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Title: Bad joke
Post by: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 09:58:15 AM
https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/Interstate_101

If I didn't know better this article was written by a certain someone on this forum.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 10:14:14 AM
There is an Instagram page for all this Intertropolis stuff also. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 11:12:25 AM
Oh bloody hell, not this again.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I'm assuming because I couldn't fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: SectorZ on February 16, 2021, 01:06:05 PM
Wait a minute, these creators are seriously trying to pitch an animated TV show based on this?
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 01:08:47 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on February 16, 2021, 01:06:05 PM
Wait a minute, these creators are seriously trying to pitch an animated TV show based on this?
YEP
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 01:12:11 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I'm assuming because I couldn't fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.

Their social media pages are even worse. But yeah, the creators of this have created 846 freaking pages on the wiki about their fictional TV show that they keep claiming will be airing on their fictional TV network (in addition to Nick).
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 02:56:31 PM
This has been discussed (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27956.msg2555100#msg2555100) before (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659)...

The creator obviously has way too much time on their hands. And perhaps the worst part is that it actually shows up on Google and looks somewhat legit (until you read in further, of course). If you search "US Highway 86", for example, it comes up as one of the top 5 suggestions.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 01:12:11 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I'm assuming because I couldn't fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.

Their social media pages are even worse. But yeah, the creators of this have created 846 freaking pages on the wiki about their fictional TV show that they keep claiming will be airing on their fictional TV network (in addition to Nick).
The fandom page should be deleted and the account owner suspended for false information.  :popcorn: :hmmm:
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: hotdogPi on February 16, 2021, 03:49:32 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 01:12:11 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I'm assuming because I couldn't fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.

Their social media pages are even worse. But yeah, the creators of this have created 846 freaking pages on the wiki about their fictional TV show that they keep claiming will be airing on their fictional TV network (in addition to Nick).
The fandom page should be deleted and the account owner suspended for false information.  :popcorn: :hmmm:

That would include Scott5114.

https://quindaropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Alanland
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:50:47 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 03:49:32 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 01:12:11 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I'm assuming because I couldn't fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.

Their social media pages are even worse. But yeah, the creators of this have created 846 freaking pages on the wiki about their fictional TV show that they keep claiming will be airing on their fictional TV network (in addition to Nick).
The fandom page should be deleted and the account owner suspended for false information.  :popcorn: :hmmm:

That would include Scott5114.

https://quindaropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Alanland
I wish there was a like button for this forum. 👍🏻
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:52:54 PM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 02:56:31 PM
This has been discussed (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27956.msg2555100#msg2555100) before (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659)...

The creator obviously has way too much time on their hands. And perhaps the worst part is that it actually shows up on Google and looks somewhat legit (until you read in further, of course). If you search "US Highway 86", for example, it comes up as one of the top 5 suggestions.

It was actually discussed before that. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659) The creator tried to join the forum but was denied.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:53:44 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:52:54 PM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 02:56:31 PM
This has been discussed (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27956.msg2555100#msg2555100) before (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659)...

The creator obviously has way too much time on their hands. And perhaps the worst part is that it actually shows up on Google and looks somewhat legit (until you read in further, of course). If you search "US Highway 86", for example, it comes up as one of the top 5 suggestions.

It was actually discussed before that. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659) The creator tried to join the forum but was denied.
Well that sucks. 😞
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 01:12:11 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I'm assuming because I couldn't fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.

Their social media pages are even worse. But yeah, the creators of this have created 846 freaking pages on the wiki about their fictional TV show that they keep claiming will be airing on their fictional TV network (in addition to Nick).
The fandom page should be deleted and the account owner suspended for false information.  :popcorn: :hmmm:

Wikia (which Fandom is part of) is terrible. Anybody can create a wiki about virtually anything. There is a whole wiki dedicated to "hypothetical hurricanes", for instance, where people dream up fictional storms that naturally cause epic amounts of damage to the areas they hit. Some people even pass the information off as real, which confuses people who don't know as much about hurricanes.

It used to be that you actually had to apply to get a wiki on Wikia. Now that you don't have to, it's an absolute mess.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 04:01:44 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 01:12:11 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I'm assuming because I couldn't fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.

Their social media pages are even worse. But yeah, the creators of this have created 846 freaking pages on the wiki about their fictional TV show that they keep claiming will be airing on their fictional TV network (in addition to Nick).
The fandom page should be deleted and the account owner suspended for false information.  :popcorn: :hmmm:

Wikia (which Fandom is part of) is terrible. Anybody can create a wiki about virtually anything. There is a whole wiki dedicated to "hypothetical hurricanes", for instance, where people dream up fictional storms that naturally cause epic amounts of damage to the areas they hit. Some people even pass the information off as real, which confuses people who don't know as much about hurricanes.

It used to be that you actually had to apply to get a wiki on Wikia. Now that you don't have to, it's an absolute mess.
My favorite comic strip is on Fandom, and they are very accurate.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 04:08:00 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:53:44 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:52:54 PM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 02:56:31 PM
This has been discussed (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27956.msg2555100#msg2555100) before (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659)...

The creator obviously has way too much time on their hands. And perhaps the worst part is that it actually shows up on Google and looks somewhat legit (until you read in further, of course). If you search "US Highway 86", for example, it comes up as one of the top 5 suggestions.

