Declare myself Arch Dude of the New England states? :P
I think it'd be good to have some regional spokes-dudes, u know?
Quote from: ispamforfood on March 30, 2011, 03:49:43 AM
Declare myself Arch Dude of the New England states? :P
I think it'd be good to have some regional spokes-dudes, u know?
What do you need that for, dude?
Although it wouldn't be considered a hostile takeover, it would smack of an overactive ego, perhaps :)
Dare I say it might be 'borderline' undude?
Perhaps see if you can get yourself down as a write-in on a ballot :P
Quote from: ispamforfood on March 30, 2011, 03:49:43 AM
Declare myself Arch Dude of the New England states? :P
I think it'd be good to have some regional spokes-dudes, u know?
Spokes Dude yes. All in you opinion of course.
Arch Dude, well considering we are an eclectic mono level disorganisation of individuals I don't see why you just saying stuff represents any one of us.
and I can only agree with Ed:
Quote from: Rev. Ed C on March 30, 2011, 04:40:25 AM
Although it wouldn't be considered a hostile takeover, it would smack of an overactive ego, perhaps :)
Dare I say it might be 'borderline' undude?
I thought we were an anarcho-syndicalist commune.
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
I certainly didn't vote for you!
;D
Well, I ain't gonna tip toe round the tulips: yes, it would be undude. I wouldn't be here if some of us were pomped and puffed-up with titles (said more or less the same thing on The Dudespaper article - comments "And In England Too" the other day). Even in jest such frippery causes confusion and misleads folk about the nature of this here movement; play time is over - in this regard - we need to settle down and just be Dudes. I hear that the Catholics are always looking for chaps - chance of advancement, all meals provided, etc.
Henceforth all self-appointed (or otherwise) titled Dudes will be referred to - as a courtesy - by their name (if known) and rank: Dude. If I am not privy to the name because the title is blocking the view I will refer to said Dude as Dude Ego (on a good day) or Dude Twat.
The Dudely Lama can stay the Dudely Lama, of course, we need a fall guy figure-head. ;)
Just my opinion, of course.
Personally I thought the title "Grand Old Dude Of York!" suggested more authority than was necessary (sorry to the Grand Old Dude Of York, my opinion of course). Sounded too much like a child wearing a big hat to seem more important.
Quote from: cakebelly on March 30, 2011, 10:07:05 AM
The Dudely Lama can stay the Dudely Lama, of course, we need a fall guy figure-head. ;)
See even the Dudely Lama doesn't claim to be actually in charge of anything.
;D
I still would like to know how Yorkist Dudeists feel about the "Grand Old Dude Of York" calling himself "Grand Old Dude Of York".
I'd probably call myself "The Carolina Dude" if I wasn't nearly certain there was at least one other personage who could rightfully lay claim to such a title.
I don't think there's anything wrong with self-appointed nicknames per se...hell, that's all a "politician" is anyway - a guy or gal with no more brains or sensitivity than anyone else (and considerably less, more often than not) who gives him or herself a fancy title, or has a fancy title conferred upon him/her by others, and plays make-believe.
The big difference is that those people use their make-believe as an outlet for violent, megalomaniacal impulses and an excuse to work out their God complexes on every unwitting sap within marching range. We just do it for funsies.
The thing is, Quaker Dude, it does mean something: subconsciously or otherwise for the receiver a title implies something other/more than just Dude. As I said, even in jest, it is misleading; in much the same way that the forum titles are (IMO) something of an embarrassment (Duddha/Superdude - what-have-you). For the title holder/transmitter it certainly means a top-heavy ego and implies a Dude who doesn't understand what's going on here/ a Dude who does understand what's going on but continues with brandishing a title anyway (in which case they can fuck right off) or is too stupid to understand anything much at all in which case he/she should join the Catholic church.
The reasons you gave for politicians stand for any organisation - even Dudeism; we are human beings, after all. So, I reiterate, while folk have had their fun wiith it, IMO, it's time to Dude-up and be content with it - it is a hard enough task already. Badges of merit, or titles to honour are out too - such things are corrupted very early on and quite unnecessary.
The argument that "in the great scheme of things such titles don't matter" does not hold oat soda, either. If they didn't matter they wouldn't exist and we wouldn't be having this discussion. As the arch-bishop says to the priest "we are all equal in the eyes of the Lord"; not meaning to go into a pythonesque mode again but "we don't have a Lord". So we must, therefore, be equal in the eyes of each other.
