Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 06:22:58 -0600
I'm at the point in my life -male/single/35/no kids/taking time off to
think about stuff- where I don't find much that really makes me too happy
anymore. I remember as a young child I used to love Christmas. In my family
it was a pretty big deal and there were always tons of presents and good
food and the relatives coming to visit, and it was so warm and cozy
practically anyone would have loved it. And now it's been years since I've
even celebrated it; in fact I sort of hate it and most other holidays too.
The fourth of July in particular irks me; the fireworks that were such
forbidden treasure when I was a kid scare my pets and annoy the piss outta
me now. Valentines day has always reeked of scam to me-I had a girlfriend
one time who came pretty close to killing me 'cos I didn't make a big deal
out of it. It's been years even since I celebrated my birthday.
These days I find I'm most happy, if that is the word for it, if a day
goes by and NOTHING happens. Is that what life has become? It's not even
happiness, it's just a vague sense of relief that some disaster didn't
occur. By the world's standards I know I have it pretty good, at least
materially. Like most Americans I haven't worried about having enough food
or clothes or shelter for years. It's pretty unlikely that a bomb is gonna
go off in my neighborhood. There's a girl in my complex whose boyfriend's
car stereo got ripped off over Christmas, and that's about it for crime and
intrigue in my neighborhood. Not exactly Beirut.
Sometimes I feel like my life is a sort of dull movie that I just
watch disinterestedly, hoping something happens. But for all that, I know
rationally that I shouldn't complain, and if you don't count this I usually
don't (really!). I know other people that feel that way too-not really
unhappy but just kind of listless. Maybe it's that life has made us, or me
at least, expect so much that we can't help but be disappointed. Or maybe
the best one can hope for is anxious contentment.
I guess you guys have it made with the saucers and all, but even
though I like all of you very much I'm just not a joining type of person,
assuming that you would want me to join, which I don't assume at all. So
come July 5th, I'll still be here and without even the alt.slack folk to
laugh at/with/etc. (I like sci.skeptic, but after five years or so it's
getting old). So if it wasn't for the saucers, what would make you happy? I
am genuinely curious. I mostly like my pets and good books, with a Simpsons
episode and an interesting Ted Koppel thrown in for good measure. How about
you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
with time.
axel heyst
From virtualole@aol.com Fri Feb 20 06:54:45 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: virtualole@aol.com (VirtualOle)
Date: 20 Feb 1998 14:54:45 GMT
>So if it wasn't for the saucers, what would make you happy? I
>am genuinely curious.
I used to have the same problem you did -- then I started doing a simple thing:
I started sending 10% of my earnings to "Bob" at the Subgenius Foundation (P.O.
Box 140306, Dallas, TX 75214.
Every other weekend, after I deposit my paycheck, I send my $80 check to "Bob"
and I'm a happy camper for the rest of the weekend. Even if they could
automatically transfer the money out of my account, I wouldn't do it -- I just
LOVE writing "I love you, 'Bob'" on the memo line. I know he loves me, too.
Praise "Bob"
-------------------------------
Honest-to-"Bob" paid-in-full member of the Church of the SubGenius
Acting Prime Minister for Life of the Superiorland Government-in-Exile
Discordian Pope
Keeper of OLE/WORLD! http://member.aol.com/VirtualOle/world.html
From axel@SPAMXverinet.com Fri Feb 20 13:41:51 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 15:41:51 -0600
In article <19980220145401.JAA06641@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
virtualole@aol.com (VirtualOle) wrote:
>>So if it wasn't for the saucers, what would make you happy? I
>>am genuinely curious.
>
>I used to have the same problem you did -- then I started doing a simple thing:
>I started sending 10% of my earnings to "Bob" at the Subgenius Foundation (P.O.
>Box 140306, Dallas, TX 75214.
>
>Every other weekend, after I deposit my paycheck, I send my $80 check to "Bob"
>and I'm a happy camper for the rest of the weekend. Even if they could
>automatically transfer the money out of my account, I wouldn't do it -- I just
>LOVE writing "I love you, 'Bob'" on the memo line. I know he loves me, too.
>
>Praise "Bob"
>
>
>-------------------------------
>Honest-to-"Bob" paid-in-full member of the Church of the SubGenius
>Acting Prime Minister for Life of the Superiorland Government-in-Exile
>Discordian Pope
>Keeper of OLE/WORLD! http://member.aol.com/VirtualOle/world.html
>
I figured that would play a role-just a hunch on my part. I don't work so
technically I wouldn't be able to avail myself of this particular route to
bliss.
axel heyst
From jch1@voicenet.nospamm.com Sat Feb 21 05:06:29 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: "Ginsu" <jch1@voicenet.nospamm.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 13:06:29 GMT
axel heyst <axel@SPAMXverinet.com> wrote in article
<B11354BF9668587F@willow27.verinet.com>...
> In article <19980220145401.JAA06641@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
> virtualole@aol.com (VirtualOle) wrote:
> "Bob" at the Subgenius Foundation (P.O.
> >Box 140306, Dallas, TX 75214.
> >
> >Every other weekend, after I deposit my paycheck, I send my $80 check to
"Bob"
> >and I'm a happy camper for the rest of the weekend.
If only "Bob" could cleanse his church of filthy liars like yourself,
assuming the mantle of the SubGenius would MEAN something around here.
SubGeniuses: Liars every one of them to a man. Praise "Bob"!
From kevbob.AlLsPaM@ecsis.net Sat Feb 21 08:20:31 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: "kevbob" <kevbob.AlLsPaM@ecsis.net>
Date: 21 Feb 1998 16:20:31 GMT
Ginsu <jch1@voicenet.nospamm.com> wrote in article
<01bd3ec8$c97f8200$b60f67cf@f9e1t0>...
> axel heyst <axel@SPAMXverinet.com> wrote in article
> <B11354BF9668587F@willow27.verinet.com>...
> > In article <19980220145401.JAA06641@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
> > virtualole@aol.com (VirtualOle) wrote:
> > "Bob" at the Subgenius Foundation (P.O.
> > >Box 140306, Dallas, TX 75214.
> > >Every other weekend, after I deposit my paycheck, I send my $80 check
to
> "Bob"
> > >and I'm a happy camper for the rest of the weekend.
> If only "Bob" could cleanse his church of filthy liars like yourself,
> assuming the mantle of the SubGenius would MEAN something around here.
>
> SubGeniuses: Liars every one of them to a man. Praise "Bob"!
i hate hypocrites.
if only there were more love.
but, alas, there is not. and as such, we, us, and you, and me, and them,
must carry on our wayward sons and daughters of the confedarecy dropping
like flies decades ago with a gas crisis imminent but noone talking about
it just doing to much to ensure the decadence of the coming decades would
continue on ensuring the survival of angst-based pop bands becoming
mainstream and jading, even more, an already jaded movie going populave
into hiding behind computer screen cathode ray induced man ray wannabe's
singing spice gril songs while vainly trying to create, create, create
something on black and white film that will only,
in the end,
be destroyed by the very nature if itself,
which is,
in the end,
to disintigrate into dust.
--
"Where IS my beautiful wife?"-rkb inc.
From twgs@whatsthepoint.net Sat Feb 21 10:52:58 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: twgs@whatsthepoint.net (Max Sendq)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 18:52:58 GMT
Thus spake kevbob:
>i hate hypocrites.
That's a good start. You ought to broaden your sights, though. Don't
JUST hate hypocrites- hate damn near EVERYONE! You'll feel better for
it.
>if only there were more love.
Hah! People don't have the faintest idea what to do with the love
they HAVE and you want MORE of it? More love would be as bad as more
television- people have made such a complete botch of it, that any
more would only make things WORSE. When people start using the love
they have, then we can talk about getting more love.
>but, alas, there is not. and as such, we, us, and you, and me, and them,
>must carry on our wayward sons and daughters of the confedarecy dropping
>like flies decades ago with a gas crisis imminent but noone talking about
>it just doing to much to ensure the decadence of the coming decades would
>continue on ensuring the survival of angst-based pop bands becoming
>mainstream and jading, even more, an already jaded movie going populave
>into hiding behind computer screen cathode ray induced man ray wannabe's
>singing spice gril songs while vainly trying to create, create, create
>something on black and white film that will only,
Is that poetry? You lost me when you started talkin' poetry there.
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light-red fennels; hope you'll sob into a sunflower" - Lars Hollmer
From saint@*bugger-off!*prairienet.org Sat Feb 21 09:28:59 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: saint andreux <saint@*bugger-off!*prairienet.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 09:28:59 -0800
Ginsu wrote:
>
> SubGeniuses: Liars every one of them to a man. Praise "Bob"!
Ooooohh... A paradox!