It was actually discussed before that. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659) The creator tried to join the forum but was denied.
Well that sucks. 😞

Does it though?  It would be nice if this hobby didn't have things like that watering down the credibility of everyone else.  At least that's my two cents. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 04:11:18 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 04:01:44 PM
My favorite comic strip is on Fandom, and they are very accurate.

Well yeah, not everything on Fandom is bad. Look at Wookieepedia and Memory Alpha for Star Wars and Star Trek, for example. They originated from when you had to apply for a wiki, though.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 04:15:59 PM
Speaking of Wikia wasn't there one for Alanland for awhile?  I can swear that is where I found out about Alanbank and a lot of other weird stuff like that.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 04:19:09 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 04:15:59 PM
Speaking of Wikia wasn't there one for Alanland for awhile?  I can swear that is where I found out about Alanbank and a lot of other weird stuff like that.

Correct.

Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 03:49:32 PM
That would include Scott5114.

https://quindaropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Alanland
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 04:24:37 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 04:15:59 PM
Speaking of Wikia wasn't there one for Alanland for awhile?  I can swear that is where I found out about Alanbank and a lot of other weird stuff like that.

According to your own post, alanland.org used to exist.

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 07, 2017, 11:05:07 PM
I just realized that someone took down Alanland.org.  Where will I do my Alanbanking now?

Ahhh, nested quotes................
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 04:33:34 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 04:24:37 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 04:15:59 PM
Speaking of Wikia wasn't there one for Alanland for awhile?  I can swear that is where I found out about Alanbank and a lot of other weird stuff like that.

According to your own post, alanland.org used to exist.

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 07, 2017, 11:05:07 PM
I just realized that someone took down Alanland.org.  Where will I do my Alanbanking now?

Ahhh, nested quotes................

Damn has it really been over three years?  So I guess the Wikia came after Alanland.org?
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Scott5114 on February 16, 2021, 04:51:59 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 03:49:32 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
The fandom page should be deleted and the account owner suspended for false information.  :popcorn: :hmmm:

That would include Scott5114.

https://quindaropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Alanland

(https://comps.canstockphoto.com/funny-handsome-guy-with-suspenders-and-stock-photos_csp54131435.jpg)
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 04:55:03 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:52:54 PM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 02:56:31 PM
This has been discussed (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27956.msg2555100#msg2555100) before (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659)...

The creator obviously has way too much time on their hands. And perhaps the worst part is that it actually shows up on Google and looks somewhat legit (until you read in further, of course). If you search "US Highway 86", for example, it comes up as one of the top 5 suggestions.

It was actually discussed before that. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659) The creator tried to join the forum but was denied.

That was my second link...maybe I should have done a better job of marking that those were two separate links

Quote from: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 04:24:37 PM
According to your own post, alanland.org used to exist.

It also used to not exist. Except in the presence of 37 goats.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 05:53:11 PM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 04:55:03 PM
maybe I should have done a better job of marking that those were two separate links

You may have noticed that I underline almost all my hypertext on the forum.  This is really just to help it stand out as a link, but it has the added benefit of allowing separate links to be visibly separated on the screen.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: SectorZ on February 16, 2021, 06:38:48 PM
Anyone have time for a Fritzowl wiki?
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 06:38:55 PM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 04:55:03 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:52:54 PM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 02:56:31 PM
This has been discussed (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27956.msg2555100#msg2555100) before (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659)...

The creator obviously has way too much time on their hands. And perhaps the worst part is that it actually shows up on Google and looks somewhat legit (until you read in further, of course). If you search "US Highway 86", for example, it comes up as one of the top 5 suggestions.

It was actually discussed before that. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26520.msg2482659#msg2482659) The creator tried to join the forum but was denied.

That was my second link...maybe I should have done a better job of marking that those were two separate links

Quote from: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 04:24:37 PM
According to your own post, alanland.org used to exist.

It also used to not exist. Except in the presence of 37 goats.

Whoops, totally did not notice.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Scott5114 on February 16, 2021, 06:40:46 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 

No, it's that the only legal way of entering Alanland is from I-366 at 85 mph.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 16, 2021, 06:40:46 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 

No, it's that the only legal way of entering Alanland is from I-366 at 85 mph.
and theres no such thing as i-366
mapmikey over at vahighways even 404s it
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JS0RBPYjJpqx7YTvVj8sfnXpIZOi4OzxIbYMJLRO4D0pdsYR7tJv-A321ptaRmO9kXygOqBQZDyD4EBGwbdNXXxkFWG8h8ri5Ddpx5awj1QrKbom8mrri6TnEWHT_CD8HiTfmfTWLZQAZw9yr5dgAJct62n1DzaCOG4d-sNDAYvWsR0DeRcbs-_f6dVT2DomsIrg0nub9Ocij26yFIRiFm1i7hNYVST2LOzfj1ceZRzXCUEpKDV4mes2jqb2PskbTpzkWPzwj-DQvOo48iXRxwa5xJiizCAme3zttq59talf9K7F6WMj801YZo_dNzH6QIu4ahXWAEXsPi1w_c__I29F95Yx7eJvOGl771ptKZ8ZI_Y-OWXqAQOd0aFkg292xZnhhivsjZkhlSbyNdt-gGUhwuE0_Qhk00mT7hM_jIZ9f0nDpv9JXz3goixBmkBeE6kA4XihZWzaxLNY1e8nBYncmiN860x0-HpiC8U7eh6lpR02GfierfRc0Cy1Iqp-dDd87ZV_ktk687cG8O1i6vfOnqa2KpCkRh3bI_GnLAC2kvlfrd5fVZRWmo1EV6M5hdLQWYqfSDALZP7aBHs25n60h3Z28BTnrt_J17-GBztRG6kuCnJPkhUoK2ql_fcdAqxRdWrY72jAD1k9-6Ax-BAmkeGEvmAWvsYZQgRuqtIywDSm0IbGEe6g7CNwhQ=w1240-h667-no?authuser=0)
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 07:07:36 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 16, 2021, 06:40:46 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 

