me reading this post: oh wow there’s a cult awareness network? I can’t believe no one has told me!!! I should- oh I see.
At my previous job, my path to my bus stop put me past a rather large church of Scientology. When I went for my interview with that job, I was walking back when a nice Swedish lady handed me a pamphlet. Trying to be polite, I said thank you and took it with intent of throwing it away, which is when she started talking to me, asking if I knew about dianetics or whatever, and I said no, attempting to display my polite disinterest. She started leading me over to another side of the street, talking about how it would just take a second, complimenting me and the bracelet I was wearing, and I was too scared of conflict to tell her no as she brought me to the stress test.
The stress test is where a Scientology Man hands you two tin cans connected to a thing, and it tells you if you’re stressed. I sort of joked with the man when I attempted to leave, saying oh no, I know that I’m stressed, no need haha! But he said hey let’s try! And of course, immediately, the needle shot up to high stress.
He began asking me extremely personal questions about my depression, my anxiety, about how long it’s been going on and how it impacts me, he asked about my family, my love life, and even when I said ‘that’s kind of personal’ or ‘I don’t feel comfortable answering that’ he tried to ask me in different phrasing. I gave him as short answers as I could and attempted to show that I was not interested. He then offered me a huge tome. Apparent that book would help me, it would make ALL of my mental health problems DISAPPEAR!
It’s some book by Hubbard or whatever his name is about unlocking your… waves, I don’t know, I didn’t buy it. I would see it and other books in the windows of the church, translated into every language you can imagine. He told me it was $25, and I told him I didn’t have that money
“When will you have it?”
“I’ll have to see when I get paid”
“When do you get paid?”
I folded and said next Friday
“Okay, but won’t it still be too much money then? Would you want to split the payments up? What can I do to make sure you buy this. Don’t you want help with your anxiety?”
“I don’t know. I’m sorry. I’ll just have to see.”
(I am very bad at saying no directly)
“I want to make sure, you said you’re forgetful right? Let me have your number, I’ll text you right when you get paid. Can you come here on the bus? Is it on the way for you? Will you be able to make it? What bus do you take to come home?”
Finally I shook him off, I took down his number and then immediately blocked him. I threw away the two hour long DVD he gave me for free. As I was hustling away, having wasted 30 minutes of my life, the Swedish lady asked what I thought, if I liked it, if I bought the book, when I’d be buying it, I told her ‘next week maybe’ and crossed the street.
While I worked at that job I got hounded literally every time I passed by. They offered to let me watch a free movie, asked me if I had time before I caught my bus, ‘if you miss this one you can catch the next one!’ and gave me so many pamphlets and flyers that I immediately discarded. It got so annoying that I eventually started walking an entirely different way home.
They targeted people under the guise of the Stress Test, to find people who are stressed, anxious, depressed, in need of help, and they promise them that everything will be better if they read the book, heck they’re not even concerned with how you pay for it apparently. They find people who are vulnerable. They make you talk about your stress and what makes you sad so you feel vulnerable, and that’s when they let you watch the free movie, all under the guise of help. and what’s worse is they HARD sell you on it, making it seem like they really care about you on a personal level. I’ve never met a salesperson who dug their heels in as hard as the numerous scientologists I met in so short a time.
I’m by no means an expert, but that seems pretty fucking cultish to me.
OKAY I AM WATCHING A VIDEO ABOUT FMA AND I AM SCREAMING
So you know how the main villains are all adapted of the 7 deadly sins right
And ironically it happens that all of them will follow the description of the punishments in Dante’s Inferno for each sins. (also friendly reminder Dante was the name of the villain in the first anime, I just can’t)
So, quoting the video (which is in French here) and spoiling to death :
Those who committed the sin of Pride are condemned to be constantly crushed under the weight of a rock. In FMA, Pride will end up crushed under rocks.
Those who committed the sin of Envy are condemned to have their eyes being sewed. In FMA, Envy will have his eyes being burned out multiple times.
Those who committed the sin of Wrath are condemned to have their limbs being pulled away. In FMA, Wrath lost both of his arms against Scar.
Those who committed the sin of Sloth are condemned to walk for ever without being able to stop. In FMA, Sloth spent all his life digging the tunnel.
Those who committed the sin of Greed are condemned to share the same body with people who would give everything away for others, the opposite of Greed. In FMA, Greed will then share his body with Ling, his total opposite.
Those who committed the sin of Gluttony are condemned to be bitten and eaten by Cerberus. In FMA, Gluttony will be eaten up by Pride.
Those who committed the sin of Lust are condemned to be exposed to burning winds and to go through a wall of flame to clean themselves away from their sin. In FMA, Lust is being burnt to death by Roy
As for Father, in Alchemy it was specified that if one managed to create a Homunculus, this one would never be able to leave a little bottle, which is the case of Father. Moreover, the first man to claim having created a Homunculus was named Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus Von Hohenheim.
Moreover, the one who ordered to create Father was the king of Xerxes who wanted to access Immortality. But his plan will turn out against him and Father will provoke his death. In our reality, Xerces is dead killed by one of his captain which plan was to take over his empire to divide it between his Seven Sons. The parallelism between Father and the Homunculus is then obvious, but the story doesn’t stop there, as the story tells that the Seven Sons had been killed as well by the Son of the King, who had for Mother the Queen Amestris.
Can you hear me scream on the other side of your screen on how clever this manga is
“In the manga and 2009 adaptation Van Hohenheim receives his name after being offered the name “Theophrastus Bombastus” by the Dwarf in the Flask and refusing it.”
if u ever wonder how europeans can rely on trains so much to travel thru entire countries
this is why
(312km/h is about 194mph)
? Yea is this not the same everywhere??
doesnt seem to be
Also, most areas in America don’t even HAVE passenger rail anymore
The automotive industry purposely tried to kill off trains here in America
Public transit in general if we’re being honest.
As an europeean, what the fuck america?
if you ever see something weird about america chances are it’s because some powerful industry decided to kill something that would have worked towards the public good for profit
‘ard’ is a real suffix in the english language just like ‘ly’ or ‘ify’, it just isnt common enough for us to notice its usage. ‘ard’ means ‘too much’ or ‘too easily’
so ‘mustard’ is something that is ‘too pungent’, just as ‘wizard’ is someone who is too wise, ‘coward’ is someone too easily cowed, and ‘drunkard’ is someone too often drunk
this implies that ‘bastard’ is someone who is too ‘bast’ and this needs experimentation and research
I don’t have any good images of Vaud, but I know who you’re talking about.
who? | only know their name | loathe | ugh | overrated | indifferent | dead | alive | just okay | cute | badass | my baby | hot | want to marry | favorite