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From jch1@voicenet.nospamm.com Sun Feb 22 06:12:29 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: "Ginsu" <jch1@voicenet.nospamm.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 14:12:29 GMT
Here's one for ya, Andrew:
Imagine a library where there are two catalogues, one of which lists
precisely all the books in the library which somewhere refer to themselves
and the other, precisely all the books which make no mention of themselves.
In which catalogue is the second catalogue itself to be listed?
saint andreux <saint@*bugger-off!*prairienet.org> wrote in article
<34eeef7a.0@news1.starnetinc.com>...
> Ginsu wrote:
> >
> > SubGeniuses: Liars every one of them to a man. Praise "Bob"!
>
> Ooooohh... A paradox!
>
> --
> saint andreux -><- saint@prairienet*org www.prairienet.org/~saint
> "that which disturbs your soul you must not suffer" - goethe
> VISIONARY DRUNKARD - FREELANCE HIGH-TECH PROPHET FOR PROFITS
> INQUIRE FOR QUOTE - EXPERIENCED DRINKING COMPANION - BUGGER OFF
>
From saint@*bugger-off!*prairienet.org Sun Feb 22 11:31:37 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: saint andreux <saint@*bugger-off!*prairienet.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:31:37 -0800
Ginsu wrote:
>
> Here's one for ya, Andrew:
>
> Imagine a library where there are two catalogues, one of which lists
> precisely all the books in the library which somewhere refer to themselves
> and the other, precisely all the books which make no mention of themselves.
> In which catalogue is the second catalogue itself to be listed?
Elementary, my dear Ginsu:
The one up your ass.
--
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From twgs@whatsthepoint.net Sat Feb 21 10:48:45 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: twgs@whatsthepoint.net (Max Sendq)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 18:48:45 GMT
Thus spake Ginsu:
>If only "Bob" could cleanse his church of filthy liars like yourself,
>assuming the mantle of the SubGenius would MEAN something around here.
If it wasn't for filthy liars like myself, the mantle of the SubGenius
never would have meant anything in the first place!
--
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"Sister system, give me my leg back, will you? I've only been given
light-red fennels; hope you'll sob into a sunflower" - Lars Hollmer
From carey@humboldt1.com Sat Feb 21 08:27:42 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: carey@humboldt1.com (Rev. Matthew A. Carey)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 16:27:42 GMT
On 20 Feb 1998 14:54:45 GMT, virtualole@aol.com (VirtualOle) wrote:
>I used to have the same problem you did -- then I started doing a simple thing:
>I started sending 10% of my earnings to "Bob" at the Subgenius Foundation (P.O.
>Box 140306, Dallas, TX 75214.
>
>Every other weekend, after I deposit my paycheck, I send my $80 check to "Bob"
Wow. You make a lot of money.
Ten percent of my paycheck wouldn't cover the stamp.
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From Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu Sat Feb 21 22:55:03 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob)
Date: 22 Feb 1998 06:55:03 GMT
I just really like the fact that, on my newsreader at least, the list of topics
goes like this:
So what makes Subgenii happy?
Drugs are Cool
Women and Bubblebaths
Praise Dobbs!
StCBtD
From carey@humboldt1.com Sat Feb 21 15:30:34 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: carey@humboldt1.com (Rev. Matthew A. Carey)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:30:34 GMT
On 22 Feb 1998 06:55:03 GMT, Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob)
wrote:
>I just really like the fact that, on my newsreader at least, the list of topics
>goes like this:
>
>So what makes Subgenii happy?
>Drugs are Cool
>Women and Bubblebaths
>
>
So what makes Subgenii happy?
Another sign of the end times.
As if you needed another reason.
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From mitchell@Doesn't.Spam.Suck.interserv.com Tue Feb 24 13:17:28 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: mitchell@Doesn't.Spam.Suck.interserv.com (Popess Lilith von Fraumench)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:17:28 GMT
In article <34ef637b.1273831@news.humboldt1.com>, carey@humboldt1.com wrote:
>On 22 Feb 1998 06:55:03 GMT, Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob)
>wrote:
>
>>I just really like the fact that, on my newsreader at least, the list of
> topics
>>goes like this:
>>
>>So what makes Subgenii happy?
>>Drugs are Cool
>>Women and Bubblebaths
>>
>>
>So what makes Subgenii happy?
>Another sign of the end times.
>As if you needed another reason.
So what makes Subgenii happy?
A place to crash on X-Day eve?
Something for Something
P-Lil
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From charliec@cybernex.net Sun Feb 22 16:01:37 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: TheCharlie <charliec@cybernex.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:01:37 GMT
Rev. Matthew A. Carey wrote:
>
> On 20 Feb 1998 14:54:45 GMT, virtualole@aol.com (VirtualOle) wrote:
>
> >I used to have the same problem you did -- then I started doing a simple thing:
> >I started sending 10% of my earnings to "Bob" at the Subgenius Foundation (P.O.
> >Box 140306, Dallas, TX 75214.
> >
> >Every other weekend, after I deposit my paycheck, I send my $80 check to "Bob"
>
> Wow. You make a lot of money.
>
> Ten percent of my paycheck wouldn't cover the stamp.
buy cheaper stamps.
From gerbil@ecst.csuchico.edu Fri Feb 20 19:10:01 1998
To: axel heyst <axel@verinet.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Ross of the Fnords <gerbil@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 19:10:01 -0800
How sad! You have no slack. Slack for me is like gnosis and bliss
combined, along with everything going just right without thinking abou
tit. Slack is something for nothing. Visit www.subgenius.com to learn
about it.
The Church of the SubGenius is paradoxically one of the only
"orginizations" in the world that IS FOR NON-JOINERS! We don't want people
taht will all behave in similar ways, we want difference! We want
originality! We want crehativity! And we MUST HAVE SLACK.
More later. I may be able to help you, if your mind is truly open.
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From no@email.ads Sat Feb 21 03:28:34 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: no@email.ads (Christopher Giese)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 11:28:34 GMT
The evil genius known as axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst) wrote:
>I'm at the point in my life -male/single/35/no kids/taking time off
>to think about stuff- where I don't find much that really makes me
>too happy anymore.
It's called depression. I am not a doctor, or even a keen observer
of behavior, but I get the impression that it's common among Subs.
[ snip behavior -- been there, done that ]
>I guess you guys have it made with the saucers and all, but even
>though I like all of you very much I'm just not a joining type of
>person, assuming that you would want me to join, which I don't
Why do you give a shit what others think of you? Send in yer $30.
I don't _know_ the Saucers will come, but it's cheap insurance. If
you don't at least get a laugh out of the Doktorate and Excuse and
Pamphlets, then use 'em for asswipe and come back here and bitch
at us.
>assume at all. So come July 5th, I'll still be here and without even
>the alt.slack folk to laugh at/with/etc. (I like sci.skeptic, but
>after five years or so it's getting old). So if it wasn't for the
>saucers, what would make you happy? I am genuinely curious. I mostly
ObSlack(s):
Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same", at full volume.
The view from high places.
Long walks (4 miles minimum). Bicycling.
Drinking heavily. After all these years, it still works. Sometimes.
For a while, anyway.
Sunlight.
Sleeping in the living room, where the waning moon shines on me
through the window.
(feel free to add on, fellow mutants...)
--
Every thirteen seconds, a woman has a baby. Our job is to find
this woman and stop her.
From twgs@whatsthepoint.net Sat Feb 21 11:01:29 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: twgs@whatsthepoint.net (Max Sendq)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 19:01:29 GMT
Thus spake Christopher Giese:
>The evil genius known as axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst) wrote:
>
>>I'm at the point in my life -male/single/35/no kids/taking time off
>>to think about stuff- where I don't find much that really makes me
>>too happy anymore.
>
>It's called depression. I am not a doctor, or even a keen observer
>of behavior, but I get the impression that it's common among Subs.
>
>[ snip behavior -- been there, done that ]
"Been there, done that". Indeed. But there are good reasons for OUR
KIND to be depressed. Depressed folks show LESS cognitive distortion
than your typical "optimists". Having been through the wringer a few
times, I now see it as a sign, a call to up and fuckin' DO something
about the shitty state the world is in. Now, that's not to say that
I'm down on medication- you might perhaps feel that there's nothing to
be done, or that in any case you have no energy to do it.
Antidepressants make a fine motivator in this case, while not dulling
the virulent cynicism that marks the SubGenius. Depression is a
result of the SubGenius' instinctive repulsion of False Slack, and is
best cured when Slack is located, with the interim treatments being
heaping helpings of scorn and mockery and the aforementioned
antidepressants.
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light-red fennels; hope you'll sob into a sunflower" - Lars Hollmer
From mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net Sat Feb 21 13:00:02 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: "mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net" <mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 21:00:02 +0000
In article <34ff229f.18067413@news.newsguy.com>, twgs@whatsthepoint.net (Max
Sendq) wrote:
> Antidepressants make a fine motivator in this case, while not dulling
> the virulent cynicism that marks the SubGenius. Depression is a
> result of the SubGenius' instinctive repulsion of False Slack, and is
> best cured when Slack is located, with the interim treatments being
> heaping helpings of scorn and mockery and the aforementioned
> antidepressants.