No, it's that the only legal way of entering Alanland is from I-366 at 85 mph.
and theres no such thing as i-366
mapmikey over at vahighways even 404s it
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JS0RBPYjJpqx7YTvVj8sfnXpIZOi4OzxIbYMJLRO4D0pdsYR7tJv-A321ptaRmO9kXygOqBQZDyD4EBGwbdNXXxkFWG8h8ri5Ddpx5awj1QrKbom8mrri6TnEWHT_CD8HiTfmfTWLZQAZw9yr5dgAJct62n1DzaCOG4d-sNDAYvWsR0DeRcbs-_f6dVT2DomsIrg0nub9Ocij26yFIRiFm1i7hNYVST2LOzfj1ceZRzXCUEpKDV4mes2jqb2PskbTpzkWPzwj-DQvOo48iXRxwa5xJiizCAme3zttq59talf9K7F6WMj801YZo_dNzH6QIu4ahXWAEXsPi1w_c__I29F95Yx7eJvOGl771ptKZ8ZI_Y-OWXqAQOd0aFkg292xZnhhivsjZkhlSbyNdt-gGUhwuE0_Qhk00mT7hM_jIZ9f0nDpv9JXz3goixBmkBeE6kA4XihZWzaxLNY1e8nBYncmiN860x0-HpiC8U7eh6lpR02GfierfRc0Cy1Iqp-dDd87ZV_ktk687cG8O1i6vfOnqa2KpCkRh3bI_GnLAC2kvlfrd5fVZRWmo1EV6M5hdLQWYqfSDALZP7aBHs25n60h3Z28BTnrt_J17-GBztRG6kuCnJPkhUoK2ql_fcdAqxRdWrY72jAD1k9-6Ax-BAmkeGEvmAWvsYZQgRuqtIywDSm0IbGEe6g7CNwhQ=w1240-h667-no?authuser=0)

That's what Goat Jesus wants you to think...but yet secretly wants you to know it's real too. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 07:11:03 PM
So, basically we have determined in this thread that Intertropolis and Routesville are just Alanland false flag operations?
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 07:21:18 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM

Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 

The only Caterpillar War with Ethanland is a secret.




Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
and theres no such thing as i-366
mapmikey over at vahighways even 404s it

You've stumbled into a thread full of inside jokes from years ago on the forum.  Don't expect to understand this line of conversation without reading dozens of pages of now-locked threads.

Which, for whatever it's worth, I highly recommend doing.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 07:24:53 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 07:21:18 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM

Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 

The only Caterpillar War with Ethanland is a secret.






Except on the third Wednesday after the Pro Bowl at 3:21 PM Alan-Standard Time, except where expressly permitted and prohibited. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 07:31:29 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 07:24:53 PM
3:21 PM Alan-Standard Time

Have you ever found an official definition for Alan-Standard Time?  The only stuff I've found are all second-hand sources with no references (such as this (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006835694712) and this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(The_Alan_Parsons_Project_song))).
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: thspfc on February 16, 2021, 07:45:38 PM
The Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94) is a Parking Lot running very closely to the Loop Train of Chicago from O'Hare to the Jane Byrne Construction Site. It is one of 73 major parking lots in the Chicago area, with others including the Dan Ryan, Edens, Eisenhower, Bishop Ford, Tri-State, Stevenson, and Borman.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:46:12 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 07:07:36 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 16, 2021, 06:40:46 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 


No, it's that the only legal way of entering Alanland is from I-366 at 85 mph.
and theres no such thing as i-366
mapmikey over at vahighways even 404s it
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JS0RBPYjJpqx7YTvVj8sfnXpIZOi4OzxIbYMJLRO4D0pdsYR7tJv-A321ptaRmO9kXygOqBQZDyD4EBGwbdNXXxkFWG8h8ri5Ddpx5awj1QrKbom8mrri6TnEWHT_CD8HiTfmfTWLZQAZw9yr5dgAJct62n1DzaCOG4d-sNDAYvWsR0DeRcbs-_f6dVT2DomsIrg0nub9Ocij26yFIRiFm1i7hNYVST2LOzfj1ceZRzXCUEpKDV4mes2jqb2PskbTpzkWPzwj-DQvOo48iXRxwa5xJiizCAme3zttq59talf9K7F6WMj801YZo_dNzH6QIu4ahXWAEXsPi1w_c__I29F95Yx7eJvOGl771ptKZ8ZI_Y-OWXqAQOd0aFkg292xZnhhivsjZkhlSbyNdt-gGUhwuE0_Qhk00mT7hM_jIZ9f0nDpv9JXz3goixBmkBeE6kA4XihZWzaxLNY1e8nBYncmiN860x0-HpiC8U7eh6lpR02GfierfRc0Cy1Iqp-dDd87ZV_ktk687cG8O1i6vfOnqa2KpCkRh3bI_GnLAC2kvlfrd5fVZRWmo1EV6M5hdLQWYqfSDALZP7aBHs25n60h3Z28BTnrt_J17-GBztRG6kuCnJPkhUoK2ql_fcdAqxRdWrY72jAD1k9-6Ax-BAmkeGEvmAWvsYZQgRuqtIywDSm0IbGEe6g7CNwhQ=w1240-h667-no?authuser=0)

