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I first learned about the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico from a charming little doorstopper called The Illuminatus! Trilogy. It was certai
by User23 7y ago
I first learned about the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico from a charming little doorstopper called The Illuminatus! Trilogy. It was certainly an influential work for me as a young man. It goes to show that reality is far weirder and cooler than commonly thought.
- ggm 7y agoFnord
- MrEldritch 7y ago(I want you to know that I'm not downvoting you because this is a bad post, but rather, because I think this being greyed out would add excellently to the joke)
- ggm 7y agoIt would almost have been worth making a temporary account in the name of John Dillinger for the first post.
- Rediscover 7y agoThis. Also on the front page is Bucky Fuller. And the KLF was mentioned in the Katy Perry/Dark Horse comments. Now all we need is Stewart Brand(1) and John Cunningham Lilly(2). Both are heroes of mine. (1) Whole Earth Catalog / Co-Evolution Quarterly/Whole Earth Review (and the delicious Gossip columns). (2) Programming and Meta-Programming in the Human Bio-Computer (and the prescient intro in later editions about the work having a curious history on par with...x...destroyer of young brains, mind and fetuses).
- Absor 7y agoI first learned about him from The Sandman comic book series, it is a nice take on the real story.
- aggerdom 7y agoFirst heard about him at a cheap drinks place named after him in the Tenderloins. Interesting dude.
- mieseratte 7y agoYou may find the movie 23[0] of interest. [0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_(film)