Having been through more than a few bouts of severe depression myself, I
must chime in that antidepressants ARE THE CON'S SECOND MOST DANGEROUS MIND
CONTROL DEVICE (after TV.) You are absolutely right that the way to fight
depression is to find True Slack, but those goddamn happy pills are the
worst False Slack around. They dull everything that makes you unique; they
suppress ALL emotions, not just the "bad" ones; they kill your desire for
self-expression and make you think that the ultimate goal of life is to FIT
IN TO SOCIETY. The real secret to happiness is to FUCK SOCIETY - one at a
time or collectively, whatever does it for ya.
The Con tells us that the way to quiet our inner demons is to give in to
mediocrity. And the quickest, easiest way to forget about everything that
was ever really important to you is to lunch up on those
please-make-me-happy-it's-too-hard-being-different-I-want-to-be-just-like-ev
eryone-else, individuality-suffocating, blandness-inducing, fucking pills.
OF COURSE it's hard as hell to be different. THAT'S WHY OUR LIVES ARE WORTH
LIVING, AND THEIR LIVES AREN'T. Inner demons are a big fucking pain, and
most SubGenii struggle every day, every hour, some every second, to keep
those demons in their proper place. We're trying to live as individuals in
a world whose every detail is designed to make us give up our individuality.
The inner turmoil is THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T LOST YET.
So, by all means, take their goddamn pills. Let them re-program your
values. Relinquish everything about you that gives you strength. Whatever
you do, don't grow stronger from the fight. It's so much easier to just let
them have their way. . .and I'm sooo tired. . . . .
__________
Emmett the Immanent
The highest Slack is like water
Water gives life to the myriad of things, and does not strive
It flows in places men reject, and so is like Slack.
Tao Te Ching (updated)
From revjack@radix.net Mon Feb 23 23:29:48 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Sketchy Albedo <revjack@radix.net>
Date: 24 Feb 1998 07:29:48 GMT
Around here, the only treatment for depression is "CHEER THE FUCK UP".
CHEER THE FUCK UP comes in a handy four-step applicator package:
Step 1: Be tickled and kissed until you CHEER THE FUCK UP
Step 2: Merciless taunting
Step 3: Savage beating
Step 4: Death
No long faces in THIS house. CHEER THE FUCK UP has a 100% success rate and
has proven to be an effective dentrifice when used consistently. Ask your
doctor or pharmacist.
--
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From no@email.ads Sat Feb 21 15:12:06 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: no@email.ads (Christopher Giese)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:12:06 GMT
The evil genius known as twgs@whatsthepoint.net (Max Sendq) wrote:
>Thus spake Christopher Giese:
>
>>The evil genius known as axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst) wrote:
>>
>>>I'm at the point in my life -male/single/35/no kids/taking time off
>>>to think about stuff- where I don't find much that really makes me
>>>too happy anymore.
>>
>>It's called depression. I am not a doctor, or even a keen observer
>>of behavior, but I get the impression that it's common among Subs.
>>
>>[ snip behavior -- been there, done that ]
>
>"Been there, done that". Indeed. But there are good reasons for OUR
>KIND to be depressed. Depressed folks show LESS cognitive distortion
Depression is also the womb of creativity. For me, anyway. (And feel
free to extend this meatphor in tasteless yet Slackful ways. Something
about tampons, yes?)
>than your typical "optimists". Having been through the wringer a few
>times, I now see it as a sign, a call to up and fuckin' DO something
>about the shitty state the world is in.
Do something? Fantasize, that's about it. I don't picket or write the
elected coprolites in Washington or anything like that. I give blood,
recycle, contribute to the food pantry, etc. but when my Slack goes,
so does the charity.
>Now, that's not to say that I'm down on medication- you might perhaps
>feel that there's nothing to be done, or that in any case you have no
>energy to do it. Antidepressants make a fine motivator in this case,
>while not dulling the virulent cynicism that marks the SubGenius.
>Depression is a result of the SubGenius' instinctive repulsion of
>False Slack, and is best cured when Slack is located, with the interim
>treatments being heaping helpings of scorn and mockery and the
>aforementioned antidepressants.
Scorn and mockery, yeah. But no meds for me:
0. It ain't _that_ bad.
1. You need a prescription. From a doctor. A doctor who keeps records.
Records of 'mental problems' that will probably come back to haunt
you, despite blatherings of privacy.
2. Do they know yet how and why lithium works? Voodoo engineering
steals my Slack. Voodo medicine is unacceptable.
3. When my brain needs an emotional reboot, staying up all night does
the trick. (Your mileage may vary.)
Axel! Pull the wool over your own eyes! If Olympic hockey neanderthals
and self-Darwinating Fundies from Florida are making you sick then
turn the fucking TV off. I myself had to go on a little news holiday
after hearing Boris Yeltsin threatening World War III over Iraq.
Now. Back to posts about blow jobs, masturbating women, and bubble
baths.
ObSlack:
Drowning out obnoxious radio/TV commercials with abusive ad-libs:
RICH, CHOCOLATY OVULATING TEENS.
SUCK MY EIGHT POUND UPRIGHT...WITH ALTOIDS!
CALL OUR TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PHYSIC HOTLINE.
--
And another thing I've been wondering lately:
Am I crazy to believe in ideals?
-- Hoodoo Gurus
From !!!bmyers@ionet.net Sun Feb 22 06:14:49 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: !!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 14:14:49 GMT
no@email.ads (Christopher Giese) wrote:
>Scorn and mockery, yeah. But no meds for me:
>0. It ain't _that_ bad.
>1. You need a prescription. From a doctor. A doctor who keeps records.
> Records of 'mental problems' that will probably come back to haunt
> you, despite blatherings of privacy.
But that's the trick for the rest of us. You see, doctors are not any
smarter than the average SubGenius (except RobNotBob who's a doctor
AND a SubGenius) and they're ususally busy as hell, so it's quite a
simple matter to pull the wool over THEIR eyes. LET them believe that
I'm a little fucked up mentally. They'll never expect me to actually
be the mastermind behind all this. If everyone is depressed or prone
to anxiety attacks, then so am I. I can hide in plain sight that way.
They'll simply write me off as a nut case. I'm no danger to anyone but
myself...right?
yeah...right.
***
Reverend Mutha Tarla Star of the Little Sisters of the Perpetually
Juicy; a Proud jism schism of the Church of the SubGenius.
Worshipping Juicy Retardo and "Connie" Dobbs since 1986.
From axel@SPAMX.verinet.com Sun Feb 22 09:44:51 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: axel@SPAMX.verinet.com (axel heyst)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:44:51 -0600
In article <34ef5ef5.9086280@news.netwurx.net>, no@email.ads (Christopher
Giese) wrote:
> Snip a whole slew of posts of A MOST EXCELLENT NATURE
> Scorn and mockery, yeah. But no meds for me:
> 0. It ain't _that_ bad.
> 1. You need a prescription. From a doctor. A doctor who keeps records.
> Records of 'mental problems' that will probably come back to haunt
> you, despite blatherings of privacy.
> 2. Do they know yet how and why lithium works? Voodoo engineering
> steals my Slack. Voodo medicine is unacceptable.
> 3. When my brain needs an emotional reboot, staying up all night does
> the trick. (Your mileage may vary.)
I had a girlfriend who was on Prozac. The thing was, when she was on it,
she was very good-natured and funny and sexy and stuff, but when she
periodically went off it, mostly because one builds a tolerance, she was a
moody bitch. It was unbearable, the schizm between the two personalities,
and needless to say, it's another relationship that went swirling down the
toilet of life.
>
> Axel! Pull the wool over your own eyes! If Olympic hockey neanderthals
> and self-Darwinating Fundies from Florida are making you sick then
> turn the fucking TV off. I myself had to go on a little news holiday
> after hearing Boris Yeltsin threatening World War III over Iraq.
>
> Now. Back to posts about blow jobs, masturbating women, and bubble
> baths.
>
Right you are! Tonight after XFiles I think it'll time for some good old
sex talk! That Scully always gets me going! I'd like to flip her like a
pancake! You guys have been so good, responding so thoughtfully to my
crap, it's time to dust off the mental scrapbook and look at some of the
better aspects of things. I promise that all my posts won't be so
depressing, even though I don't really think of them that way. People
always think of those who see the glass as half-empty as "cynical,"
"pessimistic," or "gloomy," when in fact they simply tend to be more
solidly grounded in reality. I have plenty of enjoyment in my life, but
it's irresponsible to think that because I have it easy that others do
too, and not see the world we live in as SERIOUSLY FUCKED. Besides, I find
writing about this stuff very cathartic, and it makes me happy to see
people responding so thoughtfully. I'm not trying to be an agent
provocateur in any sense, I just find you guys so simultaneously amusing
and pensive that I sincerely enjoy hearing what you have to say. Carry on!
