#discordian

[ostolero]

check out this blanket I ordered

#caplog 2024 #jfk #discordianism #discordian #zazzle

[redpanther23]

If Jesus fought Superman, who do you think would win?

#furry art #furry #retro #grunge #fursona #punk #comic art #trippy #nostalgiacore #panther #german shepherd #pagan #satanist #discordian

[evil-gang]

discordianism reference in the new TMBG song

#tmbg #they might be giants #discordianism #discordian #principia discordia #fnord #fnordposting

[alchemisoul]

"In 1933, in Science and Sanity, Alfred Korzybski proposed that we should abolish the "is of identity" from the English language. (The "is of identity" takes the form X is a Y. e.g., "Joe is a Communist," "Mary is a dumb file-clerk," "The universe is a giant machine," etc.) In 1949, D. David Bourland Jr. proposed the abolition of all forms of the words "is" or "to be" and the Bourland proposal (English without "isness") he called E-Prime, or English-Prime.

A few scientists have taken to writing in E-Prime (notable Dr. Albert Ellis and Dr. E.W. Kellogg III). Bourland, in a recent (not-yet-published) paper tells of a few cases in which scientific reports, unsatisfactory to sombunall members of a research group, suddenly made sense and became acceptable when re-written in E-Prime. By and large, however, E-Prime has not yet caught on either in learned circles or in popular speech.

(Oddly, most physicists write in E-Prime a large part of the time, due to the influence of Operationalism -- the philosophy that tells us to define things by operations performed -- but few have any awareness of E-prime as a discipline and most of them lapse into "isness" statements all too frequently, thereby confusing themselves and their readers. )

Nonetheless, E-Prime seems to solve many problems that otherwise appear intractable, and it also serves as an antibiotic against what Korzybski called "demonological thinking." Most of this book employs E-Prime so the reader could begin to get acquainted with this new way of mapping the world; in a few instances I allowed normal English, and its "isness" to intrude again (how many of you noticed that?), while discussing some of the weird and superstitious thinking that exists throughout our society and always occurs when "is" creeps into our concepts. (As a clue or warning, I placed each "is" in dubious quotation marks, to highlight its central role in the confusions there discussed).

As everybody with a home computer knows, the software can change the functioning of the hardware in radical and sometimes startling ways. The first law of computers -- so ancient that some claim it dates back to dark, Cthulhoid aeons when giant saurians and Richard Nixons still dominated the earth -- tells us succinctly, "Garbage In, Garbage Out" (or GIGO for short).

The wrong software guarantees wrong answers, or total gibberish. Conversely, the correct software, if you find it, will often "miraculously" solve problems that had hitherto appeared intractable.

Since the brain does not receive raw data, but edits data as we receive it, we need to understand the software the brain uses. The case for using E-Prime rests on the simple proposition that "isness" sets the brain into a medieval Aristotelian framework and makes it impossible to understand modern problems and opportunities. A classic case of GIGO, in short. Removing "isness" and writing/thinking only and always in operational/existential language sets us, conversely, in a modern universe where we can successfully deal with modern issues.

To begin to get the hang of E-Prime, consider the following two columns, the first written in Standard English and the second in English Prime.

Standard English

1. The photon is a wave.

2. The photon is a particle.

3. John is unhappy and grouchy.

4. John is bright and cheerful.

English Prime

1. The photon behaves as a wave when constrained by certain instruments.

2. The photon appears as a particle when constrained by other instruments.

3. John appears unhappy and grouchy in the office.

4. John appears bright and cheerful on holiday at the beach.

..."

- Robert Anton Wilson

If you can read this, you're a Pope.

#robert anton wilson #discordianism #discordian #ifyoucanreadthisyoureapope #if you can read this youre a pope #church of the subgenius #hail eris #praise bob #philosophy #language #linguistics #semantics #E-Prime #e prime #Alfred Korzybski #quote #physics #quantum physics #science #operationalism

[themechanoid99]

The Sacred Chao (symbol of Discordianism; yes, there's a religion centered on Eris.)

I was kinda hesitant on submitting this, but when am I ever going to?

#discordianism #hodge-podge #sacred chao #chaos magick #discordian

[ptwentz]

Eris, the goddess of chaos, discord, and confusion

#my art #5 fingered hand of eris #discordian #principia discordia #starguy

[eyebally]

this is the rhythm of the night; banner drop !!!!

#banner #discord #discord banner #discordian #disc #discord profile #profile #profile setup #profile banner #hearts #heart #blue #soft #skirt #hello kitty #hk #hello #kitty #fog #chill

[puppy-punkz-incorporated]

being discordian is so annoying sometimes because there are TWO iOS apps that have the discordian calendar.

App A:

is free with no ads

kind of cluttered

has a countdown to the Subgenius end of the world (which I don't need)

App B:

two dollars

exactly what i need

very simple and intuitive

nothing additional

either way, I have to try to explain Discordianism to my dad.

#fnord #discordianism #discordian #hail eris

[bryan-damage]

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

#discordian #quotes #twitter

[ostolero]

recipes and database queries are similar but at different kinds of abstraction and relationship to the material. kinds of spellcasting

#discordian #discordianism

[redpanther23]

My future business cards, and a little headshot I did :) Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!

#furry art #furry #retro #grunge #fursona #punk #comic art #trippy #nostalgiacore #graphic design #hand lettering #business cards #panther #discordianiam #discordian

[rawilson23]

MAYBE DAY IS COMING!!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO :)))

#robert anton wilson #discordian #cosmic trigger #discordianism #maybe logic #Maybe Day

[evil-gang]

fuck you. hotdog buns

#discordian #hail eris #discordianism #hot dog buns #food #my white ass

[alchemisoul]

“You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends.”

"Besides Paranoia is a Loser script; it defines somebody else as being in charge around here except me. I prefer to define myself and my friends as the architects of the future.

If David Rockefeller has the same idea about himself and his friends, well, the future itself will decide which coalition was really on the Evolutionary Wave: the Money people or the Idea people".

- Robert Anton Wilson

#robert anton wilson #discordianism #hail eris #church of the subgenius #pope bob #ifyoucanreadthisyoureapope #if you can read this you're a pope #author #writing #quote #philosophy #conspiracy #illuminatus #discordians #discordian

[themechanoid99]

IDK WTF I just made. :\

#chaos magick #discordian #chaos magic #sacred chao #sigil #sigil magic #monad #spoof religion?

[ptwentz]

Hail Discordia

#my art #discordian #5 fingered hand of eris #i am chaos i am alive and i am telling you that you are free #principia discordia