Defy this age of sarcasm!

Angus · 04-26-2005, 01:35 PM

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Troubleshooter · 04-26-2005, 01:44 PM

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Everybody ride the Trollercoaster!

perth · 04-26-2005, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Angus

I ran across this site when stumbling upon a personal, ignorant attack on my spiritual leader, Prince Lazarus Long, founder of The Principality of New Utopia.

Is that the guy that eats babies?

Yeah, I think it is.

lookout123 · 04-26-2005, 01:52 PM

wait. what if angus is really radar expressing his sensitive side? shouldn't we be nice to him?

eh, whatever.

hey, angus - show me a haiku, or at least a good radio jingle before you claim to be a poet. i want to see your chops.

lookout123 · 04-26-2005, 01:59 PM

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7. Sarchasm The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it

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Is it even possible for you to switch out of sarcasm mode?

noooooo-ooooooo

jinx · 04-26-2005, 02:01 PM

Is it built yet? Do you have any pictures of the place? How about of you and the Prince?

Beestie · 04-26-2005, 02:02 PM

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This is a man who dares to ... not only build castles in the air

Ahhhhhh yes.... of Castles In The Air. [draws from pipe] [blows concentric smoke rings] I'm reminded of an old poem I once read of Castles In The Air.

Castles in the air.
Neurotics build them.
Psychotics live in them.

lookout123 · 04-26-2005, 02:03 PM

angus if you are serious, then welcome to the cellar. but before you judge our behaviour, you may want to remember that you are an unknown commodity and you introduced yourself by scolding people for having a sense of humor, in the philosophy forum without any philosophizing to boot. what did you expect?

dar512 · 04-26-2005, 02:16 PM

There is a difference between being sarcastic and skeptical.

Count me skeptical.

A Tulsa Today article on Prince Lazarus.

Beestie · 04-26-2005, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Is it built yet? Do you have any pictures of the place?

here is New Utopia:

And here is the airport:

SteveDallas · 04-26-2005, 02:30 PM

I dare say the real Lazarus Long (out there somewhere in the pantheistic multiperson solipsistic universes) would barf at the thought of a) being called a prince and b) having his picture stamped on coins.

mrnoodle · 04-26-2005, 02:44 PM

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Referring to the graphic image of our currency: "It's like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain!"

That's my .sig line, silly utopian. If I had been referring to our lord and savior lazarus' fake money, it would have read "'It's like someone's forming a cult and taking gullible people's money to build a pseudo-religious Club Med' in my brain!"

I encourage you to find spiritual guidance along one of our planet's more mundane pathways to enlightenment. I'm not ridiculing YOU, I'm ridiculing...

Ok, I'm ridiculing you. But I mean no harm. Get some help. Really. Your family probably misses you.

Happy Monkey · 04-26-2005, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Angus

As a poet, I have been treated as a pariah, an outsider, and an odd-duck all my life, as I'm sure many of the other citizens of New Utopia have been. Lazarus and dear Maureen have given us hope, and a dream, belonging and dignity. That's why it burns me up to run across the type of slander I encountered at: http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=8053.

I'd put vocabulary somewhat high on the requirements for a good poet, but you don't seem to know what "slander" means. Though I guess maybe there aren't too many poems about slander.

mrnoodle · 04-26-2005, 03:31 PM

re: sarcasm

You have the basics down, but you're still plagued with an overactive martyr gland and the inability to see the humor in someone minting untradeable money with their own face on it. The status quo here is that EVERYBODY has to take their licks at one point or another, particularly in the philosophy thread. And you have to be able to accept ribbing with good grace when you announce yourself as the poet laureate of New Utopia.

You came dangerously close to killing the thread with the Holocaust mention. Rule #1 -- don't call people Nazis. It's the first sign you've lost the argument.

You probably got points from some people for the Bush/witchburning/Holocaust connection, though.

Edit: I forgot to use the words "Messiah Complex". There. That's better.

Trilby · 04-26-2005, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Angus

...they were morons. It is, and I'm not joking, the same line of conformity that leads to... ultimately the election of George Bush.

Well, you're certainly right on that count.

Edit: am person who agrees with mrnoodle about some people giving points for the witchburning/holocaust/georgebush thing.

04-26-2005, 01:44 PM	#2
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... Everybody ride the Trollercoaster! __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	wait. what if angus is really radar expressing his sensitive side? shouldn't we be nice to him? eh, whatever. hey, angus - show me a haiku, or at least a good radio jingle before you claim to be a poet. i want to see your chops. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-26-2005, 02:01 PM	#6
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Is it built yet? Do you have any pictures of the place? How about of you and the Prince? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

04-26-2005, 02:03 PM	#8
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	angus if you are serious, then welcome to the cellar. but before you judge our behaviour, you may want to remember that you are an unknown commodity and you introduced yourself by scolding people for having a sense of humor, in the philosophy forum without any philosophizing to boot. what did you expect? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-26-2005, 02:16 PM	#9
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	There is a difference between being sarcastic and skeptical. Count me skeptical. A Tulsa Today article on Prince Lazarus. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

04-26-2005, 01:35 PM	#1
Angus Angus O'Mann, Poet Laureate, New Utopia Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 12	Defy this age of sarcasm! I Last edited by Angus; 04-26-2005 at 09:27 PM.

04-26-2005, 02:30 PM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I dare say the real Lazarus Long (out there somewhere in the pantheistic multiperson solipsistic universes) would barf at the thought of a) being called a prince and b) having his picture stamped on coins.

04-26-2005, 03:31 PM	#14
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	re: sarcasm You have the basics down, but you're still plagued with an overactive martyr gland and the inability to see the humor in someone minting untradeable money with their own face on it. The status quo here is that EVERYBODY has to take their licks at one point or another, particularly in the philosophy thread. And you have to be able to accept ribbing with good grace when you announce yourself as the poet laureate of New Utopia. You came dangerously close to killing the thread with the Holocaust mention. Rule #1 -- don't call people Nazis. It's the first sign you've lost the argument. You probably got points from some people for the Bush/witchburning/Holocaust connection, though. Edit: I forgot to use the words "Messiah Complex". There. That's better. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh Last edited by mrnoodle; 04-26-2005 at 03:33 PM.

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