Special Note: if TarlaStar wrote more about the Pope Blowjob saga, I
didn't get it as my newserver is being extremely erratic of late. If she
did, could someone email it to me please.
axel heyst
> ObSlack:
> Drowning out obnoxious radio/TV commercials with abusive ad-libs:
> RICH, CHOCOLATY OVULATING TEENS.
> SUCK MY EIGHT POUND UPRIGHT...WITH ALTOIDS!
> CALL OUR TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PHYSIC HOTLINE.
> --
> And another thing I've been wondering lately:
> Am I crazy to believe in ideals?
> -- Hoodoo Gurus
From nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com Sun Feb 22 22:34:04 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 06:34:04 GMT
axel@SPAMX.verinet.com (axel heyst) wrote:
big snip
>People
>always think of those who see the glass as half-empty as "cynical,"
>"pessimistic," or "gloomy," when in fact they simply tend to be more
>solidly grounded in reality. I have plenty of enjoyment in my life, but
>it's irresponsible to think that because I have it easy that others do
>too, and not see the world we live in as SERIOUSLY FUCKED.
This is the CONNNNNNN, dude, sucking your brain for sure. You have
plenty of enjoyment, do you? How about PLEASURE, brain-fucking,
heart-rending PLEASURE? Skip to my Lou, I love you and it's oh boy
almond joy, will you be mine, jump up and down for JOY kind of JOY!
Isn't that what you said you were missing??? Well it's no goddam
wonder if you bought that sorry bill of goods the CON sold you. When
the con can't hold you slave to a death delivering job, when it can't
force you into brainmelt in front of the tube, when it senses
intellect AND compassion, it sells you on the sad, sad story that
because misery exists anywhere in the world, none of us can be truly
happy. Or as one sick fuck put it in an article I read once on
abolishing prisons, "When one of us is in prison, we are all in
prison." Hah! The only prison that guy existed in was one of his own
making. What a goddam fool to think that life can't be lived
exuberantly until a fucking miracle happens and we're all
simultaneously free, healthy and happy!!!!!! And you, solidly grounded
in reality????????? How about held down by chains of your own
construction, how about so focused on the fucked up things this world
has to offer that you can't see the fucking MIRACLES taking place
every minute right before your very eyes? I can count seven miracles
in seven seconds, all of them amazing, life-giving things, while
sitting right here in front of the computer! You fucked up, dude. You
let them CONvince you that 35=adult, grown-up, dull,decrepit,
lifeless, eyes shut and nose to the grindstone. You believed them when
they said there was a difference between being a child and being
grown, and that it had to do with responsibility and not FREEDOM,
which this country steadfastly denies to children, so that they have
little memory of it by the time they're grown. You are FREE every
second of every day, and accepting the burdens of others when you
didn't cause them is the rope the CON will use to hang you one day.
>Besides, I find
>writing about this stuff very cathartic,
Amen, brother, and welcome to the fold!
Sister Pammy of the Soil
From kevbob.AlLsPaM@ecsis.net Sun Feb 22 23:13:08 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: "kevbob" <kevbob.AlLsPaM@ecsis.net>
Date: 23 Feb 1998 07:13:08 GMT
Sister Pammy of the Soil <nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com> wrote in
article <34f11230.18105132@news.cphl.mindspring.com>...
> axel@SPAMX.verinet.com (axel heyst) wrote:
<beautific snippage>
> Amen, brother, and welcome to the fold!
>
> Sister Pammy of the Soil
ma'am, i feel dumb stating the obvious,
but you are most certainly an angel amongst
us swine.
shine on, evermore.
please.
--
"um,i'msorryihunguponyouithoughtyouweredigitalionlygotfourhoursofsleepbye.
click." -arkabeeink
From felixxx@goodnet.com Mon Feb 23 08:53:47 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Felix The Cat <felixxx@goodnet.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 09:53:47 -0700
truely pleases me is a loud fart in a quiet church!
--
~ren, the current Elvis J.R. of the ʸ cAbAl
From mtownOsPaMend@earthlink.net Mon Feb 23 03:41:28 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: mtownOsPaMend@earthlink.net (Michael Townsend)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 06:41:28 -0500
In article <34f11230.18105132@news.cphl.mindspring.com>,
nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil) wrote:
--> And you, solidly grounded
--> in reality????????? How about held down by chains of your own
--> construction, how about so focused on the fucked up things this world
--> has to offer that you can't see the fucking MIRACLES taking place
--> every minute right before your very eyes?
Taosend say:
Being solidly grounded in reality means seeing both the empty and the
full, not bothering to name the glass as half-anything. If you go around
raving "Happy Happy Joy Joy" all the time, next thing you know they're
packing you off to the funny farm. Balance = contentment and all that.
--> You believed them when
--> they said there was a difference between being a child and being
--> grown, and that it had to do with responsibility and not FREEDOM,
--> which this country steadfastly denies to children, so that they have
--> little memory of it by the time they're grown.
As a parent I can relate to this one. Since my parents denied it to me,
the only way I can get back (my Slack) is to make sure my kid has as
little of it as I can afford!
--
mtownsend@earthlink.net po box 4722 portland me 04112-4722
I got baloney, anyway.
From nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com Mon Feb 23 11:45:06 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 19:45:06 GMT
mtownOsPaMend@earthlink.net (Michael Townsend) wrote:
>In article <34f11230.18105132@news.cphl.mindspring.com>,
>nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil) wrote:
>
>--> And you, solidly grounded
>--> in reality????????? How about held down by chains of your own
>--> construction, how about so focused on the fucked up things this world
>--> has to offer that you can't see the fucking MIRACLES taking place
>--> every minute right before your very eyes?
>
>Taosend say:
>Being solidly grounded in reality means seeing both the empty and the
>full, not bothering to name the glass as half-anything. If you go around
>raving "Happy Happy Joy Joy" all the time, next thing you know they're
>packing you off to the funny farm. Balance = contentment and all that.
I dunno, Dad, it's damn near spring here and when the sap rises in my
blood the only response I know is "happy happy, joy, joy"! I balance
on AIR most of the time!!! I don't worry that too much happiness will
have to be paid for with equal time in the pits of despair, although
this used to be the case for me. I learned better, or as Dave would
say, I matured a little. Other people lose the highs as they get
older; I lose the lows. I AM this happy. 'Sides, I was semi-quoting my
favorite Walker Percy character, who ESCAPED from the funny farm in
fact.
>--> You believed them when
>--> they said there was a difference between being a child and being
>--> grown, and that it had to do with responsibility and not FREEDOM,
>--> which this country steadfastly denies to children, so that they have
>--> little memory of it by the time they're grown.
>
>As a parent I can relate to this one. Since my parents denied it to me,
>the only way I can get back (my Slack) is to make sure my kid has as
>little of it as I can afford!
"Youth ends where manhood begins, it is said. A phrase without
meaning, since from the beginning of history man has never enjoyed the
full measure of youth nor known the limitless possibilities of
adulthood. How can one know the fullness and splendor of youth if
one's energies are consumed in combatting the errors and falsities of
parents and ancestors? Is youth to waste its strengths unlocking the
grip of death? Is youth's only mission on earth to rebel, to destroy,
to assassinate? Is youth only to be offered up for sacrifice? What of
the DREAMS of youth? Are they always to be populated only with
chimeras? Dreams are the shoots and buds of imagination: they have the
right to lead pure lives also. Stifle or deform youth's dreams and you
destroy the creator. If society has come to resemble a collection of
deformities, is it not the work of our educators and preceptors? Today
as yesterday, the youth who would live his own life has no place to
turn, no place to live his youth unless, retiring into his chrysalis,
he closes all apertures and buries himself alive."
--Frankie Goes to Hollywood
From mtownOsPaMend@earthlink.net Tue Feb 24 03:25:21 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: mtownOsPaMend@earthlink.net (Michael Townsend)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:25:21 -0500
In article <34f1cddb.10428532@news.cphl.mindspring.com>, Sister Pammy of
the Soil wrote:
--> I don't worry that too much happiness will
--> have to be paid for with equal time in the pits of despair, although
--> this used to be the case for me. I learned better, or as Dave would
--> say, I matured a little.
Then you are truly living in a Fool's Paradise. Praise "Bob!"
--> "How can one know the fullness and splendor of youth if
--> one's energies are consumed in combatting the errors and falsities of
--> parents and ancestors?"
Gee, that's too fucking bad. The fullness and splendor of youth my ass -
the kid just wants to spend my money! All I ask is for a little
cooperation around here...that's hardly "stifling and deforming youth's
dreams."
