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 Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:59 pm
At the very end of the Illuminatus! trilogy, in fact in one of the appendices, a few different projects in Operation ******** are outlined (with room for variation of course). Among these is Project Eagle, a project I would very much like to execute soon considering it revolves around elections. It's simple really and involves putting up posters spoofing on an old election-time poster that would read "to the polls, ye sons of freedom!" but with a minor change of wording so that it reads "burn the polls, ye sons of freedom!"
Simple, right? WRONG! It seems that every time I try to search for Project Eagle on any site about discordianism or Operation ******** online, I come up with nothing but blank white cards and not nearly 1000 of them.
So I'm asking you gaian discordians for help. We may not have posters out by Super Tuesday (primaries in many states, february 5th), but we should try to be a bit more ready when the presidential election comes around.
So are you in or are you out or are you squiggly!?
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:41 am
There's a reson it's a forgotten project. The simple fact is, these days it's a waste. For years, people have been winning elections by getting voters NOT to read or think about their votes. Nobody reads the real propaganda, let alone spoofs.
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:16 pm
Mylian There's a reson it's a forgotten project. The simple fact is, these days it's a waste. For years, people have been winning elections by getting voters NOT to read or think about their votes. Nobody reads the real propaganda, let alone spoofs. true, but discordian projects aren't about necessarily changing anything, they're about ******** with peoples' minds (hence operation ********). i personally like the idea. people do read signs and posters as long as they don't have an a**-ton of writing on them. one sentence isn't too much for people to read. [either that or i live in a city with more people who read signs than the national average] oh, and the posters will be neon colors. did i mention the neon colors? Ratt-baby is already going to be helping me, even if we have to go it alone.
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:17 am
But in order to ******** with people's minds, there needs to be a reaction. People will read these things long enough to go, "oh, it's political", and then shrug and keep walking, forgetting about the whole thing. The public has become inured and desensitized. They've become acclimated to this drug, it no longer has an effect. You need to find a new drug to blow minds.
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:11 pm
******** you and your fancy new drug ideas with the sharpened spoon of undead turning! (in the a**)
people are desensiized, but if you hang them in the right places people will be like oh!! yay america! wait... you anarcahic queer fools! -hatehate-
so screw you man.
now, im off to toke up on an old classic and make neon ********-
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:29 pm
rattatouie people are desensiized, but if you hang them in the right places people will be like oh!! yay america! wait... you anarcahic queer fools! -hatehate- so screw you man. now, im off to toke up on an old classic and make neon ******** class="clear">
i love when you get passionate about things. smile
and mylian, if you think the political aspect of OM is dead, discordianism is nothing more than a bunch of clowns who refuse to eat hotdog buns. people do read posters if they're short and to the point. the ones in the NYC subway system reading "if you see something, say something" were enough to freak me out on my first visit. i'm not saying you have to be political to be discordian, i'm just saying there are people who still pay attention to the world around them.
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:31 am
I wasn't talking about OM, I was talking about PE.
Think of it like this: Operation ******** is trying to hack the collective unconscious for shits and giggles. Project Eagle was using a specific port to find a backdoor into the Politics database, but that port has gone dead, so a new port has to be found to hack the database.
It's not that the political aspect is dead, and it isn't that people no longer pay attention to politics, it's that In Your Face Political Tactics have been skillfully turned (by the Illuminati, no doubt) into a Brain Off Button. So using spoof tactics just pushes the same Off Button, and you get no reaction. No minds are blown. You need a more subtle knife to jab with.
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:40 pm
Mylian I wasn't talking about OM, I was talking about PE. Think of it like this: Operation ******** is trying to hack the collective unconscious for shits and giggles. Project Eagle was using a specific port to find a backdoor into the Politics database, but that port has gone dead, so a new port has to be found to hack the database. It's not that the political aspect is dead, and it isn't that people no longer pay attention to politics, it's that In Your Face Political Tactics have been skillfully turned (by the Illuminati, no doubt) into a Brain Off Button. So using spoof tactics just pushes the same Off Button, and you get no reaction. No minds are blown. You need a more subtle knife to jab with. i'd be inclined to disagree. none of the projects in operation ******** are really designed to ******** the political database sideways or anything like that. not even to necessarily make people think. a lot of them are to just get a sort of "huh?" or "what the ********?" reaction out of people. and i know a lot of people in my town at least would have that sort of reaction, but my town is a fairly politically active one (it's kind of like the san francisco of the east, minus the cold weather). project bumpersticker/project graffito and the whole idea behind jake day also work on the same principal. not necessarily doing anything that's going to elicit any more of a reaction than "what the ******** my 5 tons of flax. as stated before, you don't have to help in any way but if others would like to, i don't want them to be put off because it'll "have no impact". me not eating hotdog buns (except the rare occasion that i feel like it) has no impact either, but is thoroughly embraced as a worthwhile activity.