That's what Goat Jesus wants you to think...but yet secretly wants you to know it's real too.
And This is a Harry Potter thing, right?  :hmmm:
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: thspfc on February 16, 2021, 07:47:38 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on February 16, 2021, 06:38:48 PM
Anyone have time for a Fritzowl wiki?
Title it "FritzOwl (work of fantasy)"
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 07:53:52 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:46:12 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 07:07:36 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 16, 2021, 06:40:46 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 


No, it's that the only legal way of entering Alanland is from I-366 at 85 mph.
and theres no such thing as i-366
mapmikey over at vahighways even 404s it
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JS0RBPYjJpqx7YTvVj8sfnXpIZOi4OzxIbYMJLRO4D0pdsYR7tJv-A321ptaRmO9kXygOqBQZDyD4EBGwbdNXXxkFWG8h8ri5Ddpx5awj1QrKbom8mrri6TnEWHT_CD8HiTfmfTWLZQAZw9yr5dgAJct62n1DzaCOG4d-sNDAYvWsR0DeRcbs-_f6dVT2DomsIrg0nub9Ocij26yFIRiFm1i7hNYVST2LOzfj1ceZRzXCUEpKDV4mes2jqb2PskbTpzkWPzwj-DQvOo48iXRxwa5xJiizCAme3zttq59talf9K7F6WMj801YZo_dNzH6QIu4ahXWAEXsPi1w_c__I29F95Yx7eJvOGl771ptKZ8ZI_Y-OWXqAQOd0aFkg292xZnhhivsjZkhlSbyNdt-gGUhwuE0_Qhk00mT7hM_jIZ9f0nDpv9JXz3goixBmkBeE6kA4XihZWzaxLNY1e8nBYncmiN860x0-HpiC8U7eh6lpR02GfierfRc0Cy1Iqp-dDd87ZV_ktk687cG8O1i6vfOnqa2KpCkRh3bI_GnLAC2kvlfrd5fVZRWmo1EV6M5hdLQWYqfSDALZP7aBHs25n60h3Z28BTnrt_J17-GBztRG6kuCnJPkhUoK2ql_fcdAqxRdWrY72jAD1k9-6Ax-BAmkeGEvmAWvsYZQgRuqtIywDSm0IbGEe6g7CNwhQ=w1240-h667-no?authuser=0)

That's what Goat Jesus wants you to think...but yet secretly wants you to know it's real too.
And This is a Harry Potter thing, right?  :hmmm:

No, Goat Jesus is equally scornful to non-Muggles and Muggles alike. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: 1995hoo on February 16, 2021, 07:59:25 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:00:20 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 16, 2021, 06:40:46 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 06:21:55 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 06:07:43 PM
Now waiting for someone with extra free time to create a trilogy based around I-366 and its 85 mph speed limit  :popcorn:

I believe that was subsumed into the Alan-Mythos via some sort of a extra Caterpillar War with Ethanland. 

No, it's that the only legal way of entering Alanland is from I-366 at 85 mph.
and theres no such thing as i-366
mapmikey over at vahighways even 404s it

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5504.msg120251#msg120251
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: hotdogPi on February 16, 2021, 08:28:50 PM
For years, Interstate 366 on Wikipedia redirected to Texas State Highway Spur 366 (which is actually a freeway, unlike "proposed" I-366), created by NE2. Unfortunately, in 2019, it was speedily deleted as "hoax", and since it was a speedy deletion, there wasn't even a discussion.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: vdeane on February 16, 2021, 09:23:12 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 04:11:18 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 04:01:44 PM
My favorite comic strip is on Fandom, and they are very accurate.

Well yeah, not everything on Fandom is bad. Look at Wookieepedia and Memory Alpha for Star Wars and Star Trek, for example. They originated from when you had to apply for a wiki, though.
Memory Alpha might be even older.  I remember when that wiki had its own domain name!  Looks like it didn't join Fandom until 2005.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: wxfree on February 16, 2021, 10:48:03 PM
I've had the same idea, but I wanted to call it I-105.  This does the same thing to the Interstate system that US 101 does to that system.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 17, 2021, 09:51:00 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 08:28:50 PM
For years, Interstate 366 on Wikipedia redirected to Texas State Highway Spur 366 (which is actually a freeway, unlike "proposed" I-366), created by NE2. Unfortunately, in 2019, it was speedily deleted as "hoax", and since it was a speedy deletion, there wasn't even a discussion.
Now I see. So there will be a I-366 in the near future?  :hmmm:
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 09:52:34 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 07:21:18 PM
You've stumbled into a thread full of inside jokes from years ago on the forum.  Don't expect to understand this line of conversation without reading dozens of pages of now-locked threads.

Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:46:12 PM
And This is a Harry Potter thing, right?

:pan:
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: hotdogPi on February 17, 2021, 09:55:25 AM
Quote from: snowc on February 17, 2021, 09:51:00 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 08:28:50 PM
For years, Interstate 366 on Wikipedia redirected to Texas State Highway Spur 366 (which is actually a freeway, unlike "proposed" I-366), created by NE2. Unfortunately, in 2019, it was speedily deleted as "hoax", and since it was a speedy deletion, there wasn't even a discussion.
Now I see. So there will be a I-366 in the near future?  :hmmm:

I-366 on this forum is what was described in reply #40, in Virginia, not in Texas. There are no official plans; however, current I-2 was proposed on this forum years before it became reality (by coincidence, not because engineers or politicians saw the plan here).

Alanland is this (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7720), which is completely unrelated to I-366.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 17, 2021, 09:57:38 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 17, 2021, 09:55:25 AM
Quote from: snowc on February 17, 2021, 09:51:00 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 08:28:50 PM
For years, Interstate 366 on Wikipedia redirected to Texas State Highway Spur 366 (which is actually a freeway, unlike "proposed" I-366), created by NE2. Unfortunately, in 2019, it was speedily deleted as "hoax", and since it was a speedy deletion, there wasn't even a discussion.
Now I see. So there will be a I-366 in the near future?  :hmmm:

I-366 on this forum is what was described in reply #40, in Virginia, not in Texas. There are no official plans; however, current I-2 was proposed on this forum years before it became reality (by coincidence, not because engineers or politicians saw the plan here).

Alanland is this (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7720), which is completely unrelated to I-366.
I see now. Thanks!  :-D
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 17, 2021, 10:03:16 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 17, 2021, 09:55:25 AM
Quote from: snowc on February 17, 2021, 09:51:00 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 08:28:50 PM
For years, Interstate 366 on Wikipedia redirected to Texas State Highway Spur 366 (which is actually a freeway, unlike "proposed" I-366), created by NE2. Unfortunately, in 2019, it was speedily deleted as "hoax", and since it was a speedy deletion, there wasn't even a discussion.
Now I see. So there will be a I-366 in the near future?  :hmmm:

Alanland is this (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7720), which is completely unrelated to I-366.

Correction: it both is and is not that.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 10:15:27 AM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on February 17, 2021, 10:03:16 AM

Quote from: 1 on February 17, 2021, 09:55:25 AM
Alanland is this (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7720), which is completely unrelated to I-366.

Correction: it both is and is not that.

Correction:  it both is and is not that but

Also, it is not that, except when prohibited.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: roadman65 on February 17, 2021, 12:37:40 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 01:12:11 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I’m assuming because I couldn’t fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.

Their social media pages are even worse. But yeah, the creators of this have created 846 freaking pages on the wiki about their fictional TV show that they keep claiming will be airing on their fictional TV network (in addition to Nick).
The fandom page should be deleted and the account owner suspended for false information.  :popcorn: :hmmm:

Wikia (which Fandom is part of) is terrible. Anybody can create a wiki about virtually anything. There is a whole wiki dedicated to "hypothetical hurricanes", for instance, where people dream up fictional storms that naturally cause epic amounts of damage to the areas they hit. Some people even pass the information off as real, which confuses people who don't know as much about hurricanes.

It used to be that you actually had to apply to get a wiki on Wikia. Now that you don't have to, it's an absolute mess.


So people could actually write that the candidate that lost a local, state, or federal election could have won it.  Mmm.

Maybe that is where some get their news.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 12:39:54 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 17, 2021, 12:37:40 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 01:12:11 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 11:56:39 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2021, 11:02:44 AM
It gets funnier.

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Route_17

TheUS 17 page talks about it being reality along with the reality of US 17.

Yeah this guy (I'm assuming because I couldn't fathom this is someone of the opposite gender) needs to get off the fan fiction stuff, it seems like it has strayed to unhealthy obsession.

Their social media pages are even worse. But yeah, the creators of this have created 846 freaking pages on the wiki about their fictional TV show that they keep claiming will be airing on their fictional TV network (in addition to Nick).
The fandom page should be deleted and the account owner suspended for false information.  :popcorn: :hmmm:

Wikia (which Fandom is part of) is terrible. Anybody can create a wiki about virtually anything. There is a whole wiki dedicated to "hypothetical hurricanes", for instance, where people dream up fictional storms that naturally cause epic amounts of damage to the areas they hit. Some people even pass the information off as real, which confuses people who don't know as much about hurricanes.

It used to be that you actually had to apply to get a wiki on Wikia. Now that you don't have to, it's an absolute mess.


So people could actually write that the candidate that lost a local, state, or federal election could have won it.  Mmm.

Maybe that is where some get their news.

Are you saying that someone tried to usurp power and claim the title of Grand Alan?
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: formulanone on February 17, 2021, 01:07:45 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 07:31:29 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 16, 2021, 07:24:53 PM
3:21 PM Alan-Standard Time

Have you ever found an official definition for Alan-Standard Time? 

