What's everyone up to right now?

[The Valkyrie]

Hey, It's Spring here in Kiwiland. And we've had around 9 weeks of rain and miserable frigging weather.

[Jackalope]

Wow, skel!  I've never met a scientologist in real life... I would have peppered them with questions even if I had a live and let live philosophy; I'd just be super curious!

I just don't wanna know. IRL I live this fiction that I'm not surrounded by extraordinarily stupid people. There's a certain bubble of unreality that I need to maintain to keep my sanity.

[SteelCurtain]

And yet you come here, the same place where Huggy exists.

[Jackalope]

And yet you come here, the same place where Huggy exists.

This is not IRL.

You think I read a word of what he posts? Think again.

[Clueless Morgan]

Wow, skel!  I've never met a scientologist in real life... I would have peppered them with questions even if I had a live and let live philosophy; I'd just be super curious!

Be glad about that.

My uni had a group of them trying to recruit us while I was in med school.

They were trying to get members who have potential for large incomes.

I basically told them what they can do with their cult.

I recently heard a story from my mother that the (imminent) valedictorian of her school, with whom she was friends, apparently dropped out months before graduation and just disappeared, and then after a few years my mom heard from her. They got together for lunch and had a good time, and then this girl started talking about how she had joined with a group that had changed her life and tried to recruit my mom... turns out it was Scientology.

Yeah...

Go to the Lloyd Center. They have a kiosk.

I actually need to make an eye appointment and I usually go to the LensCrafters in LC but was thinking of switching to a location closer to my house... maybe I'll put that off a year and see if I can find the kiosk...

[abaris]

Wow, skel!  I've never met a scientologist in real life... I would have peppered them with questions even if I had a live and let live philosophy; I'd just be super curious!

Well, don't be curious, since they wouldn't give you a clear answer and only try to draw you into one of their bullshit seminars. Their marching orders are pretty clear. Always attack and never defend.

[Clueless Morgan]

Wow, skel!  I've never met a scientologist in real life... I would have peppered them with questions even if I had a live and let live philosophy; I'd just be super curious!

Well, don't be curious, since they wouldn't give you a clear answer and only try to draw you into one of their bullshit seminars. Their marching orders are pretty clear. Always attack and never defend.

That, in itself, would be fascinating, tho! How would they keep me on the line once I start in on the Xenu questions and asking about thetan-erupting volcanoes? Did these kiosk workers grow up in Scientology or did they join as adults? Why did they join? Are they members of the Sea Org? What OTC level have they reached? How much money have they spent on books and classes and auditing so far? Are all of LRH's books considered scripture? If so, how to they reconcile that he mainly wrote fiction? If not, why are they required to purchase them all? Will they give me a free copy of Dianetics? If not, why not? Mormons will give me a free BOM. Bibles are given away for free like they're tictacs. Why are Scientology scriptures different? How would they react if I told them I had been labeled an SP?

I don't care if they lie through their teeth to me, I want to know what those lies are and how far you have to push before they turn on you.

But I do agree that with Scientology one does need to tread carefully. You can smack-talk many religionists and all they will do to you is smugly sit back and think of themselves as more pious than you; with Scientology, there's the actual threat that they will do something about it.

[Alex K]

Right now, I'm trying to work out how to send Evie a box of hamsters.

With instructions.

Boru

As a hamster specialist, I must strongly discourage this MO

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Watching a Chinese couple at a restaurant 'quack' at each other whilst the girl slaps the guy in the face as he tries to kiss her.

Anyone want to try and explain what the fuck that's about? Oh both of them have earphones in as well, so they probably can't hear each other 'quacking'.

[ErGingerbreadMandude]

Watching a Chinese couple at a restaurant 'quack' at each other whilst the girl slaps the guy in the face as he tries to kiss her.

Anyone want to try and explain what the fuck that's about? Oh both of them have earphones in as well, so they probably can't hear each other 'quacking'.

Possibility 1: He cheated on her
Possibility 2: They are not a couple. He tried to kiss her while being friend material.

No other possibility. Nuh uh.