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I don't get the connection to daoism. This just seems like a set of super context-sensitive worldviews set in a certain style.

• jmfldn 3y ago
  It's written in a set of Tao Te Ching-style aphorisms for humorous effect. That's the connection I guess!
  • diogenes4 3y ago
    It would come off as a lot more meaningful if it didn't try to pass itself off as a religious text the author clearly didn't value.
    • kinghajj 3y ago
      This is passing itself off as a religious text as much as The Book of Eli passes itself off as a gospel. That is, not at all.
    • krior 3y ago
      What makes you think the author did not value the text?
• bowsamic 3y ago
  There was a period in hacker history when hackers thought they were reviving some kind of ancient zen and dao traditions, but in a very light and not really very appreciative way
• omoikane 3y ago
  The rest of the text might be parody of Taoist texts, but the opening is a Kung Fu (1972) reference: When you can snatch the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhenYouSnatchThePebble https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhenYouSnatchThe... I don't think the Tao Te Ching or Zhuangzi has the pebble quote.