holy™.
" 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.

Nephew Twiddleton

#12
November 14, 2011, 07:42:57 PM
This calls for a bottle of cheap whiskey to baptise your innards with.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#13
November 14, 2011, 07:49:06 PM
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on November 14, 2011, 07:42:57 PM
This calls for a bottle of cheap whiskey to baptise your innards with.

Only bourbon can slay the little disease demons within you.

This is established medical fact.
" 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

#14
November 14, 2011, 09:11:25 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on November 14, 2011, 07:24:33 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on November 14, 2011, 07:21:52 PM
I'm sometimes tempted to say "Goddess" when I'd say "oh my god", "thank god", "god knows", etc. in a sense that would fit Eris better than the traditional Christian god or Jesus or such. I usually end up not doing it because I don't want to sound like a Wiccan, yeah. But it shouldn't matter because I'd be using it to add more nuance, instead of trying to sound edgy.

I'd kinda hope most folks on this board would understand it in a similar matter, but I also know where that sort of optimism usually gets me :)

I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THINGS WORSE...

...and I know what takes to put a nigger in a hearse.

:argh!: Can't not finish!
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