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Ad Absurdum

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Mar 10, 2004, 2:00:03 AM3/10/04
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There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".

So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................

Doktor DynaSoar

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Mar 10, 2004, 8:25:45 AM3/10/04
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On 9 Mar 2004 23:00:03 -0800, haec...@canada.com (Ad Absurdum)
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} There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
} X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
}
} So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................

I WANT TO VIE A BOWEL!

Karl Marx

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Mar 10, 2004, 11:15:36 AM3/10/04
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Ad Absurdum wrote:


whatever the bossiest people on alt.slack say it is.

HellPopeHuey

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Mar 10, 2004, 12:34:29 PM3/10/04
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haec...@canada.com (Ad Absurdum) wrote in message news:<d65e36c.04030...@posting.google.com>...

> There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
> X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
>> So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................

Bobbies who are still so caught up in the lingo, you wanna shove a
shoe-stretcher up their bazoo and crank it to 18EEE until they get
past it via the resultant AssScream Therapy.

Once you stop TALKING about Pyroflatulation and start PRACTICING it
so your aim becomes accurate on demand, you don't have to throw the
TERM around; you can drop trou and melt a rapper's trashy Caddy ON
DEMAND. A burrito, a Bic and the WILL = POOF! YAY!

Slack is ONE BIG MEXICAN FINGER PUZZLE. You get free when you STOP
PULLING. Slack flits away like a moth when you grab at it, but if you
sit there and let it land on your face, you can reach out and zap it
with your lizard-like tongue and swallow the heady goodness therein. I
gotta be me and you gotta not try to BE "BOB." The Dobbs T-SHIRT
doesn't make the SubGenius, the SCARY PULSING GLAND does. Does this
make any sense? Sense?? Why do I even ask, look where we ARE,
EIEIEIEIEIEI!!!!

Ask Nenslo, he'll set you straight. He knows it all, whereas I am
just a Pope.

--

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unless you really MEAN it.

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Artemia Salina

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Mar 10, 2004, 1:40:46 PM3/10/04
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During the early years of The Church there was no orthodoxy because
legal fees were unaffordable. Recently though, due to sales of the
re-edited ARISE! DVD, The Subgenius Foundation has had the financial
where-with-all to hire a few attorneys to help draft a bona-fide
Subgenius Orthodoxy Statement. The details of the Statement are still
being ironed out, in order to minimize the legal exposure of The Church
to liability claims and remedies of its parishioners (particularly caveats
relating to the so-called "triple your money back" guaranty; mental,
emotional, and physical damages incurred from attendance of Devivals and
Drills or viewing Subgenius religious materials; and etc.) but it is
expected that a draft version of the Statement will be submitted soon.

That's my divination and I'm sticking to it!

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Edgar Datalspiel

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Mar 10, 2004, 2:59:25 PM3/10/04
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haec...@canada.com (Ad Absurdum) wrote in message news:<d65e36c.04030...@posting.google.com>...
> There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
> X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
>
> So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................

Quoting any of the literature would count, I'm almost positive.

Responding to quotes from the literature would as well.

And responding to responses to quotes.

Nobody respond to this, don't be suckered in like I have been! The
correct answer to this survey can not be expressed in UTF-8 anyway.
When in the hell is ISO going to standardize a character encoding for
North American Neo Yeti anyway?

-E!

nenslo

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Mar 10, 2004, 4:10:48 PM3/10/04
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SubGenius Orthodoxy is when some jackass starts telling people what
"real" subgenii think say or do.

SubGenius Orthodoxy is when some jackass is always talking about "the
pinks" or how "pink" some damn thing or person is.

SubGenius Orthodoxy, like all orthodoxies, views the world through the
microscopic pinhole of its jargon and prejudices. It is a tool which
allows the willfully ignorant to believe that by restricting their
vision to what they already know, they are giving themselves the ability
to see more and better than those who look at the world as it is.

The SubGenius Orthodox is also known as a "Bobbie."

Rev. Ivan Stang

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Mar 10, 2004, 6:31:41 PM3/10/04
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In article <404F8457...@yahoox.com>, nenslo <nen...@yahoox.com>
wrote:


>
> The SubGenius Orthodox is also known as a "Bobbie."


