In response to Dudespaper article "Controlled Dudemolition"

[cakebelly]

Responding here to the Dudespaper article http://dudespaper.com/controlled-dudemolition-the-facebook-conspiracy-against-dudeism.html/ because attempting to at the source crashed Firefox (cue sinister music).  

                                             

Is it really paranoid to suggest that the days of a free internet - to make way for a tiered, pay for your freedoms system - are drawing to a close? There must be something in our DNA that kicks-in when one accrues a certain level of wealth/power that turns one into a scabby bunt. Equally, there must be something (gotta love the duality, Dudes) in the rest of us that puts a twitch in our forelock-tugging digits and casts a submissive filter over our thoughts. "That guy has got more crocodile teeth around his neck and has the biggest club, he must be in charge". Have we been paying attention? Dudes, they really have developed a machine that can take a snapshot of what you are thinking.

Do we need any more examples than Murdoch and MySpace or Google/Verizon ("Do No Evil" - yeah right, I guess it should now read " Do No Evil Against Google" with a sub-heading of "We'll Tell You What Evil Is" )?

Are we really going to passively accept what morsels are thrown to us by the 'Man'? Are we going to be told what our culture is and then hand over cash to buy tokens of it? Someone please explain to me when a non-biodegradable plastic fuckin' duck, made by slaves, became a symbol of a free society (the great triumph of the Free Western States). When you have had enough of the re-packaged, warmed-over, endlessly recycled corporate music/TV/News/electronic war games/radio (add a distraction of your choice) miasma - what you going to do?

       Start a religion and put a page up on Facebook? Well it's a fuckin' start, ain't it(?)

But, as queried in the Dudespaper article -   when the ball hits the pins, when the Paraquat Monkey starts throwing his shit around, when the ever lovin' Semis are imminent - "should we continue to dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight?"
                                         
                                                       Should we bollocks

[cakebelly]

Pt.2

Enough is enough and if the line has to be drawn over or around a picture of a Dude with her (a Dude is a Dude) breasts out smokin' a J then so be it. (Not a literal line Dudes, stop squabbling over the felt-tips) SO BE IT, DUDES.

Ever since I listened to that radio interview DL gave with that pair (or maybe it was three) scabby bunts I have been ill at ease with the way the ball is spinning. As a rule I do not listen to American radio shows (there are a couple, "Democracy Now" for one, that are righteous) because I can't stand listening to commercials. Anyway, when - again, someone please explain to me - did it become acceptable for anyone to tell anyone else, on radio, to "go rape a child" and think it was not only acceptable but funny? You may, at this point, ask yourselves what is more acceptable: large breasts and marijuana or child-rape?

Kudos to DL for walking into the 'Bunts' Den', so to speak, but really, I mean fuckin' really, Dudes. One may feel the need to cast one's Dudely pearls around but I think it is time to be more circumspect. I wouldn't want to meet a fucker who listens to that show and thinks they are listening to the sweet sound of freedom. Fuck that. Fuck Facebook, too. Enough "dancing with the Devil (unless it's a Dudeist holiday or the bowling lanes are shut or some such).

                 I am as guilty as the next Dude I have a Facebook page.

[cakebelly]

Sorry, have to keep stopping to do be do be do
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My excuse for my Facebook page is that as an ex-pat it is a convenient way to keep in touch with the family. That is just an excuse, though - we all have them - I can do without it; this convenience is a false boon and can be easily done without. Skype and various other instant messaging services, email and good old snail mail are all there for our convenience, also. So, to cut a long post short (gotta do stuff): should we plan a Dude exodus of Facebook? What's keeping us on there . . Dudes, is it just ego? Do we really believe that without a Facebook page a part of us would cease to exist? Well, do we?

Will post a bit more later. Peace 'n' chips.

[cakebelly]

This isn't just about a pair of pot-bedecked breasts - where are we going to be when/if the internet is squeezed? To be perfectly honest the Facebook Dudeism pages are a waste of time and I really don't care about them (doesn't the forum contain the pages that matter?). How many of those who "liked' the pages appear here? We don't need those pages - people will find us when they are ready to.  Perhaps we should look at the impulses that drive our apparent need to patronize those sites/shows and such like. The real issue is having a place that we can call our own where you can discuss and promote ideas without fear of censorship or (lawforce) reprisal. A place where we are not forced to abide the bunts or abide by some power-mongers idea of decency.

