The original Trickster Goddess is back. She’s been sleeping for a long time, but the discovery of the Planet Eris marks her full force return. Eris isn’t the kind of God who rules the world from a mountain like a king. She changes the world by rolling a golden apple into the midst of a party. People’s true colors come out when they dive dive for it. Our culture can’t stop squabbling for those golden apples. Turn on the news, it’s most of what you see. Somewhere, Eris is snickering to herself.
There’s a little western Zen parable there. The Buddha says that suffering comes from desire. But if you can enjoy things without being attached to them (and avoid things without fearing them), you won’t be as likely to enter batshit feral grabass territory when you see the golden apple. Eris is like a trickster Buddha, rolling apples and watching the show (BTW, I know firsthand that Eris rides bikes with Lao Tzu). And I like that because Buddha isn’t a god, he’s a symbol that even us shitty mortals can find Nirvana. And Eris is a symbol too. For what, that’s up to you.
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I disagree, and I would like to cordially invite you to Athens:
http://natallnews.net/2012/09/06/greek-riot-police-face-protest-from-anti-austerity-police-officers/
Look.
We need a sacrament.
I propose Golden Apple juice:
http://www.thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk/Rattler%20bottles2.gif
From Discordia central.
I’d name-drop from the old Yahoo! list but it would be poor form.
She is back and she is healing!
Good Hello all…
Hail!
So here i am again, it’s been some time since i posted here…i think i was in new york at the time, and now i’m back in sunny sandy eggo. Just getting ready to canvas a local university with a bunch of old postergasms from the past (they are still here right? well, i archive everything so i have everything back until about a couple years ago.) Also going to throw a few ‘black irons’ out there. What the hell, right? I think I’ll hang around here longer this time around. So I checked out the old alt.slack site, and much to my chagrin it’s still basically the same. Insulting the noobs, and circle-jerking. Sigh. I remember the split between Erisians and the Subgenius back in the 70′s or 80′s…hell i dont remember ITS NOT fucking important. Anyway, so i’m slinking in back here to re-establish a sort of connection with other like-minds. One needs such things every now and again…you all know how lonely it can get, right?
I’m still doing what i’m doing…infecting one at a time…does it work? Hell, don’t know, don’t care…that’s up to them. Oh, I MUST admit that I ALMOST bought a ‘discordian t-shirt’ from cafepress, but as i was looking…that inner voice in my head spit on me and said “remember rule number ONE, fucktard”…..oh ya…don’t stick out. no uniforms. Wheew…close one.
soooo…when do i get to CREATE a thread of my own here…for my own personal rants/sublimations/ejaculations? I really don’t like thread-jacking Prof. Cram
I haven’t posted here in like forever either. I started teaching first grade this school year and Eris is definitely in my class! lol I have two boys who keep fighting over everthing so they both want the golden apple! But I have a girl who wants to see and pick up everything but doesn’t care much about keeping it so she’s more like Buddha or might be in 20 years! We can get so tied to possessions they can own us.
Teaching is a most wonderful gift. I tend to work on lesser-evolved adults myself. Glad to see another ‘wanderer’ come back and post as well…and the timing is impeccable!
So, I go to the dentist and walk in…
“Hi my name is _____, I called and made the appointment for the extraction today”
“Ok, great…i’m going to need you to fill out this sheet for our records. (I grab the clipboard) What insurance carrier do you have?”
“I don’t have insurance, I’ll be paying for this myself. Can you tell me how much it’s going to cost for everything?”
“Well, the initial consultation and exam will be $27. The doctor will need to do an xray…”
“Wait, wait…why does he need to do an xray? The tooth is black. An xray seems unnecessary”
“He needs an xray so he can see the root and to make sure he gets the entire tooth out. He doesn’t want to leave any pieces in, which would cause complications later”
“Ok, that makes sense…but I get to keep the xrays right?”
“No. Those have to stay here with your file”
“How much would it cost for a copy of the xray”
“Oh, that would be an additional fee of $10″
“So you’re telling me I have to pay for the xray, then pay again for a copy for myself? That doesn’t make sense. I’m paying the full cost of the xray out-of-pocket. It seems only fair that I get to keep it”
“That’s not the procedure. We need to keep all the records on file here, including xrays”
“Well put yourself in my shoes for a second. Say that you went to the dvd store and picked out a movie. You go to the cashier and pay for the movie. Then the cashier puts the movie back on the shelf. You ask her ‘hey i just paid for that’…the cashier tells you ‘oh we keep it here, if you want a copy it will be another $10′…how would you react?”
(silence…a long stare)
(me again)”I’ll tell you what. If i’m paying for the xray, I keep the original. If you need a copy for the records here, I’ll charge you 10 bucks and you can take that ten off my bill”
“Sir, we can’t do that”
“Honestly, I don’t understand WHY you need to keep an xray of a tooth that is going to be yanked out of my mouth in about 30 minutes…what’s the point?…You’re not making any sense. I still cant figure out WHY i am not allowed to possess an xray that i paid entirely with my own money…that makes no sense whatsoever.
“Sir, I’m sorry but thats the procedure”
“I’m going to go somewhere else…you people dont make any sense”
…had to go to a 2nd dentist practice, AND had to speak directly WITH the dentist before he agreed that he didn’t NEED the xray…and agreed to give it to me. I DID offer to sell him a copy for $10 “because thats what they charge patients for a copy”…he just laughed and said no.
KIDS! TRY this yourself! IT’s FUN!
I hope I hever have a tooth taken out, but this is really funny and it makes sense!
If all suffering comes from desire, then where does desire come from? The perception of suffering?
Desire results from a lack of Polysorbate 60 in the body.
Or from visiting naughty dentists.