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Fnord? By Unknown

Fnord is evaporated herbal tea without the herbs.

Fnord is that funny feeling you get when you reach for the
Snickers bar and come back holding a slurpee.

Fnord is the 43 1/3rd state, next to Wyoming.
Fnord is this really, really tall mountain.
Fnord is the reason boxes of condoms carry twelve instead of ten.

Fnord is the blue stripes in the road that never get painted.
Fnord is place where those socks vanish off to in the laundry.
Fnord is an arcade game like Pacman without the little dots.
Fnord is a little pufflike cloud you see at 5pm.

Fnord is the tool the dentist uses on unruly patients.
Fnord is the blank paper that cassette labels are printed on.
Fnord is where the buses hide at night.
Fnord is the empty pages at the end of the book.

Fnord is the screw that falls from the car for no reason.
Fnord is why Burger King uses paper instead of foam.
Fnord is the little green pebble in your shoe.
Fnord is the orange print in the yellow pages.


Fnord is a pickle without the bumps. Fnord is why ducks eat trees.
Fnord is toast without bread. Fnord is a venetian blind without the slats.


Fnord is the lint in the navel of the mites that eat
the lint in the navel of the mites that eat
the lint in Fnord's navel.

Fnord is an apostrophe on drugs.
Fnord is the bucket where they keep the unused serifs for H*lvetica.
Fnord is the gunk that sticks to the inside of your car's fenders.
Fnord is the source of all the zero bits in your computer.

Fnord is the echo of silence.
Fnord is the parsley on the plate of life.
Fnord is the sales tax on happiness.
Fnord is the preposition at the end of sixpence.

Fnord is the feeling in your brain when you hold your breath too long.
Fnord is the reason latent homosexuals stay latent.

Fnord is the donut hole.
Fnord is the whole donut.

Fnord is an annoying series of email messages.
Fnord is the color only blind people can see.

Fnord is the serial number on a box of
cereal.

Fnord is the Universe with decreasing entropy.
Fnord is a naked woman with herpes simplex 428.
Fnord is the yin without yang.
Fnord is a pyrotumescent retrograde onyx obelisk.

Fnord is why lisp has so many parentheses.
Fnord is the the four-leaf clover with a missing leaf.

Fnord is double-jointed and has a cubic spline.
Fnord never sleeps.
Fnord is the "een" in baleen whale.

Fnord is neither a particle nor a wave.

Fnord is the space in between the pixels on your screen.

Fnord is the guy that writes the Infiniti ads.
Fnord is the nut in peanut butter and jelly.
Fnord is an antebellum flagellum fella.

Fnord is a sentient vacuum cleaner.

Fnord is the smallest number greater than zero.
Fnord lives in the empty space above a decimal point.


Fnord is the odd-colored scale on a dragon's back.
Fnord is the redundant coin slot on arcade games.
Fnord was last seen in Omaha, Nebraska.

Fnord is the founding father of the phrase "founding father".
Fnord is the last bit of sand you can't get out of your shoe.
Fnord is Jesus's speech advisor.
Fnord keeps a spare eyebrow in his pocket.
Fnord invented the green hubcap.
Fnord is why doctors ask you to cough.

Fnord is the "ooo" in varooom of race cars.
Fnord uses two bathtubs at once.

This explains a lot...

Not to be confused with FNAR. For obvious reasons. :eek:

Blarg

All hail the land of Fnord!

Fnord is 8 cents in change under an invisible couch.
Fnord is a can of drinking water, unsuitable for drinking.
Fnord is the sound of one hand cat calling.
Fnord is what makes self-defining words make sense.
Fnord is Fnord.If you don't see them they can't eat you
Fnord is the cheese you peel off the wax, with the intention of eating the wax.
Fnord is a hedgehog with a gas mask.

Sorry fellows, no explanations here fnord.

I'm so bitterly confused ;)

Always pay attention to Fnord.

All Hail Eris

Anyone care to explain? Or am I just being dense?

Its not you that is dense, it is Fnord....

But who, or what, is Fnord?

If you don't see they fnords they can't eat you don't see the fnords don't see the fnords don't see the fnords...

But who, or what, is Fnord?

You are way out of the loop, in fact you are so out of the loop you are going in circles

You are way out of the loop, in fact you are so out of the loop you are going in circles

Thanks - gee, that was certainly helpful

Is there anyone with an ounce of common sense that can coherently tell me what a Fnord is? Or should I just forget about it?

Thanks - gee, that was certainly helpful

Is there anyone with an ounce of common sense that can coherently tell me what a Fnord is? Or should I just forget about it?

Fnord is what you do when you are asleep but still alert.

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All Hail Eris

Ave Discordia.

*Feels slightly uneasy when looking at the seemingly blank thread title*

Fnord is what you do when you are asleep but still alert.

Oh my god... I had the weirdest experience. You know the tingly feeling you get when part of your body falls asleep or wakes up while you're conscious? Well I had that feeling over my entire body, but not constant like normal, it came in waves that moved from the tips of my limbs to my head and ended up hurting my teeth, and as it built to a crescendo I couldn't move because my entire body was asleep but my mind was awake. It was really scary actually, because I have an incredible fear of paralysis and it took a huge force of will to move my arm to wake up, and even then it just sort of flopped over and freaked my sister out.

