People who are total pricks and don't know it
May 17 2007
For instance, this dickhead supply teacher in work. Every time I'm on a break he corners me and starts going on about some church youth group he runs and how I should "drop by some time and jam". Fuck off, just fuck fucking off.
May 17 2007
#2
the button wrote:
Church youth group + teaching profession = paedo.Fact.
(That would be one line you could take with him).
I don't think he can actually hear me when I speak. A typical conversation tends to run along the lines of:
Dickhead - "Hi, what's that you're reading"
Me - "Soldiers in Revolt"
Dickhead - "Oh, what's that about?"
Me - "The GI anti-war movement in Vietnam"
Dickhead - "Sounds really interesting"
Me - "Yes, I was enjoying it until about five seconds ago"
Dickhead - "So, you look like you're into music, did I tell you about this church group I run, we have all kind of bands who play music from a Christian perspective, you should come some time"
Me - "I'm an android who was programmed to hate God, I have no soul, please go away"
Dickhead - "Yeah, it's really spiritual, like a big church meeting, only with music and dancing and stuff, I think you'd like it"
May 17 2007
#3
hahaha.
May 19 2007
#4
madashell wrote:
Me - "I'm an android who was programmed to hate God, I have no soul, please go away"
kickass!
do you dream of electric sheep? 
May 19 2007
#5
i dunno why anyone gets bothered by religous people. they tend to be very meek, which is nice. the one's that aren't, if you're not in the mood can be dicking annoying.
May 19 2007
#6
Feighnt wrote:
madashell wrote:
Me - "I'm an android who was programmed to hate God, I have no soul, please go away"
do you dream of electric sheep?
One of the best story titles ever from one of the best authors ever - i read him extensively as a kid unlike any of my peers - i am just kinda feeling a TAD validated by the popularity of his stuff now as made into films...tho it is not quite the same as the original books of course.. but still... the sci-fi kid done good.. 
.. everyone secretly loves sci-fi even if they don't admit it - if they deny it then, yes, that is evidence of unwitting dickdom. lol
Love
LW X
May 19 2007
#7
I understand prayer groups are quite good for getting sex, as long as you don't mind sex with, you know, a certain type.
May 19 2007
#8
LW - have you read VALIS? You should, if not. I wanna check out Flow My Tears The Policeman Said, just 'cause it's such a cool title.
May 19 2007
#9
Phillip K. Dick is the nuts
Hey, is Through a Scanner Darkly worth bothering with? The film was pretty meh, but it did have Keanu Reeves in it, so it was never going to be brilliant.
May 19 2007
#10
lem wrote:
i dunno why anyone gets bothered by religous people. they tend to be very meek, which is nice. the one's that aren't, if you're not in the mood can be dicking annoying.
It's not so much the fact that he's religious, I've got no personal beef with Godbotherers, as long as they don't bother me. It's more the pushiness of the guy, as if despite repeatedly telling him that I'm not religious, he knows that I'd definately enjoy it, really.
May 19 2007
#11
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Hey, is Through a Scanner Darkly worth bothering with?
Good god yes, but be prepared to feel like shit for days afterwards. The ending of the film was upbeat in comparison.
May 19 2007
#12
Religious people at work do my fucking head in. One of the domestic staff cornered me in the kitchen the other week
Her: So Zoe, are you a baptist?
Me: uh... no I'm not
Her: So what church do you belong to?
Me: Um, uh... I don't go to church actually.
Her: What? You don't go to any church?! Oh, I know, it's because you work on Sundays isn't it
Me: (tempted to cop out here) uh, well actually I never really went to church...
Her: (taking tone of shocked pity) Oh Zoe, but why?!
Me: Well, my parents aren't religious and...
Her: But you could choose to go now, you could go without them!
Me: Yes, uh, I suppose so... (at which point I actually ran out the kitchen)
This is the same woman who walks around with a massive leather-bound bible and loads of weird religious propaganda stuffed into her uniform, and when she's done working she goes and sets up on the table in the TV lounge making notes from her bible, while the patients all watch on in bemusement. I guess she's "setting a good example" or something.