The 14th Grand Unified Alan created Stalandard Time after the merger of zones, which defined it as the motion of 14.37 goats travelling at 0.621 Nilla Wafer oscillations per numberwang/candelas.

...but some oblasts such as Sbarro® follow the oven timer, leading to long threads arguing that manual egg timers are more useful.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 01:11:35 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Wikia (which Fandom is part of) is terrible. Anybody can create a wiki about virtually anything. There is a whole wiki dedicated to "hypothetical hurricanes", for instance, where people dream up fictional storms that naturally cause epic amounts of damage to the areas they hit. Some people even pass the information off as real, which confuses people who don't know as much about hurricanes.

It used to be that you actually had to apply to get a wiki on Wikia. Now that you don't have to, it's an absolute mess.

It's nothing new.  History has been like that for centuries.

You've probably heard the assertion that the official list of books in the Christian bible was decided at the First Council of Nicæa in AD 325.  I mean, if you're familiar with the Da Vinci Code, then you should be familiar with the idea.  So the story goes, books which contradicted the bishops' (and the emperor's) beliefs were declared to be non-canonical, and those which accorded with their beliefs were declared to be canonical.  Well, I ask you, where did that assertion come from?  I'm glad you asked...

First of all, it's not from actual historical documents relating to the council itself.  No surviving agenda from the council mentions discussion about the canon of the bible.  No Christian writers of the era refer to there being a discussion about it there.  In fact, there is actual evidence that the canon of the bible was still being discussed after Nicæa.  So where does the historical trail lead?  Keep reading...

In the 18th Century, Enlightenment writer Voltaire wrote in his Philosophical Dictionary that, at the Council of Nicæa, all the books of scripture were heaped upon an altar, and those that fell to the ground were rejected from the canon.  This is, of course, laughable on its face:  do we really imagine that's how the bishops and emperor conducted business at their councils?  But, wait!  Voltaire didn't get the idea from thin air.

Before Voltaire, one must turn to about the turn of the 10th Century, specifically to a Greek document called the Synodicon Vetus.  This document was a history of Christian councils and synods and states that, at the Council of Nicæa, they piled up the books of Scripture and prayed that the spurious ones would be found underneath the altar and the reliable ones on top.  And who wrote the Synodicon Vetus?  Well, it's anonymous, but the writer is–shall we say–not of high repute among scholars.  Not only did he tell the history of councils with details described nowhere else in the historical record, but he even outlined entire synods and councils that apparently never existed.  That's right:  in what was presented as the critical history of church councils, the author simply made stuff up.

And the kicker is that such was not really uncommon in centuries past.  Histories, for most of human experience, have not generally been expected to be accurate.  History was recorded to give meaning to people's place in the world, not merely to document details.  We in the modern West look at an ancient history and ask the question "Is this accurate?"  But such a question would make no sense to an ancient thinker.  An ancient thinker would look at a modern American history and ask the question "Is this meaningful?"
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 17, 2021, 01:17:13 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28431.0 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28431.0)
You know everyone that this is being featured on changing one letter of thread that will be or soon to be locked.  :pan:
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: hotdogPi on February 17, 2021, 01:19:47 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 17, 2021, 01:17:13 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28431.0 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28431.0)
You know everyone that this is being featured on changing one letter of thread that will be or soon to be locked.  :pan:

Being on that thread does not cause the original thread to be locked, nor is the changing one letter thread going to be locked soon (or licked, which is one key away on a keyboard). This thread might be locked soon, but being on the one letter thread has nothing to do with it.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 01:23:19 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 01:11:35 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Wikia (which Fandom is part of) is terrible. Anybody can create a wiki about virtually anything. There is a whole wiki dedicated to "hypothetical hurricanes", for instance, where people dream up fictional storms that naturally cause epic amounts of damage to the areas they hit. Some people even pass the information off as real, which confuses people who don't know as much about hurricanes.

It used to be that you actually had to apply to get a wiki on Wikia. Now that you don't have to, it's an absolute mess.

It's nothing new.  History has been like that for centuries.

You've probably heard the assertion that the official list of books in the Christian bible was decided at the First Council of Nicæa in AD 325.  I mean, if you're familiar with the Da Vinci Code, then you should be familiar with the idea.  So the story goes, books which contradicted the bishops' (and the emperor's) beliefs were declared to be non-canonical, and those which accorded with their beliefs were declared to be canonical.  Well, I ask you, where did that assertion come from?  I'm glad you asked...

First of all, it's not from actual historical documents relating to the council itself.  No surviving agenda from the council mentions discussion about the canon of the bible.  No Christian writers of the era refer to there being a discussion about it there.  In fact, there is actual evidence that the canon of the bible was still being discussed after Nicæa.  So where does the historical trail lead?  Keep reading...

In the 18th Century, Enlightenment writer Voltaire wrote in his Philosophical Dictionary that, at the Council of Nicæa, all the books of scripture were heaped upon an altar, and those that fell to the ground were rejected from the canon.  This is, of course, laughable on its face:  do we really imagine that's how the bishops and emperor conducted business at their councils?  But, wait!  Voltaire didn't get the idea from thin air.