I might add that only Bobbies call each other Bobbie.

OOPS! I made a "rule" just then. GOD damn it. Forget I ever said it.

No wait... that too is a fascist-like order. I can't go around ordering
people to forget my orders. "Bob" ordered me to stop doing that.

But... then... isn't every SubGenius a Bobbie at first, at least for
the first few minutes, or even days? I was one of the first Bobbies,
maybe THE first REAL Bobbie. Back then it could go on for a couple of
years. We have sharpened the bubble-popping mechanisms considerably
since then.

Then there are the Imabobs, those whose mental illness happened to
intersect with our bulldada.

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Joe Cosby

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Mar 10, 2004, 8:01:20 PM3/10/04
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:10:48 -0800, nenslo <nen...@yahoox.com> wrote:

>SubGenius Orthodoxy is when some jackass starts telling people what
>"real" subgenii think say or do.

so that makes you the SubGenius Orthodoxy?

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Rev. Richard Skull

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>There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
>X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
>
>So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................
>

A long thread on alt.slack about having nothing to say.


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nu-monet v6.0

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Mar 10, 2004, 8:27:43 PM3/10/04
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Ad Absurdum wrote:
>
> So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy?

Wire braces and retainers.

Just not on our teeth.

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The winners get what they want and the
losers get the boils.
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purple

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Mar 10, 2004, 10:07:15 PM3/10/04
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On 3/10/04 6:31 PM, in article 100320041831419935%st...@subgeniusNOSPUM.com,

"Rev. Ivan Stang" <st...@subgeniusNOSPUM.com> wrote:

> In article <404F8457...@yahoox.com>, nenslo <nen...@yahoox.com>
> wrote:
>
> Then there are the Imabobs, those whose mental illness happened to
> intersect with our bulldada.

I was, and will remain, the first Anti-Imabob.

And that's never been revealed here before.


Bob Dobbs


Cardinal Vertigo

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Mar 11, 2004, 12:19:41 AM3/11/04
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Rev. Richard Skull wrote:
>>There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
>>X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
>>
>>So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................
>>
>
> A long thread on alt.slack about having nothing to say.

I agree with this post.

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food into a pond. The ducks may eat it, or they may miss it and a
fish will eat it, or it may just turn into gooey black muck on the
bottom. In any event, the best thing that will occur is either duck
shit, fish shit, or gooey black muck." -- nu-monet v6.0

Ad Absurdum

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Mar 11, 2004, 1:46:41 AM3/11/04
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> "Rev. Ivan Stang" <st...@subgeniusNOSPUM.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Then there are the Imabobs, those whose mental illness happened to
> > intersect with our bulldada.
>

"Purple" wrote:

> I was, and will remain, the first Anti-Imabob.
>

> Bob Dobbs

I'll buy that for a dollar. It intersects, anyway, with my impression
that you're the closest thing to a real heretic this Church has.

Ad Absurdum

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Mar 11, 2004, 3:31:18 AM3/11/04
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> "Rev. Ivan Stang" <st...@subgeniusNOSPUM.com> wrote:

> >
> > Then there are the Imabobs, those whose mental illness happened to
> > intersect with our bulldada.
>

>Purple wrote: I was, and will remain, the first Anti-Imabob.
>
>Bob Dobbs


I'll buy that for a dollar.

It intersects, at least, with my own impression that you're the

purple

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Mar 11, 2004, 10:49:19 PM3/11/04
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On 3/11/04 3:31 AM, in article
d65e36c.04031...@posting.google.com, "Ad Absurdum"
<haec...@canada.com> wrote:

Yes, this is so fucking true we can now say the world has achieved FACT ONE.
Upon this we can build true knowledge.

And the corollary is that if someone here digs me, then they are a true
GENIUS. Just think how few there've been since my reappearance here on
Feb.5-6/01 - anticipating the Rumplestiltskin effect of 09/11.

This list still doesn't even KEN what hit'em!!!!

Bob Dobbs

Doktor DynaSoar

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Mar 12, 2004, 6:57:35 AM3/12/04
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On 10 Mar 2004 22:46:41 -0800, haec...@canada.com (Ad Absurdum)
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} > "Rev. Ivan Stang" <st...@subgeniusNOSPUM.com> wrote:

Heretic?

