2013 Theme - Cargo Cult - thoughts?

[Ugly Dougly]

Sorry, I don't like fucking kids.

[Simon of the Playa]

ill get your goat...

[Ugly Dougly]

My preference is for brown-eyed warrior women, but I also have a taste for goat meat. So yeah.

[knowmad]

Sorry, I don't like fucking kids.

No one likes Fucking Kids Dougly! what with all the whining and screaming, hush money...

[Roberto Dobbisano]

you know, there is fucking kidsville

and then there is fucking kids ville.

[theCryptofishist]

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." -- RP Feynman

[Simon of the Playa]

thats a foolacious argument...

[Roberto Dobbisano]

hey little kid, want some candy?

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[Elliot]

My two cents at this point:
There was mention of the movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, either in this thread or another. I had not seen it since it first came out, but I watched it last night and by golly, there is a very good example of a Cargo Cult in this film. You have to sit thru all the other silliness, but it is worth it if you would like to see a cargo cult in action.

[Gonzo Frothwood]

All this controversy. Race,age,color,or national origin,sexual orientation or for that mater intelligence or or abilities we are all BURNERS and willing to put our lives and sanity on the line once a year to be with OUR cult cargo or not. lets get to work and party.

[Ugly Dougly]

:The problem is to find a form of association which will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before." This is the fundamental problem of which the Social Contract provides the solution.

[Ugly Dougly]

You have to sit thru all the other silliness...

As if there is no silliness on the playa!

[Elliot]

You have to sit thru all the other silliness...

As if there is no silliness on the playa!

What on Earth do you mean?



Elliot (blue shirt) and passengers "jumping" the improvised bicycle jump at Thunderdome, 2009.

[Foxfur]

Sorry, I don't like fucking kids.

I like fucking ePlayans.
I like it a lot.

[ygmir]

Sorry, I don't like fucking kids.

I like fucking ePlayans.
I like it a lot.

yay!!

[planetaryjaygo]

When thinking Cargo Cults
The question arises . . What items should we take to a desert island for future generations of islanders to construct a cult around, long after our deaths?

[planetaryjaygo]

Crucfix. Bible or Mantra ?
I would take this record by Elis Regina and the Zimbo Trio and offer it up as an alternative bahaus crucifix -

[Sunbeam56]

"The question arises . . What items should we take to a desert island for future generations of islanders to construct a cult around, long after our deaths?"

Duh! - A sliderule...

[BeeWeeDee]

KILL YOUR TELEVISION !!!



it is the biggest cult of all.

Just think of all of the faithful viewers waiting for the next episode -

"see you real soon" - Micky Mouse
"ya'all come back now - ya hear" - Beverly Hillbillies
"Tune in next week for...."
As the world turns
Days of our lives
"Same Bat channel, Same Bat time"
Nightly News
Superbowl XXXXX

The list is endless

I'm sure the cult following many shows would fit into the theme - the cargo being pure crap (re: entertainment)

[planetaryjaygo]

"The question arises . . What items should we take to a desert island for future generations of islanders to construct a cult around, long after our deaths?"

Duh! - A sliderule...

Interesting. A Math Camp desert island future .. Higher Maths a prerequisite then eh?

[Sunbeam56]

Artifact of a more bountiful time...

[Ugly Dougly]

KILL YOUR TELEVISION !!!



it is the biggest cult of all.

Just think of all of the faithful viewers waiting for the next episode -

"see you real soon" - Micky Mouse
"ya'all come back now - ya hear" - Beverly Hillbillies
"Tune in next week for...."
As the world turns
Days of our lives
"Same Bat channel, Same Bat time"
Nightly News
Superbowl XXXXX

The list is endless

I'm sure the cult following many shows would fit into the theme - the cargo being pure crap (re: entertainment)

Good night and good luck.
I'll be back!

[unjonharley]

Interesting. A Math Camp desert island future .. Higher Maths a prerequisite then eh?

Been done..bout five years ago...

[planetaryjaygo]

And I thought sunbeam had turned amish on me . .

edit: I am wrong no slide rule to be seen in the bountiful ways of the Amish - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/28683

[Sunbeam56]

Interesting that one of the commenters on the yahoo blog thought Amish might use a slide rule as entertainment but not math/tool. Odd that...
The slide rule was an important tool in the 50s, took our astronauts to space, and our bombs to Nagasaki.
Dont you wonder what Archimedes used?

[unjonharley]

High schools ban slide rules in Wisc. through the 50's..

Then I was arrested for counting to twenty one

[Sunbeam56]

Yeah, it was considered cheating. Not so long ago the schools wouldnt let kids use google for research, either.

[Elliot]

Old slide rule joke:

An engineer is teaching his son how to use a slide rule, and he starts with a simple 3x4 and gets 13. The son laughs and says "Oh Dad, you know that's wrong!"

The engineer puts his eye-glasses on and does the calculation again. "By golly, you are right, Son; 3x4 is actually... (squints carefully at slide rule) ...12.1032."

Yes I know....

[Sunbeam56]

Dahling Elliott -
You are going to have to take a look at my tricycle.

[Elliot]

Did you build it out of coconuts and reeds?