Before Voltaire, one must turn to about the turn of the 10th Century, specifically to a Greek document called the Synodicon Vetus.  This document was a history of Christian councils and synods and states that, at the Council of Nicæa, they piled up the books of Scripture and prayed that the spurious ones would be found underneath the altar and the reliable ones on top.  And who wrote the Synodicon Vetus?  Well, it's anonymous, but the writer is–shall we say–not of high repute among scholars.  Not only did he tell the history of councils with details described nowhere else in the historical record, but he even outlined entire synods and councils that apparently never existed.  That's right:  in what was presented as the critical history of church councils, the author simply made stuff up.

And the kicker is that such was not really uncommon in centuries past.  Histories, for most of human experience, have not generally been expected to be accurate.  History was recorded to give meaning to people's place in the world, not merely to document details.  We in the modern West look at an ancient history and ask the question "Is this accurate?"  But such a question would make no sense to an ancient thinker.  An ancient thinker would look at a modern American history and ask the question "Is this meaningful?"

I once got my Grandpa and Brother flipped out over the First Council of Nicæa.  They claimed it wasn't real when I told them that the Biblical Canon was selected essentially in a committee in a fashion not too dissimilar to comic book continuity. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: snowc on February 17, 2021, 01:25:01 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 17, 2021, 01:19:47 PM
Quote from: snowc on February 17, 2021, 01:17:13 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28431.0 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28431.0)
You know everyone that this is being featured on changing one letter of thread that will be or soon to be locked.  :pan:

Being on that thread does not cause the original thread to be locked, nor is the changing one letter thread going to be locked soon (or licked, which is one key away on a keyboard). This thread might be locked soon, but being on the one letter thread has nothing to do with it.
Ok, thanks for letting me know.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 01:38:08 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 01:23:19 PM

Quote from: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 01:11:35 PM

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Wikia (which Fandom is part of) is terrible. Anybody can create a wiki about virtually anything. There is a whole wiki dedicated to "hypothetical hurricanes", for instance, where people dream up fictional storms that naturally cause epic amounts of damage to the areas they hit. Some people even pass the information off as real, which confuses people who don't know as much about hurricanes.

It used to be that you actually had to apply to get a wiki on Wikia. Now that you don't have to, it's an absolute mess.

It's nothing new.  History has been like that for centuries.

You've probably heard the assertion that the official list of books in the Christian bible was decided at the First Council of Nicæa in AD 325.  I mean, if you're familiar with the Da Vinci Code, then you should be familiar with the idea.  So the story goes, books which contradicted the bishops' (and the emperor's) beliefs were declared to be non-canonical, and those which accorded with their beliefs were declared to be canonical.  Well, I ask you, where did that assertion come from?  I'm glad you asked...

First of all, it's not from actual historical documents relating to the council itself.  No surviving agenda from the council mentions discussion about the canon of the bible.  No Christian writers of the era refer to there being a discussion about it there.  In fact, there is actual evidence that the canon of the bible was still being discussed after Nicæa.  So where does the historical trail lead?  Keep reading...

In the 18th Century, Enlightenment writer Voltaire wrote in his Philosophical Dictionary that, at the Council of Nicæa, all the books of scripture were heaped upon an altar, and those that fell to the ground were rejected from the canon.  This is, of course, laughable on its face:  do we really imagine that's how the bishops and emperor conducted business at their councils?  But, wait!  Voltaire didn't get the idea from thin air.

Before Voltaire, one must turn to about the turn of the 10th Century, specifically to a Greek document called the Synodicon Vetus.  This document was a history of Christian councils and synods and states that, at the Council of Nicæa, they piled up the books of Scripture and prayed that the spurious ones would be found underneath the altar and the reliable ones on top.  And who wrote the Synodicon Vetus?  Well, it's anonymous, but the writer is–shall we say–not of high repute among scholars.  Not only did he tell the history of councils with details described nowhere else in the historical record, but he even outlined entire synods and councils that apparently never existed.  That's right:  in what was presented as the critical history of church councils, the author simply made stuff up.

And the kicker is that such was not really uncommon in centuries past.  Histories, for most of human experience, have not generally been expected to be accurate.  History was recorded to give meaning to people's place in the world, not merely to document details.  We in the modern West look at an ancient history and ask the question "Is this accurate?"  But such a question would make no sense to an ancient thinker.  An ancient thinker would look at a modern American history and ask the question "Is this meaningful?"

I once got my Grandpa and Brother flipped out over the First Council of Nicæa.  They claimed it wasn't real when I told them that the Biblical Canon was selected essentially in a committee in a fashion not too dissimilar to comic book continuity. 

My point is that it wasn't.  No "real" historical documents imply that it was.  The notion that it did comes from pseudo-history not too dissimilar to the schlock on Wikia.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 01:47:08 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 01:38:08 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 01:23:19 PM

Quote from: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 01:11:35 PM

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Wikia (which Fandom is part of) is terrible. Anybody can create a wiki about virtually anything. There is a whole wiki dedicated to "hypothetical hurricanes", for instance, where people dream up fictional storms that naturally cause epic amounts of damage to the areas they hit. Some people even pass the information off as real, which confuses people who don't know as much about hurricanes.

It used to be that you actually had to apply to get a wiki on Wikia. Now that you don't have to, it's an absolute mess.

It's nothing new.  History has been like that for centuries.

