This is a silly little parable that has floated around on 4chan for a while: Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this. The first four … More Taxes and Beer
“Language is not merely a tool of communication, it is a tool of thought.” More writings by Beaver. This one’s on the issue of language and thoughts. What I’m about to explain could fill a book, and if it interests you I highly recommend reading up on linguistic relativity. My aim however will be to … More Beaver Transcript: On Language
“Justice is the great legitimizer: It is what distinguishes a true leader from a tyrant.” This is another essay by Beaver, this time on the topic of justice. Any society, no matter how ideal, will have its share of dysfunctional individuals. These people will seek to further their own ends, their own power, at the … More Beaver Transcript: On Justice
“Rights are not protected by law, but by the citizen’s willingness to use violence against the authorities when they are not respected.” Before I go further, let me first explain what these Beaver transcripts are. They are a series of essays on various political and social topics posted on 4chan and other similar communities by … More Beaver transcript: On Rights
Just an interesting image that’s been floating around on 4chan for the past week:
Interesting little post from 4chan: How do you recognise a foundation myth? It fulfils three functions. 1)It explains the origin and structure of the world (and society). 2)It defines ultimate good and evil (and from those definitions are derived the values that are used to justify the holding of power). 3)It determines what is held … More Standing Tall & Proud, or a Slanty Shanty? The Foundation Myth of your society explains why it is so
Succubus summoning – an oldie, but goodie – used to often be found floating on 4chan:
This is an old, but very simple picture from 4chan that does a very good job on what modern day media is capable of and does do all the time:
“Surely you know that if a man can’t be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighborhood looking for the church that ‘suits’ him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches.” – Screwtape from the Screwtape Letters The above quote is from the book The Screwtape … More Church Shopping and Grimoire Shopping – shared pitfalls between Christians and occultists
A conversation between socially awkward people from 4chan on the dreadfulness of working adult life: Anon 1: How come when we were kids they never told us how dreadful and miserable adult life was going to be? They had us believe it’s all sunshine and roses and every day is a new adventure and you’ll … More A conversation between autists on working life
