Demonym

originally posted by The Latin Liquidator:
at the ocular equivalent of gunpoint, to drink a glass of something called Aalto PS.
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My most sincere sympathies, LL. You were served this blind?

Mark Lipton
 
We were patients once. But now we've found there is no help, and, in our impatience, have become disorderly and are hence disorderlies. Seems fairly straightforward to me.
 
disorderlies carries an unfortunate air of trusties or Nurse Ratched to me. Maybe a little of the poor guy getting coffee at the vending machine in T2.
 
Patients, especially Therapy patients, are usually tended by orderlies. While it may be true that the inmates are running this particular Asylum, I don't think that's enough to make us into disorderlies.

I'd prefer something that indicates our ability to control this disorder (...using whatever exotic/impaired meaning you prefer for "control"). In that light, macho pedants isn't so bad.

Wranglers?

Perhaps my thoughts are becoming disorderly and need to be refreshed....
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

I'd prefer something that indicates our ability to control this disorder (...using whatever exotic/impaired meaning you prefer for "control"). In that light, macho pedants isn't so bad.

Wranglers?
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Jeff, your take sounds positively Zoroastrian. So how about Mazdaists?

Mark Lipton
 
Well, I had to toddle off to read the Wikipedia entry on Zoroastrianism.

That done, I think we might call ourselves Yazata who are "...a league of lesser principles, each "Worthy of Worship" and each again a hypostasis of a moral or physical aspect of wine."

Or thereabouts.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
disorderlies carries an unfortunate air of trusties or Nurse Ratched to me. Maybe a little of the poor guy getting coffee at the vending machine in T2.
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This is what
 
If we go the Zarath-ushtrian path of the old camels (please, let us not use the Greek, folk-etymological word "Zoroastrian"), I would prefer to use Haomaists - a name derived from a psychotropic plant somehow seems appropriate.

-O
 
On any other board I've ever frequented, everyone would just each be using his own favorite term, and one or two would eventually win out. Y'all are so cute, all arguing it out and all, and without even bringing Robert's Rules to bear.
 
originally posted by Otto Nieminen:
If we go the Zarath-ushtrian path of the old camels (please, let us not use the Greek, folk-etymological word "Zoroastrian"), I would prefer to use Haomaists - a name derived from a psychotropic plant somehow seems appropriate.

-O
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When penning that, I nearly did call the religion Zarathustrian, but now reading your transliteration, I realize that even that version would have fallen short of the mark. Perhaps someone should contact Strauss's ghost, too? I'm all for the psychotropic plants, BTW. Haomaist works for me!

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Susannah:
I mean, the social contract of it allOn any other board I've ever frequented, everyone would just each be using his own favorite term, and one or two would eventually win out. Y'all are so cute, all arguing it out and all, and without even bringing Robert's Rules to bear.
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Oh, everyone is already using their favorite term though I doubt that any will ever win out. Arguing terminology is just a bonus!
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Erisian?
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Good one!

Mark Lipton
Hail Eris!
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The nice thing about it is that it combines not only the Illuminatus! reference but also one to E.E. 'Doc' Smith putting us in equivalent position to the Arisians, the wise benevolent ancient race of aliens who seek to guide the younger worlds to appreciate better styles of wine and oppose the forces of spoofulation. Or something like that.
 
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