It's pretty much the same argument (in parts) as the Dude/Dudette kerfuffle; well now we have equal billing as Dudes in name it's time for equal billing in rank (imagined or otherwise).
Does this smack too much of Socialism (or something) for American Dudes to feel comfortable with? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjjuBy9gKlM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjjuBy9gKlM)
Hmm, now, I hate to keep referring back to my own articles, but, well, I can't be bothered to write anything new :)
http://dudespaper.com/levelling-in-pursuit-of-the-spiritual-bungalow.html/
There is a section in here, approved by said scape goat, errr, I mean... The Dudely Lama (he even added in a mugshot of himself), on what Levelling means within Dudeism. So, if you want something that's close to an official line on the equality of Dudeism, look no further.
In fact, let me simply copy/paste in the section in case you're not inclined to search through the article for it...
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So what does this concept mean to us? No Dude rises above another, man. You may see some people have titles, like The Dudely Lama, and The Archdudeship or such ?n? such, and think, hey, those guys are ranked and shit, why not me? Well, those are just handles, man, not marks of authority figures who are gonna boss you about. They have the honor of earning those names through righteous deed and state of being (and being the first to register the name on the website account creation database), but they?re not out to lord it up, far fucking from it. Everybody else gets at the very least the honor of being dubbed a reverend around here, by personal choice, because we?re all equals.
This isn?t animal farm we?re living in here, man, we?ve achieved a social and gender equality by coining the term dude for everyone. The everyman is the everydude! You pick your handle and we?ll respect it. You do the deed you?ll earn a status mark from the Dudely Lama, who?s not so much at the top as in a privileged corner, by my reckoning. I don?t think anyone?s looking to form some sort of authority pyramid around here, just the odd chain of bureaucracy that keeps the system working and puts the organization into organized religion. We?re the sorts to respect a man for what he does, not what it says next to his name on the office phone list.
As Dudeists we all live in our own neighboring bungalows (spiritually speaking). The community is one big fucking public residence and our doors are always open to one another, and those not meaning any specific form of harm. We?re not elitist or exclusionist, we don?t lock our hilltop mansions and erect security fences plastered with ?beware of the dog?, ?no hawkers? and ?trespassers will be fucked up!!? signs. If you don?t come a-stresspassin?, you?re welcome in our home (still spiritually speaking, we lock private residences for a reason).
And you can quote me on that :)
'Sides, bro, you can't be the Archdude of NE; I is. :P
Heh, no, just kidding, I'm actually the Archduke of Earl of Soup and Sandwich. With a large Coke. And the soup? Clam chowdah. And not that red crap they like in New York.
On a more serious note, I actually am elitist, but I'm workin' on it. Honest.
But I figure it's OK, because it's mostly centered on New England Clam Chowder being better than Manhattan Clam Chowder. :D
Yeah, these titles don't really mean anything officially - we hand them out to people who go above and beyond the call of dudey in helping to promote Dudeism. But they're just for fun and they're not permanent. We're going to be setting up a system where people can organize a local parish, and in that case they might need special titles just to acknowledge that they've got a flock, but then again the flocks will probably be egalitarian and non-hierarchical, so maybe the "leader" of the congregation could be a rotating position or something.
We'd prefer if people didn't make up their own titles just because it might cause confusion and lead non-dudeists to assume you have some special authority or something. But we're not going to be hard ons about it.
Despite the Dudeist propensity towards "leveling" I think that we can probably all get on board with some people having titles, right? I mean for instance Dwayne Eutsey having the title Arch Dudeship is because he's done more than anyone else over the years to further the dude movement, and Kristian Lewin has also done a lot so why not have him be the Grand Old Dude of York? We can have other "leaders" in York. He's not looking for a handout or trying to scam anyone here. Even the position of Dudely Lama is only temporary - I might step down at some point once I can find a suitable replacement. Doesn't really mean anything other than just a sort of ironic cosmic joke. Helps to take some of the wind out of religious divine right and fawning obsequiousness to have "leaders" with such funny names, doesn't it?
How about the different dude titles under our names on the board for how many posts we made? Can we get rid of all the Superdudes and Duddhas and just call everyone dude after 10 posts?