DAD
--
mtownsend@earthlink.net po box 4722 portland me 04112-4722
blame it on my lack of imagination
From revjack@radix.net Mon Feb 23 23:41:55 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Sketchy Albedo <revjack@radix.net>
Date: 24 Feb 1998 07:41:55 GMT
Taosend say:
: In article <34f11230.18105132@news.cphl.mindspring.com>,
: nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil) wrote:
: --> You believed them when
: --> they said there was a difference between being a child and being
: --> grown, and that it had to do with responsibility and not FREEDOM,
: --> which this country steadfastly denies to children, so that they have
: --> little memory of it by the time they're grown.
: As a parent I can relate to this one. Since my parents denied it to me,
: the only way I can get back (my Slack) is to make sure my kid has as
: little of it as I can afford!
Zen Gnostic RevJack nitpicks:
You're talking about liberty, not freedom. You are always free.
Dog! Buddha nature!
The perfect manifestation, the absolute command;
A little "has" or "has not,"
And body is lost! Life is lost!
--
_________________
revjack@radix.net
Remove specifics and convert to ambiguities
From Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu Mon Feb 23 12:17:12 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob)
Date: 23 Feb 1998 20:17:12 GMT
In article <34f11230.18105132@news.cphl.mindspring.com>,
nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com felt like sharing this:
>
>axel@SPAMX.verinet.com (axel heyst) wrote:
>
>big snip
>
>>People
>>always think of those who see the glass as half-empty as "cynical,"
>>"pessimistic," or "gloomy," when in fact they simply tend to be more
>>solidly grounded in reality. I have plenty of enjoyment in my life,
but
>>it's irresponsible to think that because I have it easy that others do
>>too, and not see the world we live in as SERIOUSLY FUCKED.
>
>This is the CONNNNNNN, dude, sucking your brain for sure. You have
>plenty of enjoyment, do you? How about PLEASURE, brain-fucking,
>heart-rending PLEASURE? Skip to my Lou, I love you and it's oh boy
>almond joy, will you be mine, jump up and down for JOY kind of JOY!
<SNIP>
>let them CONvince you that 35=adult, grown-up, dull,decrepit,
>lifeless, eyes shut and nose to the grindstone. You believed them when
>they said there was a difference between being a child and being
>grown, and that it had to do with responsibility and not FREEDOM,
>which this country steadfastly denies to children, so that they have
>little memory of it by the time they're grown. You are FREE every
>second of every day, and accepting the burdens of others when you
>didn't cause them is the rope the CON will use to hang you one day.
Pammy! Pammy! Put the Ayn Rand novel BACK on the table and sloooooowly
back away... OK? Nobody wants to get hurt. It's gonna be OK, everythings
gonna be fine, just put the Objectivist "philosophy" back in the drawer.
Remember, the cult of the individual is the tool the CON uses to keep us
separate... divide and conquer. As long as we're focused on our
own "pleasure" the CON can fool us into buying their FALSE Slack of
complicity while imprisoning our Yeti brethren in similar chains, as
well as in chains less metaphorical. Besides, plenty of us get busloads
of Slack bitching over the fact that OUR government uses OUR money to
slaughter people in the third world, the kind of Slack that comes from
seeing through CON facades, piercing the smoke and mirrors.
Life is cruel, yes, but it shouldn't have to be sadistic... and if you
buy into the myth that all of this is necessary and proper than you've
just willingly swallowed whole the biggest lie the CON tries to ram down
our throats.
StCBtD
From nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com Mon Feb 23 23:25:38 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 07:25:38 GMT
Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob) wrote:
>In article <34f11230.18105132@news.cphl.mindspring.com>,
>nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com felt like sharing this:
>>This is the CONNNNNNN, dude, sucking your brain for sure. You have
>>plenty of enjoyment, do you? How about PLEASURE, brain-fucking,
>>heart-rending PLEASURE? Skip to my Lou, I love you and it's oh boy
>>almond joy, will you be mine, jump up and down for JOY kind of JOY!
><SNIP>
>>let them CONvince you that 35=adult, grown-up, dull,decrepit,
>>lifeless, eyes shut and nose to the grindstone. You believed them when
>>they said there was a difference between being a child and being
>>grown, and that it had to do with responsibility and not FREEDOM,
>>which this country steadfastly denies to children, so that they have
>>little memory of it by the time they're grown. You are FREE every
>>second of every day, and accepting the burdens of others when you
>>didn't cause them is the rope the CON will use to hang you one day.
>
>Pammy! Pammy! Put the Ayn Rand novel BACK on the table and sloooooowly
>back away... OK? Nobody wants to get hurt. It's gonna be OK, everythings
>gonna be fine, just put the Objectivist "philosophy" back in the drawer.
>Remember, the cult of the individual is the tool the CON uses to keep us
>separate... divide and conquer. As long as we're focused on our
>own "pleasure" the CON can fool us into buying their FALSE Slack of
>complicity while imprisoning our Yeti brethren in similar chains, as
>well as in chains less metaphorical. Besides, plenty of us get busloads
>of Slack bitching over the fact that OUR government uses OUR money to
>slaughter people in the third world, the kind of Slack that comes from
>seeing through CON facades, piercing the smoke and mirrors.
>
>Life is cruel, yes, but it shouldn't have to be sadistic... and if you
>buy into the myth that all of this is necessary and proper than you've
>just willingly swallowed whole the biggest lie the CON tries to ram down
>our throats.
You're obviously reading alot into my post that I didn't actually say,
but you seem to have snipped the part I think you're reacting to. I
was responding to Axel's statement that he is unable to achieve
happiness in the world from focusing on other people's pain. My point
is that being able to separate myself from others to the degree that I
can own my own happiness is essential. That does not mean that I fail
to see and respond to other people in pain. It does mean that I have a
choice in the matter, since I haven't convinced myself that their
suffering HAS to affect me. Seems like I'm freer and more honest about
it than most people is all.
SPOTS--Ayn who?
From Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu Mon Feb 23 23:53:53 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob)
Date: 24 Feb 1998 07:53:53 GMT
In article <34f273d0.52919400@news.cphl.mindspring.com>,
nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com felt like sharing this:
>
>Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob) wrote:
>
>>In article <34f11230.18105132@news.cphl.mindspring.com>,
>>nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com felt like sharing this:
>
>>Pammy! Pammy! Put the Ayn Rand novel BACK on the table and sloooooowly
>>back away... OK? Nobody wants to get hurt. It's gonna be OK,
everythings
>>gonna be fine, just put the Objectivist "philosophy" back in the
drawer.
>>Remember, the cult of the individual is the tool the CON uses to keep
us
>>separate... divide and conquer. As long as we're focused on our
>>own "pleasure" the CON can fool us into buying their FALSE Slack of
>>complicity while imprisoning our Yeti brethren in similar chains, as
>>well as in chains less metaphorical. Besides, plenty of us get busloads
>>of Slack bitching over the fact that OUR government uses OUR money to
>>slaughter people in the third world, the kind of Slack that comes from
>>seeing through CON facades, piercing the smoke and mirrors.
>>
>>Life is cruel, yes, but it shouldn't have to be sadistic... and if you
>>buy into the myth that all of this is necessary and proper than you've
>>just willingly swallowed whole the biggest lie the CON tries to ram
down
>>our throats.
>
>You're obviously reading alot into my post that I didn't actually say,
>but you seem to have snipped the part I think you're reacting to. I
>was responding to Axel's statement that he is unable to achieve
>happiness in the world from focusing on other people's pain. My point
>is that being able to separate myself from others to the degree that I
>can own my own happiness is essential. That does not mean that I fail
>to see and respond to other people in pain. It does mean that I have a
>choice in the matter, since I haven't convinced myself that their
>suffering HAS to affect me. Seems like I'm freer and more honest about
>it than most people is all.
This is what I get for coming into the middle of a debate, I guess. Then
again I wouldn't be a good Sub if'n I didn't stick my ass where it
doesn't belong. 'Sides, I'm cranky cos my editor harshed on me for making
too many obscure references.
>SPOTS--Ayn who?
Don't ask... we're still scraping the plasma off the walls from the last
time her "ideas" came up in alt.slack. [glancing around to see if Tarla
heard]
StCBtD
From !!!bmyers@ionet.net Tue Feb 24 05:02:00 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: !!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:02:00 GMT
Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob) wrote:
>>SPOTS--Ayn who?
>Don't ask... we're still scraping the plasma off the walls from the last
>time her "ideas" came up in alt.slack. [glancing around to see if Tarla
>heard]
Oh...I heard. I ALWAYS hear.
***
Reverend Mutha Tarla Star of the Little Sisters of the Perpetually
Juicy; a Proud jism schism of the Church of the SubGenius.
Worshipping Juicy Retardo and "Connie" Dobbs since 1986.
From nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com Tue Feb 24 23:03:21 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 07:03:21 GMT
Bob_Chapman@NOSPAM!.brown.edu (Crazy Bob) wrote:
>This is what I get for coming into the middle of a debate, I guess. Then
>again I wouldn't be a good Sub if'n I didn't stick my ass where it
>doesn't belong. 'Sides, I'm cranky cos my editor harshed on me for making
>too many obscure references.