Oh my god... I had the weirdest experience. You know the tingly feeling you get when part of your body falls asleep or wakes up while you're conscious? Well I had that feeling over my entire body, but not constant like normal, it came in waves that moved from the tips of my limbs to my head and ended up hurting my teeth, and as it built to a crescendo I couldn't move because my entire body was asleep but my mind was awake. It was really scary actually, because I have an incredible fear of paralysis and it took a huge force of will to move my arm to wake up, and even then it just sort of flopped over and freaked my sister out.

It was Fnord.

*shudders*

It was Fnord.

*shudders*
The All-Encompassing Wierdness that is Fnord

*shudders*

I thought the Fnord was a type of car in Car Wars.

http://www.sjgames.com/car-wars/adq/9/1/classic.html

I thought the Fnord was a type of car in Car Wars.

http://www.sjgames.com/car-wars/adq/9/1/classic.html

Ah yes, but the fact that Steve Jackson Games is also responsible for the game 'Illuminati' is not without significance. Fnord.

Sidenote: when do we get to immanetize the eschaton?

Ah yes, but the fact that Steve Jackson Games is also responsible for the game 'Illuminati' is not without significance. Fnord.

Sidenote: when do we get to immanetize the eschaton?

I already did it. My RP character participated in a massive battle and came out the other side transcendentally illuminated.

I already did it. My RP character participated in a massive battle and came out the other side transcendentally illuminated.

Now, you see that's why I dislike zenarchists, they take the IOM to be a personal enlightenment rather than a transformation of the world. It shouldn't just be a single lightbulb going on for a single ego, but instead the simultaneous relaization of the kingdom of heaven on Earth and the taking of that kingdom by storm. Or something. Fnord.

Now, you see that's why I dislike zenarchists, they take the IOM to be a personal enlightenment rather than a transformation of the world. It shouldn't just be a single lightbulb going on for a single ego, but instead the simultaneous relaization of the kingdom of heaven on Earth and the taking of that kingdom by storm. Or something. Fnord.

The only distinction between the two philosophies, at least in my understanding, is that in one each person carries around their own universe, so a transformation of the universe can take the form of a transformation of a single ego. No one says that it's impossible for a simultaneous destruction of the barrier between heaven and earth for all people, but doing it for single individuals at a time is much easier.

The only distinction between the two philosophies, at least in my understanding, is that in one each person carries around their own universe, so a transformation of the universe can take the form of a transformation of a single ego. No one says that it's impossible for a simultaneous destruction of the barrier between heaven and earth for all people, but doing it for single individuals at a time is much easier.

What's more, I did it that way in the RP because it would be a bit stupid to end the world in the middle of a story arc.

The only distinction between the two philosophies, at least in my understanding, is that in one each person carries around their own universe, so a transformation of the universe can take the form of a transformation of a single ego. No one says that it's impossible for a simultaneous destruction of the barrier between heaven and earth for all people, but doing it for single individuals at a time is much easier.

The old idios kosmos/koinos kosmos distinction?

What's more, I did it that way in the RP because it would be a bit stupid to end the world in the middle of a story arc.

Since when has being 'a bit stupid' stopped the Illuminati/JAMMs/Discordians from doing anything? Fnord.

The old idios kosmos/koinos kosmos distinction?

In this area I am more ignorant than knowledgable. The majority of what I know is gleaned from symbolic or just generally confusing works, or I made it up so that it logically fits. If you mean the map/territory distinction, then yes, that's what I'm talking about, the fact that each person exists in the universe, but lives in their mind exclusively.

Since when has being 'a bit stupid' stopped the Illuminati/JAMMs/Discordians from doing anything? Fnord.

That wasn't what stopped me, the fact that a bunch of people would have gotten annoyed at me and I wouldn't have had as much fun is what stopped me.

In this area I am more ignorant than knowledgable. The majority of what I know is gleaned from symbolic or just generally confusing works, or I made it up so that it logically fits. If you mean the map/territory distinction, then yes, that's what I'm talking about, the fact that each person exists in the universe, but lives in their mind exclusively.


No, one is rather the road of solipsism, while the other is the belief that there does in fact exist a real world (call it the noumena for want of anything else) which exists independently of perception. The first sees the transformation of the individual as the transformtion of the cosmos, while the other requires a transformation of the cosmos in order to transform the multiple individuals within it.

No, one is rather the road of solipsism, while the other is the belief that there does in fact exist a real world (call it the noumena for want of anything else) which exists independently of perception. The first sees the transformation of the individual as the transformtion of the cosmos, while the other requires a transformation of the cosmos in order to transform the multiple individuals within it.

I disagree with your interpretation. I believe in both an existential universe and an internal percieved universe. The symbols we use to describe the universe we observe define the universe we use to make our decisions about how to act in the universe with which we interact. In other words, there is a filter between the mind and the universe, and on one side exists a universe which can impinge on the senses of all people, so changes are understood by everyone, while on the other side is a universe which is unique to the person who believes in it and changes in which only affect that one person. So transforming the universe on the personal side of the filter is as effective as transforming the universe on the existential side, but only for that single individual.

