I'm thinking about getting my first tattoo, something on my wrist/forearm that says "you're being very undude" to remind me to CHILL. May balance it out later with "nothing is fucked here, dude" on the other side.

Probably something simple in one of the title fonts from the film, but since it'd be my first one, maybe I don't stop there?

Would love some input/feedback.

I don't really want faces or anything, and I'm not a golfer, so no pins or balls, etc.

Thoughts? TIA!

Hi my lovely dudes My question is simple, how do you become a chill person? a person that takes life no serously, and with patience?

it seems so difficult when there is domo problems over there

thank you dudes

Its been a long day and I.......

I’m pretty new to Reddit and don’t know if we can use links easily.

Here is a piece on the origins of the word Dude. Please note that a Cohen started the most relevant research.

https://www.boldsky.com/insync/dude-that-s-an-insult-know-the-untold-story-behind-the-cool-word/gallery-cl3-158447.html

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Yes, yes, you've watched Lebowski, I've watched Lebowski, but I'm wondering - can I get a shout out from all those little achievers who remember seeing the first toilet-diving theatrical release together with like 6 other guys in an empty movie theatre?

I went to see it in high school (well, in the UK, so it was secondary school) with my best friend who was into weird shit just as badly as me. We both left in a kind of trance state. We obsessed over TBL for ages despite not having a fucking clue what the movie was blathering about.

So it really feels trippy watching TBL now as a greying cowboy with little Lebowskis of my own in a world that has officially gone crazy.

Well, I'm rambling. Can't worry about that shit. Heck, I was still dialling manually up until 2020.

How are you Dudes takin' her easy today?

How's it goin' Dudes,

I finally got ordained, and I've got a question:

How'd you explain Dudeism to your relatives? There's a lotta ins, a lotta outs, and a lotta what-have-yous to Dudeism, and I'd like to make sure that I don't roll out naked.

I told my Mom about my ordination, and naturally, my family wants to know what the fuck I'm blathering about. Well, we're going to talk on Thursday, and while I've been running through the advice given in the Dudeist Priest's Handbook, I'd like to hear from more experienced, wiser than myself Dudeists about explaining Dudeism.

Thankie Dudes!

Hey, fellow Dudeists. I am searching for a good Sarsaparilla, unfortunately, it is not available in Germany, but after some research, the internet told me, it can be compared to root beer ... What is your opinion or experience?

I'm catching up on Dudeist Lit 101 and in The Tao of the Dude, he tantalizingly mentions the book titles on in the other Lebowski's library / study / lair.

Not the Dude's coffee table books. You, the other Lebowski? The millionaire?

Anyhow, I don't have the high definition version of the film.

Can anyone supply the book titles? Help a brother Shamus out?

https://youtu.be/1tEoRfG9klQ?si=J36DfSCWV5ikwMkn

Figured we could all use a tune to brighten the day.

Dude day to you all.

I’ve been thinking a lot about my relationship with the world. We (the royal we, you know, the editorial—) tend to get bogged down in so much stuff. There’s a lot of strands to keep in your head, a lot of ins, a lot of outs, but you can’t worry about that shit. Life goes on.

I’m not American. I’m Canadian way out west, so a lot of stuff that happened the other day down there will have ripples up here big time. This affects all of us. I’m talking tariffs and culture war shit, to use the parlance of our times.

I lost my train of thought. But what I’m trying to say is that it’s okay to shut off. It’s okay to sit in your bath and listen to the whale sounds in your private residence, man. Light some candles and do a j if you’re so inclined.

And maybe look at the bullshit in your life and cut it out. Delete Facebook or Instagram or X (to use the parlance of our times), even Reddit. Or go through those platforms and look at every thing you follow and ask yourself if it’s making you happy.

Look, being an informed citizen… shit, there’s so much fucked up shit going on. Our buddies and complete strangers and so many young men and women before their time, are being taken from us. Maybe not in our lord’s infinite wisdom, maybe through recklessness and hate and division and not simply abiding.

And look, you gotta draw a line in the sand sometimes. Across this line you do not— also, dude, you gotta know when to wave the fuckin’ gun around and when to take it easy, man.

Our Dude’s a man of conviction, man. When he thinks Bunny’s life might be forfeit, he gets depressed. Walter says he’s being very undude right now, but he isn’t. Walter, sooner or later, is gonna have to face the fact he’s a goddamned moron. El Duderino (7 paragraphs in, I’m not into the whole brevity thing) knows when something is worth standing up for and when it isn’t.

I’m blathering.

What I’m trying to say is that maybe you aren’t happy with whatever happened the other night. And it’s gonna have repercussions for at least years. We’re gonna be watching this unfold, and it’ll be as every bit as stupefying as any other story, probably moreso. I don’t want to downplay that.

But you gotta look after yourself and your loved ones and you always gotta stand up for what’s right. And getting completely unhinged and waving a fucking gun around, well, look, doomscrolling and arguing with strangers online isn’t something a calm person does, doesn’t change anyone’s mind, and makes you look like an asshole. It doesn’t make you feel better and it’ll just make you feel worse.

Go through your social media and cut the shit out that just makes you feel worse. X’s “For You” and even Reddit’s are designed to piss you off. If something out there triggers you, man, mute it or block it. Revisit it in a few days or weeks or months or years. You’re under no obligation to know everything that’s happening and you’re under no obligation to be fucking miserable.