Try the homeless guy that lives on the grate in the sidewalk out front
of the Church, who can't get any attention anywhere else, so he hangs
around and rants at the churchgoers by reading things directly off the
sign in front announcing the next sermon's topic, hoping someone will
be so disgusted that they'll kick him, because that's all he's good
for anymore.

Shoplifting is not heresy. Shoplifting and bragging about it because
you've got nothing else is just sad.

purple

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Mar 12, 2004, 8:06:22 AM3/12/04
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On 3/12/04 6:57 AM, in article c19350lnj9vio24j9...@4ax.com,
"Doktor DynaSoar" <targ...@OMCL.mil> wrote:

:D, but pitifully misguided and wrong in the worst possible way.


Bob Dobbs

Doktor DynaSoar

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Mar 12, 2004, 2:55:47 PM3/12/04
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:06:22 -0500, purple <pur...@tellurian.com>
wrote:

} > } > "Rev. Ivan Stang" <st...@subgeniusNOSPUM.com> wrote:
} > } >
} > } >
} > } > > Then there are the Imabobs, those whose mental illness happened to
} > } > > intersect with our bulldada.

} but pitifully misguided and wrong in the worst possible way.

Pretty much what I was saying....

Karl Marx

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Mar 12, 2004, 3:30:11 PM3/12/04
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Ad Absurdum wrote

> It intersects, anyway, with my impression
> that you're the closest thing to a real heretic this Church has.

he wishes.

purple

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On 3/12/04 3:30 PM, in article
e747f714.04031...@posting.google.com, "Karl Marx"
<smellyp...@fastmail.fm> wrote:

No, he's right.


Bob Dobbs

purple

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Mar 12, 2004, 11:50:49 PM3/12/04
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On 3/12/04 2:55 PM, in article fc54505ngvfu2mt0s...@4ax.com,
"Doktor DynaSoar" <targ...@OMCL.mil> wrote:

I don't think so.


Bob Dobbs

Karl Marx

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Mar 13, 2004, 2:14:47 PM3/13/04
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Bob Dean wrote:

> No, he's right.

"No"? lol

you're 'right' and i'm 'wrong' kind of deal?

sounds pretty orthodox to me.

i think i'll stick with the opinion i offered in my original post in this thread.

purple

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On 3/13/04 2:14 PM, in article

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YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!


Bob Dobbs

C. Woolard

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Mar 13, 2004, 7:58:29 PM3/13/04
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edata...@yahoo.com (Edgar Datalspiel) wrote in message news:<cd346fc9.04031...@posting.google.com>...

> haec...@canada.com (Ad Absurdum) wrote in message news:<d65e36c.04030...@posting.google.com>...
> >
> > So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................
>
> Quoting any of the literature would count, I'm almost positive.
>
> Responding to quotes from the literature would as well.
>
> And responding to responses to quotes.
>

So....you're saying the Church of the Subgenius is basically a Monty Python skit?

Rev DJ Epoch

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haec...@canada.com (Ad Absurdum) wrote in
news:d65e36c.04030...@posting.google.com:

> There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
> X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
>
> So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................
>

There's only one SubGenius(tm) Orthodoxy that counts...

"FUCK THEM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE!"

<geeyawd, I feel so dirty havin' to put that (tm) thingy after that SubG
word... have they killed all the lawyers yet?>
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Doktor DynaSoar

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Mar 14, 2004, 6:03:59 AM3/14/04
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:50:49 -0500, purple <pur...@tellurian.com>
wrote:

<SMACK>

Exactly.

