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the whole "religion" is interesting to me and it sure is funny to make fun of it but I've never met one. I personally know a Jew, Muslim, Christian AND an Athiest but never met a follower of Xenu. my only experience with the religion was reading about it, laughing at it and getting "smoked" (made to do PT until you puke) in bootcamp because I asked why I couldn't put it on my dog tag.
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Recruiters on the street in LA, but never like an actual person who was some kind of part of my life I saw Dianetics on my sad uncles bookshelf once, but I don't think he ever actually joined.
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May 22, 2015 01:39
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i dont think scientologists are really supposed to interact much with non-scientologists
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May 22, 2015 01:39
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TEAYCHES posted:i dont think scientologists are really supposed to interact much with non-scientologists this is the answer op
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May 22, 2015 01:41
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TEAYCHES posted:i dont think scientologists are really supposed to interact much with non-scientologists Then how are they supposed to recruit ?
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May 22, 2015 01:42
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It's basically a real estate holding company with shaky tax exempt status at this point. There are few members.
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May 22, 2015 01:47
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No but I know a guy who would definitely be the type to get recruited. He's way into pyramid schemes and "manifesting" things and he does a ton of ketamine and is generally a hugely impressionable fucktard. I loving hate him.
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May 22, 2015 01:51
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i worked for three scientologists at a pizzeria, one guy was pretty normal but the other two (his wife's brothers) were weird as gently caress. one was a retired cop who was super stoked about his burgeoning acting career of being a cop extra on :doinkdoink: and would send anti-psychiatric pamphlets out with delivery orders for residents of the nearby psych hospital. his brother was a giant terrifying toddler who constantly smashed plates and berated us by screaming "don't be three feet behind your head!" i miss that job every day
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May 22, 2015 01:59
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Gatekeeper posted:i worked for three scientologists at a pizzeria, one guy was pretty normal but the other two (his wife's brothers) were weird as gently caress. one was a retired cop who was super stoked about his burgeoning acting career of being a cop extra on :doinkdoink: and would send anti-psychiatric pamphlets out with delivery orders for residents of the nearby psych hospital. his brother was a giant terrifying toddler who constantly smashed plates and berated us by screaming "don't be three feet behind your head!" lol yikes
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May 22, 2015 02:00
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they once tried this "food for the body, food for the mind" promotion: large pie, 2 liter, dozen garlic knots, copy of dianetics for $19.99 but it scared off enough people for them to end it in under a week lol
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May 22, 2015 02:04
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mdm posted:lol yikes lol it was funny as gently caress, he used to just give handfuls of the pamphlets to the drivers when they were leaving for a delivery to the hospital but he found out the drivers were tossing them in the dumpster before they left so he insisted on taking every delivery to the hospital himself hahaha just passin out pamphlets about getting raped by your psychiatrist to all these people in gowns as he walked down the hallway of a psychiatric hospital to bring some guy his chicken parm
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May 22, 2015 02:08
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yeah if you live near or in LA you see 'em everywhere. The LA County Fair has free "Personality" tests they do with their E-meters.
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May 22, 2015 02:09
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i had dinner with a friend and his scientologist dad and stepmom. and i took a tour of a scientologist church out of sheer baffling curiosity and talked to some people there. they all seemed pretty normal OP though there was one guy at the church who i guess hung out there who was like "let me ask you some questions ..." in a kind of paranoid-type kind of way.
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May 22, 2015 02:10
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Gatekeeper posted:lol it was funny as gently caress, he used to just give handfuls of the pamphlets to the drivers when they were leaving for a delivery to the hospital but he found out the drivers were tossing them in the dumpster before they left so he insisted on taking every delivery to the hospital himself hahaha just passin out pamphlets about getting raped by your psychiatrist to all these people in gowns as he walked down the hallway of a psychiatric hospital to bring some guy his chicken parm Giving delusional people pamplets like that is a victim's attorney's wet dream, did he have any lawyer friends? I hope this was a scheme
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May 22, 2015 02:11
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Tell us more about your military experience, OP. 
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May 22, 2015 02:11
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one time i was fishing on a boat and a whale hit and capsized it i thought all was lost... just clinging to the wreckage, when the fog set in. but then suddenly a brilliant white ship sliced through the fog ... it was the SEA ORG. they pulled me on board and saved my life. and i'll always thank l. ron hubbard for saving my life that day.
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May 22, 2015 02:14
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oh yeah and there is a museum out here that shows you the terrors of "psychologyyyyyy" and it shows people getting electroshocked and stuff and only at the end does it mention anything about Scientology.
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May 22, 2015 02:14
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There's no such thing as a good scientologist. There is just varying degrees of bad. Send them all to the ovens and skip the gas.
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May 22, 2015 02:28
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Bro Nerd Alpha posted:Then how are they supposed to recruit ? When Tom Cruise hooks up with guys online
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May 22, 2015 02:38
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Bro Nerd Alpha posted:Then how are they supposed to recruit ? While they recruit a bit on the street with e-meter measurements or whatever, they mostly target one type of person: rich and stupid. Hence the celebrities. That sorta comes off that I think all celebrities are stupid, which isn't true, but there's a large amount of rich and stupid in those ranks. Then they have parties hosted by their rich stupid celebs and then they have spokespeople show up and try to convert the partygoers that's mostly how it's done enjoy!
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May 22, 2015 02:45
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Yeap, I sold some PC gear to one. A ginger who looked like verminous scum from captain planet but wearing a badly fitting suit and tie. No invoice, cash only no records and wanted a discount, gently caress you.
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May 22, 2015 02:49
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They used to be all over the place trying to recruit people in Houston until they got run out of Texas.
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May 22, 2015 02:51
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Helpimscared posted:When Tom Cruise hooks up with guys online That's how they snared John Travolta.
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May 22, 2015 02:54
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I've seen those guys those guys that try to put flyers in your hand when you're on an escalator but I'm not grabbing poo poo from some weirdo so i just look them in the eye until I pass.
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May 22, 2015 03:01
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Somehow I lived thirty minutes from Clearwater for more than half my life and never knowingly met one (probably because I never went anywhere but the beach). Apparently they pay good money for contract work, though.
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May 22, 2015 03:10
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there was a church or something literally right next door to the le fun arcade on guadalupe st ("the drag") next to UT Austin they'd send a couple of little kids in there every so often to pass out their dianetics pamphlets but inevitably they got distracted by star wars: the arcade game, spawn, and street fighter 3 alpha i assume that the advent of online gaming and the death of the arcade probably killed that little strategy
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May 22, 2015 03:13
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meet one? i am one. AMA.
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May 22, 2015 03:17
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Iron Prince posted:meet one? i am one. AMA. how many 8 year olds do you think you could take in a fight?
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I ran into an old friend from middle school, and learned that he's now a scientologist. He's not rich or famous, so I guess he got roped-in by the crazies on the street, with the personality tests. I used to think he was a smart and cynical type of dude who wouldn't fall for that kind of bullshit, but I guess he's actually dumb or was brainwashed by Xenu's space rays. Or maybe Tom Cruise sexy time is what got him hooked.
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