I believe cakebelly asked about that some time ago, but I didn't find where it could be changed.
Done. Below 10 posts is an "Amateur", above is a Dude. Are you happy you crazy fuck? Ha ha. Kidding. I dig your style. Superdude sounds pretty undude indeed.
Gah, all my hard work to earn a title based on how much crap I post! Hmm, better trim it back to just the valid posts again, me thinks :)
I was just posting shite like a bastard in an attempt to beat DB's stats (yeh chance would be a fine thing, I'm still not one hundred percent sure he's not actually a Big Lebowski themed spam bot).
I wasn't particularly working on the title.
;D
Quote from: forumdude on March 31, 2011, 01:03:37 AM
Done. Below 10 posts is an "Amateur", above is a Dude. Are you happy you crazy fuck? Ha ha. Kidding. I dig your style. Superdude sounds pretty undude indeed.
yeah, thanks forumdude! but no, you were pretty much correct with the "crazy fuck" thing. 8)
Quote from: cckeiser on March 31, 2011, 06:33:13 AM
Quote from: forumdude on March 31, 2011, 01:03:37 AM
Done. Below 10 posts is an "Amateur", above is a Dude. Are you happy you crazy fuck? Ha ha. Kidding. I dig your style. Superdude sounds pretty undude indeed.
yeah, thanks forumdude! but no, you were pretty much correct with the "crazy fuck" thing. 8)
Wouldn't that be cfkeiser instead of cckeiser then?
meekon5 from the international home for confused elderly Dudes, UK branch.
Quote from: meekon5 on March 31, 2011, 06:49:09 AM
Quote from: cckeiser on March 31, 2011, 06:33:13 AM
Quote from: forumdude on March 31, 2011, 01:03:37 AM
Done. Below 10 posts is an "Amateur", above is a Dude. Are you happy you crazy fuck? Ha ha. Kidding. I dig your style. Superdude sounds pretty undude indeed.
yeah, thanks forumdude! but no, you were pretty much correct with the "crazy fuck" thing. 8)
Wouldn't that be cfkeiser instead of cckeiser then?
meekon5 from the international home for confused elderly Dudes, UK branch.
No dude, it's not a badge...just an adjective. 8)
Quote from: cckeiser on March 31, 2011, 06:56:29 AM
No dude, it's not a badge...just an adjective. 8)
Is that anything like an agitatant? *scratch, scartch*
Well, well, well - good morning Dude Town! 8) Thanks to forum Dude for getting rid of the juvenile status thing (I hope that hasn't pissed any Dudes off). Just to clarify - I stand by what I said but I am not losing any sleep over it. Not exactly tying-off the molotovs ready to storm the bunker; not working in shifts on the secret dissident printing press, not . . well, fuck it, y'know.
Not sure how anyone is supposed to be rewarded for their 'state of being' - but, fuck it. Can you really see anyone attempting to 'lord it over' the likes of Didge, CC, and M5 - not likely, man. No one is out to spoil a party here: but I say even cosmic clowns are serious about their make-up.
Now on to Dude presentation and deportment: should we make beards compulsory? I find I am a little suspicious of so called Dudes who are clean-shaven. How do we know we can trust them? The Dudely Lama doesn't sport a beard but that's because of his . .erm, 'state of being' (y'know the hermaphrodite thing) not the Dude's fault. But some Dudes ain't even trying to fit in, y'know. A few sport a moustache which is a start, I guess; however, even my spouse's whiskers are longer than mine - she's Duded-up, mang. (to be continued . . maybe)
It would be positively Treehornish.
Quote from: cakebelly on March 31, 2011, 10:43:56 AM
Now on to Dude presentation and deportment: should we make beards compulsory? I find I am a little suspicious of so called Dudes who are clean-shaven. How do we know we can trust them? The Dudely Lama doesn't sport a beard but that's because of his . .erm, 'state of being' (y'know the hermaphrodite thing) not the Dude's fault. But some Dudes ain't even trying to fit in, y'know. A few sport a moustache which is a start, I guess; however, even my spouse's whiskers are longer than mine - she's Duded-up, mang. (to be continued . . maybe)
cakes?? Is that you dude??
Not sure what you've been smoking, but it may be time to switch up dude.
I shaved up all pretty like a few months back. Not trying to fit into someone else's idea of anything is pretty dude don't you think?