I disagree with your interpretation.

Well, I wasn't really claiming that you were a solipsist, instead explaining the idios kosmos and koine kosmos distinction.

Instead, it seems like you are arguing for the immanetization of the eschaton as (if you'll let me get all Blakean for a moment) being

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

While I'm holding out for...

I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England's green and pleasant land.

I utterly despise fnord, it is a blotch on humanity.

Well, I wasn't really claiming that you were a solipsist, instead explaining the idios kosmos and koine kosmos distinction.

Ok, I'm just saying I disagree with the idea that one is solipsist while the other is not. In my understanding both are solipsist in some ways and not in others, and in neither case does it matter since a belief in solipsism does not negate any other potential cosmological understanding, it just puts a mind as the outer limit of the universe instead of something else.

Ok, I'm just saying I disagree with the idea that one is solipsist while the other is not. In my understanding both are solipsist in some ways and not in others, and in neither case does it matter since a belief in solipsism does not negate any other potential cosmological understanding, it just puts a mind as the outer limit of the universe instead of something else.

That seems to go beyond solipsism though, which is traditionally the belief that only the self exists (or in some cases that the existence of the rest of the world is dependent upon the continued existence of the self).

Well, I wasn't really claiming that you were a solipsist, instead explaining the idios kosmos and koine kosmos distinction.

Instead, it seems like youa re arguinf for the immanetization of the eschaton as (if you'll let me get all Blakean for a moment) being

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

While I'm holding out for...

I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England's green and pleasant land.

That makes some sense to me... and I love Blake.

That seems to go beyond solipsism though, which is traditionally the belief that only the self exists (or in some cases that the existence of the rest of the world is dependent upon the continued existence of the self).

I file that under "I can't know, and it doesn't matter either way." If the universe exists only in my mind can it be said not to exist at all? No. Even if I am all that exists physically, I still live within a "real" universe inside my mind. In fact, I believe that everyone does live within a universe inside their minds, and that those universes die with those minds, but that we are all reflections of a greater reality that encompasses ourselves.

In fact, I believe that everyone does live within a universe inside their minds, and that those universes die with those minds, but that we are all reflections of a greater reality that encompasses ourselves.

Then that technically goes beyond the accepted boundries of the word 'solipsism'.

Then that technically goes beyond the accepted boundries of the word 'solipsism'.

Yes of course, but like I say, "it doesn't matter" because we can't know, and even if we could it wouldn't change anything about the way we live.

I utterly despise fnord, it is a blotch on humanity.
I utterly despise humanity, it is a blotch on fnord.

You are way out of the loop, in fact you are so out of the loop you are going in circles
I'm in the loop.
The loop is around my neck and somebody is making it very tight and I'm having trouble breathing. ACK!

I utterly despise humanity, it is a blotch on fnord.

Touche :)

I can see the fnords!

(I do so love this white background.)

I can see the fnords!

(I do so love this white background.)
Do you think the fnords are going to do much property damage?
I wouldn't want to think of the fnords clawing up my curtains and zooming about my living-room!

I can see the fnords!

(I do so love this white background.)

Did you spot the one in Post 23 (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7904395&postcount=23)?

Did you spot the one in Post 23 (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7904395&postcount=23)?
The fnord is in the cheese

Wikipedia knows all! It even knows Fnord!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord

I utterly despise fnord, it is a blotch on humanity.
Yhe Fnord will find you. THen you will regret your blasphemy.

The fnord is in the cheese
Within Post 23 is the five and if you add 2 and 3 together you get five, in Post 5 is a great revelation, in Post 10 is a lesser great revelation and in Post 15 a lesser lesser great revelation, when you get to post 25 which follows post 23 since post 24 doesn't count and is an abomination you get a reverse great revelation which can only mean that the next 23 people to post will have 5 greater reverse revelations fnord fnord fnord fnord fnord

Within Post 23 is the five and if you add 2 and 3 together you get five, in Post 5 is a great revelation, in Post 10 is a lesser great revelation and in Post 15 a lesser lesser great revelation, when you get to post 25 which follows post 23 since post 24 doesn't count and is an abomination you get a reverse great revelation which can only mean that the next 23 people to post will have 5 greater reverse revelations fnord fnord fnord fnord fnord
You sir, have been thinking way to hard. And smoking to much fnord.

You sir, have been thinking way to hard. And smoking to much fnord.

See another revelation!

principia discordia sux

Fnord is a word...

Silly language.

principia discordia sux

Try reading it sideways. It makes more sense then.

That's deep...

Thanks - gee, that was certainly helpful

Is there anyone with an ounce of common sense that can coherently tell me what a Fnord is? Or should I just forget about it?

It is a loop you are so far out of it has me going in squares.

It is a loop you are so far out of it has me going in squares.
Wow. That out, huh?

It is a loop you are so far out of it has me going in squares.

Did you see Chess there?

Did you see Chess there?
Probably not. But I bet he saw Fnord....