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:06 am
everybodyknows Mylian I wasn't talking about OM, I was talking about PE. Think of it like this: Operation ******** is trying to hack the collective unconscious for shits and giggles. Project Eagle was using a specific port to find a backdoor into the Politics database, but that port has gone dead, so a new port has to be found to hack the database. It's not that the political aspect is dead, and it isn't that people no longer pay attention to politics, it's that In Your Face Political Tactics have been skillfully turned (by the Illuminati, no doubt) into a Brain Off Button. So using spoof tactics just pushes the same Off Button, and you get no reaction. No minds are blown. You need a more subtle knife to jab with. i'd be inclined to disagree. none of the projects in operation ******** are really designed to f**k the political database sideways or anything like that. not even to necessarily make people think. a lot of them are to just get a sort of "huh?" or "what the f**k?" reaction out of people. and i know a lot of people in my town at least would have that sort of reaction, but my town is a fairly politically active one (it's kind of like the san francisco of the east, minus the cold weather). project bumpersticker/project graffito and the whole idea behind jake day also work on the same principal. not necessarily doing anything that's going to elicit any more of a reaction than "what the f**k?" just my 5 tons of flax. as stated before, you don't have to help in any way but if others would like to, i don't want them to be put off because it'll "have no impact". me not eating hotdog buns (except the rare occasion that i feel like it) has no impact either, but is thoroughly embraced as a worthwhile activity. Dear Mr. everybody (or Mr. knows, whichever you may prefer): Not a bad thought to revive PE. Bully for you. However, I hate making posters, so I'll decline. Cincinnati will have to go poster-less. F**k 'em I do have a suggestion, though, if I might be so bold: instead of just writing RAW's and RS's suggested text of "burn the polls" et hoc genus omne, it might be more effective if you tailored your message to something relevant (yet still WTF-worthy) to today. For instance, since Obama is really big right now in Demi-cratic circles, one of my friends in San Antonio decided to make posters that said: "Osama, '08." No picture, no other text, and just the words in orange on a black background (a la "Snakes on a Plane"). So if you're so inclined, it might be more Mind-f**k-y of you to switch up what you say to something that will REALLY screw with folks' heads. Anyway, that's all from me. Good luck and Goddess bless. There ARE rules everywhere, and the Brother prevails, Longvalley
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:23 am
everybodyknows project bumpersticker/project graffito and the whole idea behind jake day also work on the same principal. not necessarily doing anything that's going to elicit any more of a reaction than "what the ******** class="clear"> But that's my point. You don't get a "what the ********?" anymore. You don't get anything. I'm not, of course, saying that it SHOULDN'T be done. If it gets your pineal glands off, go for it. I'm just explaining why it stopped being a widespread Project.
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:02 am
Longvalley everybodyknows Mylian I wasn't talking about OM, I was talking about PE. Think of it like this: Operation ******** is trying to hack the collective unconscious for shits and giggles. Project Eagle was using a specific port to find a backdoor into the Politics database, but that port has gone dead, so a new port has to be found to hack the database. It's not that the political aspect is dead, and it isn't that people no longer pay attention to politics, it's that In Your Face Political Tactics have been skillfully turned (by the Illuminati, no doubt) into a Brain Off Button. So using spoof tactics just pushes the same Off Button, and you get no reaction. No minds are blown. You need a more subtle knife to jab with. i'd be inclined to disagree. none of the projects in operation ******** are really designed to f**k the political database sideways or anything like that. not even to necessarily make people think. a lot of them are to just get a sort of "huh?" or "what the f**k?" reaction out of people. and i know a lot of people in my town at least would have that sort of reaction, but my town is a fairly politically active one (it's kind of like the san francisco of the east, minus the cold weather). project bumpersticker/project graffito and the whole idea behind jake day also work on the same principal. not necessarily doing anything that's going to elicit any more of a reaction than "what the f**k?" just my 5 tons of flax. as stated before, you don't have to help in any way but if others would like to, i don't want them to be put off because it'll "have no impact". me not eating hotdog buns (except the rare occasion that i feel like it) has no impact either, but is thoroughly embraced as a worthwhile activity. Dear Mr. everybody (or Mr. knows, whichever you may prefer): Not a bad thought to revive PE. Bully for you. However, I hate making posters, so I'll decline. Cincinnati will have to go poster-less. F**k 'em I do have a suggestion, though, if I might be so bold: instead of just writing RAW's and RS's suggested text of "burn the polls" et hoc genus omne, it might be more effective if you tailored your message to something relevant (yet still WTF-worthy) to today. For instance, since Obama is really big right now in Demi-cratic circles, one of my friends in San Antonio decided to make posters that said: "Osama, '08." No picture, no other text, and just the words in orange on a black background (a la "Snakes on a Plane"). So if you're so inclined, it might be more Mind-f**k-y of you to switch up what you say to something that will REALLY screw with folks' heads. Anyway, that's all from me. Good luck and Goddess bless. There ARE rules everywhere, and the Brother prevails, Longvalley you're right, it probably could be updated a bit. i don't know that i'd try to do anything dealing with any specific left or right politics or anything super inflamatory, but i may just use some discordianish slogans, such as one that me and my friends accidentally created: "depose the sediment!" it's thoroughly devoid of actual meaning, but sounds almost like an anti-government battle cry. and as for routes of distribution, i may not just poster up telephone polls and public bulletin boards, but probably also insert them into the free newspapers that are left out for people to take as well as a few of the ones people have to pay for at the local coffee shops where they're easily accessible. oh, and you can call me kittie.
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:52 pm
If I had read this earlier, I would've done it. Sorreh. -_-
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