Subj : Re: Kill 'em all; let god sort 'em out
To   : Nacho Catorce
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Oct 08 2021 07:22:00

-=> Nacho Catorce wrote to All <=-

 NC> KILL 'EM ALL.  LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT.

 NC> I always wondered who would wear a shirt like this, and what it meant,
 NC> to be the sort of person that would choose this, of all sentiments, to
 NC> express to passing strangers.

Wasn't that a Vietnam-era saying?

 NC> I have a life-long neurosis, especially about clothes: I don't display
 NC> messages.  I don't care that you know that, for example, My Parents
 NC> Went To Sierra Leone And All I Got Was This Stupid Tee Shirt, or that
 NC> I'd visited the Hard Rock Cafe or that I saw Metallica on tour.

That's why I wear plain polo shirts and black v-neck Ts without logos. :)


 NC> These sorts of things start conversations, and if there is anything I
 NC> am never up for it is a spontaneous conversation with a stranger.  I
 NC> have brooding, daydreaming, and staring blankly at the suburban
 NC> spectacle to do.

 NC> And what kind of conversation do you have with a person who says Kill
 NC> 'em All, Let God Sort 'em Out anyway?

 NC> There's nothing worse than when the rebels are bigger gigglemuppets
 NC> than the suits.

The teenage BBS "anarchists" living in their parents converted basements 
always gave me a laugh.

 NC> Christians who fear and loathe the occult, by avoiding it entirely, can
 NC> be forgiven for understanding what a deep well it can be.  It's more
 NC> than hocus-pocus and more like deviant psychology.

I'm amazed at the self-supporting fallacies of cults. I received 
scientology magazines for several years from a past resident and pored over 
them -- the constant drive to rally people to better themselves at great 
expense and to revel in the people who'd "ascended the ladder" (or whatever 
they called it) was consistent to a T.

The technique of building your own vocabulary so people can't refute your 
claims was another interesting technique.

 NC> LaVey, the Satanist, cautions practitioners to always credit magic(k)
 NC> after a ritual.  It is sort of like the way the Powers That Be in the
 NC> United States want people to keep repeating "We can't rely on Social
 NC> Security" when we get old.  This is more a Jedi mind trick than it is a
 NC> statement of fact.  The more people believe it won't exist for them,
 NC> the easier it will be to abolish it.

I spent a lot of time in San Francisco and had dinner 2 tables over from 
LaVey once. Quite a presence. I did like the sort of "chaotic neutral" 
feeling that I got from the church - their outlook on world events always 
felt pragmatic rather than based on some dogma.

 NC> An incel dweeb undertakes an occult working, and by random chance a
 NC> thing he expressed an intention for shows up, well, now he's a
 NC> magician.  Now he carries himself differently.  He's got something
 NC> other than his weeb anime shit and video games on his side.

Sounds like someone who read "The Secret" and follows the Law of Attraction. 
I read the book and had a very LoA moment while reading it, but that could 
also be a function of mindset - keeping your mind open to opportunities. The 
mindset didn't create the opportunity, but if you're head's in the sand you 
won't *see* it.


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