Monday, June 13, 2011

We Believe In Nothing

Your praiseworthy sense of personal dignity has given way,” remarked Bazarov phlegmatically, while Arkady was hot all over, and his eyes were flashing. “Our argument has gone too far; it's better to cut it short, I think. I shall be quite ready to agree with you,” he added, getting up, “when you bring forward a single institution in our present mode of life, in family or in social life, which does not call for complete and unqualified destruction.”

A little Turgenev for you, in case you cared a fig about were the Hill Cantons lined up in the flavor-of-the-month club's recent mini-culture-war (thanks, Scott). You know the groan-producing one with all the subject headers beating on the chest about heroes/anti-heroes, social contracts, nihilism and the like lining up against the other section of the club's acronym- and hype-heavy games (DCC RPG and LotFP WRP: Grindhouse). Those posts.  

Ugh, please go back to arguing about shields, so we nihilists can go back to subverting society--one roleplaying game at a time. Where's Hrü’ü when I need his inscrutable rear?

13 comments:

  1. Acronyms? Arguments? Chest-beating?

    Holy shit! We're becoming tech people!!!

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  2. The Nihil is just a river in Egypt.

    Or something like that. I may have my metaphors confused.

    - Ark

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  3. I knew nothing good would come from me learning the Computer Web.

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  4. Ark,
    That's well played, but I think I need to call on some of my worthless liberal arts education here.

    "Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas, quod non ego non modo audiam, sed etiam videam planeque sentiam."

    Or more fittingly for me: "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto"

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  5. Stop making me look up Latin!

    Did you hear me back there? Stop it!

    If you don't stop it, I'll turn this car around.

    I will!

    I heard that! E Pubicus Uranium is not Spanish!

    All right, I warned you!

    =SCRREEEEEECCHH=

    - Ark

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  6. Just wait till the Boy starts with the Latin.

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  7. "Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos."

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  8. Heh heh, that's hilarious, because I also just used a pic of the Nihilists from Big Lebowski in a recent post:

    http://unto-the-breach.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-do-we-bother-with-all-this-blogging.html

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  9. You may touch the monkey

    Now it is time for us on Sprockets to DANCE!

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  10. Staying out of the Latin war, but lemme state that LotFP Grindhouse was a bit overpriced. I prefer my gay porn to be in full color.

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  11. One of the nice things about being me is that I have no idea whatsoever what war you are referring to.

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  12. For that Alexis, you should count yourself among the lucky.

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