Sat Apr 28, 2012, 05:28 AM

laconicsax (14,860 posts)

Let's have some fun!

On a day where I've seen atheist misspelled three times, let's have a poll-based contest to determine who (or what) is the athiest.

Here's what I'm thinking:

-This thread is for nominations and volunteers.
-Next week, all of the contestants will be sorted into a single-elimination tournament and the fun will begin.

So, what is ath and what makes someone athy? Not being a real word, it's whatever you want it to be.

Anyone can volunteer and anyone can nominate anyone else. DUers, public persons, cartoon characters, the dearly departed, etc. Restrictions on nominations would impose definitional boundaries on athiness, and that's a line I won't draw.

Multiple nominations are fine, but please try to exercise some restraint.

This isn't an official group thing, so I won't be pinning and/or locking these threads.

And with that, let nominations and volunteers for entry into the athiest tournament begin!

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
Let's have some fun! (Original post)	laconicsax	Apr 2012	OP
I urge all Aths to move to Athol MA and make it the Ath capital of the universe and beyond!	Warren Stupidity	Apr 2012	#1
Have YOU ever been to Athol, MA? I have!!	oilpro2	Apr 2012	#2
One does not go "to" Athol, one goes "through" Athol.	Warren Stupidity	Apr 2012	#7
And here I thought Newark, NJ was the Athol of thith nation.	deucemagnet	Apr 2012	#5
Did you misspell "atheist" twice,	Curmudgeoness	Apr 2012	#3
Sure.	laconicsax	Apr 2012	#4
I bet that I am athier than most of you lot.	Ron Obvious	Apr 2012	#6
There actually is a goddess named Athi in the religion of the Tamil.	dimbear	Apr 2012	#8
I'll read that as a nomination.	laconicsax	Apr 2012	#9
Saw this post once from a cranky believer..	onager	Apr 2012	#10
They're nominated!	laconicsax	Apr 2012	#11

Response to laconicsax (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 08:08 AM

Warren Stupidity (31,917 posts)

1. I urge all Aths to move to Athol MA and make it the Ath capital of the universe and beyond!

Athol

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Response to Warren Stupidity (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 01:21 PM

oilpro2 (80 posts)

2. Have YOU ever been to Athol, MA? I have!!

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Believe me, you probably wouldn't want to go back, once you had been there.

Almost equally miserable a town is Orange, MA, right next door.

These towns, some 75 miles west of Boston, are small and still declining old mill towns where little if any industry now exists, where housing prices are about the lowest in the state, where the incidences of domestic violence are high, as are high school dropout and teen pregnancy rates. Unlike several Massachusetts mill towns which have seen dramatic revivals and gentrification in the last 20 years, Athol and Orange are not so lucky.

Now on to the game. I'm not sure I understand the rules. If I misspell "atheist" will I get nominated? Or do I have to say something really stupid like "atheism is just another form of religion" to get nominated?

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Sat Apr 28, 2012, 06:10 PM

Warren Stupidity (31,917 posts)

7. One does not go "to" Athol, one goes "through" Athol.

It is dismal. Cheap though. I know people who bought houses in that area and commute into the 495/128 tech area because of the huge price differential.

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Response to Warren Stupidity (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 03:56 PM

deucemagnet (3,936 posts)

5. And here I thought Newark, NJ was the Athol of thith nation.

Interethting.

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Response to laconicsax (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 01:35 PM

Curmudgeoness (10,489 posts)

3. Did you misspell "atheist" twice,

and spell it correctly once in your post just to make a point. I think it was exceedingly funny.

With that said, I am not sure that I understand this game. And if I do understand it, it is about my pay grade because I am not the most creative person alive nor do I do well with fantasy. So---can you give an example of what you are thinking?

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Sat Apr 28, 2012, 03:29 PM

laconicsax (14,860 posts)

4. Sure.

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"Athiest" to me looks like a variation on "ath" or "athy." The progression would be:

X is athy
Y is athier than X
Z is the athiest of the lot.

So this competition is to determine who or what is the athiest. Are protons athier than Chris Hedges? Is Lincoln, NE athier than Enlil? Where does Elad fall on the athiness scale?

To determine the victor of each match, just pull a reason to vote for one person/place/thing out of your ass and go with it. There's no need to be consisteInt with the ad hoc definitions of ath. It's like theology--a bunch of made up rationalizations for extant opinions.

I suppose I've nominated protons, Chris Hedges, Lincoln, NE, the Sumerian god Enlil, Elad, theology, and rationalization with this post.

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Sat Apr 28, 2012, 04:30 PM

Ron Obvious (1,648 posts)

6. I bet that I am athier than most of you lot.

I'm one of the most athiest (sic) people around here.

"we were all Catholics. We believed in the teaching of Cathol" -- Eddy Izzard

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Response to laconicsax (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 06:28 PM

dimbear (5,112 posts)

8. There actually is a goddess named Athi in the religion of the Tamil.

She has her own hymns.

What her adorers call themselves dimbear knoweth not.

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Response to dimbear (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 09:47 PM

laconicsax (14,860 posts)

9. I'll read that as a nomination.

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Response to laconicsax (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 11:22 PM

onager (7,357 posts)

10. Saw this post once from a cranky believer..

"It's 'i' before 'e' except after 'c.' And except for atheists, who get their own special rule."

I think some believers in the Religion forum are the athiest. Assumng "athy" is a synonym for "pithy," and also assuming the latter word is pronounced with a lisp.

Let's have some fun!

1. I urge all Aths to move to Athol MA and make it the Ath capital of the universe and beyond!

2. Have YOU ever been to Athol, MA? I have!!

7. One does not go "to" Athol, one goes "through" Athol.

5. And here I thought Newark, NJ was the Athol of thith nation.

3. Did you misspell "atheist" twice,

4. Sure.

6. I bet that I am athier than most of you lot.

8. There actually is a goddess named Athi in the religion of the Tamil.

9. I'll read that as a nomination.

10. Saw this post once from a cranky believer..

11. They're nominated!