Just do your own dude thing and fuck what anyone else thinks.
people thought I let my hair grow and grew a beard cause I was trying to make a "statement". Wasn't that at all dude...was just to lazy to shave or spend all that time and money to get my hair cut. Always hated getting my hair cut for some reason...so 30 years ago I stopped. Guess I saved a lot of bucks...or bones or clams or whatever you call them...not to mention all the time and aggravation.
The point was not to be "Something" but to stop trying to be something I'm not. Just to be and to stop trying to "Fit in".
Abide dudes.
Quote from: cakebelly on March 31, 2011, 10:43:56 AM
Now on to Dude presentation and deportment: should we make beards compulsory? I find I am a little suspicious of so called Dudes who are clean-shaven. How do we know we can trust them? The Dudely Lama doesn't sport a beard but that's because of his . .erm, 'state of being' (y'know the hermaphrodite thing) not the Dude's fault. But some Dudes ain't even trying to fit in, y'know. A few sport a moustache which is a start, I guess; however, even my spouse's whiskers are longer than mine - she's Duded-up, mang. (to be continued . . maybe)
Fuckin A man. The squares just creep me out man.
The cruel irony is that people continue to be suspicious of freaks while the used car salesman who is their kids boy scout troop leader is a pederass. And the bank president is a crook etc etc...
8 year olds dude.
8 year olds.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/S-zWWGpuxnI/AAAAAAAAzAU/Eg-dXspjZLw/s200/haggard-overseer.jpg)
Hey Dudes - just gassing there for a laugh (well, obviously it didn't work) Dude can shave his/her head and paint it blue for all I care. But, as Biker Dude says, brethren - watch out for the tie-wearers. I guess I shouldn't follow through with the planned 'wear your bathrobe to work day once a week'. Fuck it, back to making Rev. Eds video
Quote from: cakebelly on March 31, 2011, 04:55:09 PM
Hey Dudes - just gassing there for a laugh (well, obviously it didn't work) Dude can shave his/her head and paint it blue for all I care. But, as Biker Dude says, brethren - watch out for the tie-wearers. I guess I shouldn't follow through with the planned 'wear your bathrobe to work day once a week'. Fuck it, back to making Rev. Eds video
Whew! Happy to hear it was all in jest dude! ;D
It sure didn't sound like you. 8)
i'd love to grow a beard but i just can't abide it - too itchy. i've tried a few times but it drove me crazy.
some feller is meant to come up to my neck of the woods and do an official photo shoot, recreating scenes from the film with me and some amigos. but i can't pull off the dude look with no facial hair. maybe i'll have to be donny.
If we set the bar (or is that b'ar) at my length of beard, I think you'd all have to wait a couple of years to join me as the only official Dude :)
Dudes and Beards is a topic that my learned friend Rev. Klaus brought up some time ago, and for the last 18 months I've been meaning to write up my article "You and Your Hair - A Spiritual Journey". But, it's one that requires time, motivation and inspiration to get down just right. It's going to be an overview of hair in religion and spirituality and what hair (or the lack of it) can mean for the soul.
For example, if you take the Buddhist approach, hair is a distraction from higher things, so to make sure you have none is a way to greater spirituality and further enlightenment. Conversely, several other religions promote and require the growth of hair. So, it's a personal choice, depending on your own Dudely way, is the upshot. Oh man, was that a... err... what spoiler was that??
Quote from: cakebelly on March 31, 2011, 04:55:09 PM
Hey Dudes - just gassing there for a laugh (well, obviously it didn't work) Dude can shave his/her head and paint it blue for all I care. But, as Biker Dude says, brethren - watch out for the tie-wearers. I guess I shouldn't follow through with the planned 'wear your bathrobe to work day once a week'. Fuck it, back to making Rev. Eds video
Sarcasm font needed again!
or perhaps markup tags:
[sarcasm][/sarcasm]
Only problem is my entire posts would start [sarcasm] and end [/sarcasm] for the entirity.
Quote from: forumdude on April 01, 2011, 12:15:15 AM
i'd love to grow a beard but i just can't abide it - too itchy. i've tried a few times but it drove me crazy.
You have to wash it Dude. Use shampoo. My beard is often complimented for being so soft, the lady friends appreciate it that way.
