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* '''[[Shakugan no Shana|Shanaism]]''': Everyone is already dead, including you. The afterlife is the reality. In a day or two, you could be [[Ret-Gone|forgotten completely]]. You just don't know it's happening yet. |
* '''[[Shakugan no Shana|Shanaism]]''': Everyone is already dead, including you. The afterlife is the reality. In a day or two, you could be [[Ret-Gone|forgotten completely]]. You just don't know it's happening yet. |
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* '''Bokononism''': God has deterministically organized humanity into unknowing teams (''karasses'') to do his work. Not much of a spiritual demand, but of course you have to memorize some oddball "calypso" scripture and a lot of silly words like ''Foma'' and ''Granfalloon.'' In addition to certain characters in Kurt Vonnegut's ''Cat's Cradle'' and in [[Real Life]], known Bokononists include Rayanne's mother, Amber, on ''[[My So-Called Life]]''. (The name of the religion derives from the San Lorenzan pidgin English pronunciation of its founder's name, that founder being an ex-slave named Johnson, or "Bokonon.") Two calypsos in particular highlight the Bokononist worldview, the first regarding the nice little lies a Bokononist must internalize so as to avoid the pitfalls of despair: |
* '''Bokononism''': God has deterministically organized humanity into unknowing teams (''karasses'') to do his work. Not much of a spiritual demand, but of course you have to memorize some oddball "calypso" scripture and a lot of silly words like ''Foma'' and ''Granfalloon.'' In addition to certain characters in Kurt Vonnegut's ''Cat's Cradle'' and in [[Real Life]], known Bokononists include Rayanne's mother, Amber, on ''[[My So-Called Life]]''. (The name of the religion derives from the San Lorenzan pidgin English pronunciation of its founder's name, that founder being an ex-slave named Johnson, or "Bokonon.") Two calypsos in particular highlight the Bokononist worldview, the first regarding the nice little lies a Bokononist must internalize so as to avoid the pitfalls of despair: |
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{{quote|''I wanted all things'' |
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''to seem to make sense'' |
''to seem to make sense'' |
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''so we could all be happy, yes'' |
''so we could all be happy, yes'' |
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''instead of tense'' |
''instead of tense'' |
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''And I made up lies'' |
''And I made up lies'' |
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''So that they all fit nice'' |
''So that they all fit nice'' |
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''And I made this sad world'' |
''And I made this sad world'' |
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''A par-a-dise'' }} |
''A par-a-dise'' }} |
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* An excerpt of the second calypso focuses on the deterministic worldview of Bokononism: |
* An excerpt of the second calypso focuses on the deterministic worldview of Bokononism: |
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{{quote|''Oh, a sleeping drunkard'' |
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''Up in Central Park'' |
''Up in Central Park'' |
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''And a Lion Hunter'' |
''And a Lion Hunter'' |
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''In the jungle dark'' |
''In the jungle dark'' |
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''And a Chinese dentist'' |
''And a Chinese dentist'' |
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''And a British Queen'' |
''And a British Queen'' |
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''All fit together'' |
''All fit together'' |
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''In the same machine...'' }} |
''In the same machine...'' }} |
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* '''[[Mega Man (video game)|Rockmanism]]''': Fight, believer, For Everlasting Peace! Just be sure to [[Bag of Spilling|put away all the weapons you acquired along the way afterward]]. |
* '''[[Mega Man (video game)|Rockmanism]]''': Fight, believer, For Everlasting Peace! Just be sure to [[Bag of Spilling|put away all the weapons you acquired along the way afterward]]. |