Last Sunday I came into work, to have another domestic staff greet me with "Good morning! You are here early, you have been to church already?!" But then on the plus side we also have a domestic who sits in the staff room with the lights off watching porno on her mobile phone, and makes no attempt to conceal this when anyone else comes in there. But I'll bet she goes to church every week too.
May 20 2007
#13
posi wrote:
LW - have you read VALIS? You should, if not. I wanna check out Flow My Tears The Policeman Said, just 'cause it's such a cool title.
Nah, will have to check out VALIS --cheers posi.. and yeah that is a way cool title.
May 20 2007
#14
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I've got no personal beef with Godbotherers, as long as they don't bother me. It's more the pushiness of the guy, as if despite repeatedly telling him that I'm not religious, he knows that I'd definately enjoy it, really.
you must just have the face for it.
May 20 2007
#15
lem wrote:
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I've got no personal beef with Godbotherers, as long as they don't bother me. It's more the pushiness of the guy, as if despite repeatedly telling him that I'm not religious, he knows that I'd definately enjoy it, really.you must just have the face for it.
You have a point there lem y'know - lots of peeps think madas looks like Jesus cos they imagine him as white and not.in fact... middle eastern.. doh! 
(Jesus that is not madas.. lol... )
May 20 2007
#16
madashell wrote:
For instance, this dickhead supply teacher in work. Every time I'm on a break he corners me and starts going on about some church youth group he runs and how I should "drop by some time and jam". Fuck off, just fuck fucking off.
Good god, why do they always go after us at work! I was a temp landscaper once shoveling dirt day in and day out with this dude and had no idea he was christian tell one day he was like, "Wanna hang after work", and I was like, "Sure, lets get a beer", and he was like, "Uhh... I just thought maybe you would like to come to my bible discussion group, we're gonna make tacos?". And finally I was like, "Tacos...?".
May 20 2007
#17
madashell wrote:
Phillip K. Dick is the nutsHey, is Through a Scanner Darkly worth bothering with? The film was pretty meh, but it did have Keanu Reeves in it, so it was never going to be brilliant.
Totally bother with that shit dude! Don't worry about Reevsy, P.D. was in the dirt when they made the movie. Also if you haven't already pick up "The minority report". Its a short story collection of his thats just fucking cool as a christian taco party.
May 20 2007
#18
Since when do Godbotherers especially bother peeps that look like Jesus! It would be cool if they did.
May 20 2007
#19
lem wrote:
They do and they did. Perhaps they want to use madas photo for marketing purposes??
May 20 2007
#20
bozemananarchy wrote:
madashell wrote:
Phillip K. Dick is the nutsHey, is Through a Scanner Darkly worth bothering with? The film was pretty meh, but it did have Keanu Reeves in it, so it was never going to be brilliant.
Totally bother with that shit dude! Don't worry about Reevsy, P.D. was in the dirt when they made the movie. Also if you haven't already pick up "The minority report". Its a short story collection of his thats just fucking cool as a christian taco party.
Yeah i have that collection of short stories - got an old 70's copy second hand...
The Christian taco party is just soooooo American...
May 20 2007
#21
bozemananarchy wrote:
Good god, why do they always go after us at work! I was a temp landscaper once shoveling dirt day in and day out with this dude and had no idea he was christian tell one day he was like, "Wanna hang after work", and I was like, "Sure, lets get a beer", and he was like, "Uhh... I just thought maybe you would like to come to my bible discussion group, we're gonna make tacos?". And finally I was like, "Tacos...?".
Free tacos? I have to admit, I'd be tempted, beats Christian hip hop.
May 20 2007
#22
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Perhaps they want to use madas photo for marketing purposes??
that could be subversive. like if you found out the diet coke guy really liked pepsi.
May 20 2007
#23
lem wrote:
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Perhaps they want to use madas photo for marketing purposes??that could be subversive. like if you found out the diet coke guy really liked pepsi.
Exactly. Something for madas to consider.
