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Category: Weirdness
Posted on: October 11, 2008 8:11 AM, by PZ Myers
I'm here in Springfield, Missouri as a guest of the local Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and now I've suddenly found Tarvu.
What is the etiquette in such a situation? Do I have to damn my hosts, and do they have to burn me at the stake in reply?
YES! Send me a free issue of Seed.
If I like what I see, I'll receive 5 more issues (6 in all) for just $14.95. That's 50% off the cover price! If I'm not completely satisfied, I'll simply write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing. The free issue is mine to keep.
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Comments
Posted by: alex | October 11, 2008 8:22 AM
gosh, wait til Tom "Thumb" Cruise sees this. with that sort of marketing, i imagine he'd be a Tarvu convert in like, eight hours.
Posted by: NMcC | October 11, 2008 8:24 AM
Yes, and Yes.
Look on the bright side, though, you might get to burn them first.
Burnt spaghetti and steak. Doesn't sound too bad.
Posted by: The Science Pundit | October 11, 2008 8:34 AM
I love the creative spelling of shit in the subtitles.
Hebbo!
Posted by: SdHd | October 11, 2008 8:36 AM
But then there is the whole "octopus" thing...
Posted by: Sanguinity | October 11, 2008 8:43 AM
*happily browsing the Tarvupedia until the article on the holy octopus* Oh, no! Tarvuists aren't allowed to eat octopus!
Well, that's off then. I'm staying with the FSM, where I can have all the calamari I want.
Posted by: PlaydoPlato | October 11, 2008 8:47 AM
Uh-Oh, a challenge to the FSM. Let the holy wars begin.
"Umfitty noonah" (Be nice)
Posted by: wazza | October 11, 2008 8:49 AM
Presumably they're allowed to eat squid, the anti-octopus.
no?
Posted by: Dave | October 11, 2008 8:50 AM
Hebbo!
It's totally easy to join, and arguably easier to say than Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Posted by: wildcardjack | October 11, 2008 8:58 AM
Hey, if I wanted to talk to Octopus I'd just go back to Cthuluism.
Posted by: EastwoodDC | October 11, 2008 9:02 AM
And it's So Easy To Join!
Posted by: fyreflye | October 11, 2008 9:05 AM
If Tarvu smoked a groovy pipe like Our Savior J.R. "Bob" Dobbs I'd be tempted, but one joke religion per incarnation is my limit.
Posted by: Roy | October 11, 2008 9:11 AM
See y'all at Chabbernaggle!
Posted by: Bob O'H | October 11, 2008 9:13 AM
This is disturbing for me - I used to know a very fat cat called Tarvu. I'm startled to see that worship of him has spread beyond his imagination.
Posted by: Empirical Infidel | October 11, 2008 9:20 AM
They're playing with fire! Followers of FSM and Tarvu in the same building? Fake holy war is bound to insue.
Posted by: Matt7895 | October 11, 2008 9:23 AM
That vid wasn't funny, it was annoying.
Posted by: Shane Killian | October 11, 2008 9:31 AM
I believe the traditional Pastafarian response involves whips, leather, and consenting adults.
Posted by: Shane Killian | October 11, 2008 9:33 AM
(In fact, now that I think about it, MOST Pastafarian traditions involve whips, leather, and consenting adults...)
Posted by: Father Nature | October 11, 2008 9:36 AM
Finally! A religion that makes sense. Thank you Tarvu.
Posted by: Capital Dan | October 11, 2008 9:36 AM
But, Matt, it's SO easy to join.
Hebbo!
Posted by: Capital Dan | October 11, 2008 9:45 AM
Wait. You don't think that octopus thing is some sort of plea to PZ to give their religion instant legitimacy, do you?
No-no... Tarvu wouldn't do that to us.
Posted by: IasonOuabache | October 11, 2008 9:48 AM
It was so easy to join.. their forums!!!
Posted by: Tim Fuller | October 11, 2008 9:51 AM
Pandering to PZ?? Say it ain't so! Of course he doesn't know how to act. He much more use to the slandering than the pandering.
Not being an expert on FSM advertising, and not saying this is the greatest spoof I've ever seen, but I don't recall as ambitious an effort from the church of FSM?
By the fruits of their videos shall ye know them.
Enjoy.
Posted by: Jayhox | October 11, 2008 9:53 AM
I found it very difficult to join.
Posted by: Eamon Knight | October 11, 2008 10:00 AM
....one joke religion per incarnation is my limit.
Me too. And I used up that quota on Christian fundamentalism, back in my youth....
Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | October 11, 2008 10:58 AM
Their octopus god? Why, it can't be divine--
It's friendly! It's cuddly! I much prefer mine.
Posted by: kevin | October 11, 2008 11:06 AM
Nobody realizes that this is a hilarious (and accurate!) parody of those "infomercials" for Scientology.