>
>>SPOTS--Ayn who?
>
>Don't ask... we're still scraping the plasma off the walls from the last
>time her "ideas" came up in alt.slack. [glancing around to see if Tarla
>heard]
Hello Crazy Bob! Where you been hidin' lately? You are always welcome
to stick your butt into the middle of a debate, only I didn't expect
you to back down so quickly after that first beautiful rant. You make
it too easy!!!
Can we add "harsh" the verb to that list of abused words in that other
thread?!?!?!
Sis PAm
From UnitIV@sputum.com Tue Feb 24 22:16:34 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: UnitIV@sputum.com (Doktor DynaSoar)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:16:34 GMT
Sister Pammy of the Soil wrote:
}SPOTS--Ayn who?
Zackly. Ain't it funny how they'll paint a face on their own straw man and
name it after you?
Linear thinking.
--
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ll ll Yetii Genetii Research InstiToot, Somedamnwhere, VA
Clench of The One True Pipe Dream, ElectroChurch of the SubGenius
From user@domain.demon.co.uk Sat Feb 21 12:00:03 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: user@domain.demon.co.uk (dode)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 20:00:03 GMT
On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 11:28:34 GMT, no@email.ads (Christopher
Giese) wrote:
> The evil genius known as axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst) wrote:
>
> >I'm at the point in my life -male/single/35/no kids/taking time off
> >to think about stuff- where I don't find much that really makes me
> >too happy anymore.
>
> It's called depression. I am not a doctor, or even a keen observer
> of behavior, but I get the impression that it's common among Subs.
>
Obviously; Normisery IS not depression quite a lot of folks
like to pretend otherwise (and there are a lot of analysts
out there who are willing to back you up) but most of us
miserable fucks are just miserable we are not sick.
Depression is a real illness and has nothing to do with
pathetic whiners who have their health, enough cash to
satisfy more than their basic needs and have the ability to
make any change in their life they want to IF THEY HAVE THE
BOLLOCKS!
PS Axel you are a lovely man I'm sure. This was not a
personal attack feel free to be as miserable as you want I
do.
Doh'd
From axel@SPAMXverinet.com Sat Feb 21 05:05:53 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 07:05:53 -0600
In article <Pine.HPP.3.95.980220190647.14973D-100000@ghoul.ecst.csuchico.e,
Ross of the Fnords <gerbil@ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote:
> How sad! You have no slack. Slack for me is like gnosis and bliss
>combined, along with everything going just right without thinking abou
>tit. Slack is something for nothing. Visit www.subgenius.com to learn
>about it.
>
> The Church of the SubGenius is paradoxically one of the only
>"orginizations" in the world that IS FOR NON-JOINERS! We don't want people
>taht will all behave in similar ways, we want difference! We want
>originality! We want crehativity! And we MUST HAVE SLACK.
> More later. I may be able to help you, if your mind is truly open.
>
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> * _ /|\ _ *
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> * "I'm a drunken Indian man! / | \ / \_/ \ \ *
> * Oh.... oh... oh... The letter, |/_ | _\| / \ / *
> * 'O'... That means yes!" -Russ \|/ /___________\/ *
> * *
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> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>
I saw the director's cut of "Das Boot"; it's like 10 hours long and in
GERMAN and I still understood more of it than this. I'm no HP Lovecraft but
for Jah's sakes folks a little clarity would help a bit.
axel heyst
I remember a quote from Catullus, slave turned poet of the Roman empire:
"Life is a loanshark, extracting a high rate of interest for the few
pleasures it concedes."
From carey@humboldt1.com Sat Feb 21 08:27:41 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: carey@humboldt1.com (Rev. Matthew A. Carey)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 16:27:41 GMT
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 06:22:58 -0600, axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst)
wrote:
>
>getting old). So if it wasn't for the saucers, what would make you happy? I
>am genuinely curious. I mostly like my pets and good books, with a Simpsons
>episode and an interesting Ted Koppel thrown in for good measure. How about
>you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
>with time.
>
Dim underground rooms.
Laying in bed
News radio
Chocolate
Books
Something to write on
I used to want more. But i've realized that it's not worth it.
"LESS WORK. MORE PLAY." -- The Armaggeddonists
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From twgs@whatsthepoint.net Sat Feb 21 10:47:42 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: twgs@whatsthepoint.net (Max Sendq)
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 18:47:42 GMT
Thus spake axel heyst:
> I'm at the point in my life -male/single/35/no kids/taking time off to
>think about stuff- where I don't find much that really makes me too happy
>anymore.
No surprise there. That's how it is with most people, except they
never bother taking the time to think about it.
> I guess you guys have it made with the saucers and all, but even
>though I like all of you very much I'm just not a joining type of person,
Are ANY of us? (HINT: No.) Hey, I'm sure there wil be people who
will continue to eviscerate you for this post, because that's the kind
of newsgroup this is, but I'm feeling nice and friendly, and you were
nice enough not to mention "Bob". Some people will flame you if you
don't come on like you're ready to rip anyone's guts out at a glance,
probably because this is an apocalypse cult after all, but you're at
least looking for answers, which is an improvement over most folks,
who don't even bother looking for anything. And you ask a damn good
question, as well.
As for the joining thing- the way this cult works is, you don't join
up. Generally somebody finds the Church, realizes "This is what I've
believed all my life" (which of course isn't true, but is close enough
to pass for the truth), and starts calling him or herself a Subgenius.
What makes me happy aside from the inevitable prospect of the
obliteration of the human race? Lots of things. Good company, first
and foremost. I enjoy being around people I like. Doing something I
think is worthwhile, too. For instance, writing something intelligent
and cohesive. I like that. I like the buzz I get from coffee. I
like reading books, actual physical books. Richard Brautigan's books
usually make me happy. I like doing the dishes. Cunnilingus, though
it's more the idea of it at this point. A long shower. Cold pizza.
Making other people happy. Above all, laughing.
How has what makes me happy changed over time? They used to be
focused a lot more on goods. When I was a kid, toys made me happy.
Downloading WaReZ made me happy. Not getting beaten up made me happy.
Being alone made me happy. Mostly I hated other people. I still do,
but I've found enough people I like that I can acknowledge they're
worth spending time around. The Church hasn't changed my likes-
that's not what the Church does; it just allows you to feel justified
in who you are. That's what the Divine Excuse is about. I've matured
a little, is all.
--
I DISCRIMINATE AGAINST NORMALS twgs @thepoint.net KILL UGLY INTERNET
"Sister system, give me my leg back, will you? I've only been given
light-red fennels; hope you'll sob into a sunflower" - Lars Hollmer
From kevbob.AlLsPaM@ecsis.net Sat Feb 21 14:49:32 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: "kevbob" <kevbob.AlLsPaM@ecsis.net>
Date: 21 Feb 1998 22:49:32 GMT
Max Sendq <twgs@whatsthepoint.net> wrote in article >
<snippage>
> in who you are. That's what the Divine Excuse is about. I've matured
> a little, is all.
bravo.
--
"Where IS my beautiful wife?"-rkb inc.
From bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu Sun Feb 22 23:55:13 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu (Nully Fydyan)
Date: 23 Feb 98 07:55:13 GMT
In article <34fc1cf6.16617778@news.newsguy.com>, twgs@whatsthepoint.net
(Max Sendq) wrote:
> The Church hasn't changed my likes-
> that's not what the Church does; it just allows you to feel justified
> in who you are. That's what the Divine Excuse is about. I've matured a
> little, is all.
But not too much, praise "Bob"!!
--
Rev. Nully Fydyan
Church of the Ungendered Yeti
"Don't blink or you'll miss it, it's the end of free will" -- Kevin Gilbert
From UnitIV@sputum.com Sat Feb 21 20:35:28 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: UnitIV@sputum.com (Doktor DynaSoar)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 04:35:28 GMT
axel heyst wrote:
}How about
}you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
}with time.
I've quit expecting helpful answers from the net and the Church of the
Subgenius.
--
(@ @)\DynaSoar\___, Doktor DynaSoar Iridium, Scienfictiontologist
ll ll Yetii Genetii Research InstiToot, Somedamnwhere, VA
Clench of The One True Pipe Dream, ElectroChurch of the SubGenius
From mtownOsPaMend@earthlink.net Sat Feb 21 22:11:51 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: mtownOsPaMend@earthlink.net (Michael Townsend)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 01:11:51 -0500
When you've got the Slack, you don't NEED to be happy. That's what I keep
telling myself.
As for what makes me GOOFY, that would have to be all this bulldada I keep
injecting into my brain.
--
mtownsend@earthlink.net po box 4722 portland me 04112-4722
I got baloney, anyway.