Cardinal Vertigo

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Rev DJ Epoch wrote:

> haec...@canada.com (Ad Absurdum) wrote in
> news:d65e36c.04030...@posting.google.com:
>
>
>>There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
>>X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
>>
>>So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................
>>
>
>
> There's only one SubGenius(tm) Orthodoxy that counts...
>
> "FUCK THEM IF THEY CAN'T TAKE A JOKE!"
>
> <geeyawd, I feel so dirty havin' to put that (tm) thingy after that SubG
> word... have they killed all the lawyers yet?>

SubGenius® is a registered trademark of The SubGenius Foundation, Inc.
All rights reserved.

purple

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On 3/14/04 6:03 AM, in article c0f8501dt75d09v9u...@4ax.com,
"Doktor DynaSoar" <targ...@OMCL.mil> wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:50:49 -0500, purple <pur...@tellurian.com>
> wrote:
>
> } On 3/12/04 2:55 PM, in article fc54505ngvfu2mt0s...@4ax.com,
> } "Doktor DynaSoar" <targ...@OMCL.mil> wrote:
> }
> } > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:06:22 -0500, purple <pur...@tellurian.com>
> } > wrote:
> } >
> } > } > } > "Rev. Ivan Stang" <st...@subgeniusNOSPUM.com> wrote:
> } > } > } >
> } > } > } >
> } > } > } > > Then there are the Imabobs, those whose mental illness happened
> to
> } > } > } > > intersect with our bulldada.
> } >
> } > } but pitifully misguided and wrong in the worst possible way.
> } >
> } > Pretty much what I was saying....
> } >
> }
> } I don't think
> <SMACK>
>
> Exactly.
>

Not exactly.


Bob Dobbs

Doktor DynaSoar

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Mar 15, 2004, 3:33:04 AM3/15/04
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:08:25 -0500, purple <pur...@tellurian.com>
wrote:

} > Exactly.
}
} Not exactly.

How ass toot. Ripping off Python material now.

ICEKNIFE

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"Ad Absurdum" <haec...@canada.com> wrote in message
news:d65e36c.04030...@posting.google.com...

> There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of
Revelation
> X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
>
> So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................

pies


Rabbi Jacklyn Hyde

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"ICEKNIFE" <icNOekS...@lmi.net> wrote in message
news:M5adnf0m7_k...@lmi.net...
Sounds good as long as it isn't coconut cream pie. I hate coconut.

--With love, the Rabbs


MRvDC

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"ICEKNIFE" <icNOekS...@lmi.net> wrote in message news:<M5adnf0m7_k...@lmi.net>...

3 Days in the Valley. Great movie. You'll love it.

Killing Game.

MRvDC

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"ICEKNIFE" <icNOekS...@lmi.net> wrote in message news:<M5adnf0m7_k...@lmi.net>...

And that nose. Like a floppy broken mallet. Made of fetid cheese.


"I taught the game first."

Linus Minimax

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Feb 21, 2024, 11:39:01 PMFeb 21
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On Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 11:15:36 AM UTC-5, Karl Marx wrote:
> Ad Absurdum wrote:
> > There's a maxim that's put in italics near the beginning of Revelation
> > X that says a lot: "THE ONLY SUBGENIUS HERESY IS ORTHODOXY".
> >
> > So what is SubGenius Orthodoxy? Survey says.......................
> whatever the bossiest people on alt.slack say it is.


> >> "Rev. Ivan Stang" <st...@subgeniusNOSPUM.com> wrote:
...
> >>> Then there are the Imabobs, those whose mental illness happened to
> >>> intersect with our bulldada.
> >>
> >> Purple wrote: I was, and will remain, the first Anti-Imabob.
> >>
> >> Bob Dobbs
> >
> > I'll buy that for a dollar.
> >
> > It intersects, at least, with my own impression that you're the
> > closest thing to a real heretic this Church has.
>
> Yes, this is so fucking true we can now say the world has achieved FACT ONE.
> Upon this we can build true knowledge.
>
> Bob Dobbs


It'll be 20 years next moon since I quoted "the only SubGenius heresy is Orthodoxy" and asked: "what is subgenius orthodoxy?" It was a good question that got plenty of good responses. 'Karl Marx' delivered the FIRST reply "Whatever the bossiest people on alt.slack say it is", which was probably the BEST response since it is inclusive of the answer I had in mind (purple = ultrapink), and even tends to lead to it, without having any preconceived notion of what those bossiest people are most sure of / most vehemently certain of.

Karl Marx's answer was a very 'the medium is the message' answer to a question which was partially an attempt to [highlight] the effect of the medium on the much-vaunted evasive agility of SubGenius dogma.
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