Maybe the whole world’s gone crazy. Maybe you’re the only one who gives a shit about the rules. But the only one who rules over you is you.

You cannot drag this negative energy into the rest of your life.

You can’t worry about that shit. Life goes on. And pretty soon a new bit of shit will drop into your lap. Or maybe it won’t. And life goes on.

Ok, Tomorrow will just be the ninth, but it is Dudeist St. Marty's Day, therefore, I'll spend this day hanging out with some friends, having some burgers,beers and a few laughs.

When the whole world's gone crazy, and the bar... well, the bar eats you, what's a Dude to turn to to keep his, her, their, or... what have you... mind limber?

Thai stick, oat sodas, sure, but maybe those ain't so legal or healthy for you right now, Dude?

So, what? Soak in the tub 24/7 or listen to Creedence on repeat?

Ain't there some other simple plan?

Yes! The Dude Way that really ties the cosmos together has you covered!

Here are some ringers you can throw out that spring to my mind, but you Dudes can add your own in the comments.

Big lists of pleasurable stuff from living Dude Marsha Linehan's Dialectical (yin-yang!) Therapy

https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/supplemental/Treatment-for-Postdisaster-Distress/Handout-21.pdf

https://eymtherapy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pleasant-events-list.pdf

https://dbtselfhelp.com/pleasant-activities/

https://caps.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Big-List-of-Pleasurable-Activities.pdf

https://drgollino.ca/pdf/Pleasant%20Activities%20List%20-%20Pandemic%20Edition.pdf

https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DBT-Forms-Distress-Tolerance-T3-1.pdf

https://dcyf.worldpossible.org/rachel/modules/en-dcyf_content/content/dbt/dbt_skills_manual_for_adolescants_rathus_miller/emotion_regulation/ado_er10_-_pleasant_activities_list.pdf

Bonus: taoist-style pleasure meditations (free in the app through November, Dude!)

https://mindgasm.net/

So, the god damn plane has crashed into the mountain? Nothing is fucked here, man. The situation is normal: all fucked up. What makes now different than before? We have had shitty elections, shitty presidents, shitty life and times. And you know what? Fuck it. The Dude will abide and take 'er easy.

I'm currently re-reading my Abide Guide. I started before the election to find my inner peace, my rug if you will. I have never posted here before, but I've followed for years. As a proud Ordaned Dudest Priest and graduate of Abide University with a BS in Ministry Science and a BS in Abidance Counseling, I regard the tao of the Dude as the highest form of Zen, and calm. Just the beginning strains of Tumbling Tumbleweeds is enough to remind me to chill, that nothing truly is fucked, and why use so many cuss words? The fuck am I talking about anyway?

Walter said "Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos." Ugh. Regardless of who runs this country, we as dudes are the dudes for our time. Exemplify the Dude ways in this time of ours. Let's be Dude, remind ourselves to simply tumble through. Maybe a little Hunter S. Thompson throughout this next 4 Gonzo years might do us good, too. I don't think it's an accident the Semiquincentinnial is coming, just as the Bicentennial was in Nixon's presidency when things were no less fucked, as they are and aren't today. We've been through worse. We've been through better. We Dudes abide, through any and all times.

I hope you all read a copy of the Abide Guide, The Dude De Ching, and/or The Dude and the Zen Master. Maybe sit down with a healthy dose of White Russians, light a J (if you're able and it's what you dig), and fuck it. Maybe go bowling. Find a friend or two who you can get through life together with. Hell, maybe someone will be inspired to start a physical meet of the dudes to bowl in each state. Wouldn't that be something?

Hunter S. Thompson once said "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." While i realize that's cathartic and antithetical to the Dude's way, but it doesn't deviate and the message is still the same. Hunter S. Thompson is the Yin to our Yang as Dudists, and maybe the Gonzo in life is directly proportional to the amount we must abide.

Point is. You see, there's a time when everyone has...ah hell. Rambled too long again.

So bowl. Drive around. Have an occasional acid flashback. We Dudes abide. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' we're out here. The Dudes. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners.

Thanks, Dudes, for coming to my dance quintet. I hope you give me notes. Cheers.

Lao-Tzu was one of the curators at the Royal Library in the state of Chu and was known as a philosopher. He advocated a deep, connective empathy between people as the means to peace and harmony and claimed that such empathy was possible through recognition of the cosmic force of the Tao which had created all things, bound all things, moved all things, and finally loosed all things back into their original state. Aligning one's self with the Tao, according to Lao-Tzu, brought one into harmony with the universe and enriched one's life; opposition to the Tao only brought frustration, unhappiness, and anger which resulted in bad behavior.

He was especially interested in converting the ruling class to his belief because the country was, at this time, in the midst of the era known as the Warring States Period (c. 481-221 BCE) during which seven states fought each other nearly constantly for supremacy and control of the Chinese government**.**

Hey, sound familiar???

Lao-Tzu - World History Encyclopedia

been a dudeist priest for 3 years now, been living the philosophy ever since I first the dude on the big screen.. the whole mentality of just take it easy applies to my life in every way,, with everyone getting busier and busier trying to follow every trend its good to know there's a group out there just like me that has the sole belief of fuck it is so reassuring...