From saint@*bugger-off!*prairienet.org Sun Feb 22 11:29:46 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: saint andreux <saint@*bugger-off!*prairienet.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:29:46 -0800
Doktor DynaSoar wrote:
> axel heyst wrote:
> }How about
> }you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
> }with time.
> I've quit expecting helpful answers from the net and the Church of the
> Subgenius.
Why don't you just start listening to Kajamagoogoo
24/7 then?
Christ, is it destiny that we all tun into huge whiners
when there's more HURT than SEX in the Sex/Hurt?
--
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"that which disturbs your soul you must not suffer" - goethe
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From twgs@whatsthepoint.net Sun Feb 22 21:09:41 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: twgs@whatsthepoint.net (Max Sendq)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 05:09:41 GMT
Thus spake Doktor DynaSoar:
>axel heyst wrote:
>
>}How about
>}you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
>}with time.
>
>I've quit expecting helpful answers from the net and the Church of the
>Subgenius.
Did you ever? The funny thing is how sometimes you get them anyway..
but only if you're not expecting them.
--
I DISCRIMINATE AGAINST NORMALS twgs @thepoint.net KILL UGLY INTERNET
"Sister system, give me my leg back, will you? I've only been given
light-red fennels; hope you'll sob into a sunflower" - Lars Hollmer
From carey@humboldt1.com Sun Feb 22 17:11:55 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: carey@humboldt1.com (Rev. Matthew A. Carey)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 01:11:55 GMT
On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 05:09:41 GMT, twgs@whatsthepoint.net (Max Sendq)
wrote:
>Thus spake Doktor DynaSoar:
>
>>axel heyst wrote:
>>
>>}How about
>>}you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
>>}with time.
>>
>>I've quit expecting helpful answers from the net and the Church of the
>>Subgenius.
>
>Did you ever? The funny thing is how sometimes you get them anyway..
>but only if you're not expecting them.
Ah, so Roshi Lynch.
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From bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu Mon Feb 23 07:32:10 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu (Nully Fydyan)
Date: 23 Feb 98 15:32:10 GMT
In article <34f10476.7233073@news.newsguy.com>, twgs@whatsthepoint.net
(Max Sendq) wrote:
> Thus spake Doktor DynaSoar:
>
> >axel heyst wrote:
> >
> >}How about
> >}you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
> >}with time.
> >
> >I've quit expecting helpful answers from the net and the Church of the
> >Subgenius.
>
> Did you ever? The funny thing is how sometimes you get them anyway..
> but only if you're not expecting them.
All I have to say is, does anybody remember my Kant debacle?
PRAISE RANDOM!!!!
Nully
still (and ever) grateful
--
Rev. Nully Fydyan
Church of the Ungendered Yeti
"Don't blink or you'll miss it, it's the end of free will" -- Kevin Gilbert
From !!!bmyers@ionet.net Sun Feb 22 06:22:49 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: !!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 14:22:49 GMT
axel@SPAMXverinet.com (axel heyst) wrote:
>... So if it wasn't for the saucers, what would make you happy? I
>am genuinely curious. I mostly like my pets and good books, with a Simpsons
>episode and an interesting Ted Koppel thrown in for good measure. How about
>you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
>with time.
My needs are simple:
A good cup of coffee while watching the sunset from my porch
Finishing a project and having it come out just as I visualized
Laughing with my friends and sons.
A well-made meal makes me happy
Digging in the garden, smelling the dirt and anticipating the growth
of seeds makes me happy.
Occasionally seeing Justice done makes me happy.
The fact that the kitten sleeps on ME, makes me happy.
***
Reverend Mutha Tarla Star of the Little Sisters of the Perpetually
Juicy; a Proud jism schism of the Church of the SubGenius.
Worshipping Juicy Retardo and "Connie" Dobbs since 1986.
From felixxx@goodnet.com Mon Feb 23 09:10:37 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Felix The Cat <felixxx@goodnet.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:10:37 -0700
> The fact that the kitten sleeps on ME, makes me happy.
We steal away your breath at night.
--
~ren, the current Elvis J.R. of the ʸ cAbAl
From !!!bmyers@ionet.net Mon Feb 23 09:34:14 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: !!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:34:14 GMT
Felix The Cat <felixxx@goodnet.com> wrote:
>> The fact that the kitten sleeps on ME, makes me happy.
>We steal away your breath at night.
You'll be sorry...you have no IDEA what I've been eating!
***
Reverend Mutha Tarla Star of the Little Sisters of the Perpetually
Juicy; a Proud jism schism of the Church of the SubGenius.
Worshipping Juicy Retardo and "Connie" Dobbs since 1986.
From nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com Mon Feb 23 22:59:49 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:59:49 GMT
!!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar) wrote:
>Felix The Cat <felixxx@goodnet.com> wrote:
>
>>> The fact that the kitten sleeps on ME, makes me happy.
>
>>We steal away your breath at night.
>
>You'll be sorry...you have no IDEA what I've been eating!
Mice, apparently.
From !!!bmyers@ionet.net Tue Feb 24 05:03:00 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: !!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:03:00 GMT
nojunkmailtoxiccow@mindspring.com (Sister Pammy of the Soil) wrote:
>!!!bmyers@ionet.net (TarlaStar) wrote:
>>Felix The Cat <felixxx@goodnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> The fact that the kitten sleeps on ME, makes me happy.
>>
>>>We steal away your breath at night.
>>
>>You'll be sorry...you have no IDEA what I've been eating!
>Mice, apparently.
No wonder that damned cat's been sleeping on me!
***
Reverend Mutha Tarla Star of the Little Sisters of the Perpetually
Juicy; a Proud jism schism of the Church of the SubGenius.
Worshipping Juicy Retardo and "Connie" Dobbs since 1986.
From UnitIV@sputum.com Tue Feb 24 22:19:24 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: UnitIV@sputum.com (Doktor DynaSoar)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:19:24 GMT
TarlaStar wrote:
}>Mice, apparently.
}
}No wonder that damned cat's been sleeping on me!
}
No, it's crotch warmth most likely. I never eat anything smaller than a
bovine and mine do the same. Then again it could be just plain ornery,
trying to take up my sleeping space because they can. That's really more
likely. When I kick them off they attack my hair and then settle back in.
--
(@ @)\DynaSoar\___, Doktor DynaSoar Iridium, Scienfictiontologist
ll ll Yetii Genetii Research InstiToot, Somedamnwhere, VA
Clench of The One True Pipe Dream, ElectroChurch of the SubGenius
From felixxx@goodnet.com Wed Feb 25 09:00:45 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: Felix The Cat <felixxx@goodnet.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:00:45 -0700
> }No wonder that damned cat's been sleeping on me!
> }
> No, it's crotch warmth most likely. I never eat anything smaller than
It has been said that cats often seek crotch
warmth as a vital source of slack. For all cats
are on the evolutionary slacktrack.
--
Felix The Cat a.k.a. ren
Current Elvis J.R. III
of the ʸ cAbAl
From paulg19@dtc.net Sun Feb 22 17:36:43 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: paulg19@dtc.net (dat ol' Rev Lance Boyle)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 01:36:43 GMT
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 06:22:58 -0600, a little light bulb went on over
the head of axel heyst (axel@SPAMXverinet.com),
and he wrote thus and so to alt.slack:
[snip for JUSTICE!!]
>...So if it wasn't for the saucers, what would make you happy? I
>am genuinely curious. I mostly like my pets and good books, with a Simpsons
>episode and an interesting Ted Koppel thrown in for good measure. How about
>you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
>with time.
Good music
Good books
Good friends
Good food
Good sex
Covers it all, don't it?
--
"Still later, Gerald did a terrible
thing to Elsie with a saucepan."
- Edward Gorey
The Somewhat Left-of-Center Reverend Lance Boyle
From snorts@noodle.com Mon Feb 23 12:24:45 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: snorts@noodle.com (RevLurch)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 20:24:45 GMT
paulg19@dtc.net (dat ol' Rev Lance Boyle) wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 06:22:58 -0600, a little light bulb went on over
>the head of axel heyst (axel@SPAMXverinet.com),
> and he wrote thus and so to alt.slack:
>
>[snip for JUSTICE!!]
>
>>...So if it wasn't for the saucers, what would make you happy? I
>>am genuinely curious. I mostly like my pets and good books, with a Simpsons
>>episode and an interesting Ted Koppel thrown in for good measure. How about
>>you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
>>with time.
>
>Good music
>Good books
>Good friends
>Good food
>Good sex
>
>Covers it all, don't it?
You left out senseless violence.
From charliec@cybernex.net Mon Feb 23 15:00:14 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: TheCharlie <charliec@cybernex.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:00:14 GMT
RevLurch wrote:
>
> paulg19@dtc.net (dat ol' Rev Lance Boyle) wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 06:22:58 -0600, a little light bulb went on over
> >the head of axel heyst (axel@SPAMXverinet.com),
> > and he wrote thus and so to alt.slack:
> >
> >[snip for JUSTICE!!]