Hey man, be supreme commander of the known universe lol, who cares bro, they are just titles, doesn't really mean shit.
Quote from: Maltshake on April 02, 2011, 01:42:02 PM
Hey man, be supreme commander of the known universe lol, who cares bro, they are just titles, doesn't really mean shit.
Yeh but look at the Pagan community, there are so many self proclaimed "High Witch King", "Arch Druid of the Universe" types that they just make the rest of the serious pagans look like knobs.
We start bestowing high and mighty titles on ourselves we end up looking even more like dicks than usual.
And then it begins to degenerate into "I am the true and only High Poobah Universal Dude Lord and all will bow to my will!"
"No I am the Lord Poobah Universal High Dude don't listen to the false High Poobah Universal Dude Lord he knows nothing!"
And that's what seems to happen a lot amongst Pagans (and particularly the ego obsessed media whores).
agreed.
i think so people forget that over time things get manipulated and manifest themselves in different ways. messages get lost and jumbled up. jokes get taken seriously.
people are stupid. i dont give them enough credit. haha
its only a handle man , no need to get over excited about them
Well my point in my original post was not to have people "in charge" of things, but more like public figures that spread the message of dudeism... Putting a face to Dudeism in different communities. The Pope doesn't just spread the message.... he makes arbitrary rules and such... Not dudely indeed... I certainly wasn't asking for any power.. But yeah.... I'll crawl back into my bed now. :-p
I'd always assumed that any special titles were for the good fellow dudes who did some nuts and bolts work. Like admins, or the folks who mail stuff. And even at that - in the end, we're all dudes.
I'm with M5 - shampoo and conditioner for my beard does wonders.
In my own opinion, too many high fallutin' names like "Grand Achdude Demi Pope" or "Omnipotent Lizard Stick" make me think of something the Klan would come up with.
I actually am an Erisian Pagan as well as Dudeist.
Now as a Discordian I am required to hold many highfalutin titles that suggest much pomp and grandure. In fact all Discordians are required (or not) to have such titles in abundance, we then all pontificate on what and how we are Discordians, and most importantly we all contradict each other to the disconsternation of anyone trying to understand what we are and what we are doing.
I am only too happy to continue the practice here, but don't see titles and talking out to people as being important, if someone comes up to you and asks "What is Dudeism" show them as far as you understand it, in your humble opinion, but i see no need for a spokes person, because spokes person sounds too much like hard work to me.
All Hail Eris!
All hail Discordia!
Fnord!
....And I was thinking to congratulate Digitalbuddha to be an ADMINISTRATOR DUDE now, his name already sounds like a great thing, I knew him when he was a just a dude, he progress in forum's life, however i'm still a dude, the bums always lose ... hahaha
Quote from: Andrea D. on April 15, 2011, 12:05:52 PM
....And I was thinking to congratulate Digitalbuddha to be an ADMINISTRATOR DUDE now, his name already sounds like a great thing, I knew him when he was a just a dude, he progress in forum's life, however i'm still a dude, the bums always lose ... hahaha
Hi Andrea D.
Yeah if you read back a little the forumdude did away with all the kiddy titles and everyone is just a dude, except the newbees.They are amateurs until their 10th post. That's something new too to keep all the fuckin' human paraquat spammers from pissing all over our rug here. Amateurs can not post links!
Good to see you're back dude! 8)
Yeah! it's a cool idea, a god change. Nice too see you too, i'm trying to catch up all the time i spend outside this forum, for me it's very very nice to be back.This forum really tied the life together.
Quote from: meekon5 on April 06, 2011, 08:27:10 AM
Yeh but look at the Pagan community, there are so many self proclaimed "High Witch King", "Arch Druid of the Universe" types that they just make the rest of the serious pagans look like knobs.
We start bestowing high and mighty titles on ourselves we end up looking even more like dicks than usual.
And then it begins to degenerate into "I am the true and only High Poobah Universal Dude Lord and all will bow to my will!"
"No I am the Lord Poobah Universal High Dude don't listen to the false High Poobah Universal Dude Lord he knows nothing!"
And that's what seems to happen a lot amongst Pagans (and particularly the ego obsessed media whores).
Awesome!
QUOTE...
In ancient times...
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people... the Druids
No one knows who they were or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Hewn into the living rock... Of Stonehenge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlf5ucFanpY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMofDWzfA6A