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    Quote Originally Posted by Suentous PO View Post
    As an official Discordian pope I may answer;
    Coined by Kerry Thornly and Greg Hill, it represented something surreal and jarringly out of place. Made popular by the Illuminatus trilogy, it was intended to represent a control technique of tyranny. People were taught to not be able to see the word in the media, it's effect was to cause anxiety and fear, thus promoting obedience. Very few were able to see the word and thereby free themselves.
    It's also used by some programmers to represent something weird in code.

    As an official pope, I now decree anyone who reads this is hereby an official pope of their own temple.
    Hail Eris
    FNORD
    Very interesting thanks haha

    and wot m8 im no pope now
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    Quote Originally Posted by DocDoBig View Post
    It pretty much tells the most about Fnords and Co.


    Good Job on that one btw.
    Thanks. <3

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