Random Rants 0x52: [Obligatory rant about title]

[hobbsyoyo]

Windows 10 rant: Sometimes my laptop has sound, sometimes it doesn't - seems to depend upon how it feels!

My laptop no longer has volume control through it's own speakers. It's either 100% or 0% and I have to adjust the volume through whatever application I'm using.

 

[Synobun]

Donning my snowflake hat but it's surprisingly annoying to see everyone fumble aimlessly in that other thread about what goes into a cult. Not offensive, necessarily, but testing.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Donning my snowflake hat but it's surprisingly annoying to see everyone fumble aimlessly in that other thread about what goes into a cult. Not offensive, necessarily, but testing.

Then give us the real facts

 

[Synobun]

Having CFCers dissect my childhood isn't super high up on my to-do list. Maybe someday.

 

[Lexicus]

For the record I find that thread premise more than a little creepy

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Having CFCers dissect my childhood isn't super high up on my to-do list. Maybe someday.

Now I feel bad for suggesting it. That was dumb on my part.

 

[Synobun]

It's not exactly something I'm overly public about. I don't think I've ever shared details about it, even IRL. Most of the time I just see people likening cults to Witnesses since they're the most public, but it's been interesting to see people I've "known" for years postulate about who ends up in cults, what cults are like, etc. Can't say for sure whether or not any of them have actual experience, but the things said seem on par with what someone might think after watching exactly one sensationalized Netflix doc about Scientology or whatever.

 

[MaryKB]

I have some relatives who are in a "micro cult" ... basically just their household and their in laws. No one leaves the house, the children are "home schooled" (meaning they're completely uneducated) I have a 19 year old cousin who's never had a friend in her life, and she's told by her parents she has autism. They have absolutely no plan for her future, except for her to live in their house. Their 13 year old son is in the same boat as his sister, except he does have autism, but he's never gotten any help. They're very vicious to anyone who questions them, even using words like "blasphemy", and they do a really good job isolating themselves.

Everything's about absolute control, especially of the children. My cousins can't even read emails or have phone calls without their parents monitoring them.

 

[Snerk]

I can see myself joining a cult..

 

[Synobun]

God I love Peep Show

 

[Takhisis]

Worship the Dragon Queen. I can promise you you can play mafia and watch movies until late and everybody gets to eat cookies.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: I got less than an hour of sleep.

Rant: I laid down to take a nap for an hour. Six hours later...

 

[Lexicus]

The Roots are playing in Newark less than a week before I go home to NJ for Thanksgiving

 

[JohannaK]

I joined a cult once. Mary offered me cookies.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I joined a cult once. Mary offered me cookies.

Rant: Apparently I'm completely forgettable.

 

[JohannaK]

I thought you were an emissary for her. I stand corrected, I am not part of a cult. I am part of two cults.

 

[AdamCrock]

I joined a cult once. Mary offered me cookies.

It is how she lure people into the dungeon !

 

[MaryKB]

People go into my dungeon because I tell them to.

 

[AdamCrock]

People go into my dungeon because I tell them to.

Yes Mistress !

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Oh. Now my closet is empty.