This ism, that ism

meursault
meursault Posts: 1,433
edited January 2017 in The cake stop
List your sympathies and any other traits. You don't have to justify or explain any, if you don't want to.

List may or may not help

http://phrontistery.info/isms.html



I'll get things started

Marxist
Buddhist
Existentialist
Absurdist
Ignostic
Agnostic
Stoic
Guitarist
Artist
Cyclist
Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

Voltaire

Comments

  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    would you mind justifying or explaining why so many on your list are not isms
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,851
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    would you mind justifying or explaining why so many on your list are not isms
    Pedantism? :wink:
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    would you mind justifying or explaining why so many on your list are not isms
    Pedantism? :wink:

    Touche, chapeau sir!
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    would you mind justifying or explaining why so many on your list are not isms

    Of course.

    If I am a sympathiser of Marxism, I am a Marxist.
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,851
    meursault wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    would you mind justifying or explaining why so many on your list are not isms
    Pedantism? :wink:

    Touche, chapeau sir!
    What's the ism for being unable to resist a cheap shot? Bitofatosserism? I'm definitely guilty of that :oops:
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    meursault wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    would you mind justifying or explaining why so many on your list are not isms

    Of course.

    If I am a sympathiser of Marxism, I am a Marxist.


    As a literalist I value literalism so am struggling with Cyclist/Artist/Guitarist
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    meursault wrote:
    Surrey Commuter wrote:
    would you mind justifying or explaining why so many on your list are not isms

    Of course.

    If I am a sympathiser of Marxism, I am a Marxist.


    As a literalist I value literalism so am struggling with Cyclist/Artist/Guitarist

    It depends.

    No explicit rules were stated to the nature of the sympathies, and is three out of ten so many?
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Botulism?
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Been accused by some, well at least one, on here of sexism, racism and IIRC fascism.
    Does that count?
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,673
    Ballysmate wrote:
    Been accused by some, well at least one, on here of sexism, racism and IIRC fascism.
    Does that count?
    You missed out mysoginism. And probably a few others.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Ballysmate wrote:
    Been accused by some, well at least one, on here of sexism, racism and IIRC fascism.
    Does that count?
    You missed out mysoginism. And probably a few others.

    I didn't want to brag.
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Thread reminds me of the great John Walters handing over to Tommy Vance on Radio 1 one Saturday afternoon many many yonks ago, and he'd been going about how ists were generally negative and -billy [rocakbilly, hillbilly etc] were generally seen as fun so he signed off with "that's it from today's Walters Weeklyabilly, here's Tommy Vancist".

    Toryism
    Nepotism
    Cronyism
    Orgism.
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    CiB wrote:
    Thread reminds me of the great John Walters handing over to Tommy Vance on Radio 1 one Saturday afternoon many many yonks ago, and he'd been going about how ists were generally negative and -billy [rocakbilly, hillbilly etc] were generally seen as fun so he signed off with "that's it from today's Walters Weeklyabilly, here's Tommy Vancist".

    Toryism
    Nepotism
    Cronyism
    Orgism.

    Impressed!

    Eleven posts before this delightful sounding poster, adhered to the spirit of the thing.
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Jingoism - quite big post Pre Brexit

    Sectarianism - starting to take hold both pre and post brexit

    Totalitarianism - what we will soon end up with post brexit with an unopposed Tory Govt.
  • type:epyt
    type:epyt Posts: 766
    A predeliction for the tenth letter of the alphabet?
    Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it.
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    meursault wrote:
    If I am a sympathiser of Marxism, I am a Marxist.


    I think I get the jist .. although on this thread it means I like jism ? :shock:
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    fat daddy wrote:
    meursault wrote:
    If I am a sympathiser of Marxism, I am a Marxist.


    I think I get the jist .. although on this thread it means I like jism ? :shock:

    Jistism
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Is an organist into organisms
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    meursault wrote:
    Jistism

    I suppose that's better than a Jismist
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,827
    Solipsism.

    As in, how many solipsists does it take to change a lightbulb? Just one - he holds the bulb in place and the whole world revolves around him.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    I'd like to be a euphemist, but I'm ideologically challenged.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Capt Slog wrote:
    I'd like to be a euphemist, but I'm ideologically challenged.

    That's my joke. I'll do you for plagiarism




    See what I did there?
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    In years to come. I hope my prime concern isn't rheumatism.
  • clickrumble
    clickrumble Posts: 304
    I suffer from onanism, is that spelt right, sorry can't quite see the keyboard.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    fetishism and eroticism - until I'm too old.
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    Clickrumble wrote:
    I suffer from onanism, is that spelt right, sorry can't quite see the keyboard.

    Spelt correctly and typed well with one hand :mrgreen:


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,827
    Ballysmate wrote:
    fetishism and eroticism - until I'm too old.

    And suffering with rheumatism.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,827
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Clickrumble wrote:
    I suffer from onanism, is that spelt right, sorry can't quite see the keyboard.

    Spelt correctly and typed well with one hand :mrgreen:

    Watch out for stray jism on that keyboard.
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    The latter would almost certainly be a schism.
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    Epicureanism?
    Hedonism?
    Ecrasez l’infame

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