What I'd like to see is a networking site that can offer the same 'conveniences' (or thereabouts) that all  these other social networking sites offer. That is the ability to post videos (not just links), pics, groups etc  and I am prepared to pay for it. At least I will know that the money will be handled by people who share (more or less) the same ethos as I do. How much are we talking about? If the numbers are to be believed we have 100k members - would a tenner a year cover the cost of getting something off the ground - 20 - 25? Any cash left over (after paying bills and maybe wages to tech bods) could be given to Kiva (perhaps some Dudes could then take out a small Kiva loan themselves to get a little project going). In time we could make room for other worthy groups who we feel may be having a rough time and open up the site to them. Perhaps we can even get a Radio Station going.  We gotta claim back some of the information highway, Dudes. Somehow. If you will it it isn't a . . y'know. Give me your poor, your tired . . no, wait - that one didn't turn out so well. Let's not rely on the "Man" to provide our bowl of rice a day - that's all I'm saying. Take those forelock- tuggers and insert them into a ball and roll one for Donny. DO BE DO BE DO.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dsTqbW_Vn0

http://xkcd.com/802_large/

 

[DigitalBuddha]

Dudes, when it comes to Facebook, it's simple.......................

It's like Lenin said; "You follow the person who benefits..." Ahh, you know, you ahh know, what I'm saying.

[Abideist]

Agreed. I also feel that they are clearly CONTRADICTING all their so called "morals". First of all, what many of these companies try to 'sell' is the model they believe to be correct, and yet, many times it's a model of violence, sex, and hate. However, even when they step out and try and take a stand, they do it the wrong way. I'm convinced that these people are fucking retarded.

One such contradiction I noticed recently was a youtube video with Louis CK ( a great comedian )
The video was labeled as an CBS video, and even included advertisments (Yes, ads on youtube, it's a disgrace to the internet, and a marketing tactic that works for them, so don't expect them to go away)

Anyway, Louis goes on to talk about his kids or some fathers day bs. But the video is a LOUIS CK video, with suggested louis ck vids on the right, incluing his "suck a bag of dicks" performance.  In the video about fathers day, he mentions avoiding his children because he didn't want to be a father, and remember this is louis ck, a foul mothed dirty comedian! 
Now, CBS and Youtube clearly want you to listen to some trendy pop music influenced commercial, one time I got a black berry ad another a honda ad. So now those guys are in the mix. So the way I see it, they want me to Suck a bag of dicks.

I mean after all, their video with a dirty comedian is on the same page as visual links and videos with it.

Honestly , I dont really care, but it's the principal of the matter. I'm tired of the contradictions.

[Abideist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJI8wLao1yY&feature=fvst   

Here's the link if you're interested in seeing what I'm talkin about.

[DigitalBuddha]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJI8wLao1yY&feature=fvst    

Here's the link if you're interested in seeing what I'm talkin about.

Ha ha! Well, I guess the Dude (with a little Lebowski on the way) will have to deal with the same stuff, even if Maude doesn't want to see him socially.

[Abideist]

Ha ha! Well, I guess the Dude (with a little Lebowski on the way) will have to deal with the same stuff, even if Maude doesn't want to see him socially.
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Well if he gets visitation rights I imagine they'll be spending more time training for the Odor Eaters bowling tournament.

[DigitalBuddha]

Ha ha! Well, I guess the Dude (with a little Lebowski on the way) will have to deal with the same stuff, even if Maude doesn't want to see him socially.

Well if he gets visitation rights I imagine they'll be spending more time training for the Odor Eaters bowling tournament.

The semis?

[Abideist]

I didn't realize odor eaters still sponsored at all actually. I was going off of the time period.

[Caesar dude]

I really should read the dudespaper more often....!

100,000 Ordained priests?!! Whow...we aint such a small religion.

Now surely if we need a voice and if we can be bothered then we can all sign an online petition to get our point of view across on any subject that matters to us...

Just a thought.

[Rev. Gary (revgms)]

I dunno, maybe they did us a favour Dudes. If ya' think about it, most "religious" holidays are based on some oppressive event, seems to me, Facebook turned "Burn a J Day" from an internet gag, into a bonafide Dudeist holiday.

It should be canonized, the day the reactionaries oppressed us, the here to fore Burn a J Day for Religious Freedom. A day to limber up, and contemplate the struggles for freedom from reactionaries, Dudes.

Thoughts?