You've probably heard the assertion that the official list of books in the Christian bible was decided at the First Council of Nicæa in AD 325.  I mean, if you're familiar with the Da Vinci Code, then you should be familiar with the idea.  So the story goes, books which contradicted the bishops' (and the emperor's) beliefs were declared to be non-canonical, and those which accorded with their beliefs were declared to be canonical.  Well, I ask you, where did that assertion come from?  I'm glad you asked...

First of all, it's not from actual historical documents relating to the council itself.  No surviving agenda from the council mentions discussion about the canon of the bible.  No Christian writers of the era refer to there being a discussion about it there.  In fact, there is actual evidence that the canon of the bible was still being discussed after Nicæa.  So where does the historical trail lead?  Keep reading...

In the 18th Century, Enlightenment writer Voltaire wrote in his Philosophical Dictionary that, at the Council of Nicæa, all the books of scripture were heaped upon an altar, and those that fell to the ground were rejected from the canon.  This is, of course, laughable on its face:  do we really imagine that's how the bishops and emperor conducted business at their councils?  But, wait!  Voltaire didn't get the idea from thin air.

Before Voltaire, one must turn to about the turn of the 10th Century, specifically to a Greek document called the Synodicon Vetus.  This document was a history of Christian councils and synods and states that, at the Council of Nicæa, they piled up the books of Scripture and prayed that the spurious ones would be found underneath the altar and the reliable ones on top.  And who wrote the Synodicon Vetus?  Well, it's anonymous, but the writer is–shall we say–not of high repute among scholars.  Not only did he tell the history of councils with details described nowhere else in the historical record, but he even outlined entire synods and councils that apparently never existed.  That's right:  in what was presented as the critical history of church councils, the author simply made stuff up.

And the kicker is that such was not really uncommon in centuries past.  Histories, for most of human experience, have not generally been expected to be accurate.  History was recorded to give meaning to people's place in the world, not merely to document details.  We in the modern West look at an ancient history and ask the question "Is this accurate?"  But such a question would make no sense to an ancient thinker.  An ancient thinker would look at a modern American history and ask the question "Is this meaningful?"

I once got my Grandpa and Brother flipped out over the First Council of Nicæa.  They claimed it wasn't real when I told them that the Biblical Canon was selected essentially in a committee in a fashion not too dissimilar to comic book continuity. 

My point is that it wasn't.  No "real" historical documents imply that it was.  The notion that it did comes from pseudo-history not too dissimilar to the schlock on Wikia.

I caught that regarding your post, I was trying to piggyback on how easy it is to twist a narrative with what could be considered likely early fandom.  For context they were both very forceful in their opinions about things Biblical Canon, one might say very much to an annoying degree with alcohol involved..  Considering I was 17 at the time I wanted to see what would happen if I threw a wrench into their arguments.  What transpired wasn't too dissimilar to what one would expect out a debate regarding the Canon of the Marvel comics. 

Off the topic of fan fiction for a second; the real fun with my Grandpa was tricking him into watching Planet of the Apes when he was drinking.  He was all into that movie until the twist ending which had a narrative he didn't agree with. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 01:52:06 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 01:47:08 PM
I caught that regarding your post, I was trying to piggyback on how easy it is to twist a narrative with what could be considered likely early fandom.  For context they were both very forceful in their opinions about things Biblical Canon, one might say very much to an annoying degree with alcohol involved..  Considering I was 17 at the time I wanted to see what would happen if I threw a wrench into their arguments.  What transpired wasn't too dissimilar to what one would expect out a debate regarding the Canon of the Marvel comics. 

Now the real fun with my Grandpa was tricking him into watching Planet of the Apes when he was drinking.  He was all into that movie until the twist ending which had a narrative he didn't agree with. 

Oh my.  You poked the bear, in other words.

Speaking of your other point...  Have you ever watched this video?  Your comment makes me think you must have.  But maybe not, so...

Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 01:55:05 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 01:52:06 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 01:47:08 PM
I caught that regarding your post, I was trying to piggyback on how easy it is to twist a narrative with what could be considered likely early fandom.  For context they were both very forceful in their opinions about things Biblical Canon, one might say very much to an annoying degree with alcohol involved..  Considering I was 17 at the time I wanted to see what would happen if I threw a wrench into their arguments.  What transpired wasn't too dissimilar to what one would expect out a debate regarding the Canon of the Marvel comics. 

Now the real fun with my Grandpa was tricking him into watching Planet of the Apes when he was drinking.  He was all into that movie until the twist ending which had a narrative he didn't agree with. 

Oh my.  You poked the bear, in other words.

Speaking of your other point...  Have you ever watched this video?  Your comment makes me think you must have.  But maybe not, so...


Yes, much to my Dad's dismay. 

I believe so, doesn't talk about scenes in Star Wars that were probably directly inspired by Biblical Canon?  It's hard not to see what seems to be obvious influences in the movie lore. 
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 02:03:47 PM
No, it explains the development of the biblical canon by way of Star Wars analogy.
Title: Re: Bad joke
Post by: Max Rockatansky on February 17, 2021, 02:06:00 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 02:03:47 PM
No, it explains the development of the biblical canon by way of Star Wars analogy.

Ah, then that's a new one for me.  Might be interesting to give a listen when I'm heading home tonight.