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Fwd: Cookies For Christ!
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From: gt0265d@prism.gatech.edu
Message-Id: <9304061917.AA09312@prism>
Subject: blasted in Subgenius!Just wait...
To: Subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 93 15:17:19 EDT
Cc: Mike "Target" Whaley <gt0265d@prism.gatech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.03.9304061305.B1979-a100000@husc8.harvard.edu>; from "Justin Massengale" at Apr 6, 93 1:58 pm
Well, folks, what started out as a personal, informal reply to a good friend
of mine somehow developed (degenerated) into a long Diatribe about the
politics and actions of the Church of the SubGenius. I figured, Oh, what
the hell, maybe the readers of this digest would be interested. Here goes:
Justin:
I see you have started to get the SubGenius Digest:
> I see you were blasted in the latest issue of . . .
>
> Subgenius Digest Tue, 6 Apr 93 Volume 4 : Issue 59
> ...
> gt0265d@prism.gatech.edu foolishly asks:
> >Why in the name of God is this in here--- AGAIN???
> about:
> >*** This account is currently not receiving mail. Please stop all transmission
> > of mail until further notice. Thank you.
> you might think that this is a simple machine generated error message,
> and that you've seen it too many times already. You are mistaken.
> You, of all people "gt0265d", should understand the usefulness and
> importance of seemingly innocent machine generated messages.
> Now hush, before you compromise the security of our solar system.
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>
> what's the reference to "you, of all people" or is this guy just
> being an a**hole?
> A concerned citizen,
> Justin
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Well, Oh Great Justinator of Slackification, I think that the above reader,
by saying "You, of all people" meant it in the sense that as a SubGenius,
I should recognize that it is a sign from the X-men. Or something like that,
at least. As one who is not a full SubGenius (ie, I pick and choose what I
want to follow within the Church) I could be missing something... but what
the hell, as long as the pinks wouldn't comprehend any of this esoteric
stuff, then I certainly am not going to lose any sleep over it. A great man
(certainly a SubGenius leader, whether he knew it or not) once said something
like: "Keep 'em guessing, and nobody will ever know that you don't actually
have any more of a clue than they do." Which, I suppose, is a little like the
P.T. Barnum philosophy: "You can fool all of the people some of the time,
and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all the people
all of the time- UNLESS YOU HAVE THE POWER OF SLACK!"
If you will excuse me, I have to go be a slack-off. I've got 2 chapters of
calculus, 3 chapters of physics,and 2 chapters of statics to work on.
Sounds like a great day to go do something useful, like going to the zoo
or the beach or somewhere. To hell with homework!! to hell with grades!!
LONG LIVE SLACK!!!!!!
P.S.-- I am thinking about starting a new CotSG splinter group---Christians
for Slack (tm) -- I asked around, and the general consensus ids that the
Bible has nothing against Slackness, so I don't believe that "Christians
for Slack" is as much of a contradiction as it would first appear to be.
This came about when I was listening to the Hour of Slack one night, and got
offended once too many times with something about "worshipping a dead guy on
a stick"... and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this
was not only an anti-Christian idea, but it was anti-SLACK as well!!!!
How can that be? Well, the way I see it, it takes quite a lot of effort to
condemn others... I mean, the ULTIMATE form of slack is to ignore those things
which you don't like!!! To fight them takes effort!!! Would BOB have ever
spent time and effort comdemning things when he could have been busying
himself doing NOTHING??? Or better yet, MAKING MONEY??? I THINK NOT.
Not only that, where did Rev. Stang lose sight of the fact that (supposedly)
SubGenii have the ability to think for themselves, rather than go along
with the mostly pink majority? Sure, I am not religious exactly (ie, I
don't think I have to go to any specific church to be looked upon favorably
by God) but Geez, even Rev. Stang should know that religion is not all
bad. I dislike Jim & Tammy Bakker types as much as the next guy, but
to judge all of Christianity by a few bad examples is like saying all
SubGenii are Rednecks because "J.R.'Bob' Dobbs" is a redneck-sounding name.
Get real, people!!! Call out the frauds when you see them (even the Bible
says that), but don't tell ME that Christianity as a whole is stupid-
just some aspects of Religion (basically a political, not spiritual,
institution in some [not ALL, not MOST, but SOME] cases). If you don't
want to be a Christian, or Jew, or Hindu, or Muslim, or Buddhist, or Daffodil
worshipper, or whatever, that's just fine. But remember, all of the above
have SubGenii amongst their ranks.
In short, let's keep SLACK the undignified, superior institution it deserves
to be. Keep it SLACK, dammit!!! SLACK SLACK SLACK SLACK SLACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Let he who is without couth flick the first booger." -Book of Target 0:69
Slackly yours,
Mike "I'll bet I get a lot of replies to this" Whaley
gt0265d@prism.gatech.edu
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Message-Id: <gfkOKqe00WB_5k61YY@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 11:45:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Howard Rhodes <gr1c+@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: "Jennifer A. Newbury" <jn1t+@andrew.cmu.edu>, Subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu,
"Robert J. Knapp" <rk3h+@andrew.cmu.edu>, 58920700T@servax.fiu.edu
Subject: Fwd: Cookies For Christ!
In-Reply-To: <kfkFWxG00WC=I66WA7@andrew.cmu.edu>
You know, this would be funny if it weren't serious.
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From: Joshua Alan Knauer <jk71+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups: cmu.misc.announce,cmu.misc.market
Subject: Cookies For Christ!
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 01:44:29 -0400
The Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship will be converting those sinners
who wish to find Jesus at the "Cookies for Christ" table outside of
Doherty Hall all this week.
Come get cookies, convert and meet Christ (the big shaggy thing that is
passing out fliers)
Also, if you are interested, make sure to come to our tent on the Cut
for some really good Christian Revival music.
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