May 20 2007
#24
madashell wrote:
Free tacos? I have to admit, I'd be tempted, beats Christian hip hop.
yuck, they're not insane - who'd go to one of those meething things if they promised Christian anything-music? 
May 20 2007
#25
madashell wrote:
For instance, this dickhead supply teacher in work. Every time I'm on a break he corners me and starts going on about some church youth group he runs and how I should "drop by some time and jam". Fuck off, just fuck fucking off.
The most dynamic growing religious model in the U.S. is the mega church which does soft organizing that is radically different than the traditional rope you in kind of wierdness religious people do.
They build community and people are attracted to that then move closer to the religion over time. They have a concentric ring structure of involvement. Really very interesting.
I just started Readeing the main book from the inside of their, dare I say it, movement. The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission by Rick Warren.
I went to a mega church to study the structure and methodology. It was awesome. Rock bands that didn't suck, Starbucks in the lobby, nobody fucking hassling you. The greeters are trained not to put pressure on people. Neighborhood networks and study groups combined with no pressure fun "services" and shit. The organizational model is quite brilliant.
May 20 2007
#26
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Yeah i agree this is really interesting - i am not that surprised at how much more advanced church recruitment methodology is in the US compared to the UK because the UK is a much smaller and much more secular country - however what annoys me is that this is likely to work simply cos these kinda community services ARE needed and noone else, it seems (with the necessary funding anyhoo ) is able or willing to provide these services without them also having an agenda/axe to grind. Such is community until capital [sighs]..we will just have to continue organising what we can for ourselves..
Love
LW X
May 20 2007
#27
Lone Wolf wrote:
tYeah i agree this is really interesting - i am not that surprised at how much more advanced church recruitment methodology is in the US compared to the UK because the UK is a much smaller and much more secular country - however what annoys me is that this is likely to work simply cos these kinda community services ARE needed and noone else, it seems (with the necessary funding anyhoo ) is able or willing to provide these services without them also having an agenda/axe to grind. Such is community until capital [sighs]..we will just have to continue organising what we can for ourselves..
Love
LW X
I may actually be working on a team soon that attempts to integrate the community model of Rick Warren (for example) and the network analysis of Rand (for example) into the labor movement.
May 20 2007
#28
Hey that is a great idea - good luck with that. 
If i lived nearer i would bat for your team. 
May 20 2007
#29
thugarchist wrote:
The most dynamic growing religious model in the U.S. is the mega church which does soft organizing that is radically different than the traditional rope you in kind of wierdness religious people do.They build community and people are attracted to that then move closer to the religion over time. They have a concentric ring structure of involvement. Really very interesting.
I just started Readeing the main book from the inside of their, dare I say it, movement. The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission by Rick Warren.
I went to a mega church to study the structure and methodology. It was awesome. Rock bands that didn't suck, Starbucks in the lobby, nobody fucking hassling you. The greeters are trained not to put pressure on people. Neighborhood networks and study groups combined with no pressure fun "services" and shit. The organizational model is quite brilliant.
So Fundamentalism-Leninism, basically? Intriguing...
May 20 2007
#30
treeofjudas wrote:
thugarchist wrote:
The most dynamic growing religious model in the U.S. is the mega church which does soft organizing that is radically different than the traditional rope you in kind of wierdness religious people do.They build community and people are attracted to that then move closer to the religion over time. They have a concentric ring structure of involvement. Really very interesting.
I just started Readeing the main book from the inside of their, dare I say it, movement. The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission by Rick Warren.
I went to a mega church to study the structure and methodology. It was awesome. Rock bands that didn't suck, Starbucks in the lobby, nobody fucking hassling you. The greeters are trained not to put pressure on people. Neighborhood networks and study groups combined with no pressure fun "services" and shit. The organizational model is quite brilliant.
So Fundamentalism-Leninism, basically? Intriguing...
Its a good thing everything in the world can't be compared to the few dead leftists people hold up as good or put down as bad.
Church youth group + teaching profession = paedo.
Fact.
(That would be one line you could take with him).