Posted by: rrt | October 11, 2008 11:13 AM
Did anybody notice how the one guy who shows up at around 1:52 has that...um..."Sunnydale look?"
Posted by: Sauceress | October 11, 2008 11:25 AM
Well PZ! I hope you fancy flat-chested strippers with VD. Also give some thought to a half mile walk to your nearest designated flat-beer volcano for all eternity!
Posted by: Optimus Primate | October 11, 2008 11:43 AM
#28, rrt,
I noticed that guy, too! He did look quite "grr... argh' didn't he?
Posted by: Zeno | October 11, 2008 12:26 PM
Sure, maybe it's easy to join, but ... if you're not careful saying "Hebbo", it could come out as
heb-bōōōōōōōōōōōōōō
which I think automatically signs you up for Tinky-Winkyism (or Tellytubbytarianism). That's easy to join, too! And then you'd be a worshipper of the Sun Baby.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | October 11, 2008 12:37 PM
Great, it's only 10:34 AM (MDT) and already the Pastafarians are trolling us with Sauceress's Wager.
Regarding Tarvu, that video was noticeably silent on how Tarvuism is gonna get me laid.
(I think. Perhaps if I learn to give great Hebbo...)
Posted by: Sphere Coupler | October 11, 2008 3:55 PM
ive been looking for this my whole life.i hope its easy to join. does anybody know if its easy to join?damn i hope its easy to join.
Posted by: scooter | October 11, 2008 4:43 PM
Pffffft, more false Prophets like that ridiculous Flying Spaghetti Monster.
What sort of religion is this? They don't even ask for money.
Just a bunch of stoopid Normals and pinkBoys with a video camera.
There is only ONE of many true religion(tm) videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt9MP70ODNw
Slack off now or burn to cinders when the saucers of Planet X destroy the Earth next July 5th at 7 am.
A religion so powerful it bilked Penn Gillette out of 20 bucks.
Praise BoB
saint of sales
the one true slackmaster
http://www.subgenius.com
Posted by: Artoo45 | October 11, 2008 4:44 PM
I'm still laughing/crying from tarvu's prayer. Man I needed that. A nearly perfect parody . . . or is it? Hebbo.
Posted by: Calvin | October 11, 2008 5:36 PM
My college girlfriend went to school in Springfield, MO. I'll never forget the first time I drove into that town to visit her; in retrospect I probably should have seen it as a bad omen: I turned on the radio to look for some NPR and had to go through about four different Jesus talk radio stations before finding it. And there were three or four more Jesus talk/music stations higher up the dial! How can one little city support so much Jeebus? I heard a rumor that it has the highest per capita concentration of churches and restaurants anywhere in the country.
Posted by: Sili | October 11, 2008 5:45 PM
Buona estente.
I see you've found the religion coooked up by Rowley Birkin Q.C..
Of course, he was very very drunk.
Posted by: Sweet Emulsion | October 11, 2008 5:58 PM
THANK YOU, POE'S LAW!!!!!!
Posted by: The Blind Watchmaker | October 11, 2008 8:29 PM
FSM vs Tarvu? No contest.
And Pirates are way cooler than Octapi (except during Red Wing Hockey playoffs!)
Posted by: Luftritter | October 11, 2008 8:34 PM
I'm still laughing at the name! How could they invent a name that sounded so much like Xenu!
Posted by: Kevin | October 12, 2008 12:10 AM
I don't think its that easy to join.
"Posted by: Dave | October 11, 2008 8:50 AM
Hebbo! It's totally easy to join, and arguably easier to say than Flying Spaghetti Monster."
you have to say the whole prayer to join. That's a lot harder than going Grr! Aye Cap'tn! Hoy me Maties!
And why would your holy day be a Tuesday? Fridays off is much better. My Pastafarian Faith is still strong.
Posted by: Kevin | October 12, 2008 12:19 AM
PZ, know that the FSM gave us the No Set Number of Not Commandments, Suggestions.
http://www.venganza.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2563
and that Pastafarians are always kind and gentle and would never think of burning you at a stake. The very idea!
If you damn them they, most likely, laugh and offer you more beer. or they could ask you politely to leave. I bet if you say you're sorry you could stay.
Ramen
Posted by: Sphere Coupler | October 12, 2008 1:34 AM
I'm in! ...but it's not what I thought it would be,tarvu doesn't answer all your questions...they just tell you that you needn't ask them any more,that questions are irrelevent. Sooooo I joined back in...well it was 3:55 on 10-11-08. After many years of membership someone asked me why I joined and I coundn't answer so I quit.
tarvu couldn't answer why the universe was expanding, or does pi=3 on the edge of an expanding universe,or am I a solipist too? Does peak oil really mean peak stupidity,will sphere coupling controll the fate of us all,will dark matter warp the standard particle physics model,Are their more than 3 families of quarks,Can I go back and erase my tarvu years,what do I do with all these tarvu idols.