> >
> >>...So if it wasn't for the saucers, what would make you happy? I
> >>am genuinely curious. I mostly like my pets and good books, with a Simpsons
> >>episode and an interesting Ted Koppel thrown in for good measure. How about
> >>you guys? I'd be interested in knowing how your expectations have changed
> >>with time.
> >
> >Good music
> >Good books
> >Good friends
> >Good food
> >Good sex
> >
> >Covers it all, don't it?
>
> You left out senseless violence.
I think that comes under 'good music', doesn't it?
From paulg19@dtc.net Mon Feb 23 16:44:01 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: paulg19@dtc.net (the vivacious Rev. Lance Boyle)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:44:01 GMT
On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:00:14 GMT, a little light bulb went on over the
head of TheCharlie (TheCharlie <charliec@cybernex.net>),
and he wrote thus and so to alt.slack:
>RevLurch wrote:
>>
(But first I wrote)
>> >
>> >Good music
>> >Good books
>> >Good friends
>> >Good food
>> >Good sex
>> >
>> >Covers it all, don't it?
>>
>> You left out senseless violence.
>I think that comes under 'good music', doesn't it?
I could have added "Make sure the right people get hurt", but that
could fit anyplace in my list, yesno?
--
"One must have the heart of
stone to read the death of
Little Nell without laughing".
- Oscar Wilde
Dat ol' Rev. Lance Boyle
From charliec@cybernex.net Tue Feb 24 15:29:48 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: TheCharlie <charliec@cybernex.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 23:29:48 GMT
the vivacious Rev. Lance Boyle wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:00:14 GMT, a little light bulb went on over the
> head of TheCharlie (TheCharlie <charliec@cybernex.net>),
> and he wrote thus and so to alt.slack:
>
> >RevLurch wrote:
> >>
> (But first I wrote)
> >> >
> >> >Good music
> >> >Good books
> >> >Good friends
> >> >Good food
> >> >Good sex
> >> >
> >> >Covers it all, don't it?
> >>
> >> You left out senseless violence.
>
> >I think that comes under 'good music', doesn't it?
>
> I could have added "Make sure the right people get hurt", but that
> could fit anyplace in my list, yesno?
That comes under 'good sex'.
From kevbob.aLLsPaM@ecsis.net Mon Feb 23 20:08:08 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: kevbob.aLLsPaM@ecsis.net (kevbob)
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:08:08 -0500
In article <34f1daa3.18965730@news.mindspring.com>, ah, fuck it wrote:
> You left out senseless violence.
and walmart.
i don;t know why, but walmart makes me happy.
there are always people there, who seem much more miserable than me.
the tape bin has really hard to find shit, occasionally, and really cheap too.
the have comfy rilly big UGLY shirts, cheap too.
(god bless slave labor!)
and really bad music.
and loud music.
and kool aid. sugar, and there's flavor too.
and friends who don;t care how insane you are, and know what you mean,
eventhough there is no earthly way you could EVER really say it the way
you want to say it.
and people who maintain contact with you, even when it would be far, far
easier to just stop.
and finding that cd, just lying there in the bin, after you have looked
for it for so long,t hat you had forgotten all about it.
and making a dog smile, maybe one last time, just by paying attention to
her, and scratching her behind the ears.
fresh bread with gobs of butter.
people who always think you are joking, when you aren;t, and serious, when
you are joking. of all the things, that one just doesn't make me mad
anymore.
terrible poetry for its own sake.
japanese avant-garde pop-lounge bands. A for effort there.
usenet. usenet is bytes and bytes is slack.
lurch using the word sansabelt in context.
hello kitty notepad pages.
birthday presents.
a comfortable pair of jeans.
mighty ducks part 2. one of the few movies that can make me cry.
(and the disney channel, for allowing me to see it, since i would never
have thought of renting it.)
the alt.slack brat pack faq.
flames.
snow. snow rocks. lyiing onyour back, maybe just a little liquorred up so
you don;t feel the cold so much, and just watching the flakes fall
downinto your face.
really pissed off singers.
books.
old comic books you see and realize you owned, a long time ago in a
difffernt world.
puff daddy, that man IS slack. praPuffy!
and stuff.
--
"someone tried to tell me something,
don't let the world bring you down,
nothing will do me in before i do myself,
so save it for your own and the ones you can help."
-chris cornell
From bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu Mon Feb 23 23:59:09 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu (Nully Fydyan)
Date: 24 Feb 98 07:59:09 GMT
In article <kevbob.aLLsPaM-2302982308080001@obion1-40.ecsis.net>,
kevbob.aLLsPaM@ecsis.net (kevbob) wrote:
> the alt.slack brat pack faq.
Should I even ask?
Considering, considering, considering....
No. It's too scary, whatever it is.
--
Rev. Nully Fydyan
Church of the Ungendered Yeti
"Don't blink or you'll miss it, it's the end of free will" -- Kevin Gilbert
From mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net Tue Feb 24 01:21:33 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: "mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net" <mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:21:33 +0000
In article <kevbob.aLLsPaM-2302982308080001@obion1-40.ecsis.net>,
kevbob.aLLsPaM@ecsis.net (kevbob) wrote:
> hello kitty notepad pages.
When I was in high school, a female friend of mine (whom I regarded as one
of the few sensible people I knew) came to school one day with one of those
cutesy-wutesy little clear plastic pouches containing a Hello Kitty notepad,
pencils, etc. My faith in her sensibilities completely shattered, I stole
her notepad and made a flip-picture-cartoon-thing out of it called Hello
Kitty Goes to Hell, in which that darling kitten face spontaneously bursts
into flames, is reduced to ashes, and a lovely segmented worm crawls out of
the remains. Much to my astonishment, she loved it.
From bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu Tue Feb 24 12:39:20 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu (Nully Fydyan)
Date: 24 Feb 98 20:39:20 GMT
In article <6cuksu$coa@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>,
"mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net" <mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> In article <kevbob.aLLsPaM-2302982308080001@obion1-40.ecsis.net>,
> kevbob.aLLsPaM@ecsis.net (kevbob) wrote:
>
> > hello kitty notepad pages.
>
> When I was in high school, a female friend of mine (whom I regarded as one
> of the few sensible people I knew) came to school one day with one of those
> cutesy-wutesy little clear plastic pouches containing a Hello Kitty notepad,
> pencils, etc. My faith in her sensibilities completely shattered, I stole
> her notepad and made a flip-picture-cartoon-thing out of it called Hello
> Kitty Goes to Hell, in which that darling kitten face spontaneously bursts
> into flames, is reduced to ashes, and a lovely segmented worm crawls out of
> the remains. Much to my astonishment, she loved it.
And you didn't marry her?
Well, is she still single?
--
Rev. Nully Fydyan
Church of the Ungendered Yeti
"Don't blink or you'll miss it, it's the end of free will" -- Kevin Gilbert
From mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net Tue Feb 24 11:46:31 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: "mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net" <mrichmond1@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 19:46:31 +0000
In article <bg19354-2402981533380001@128.226.103.209>,
bg19354@NoMoReDaMnSpAm.binghamton.edu (Nully Fydyan) wrote:
> > hello kitty notepad pages.
> >
> > When I was in high school, a female friend of mine (whom I regarded as
one
> > of the few sensible people I knew) came to school one day with one of
those
> > cutesy-wutesy little clear plastic pouches containing a Hello Kitty
notepad,
> > pencils, etc. My faith in her sensibilities completely shattered, I
stole
> > her notepad and made a flip-picture-cartoon-thing out of it called Hello
> > Kitty Goes to Hell, in which that darling kitten face spontaneously
bursts
> > into flames, is reduced to ashes, and a lovely segmented worm crawls out
of
> > the remains. Much to my astonishment, she loved it.
>
> And you didn't marry her?
>
> Well, is she still single?
>
Couldn't tell you, as we lost touch years ago. She became a Christian,
which diminished her attractiveness considerably, needless to say. Just
goes to show, no matter how Sub someone might seem, you just can't trust
pinks. Of course, you can't trust SubG's either, but hell! A
__________
Emmett the Immanent
The highest Slack is like water
Water gives life to the myriad of things, and does not strive
It flows in places men reject, and so is like Slack.
Tao Te Ching (updated)
few double standards never hurt anybody.
From no@email.ads Tue Feb 24 20:10:10 1998
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Subject: Re: So what makes Subgenii happy?
From: no@email.ads (Christopher Giese)
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 04:10:10 GMT
Yow! What a humongous, inspiring, Slackful thread. I'm gonna save it
on my hard drive.
Good volley, good volley.
ObSlack:
Shouting "BORK BORK BORK" when I drop something in the kitchen.
--
"What the world needs now are some true words of wisdom
Like la la la la la la la la la." -- Cracker, _Teen Angst_