Holy shit, glad I saw this one on a WFH day. You fucking got me.

Had this happen to me a couple of weeks ago with a coworker. Knew they were Christian for years, didn’t know the church, didn’t want to know.

They shared a video with the whole group and my autistic curiousity got the better of me when I saw the church name in the description. Wish it didn’t. Now I’m stuck wondering if my coworker did even less homework than I did picking out a place they probably give at least 10% of their income to, or if they genuinely will never see the women around them as equals. Either way I’m back to keeping to myself at work after years of wearing down my shell.

“Leftism will never take off if you never talk to open minded people!” Ok yeah, but I think my odds are way better talking to people under 40, and I’d rather not risk my job thanks. Not trying to do the “OMG I’M SOOOO QUIRKY!1!” line here but I’m such a fucking weirdo even outside of ideaology that I have no idea what part of myself will set my coworkers off and end with at least one of us getting fired.

Thanks, needed this today.

You ever get that feeling where you’re falling down a rabbit hole and your mind splats against one of the edges so hard that your curiosity ends and you pull yourself out?

Yeah well that weird church I mention the other day? Past all the nice fluff and friendly people in their lobby with free coffee willing to answer any questions you have for them, well it turns out they preach THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS. And yes, they include dictators like Hitler with the logic of “If they became leader of a country it must be part of god’s plan!” And yes, of course it’s not sinful to follow whatever orders a fascist can come up. Questioning authority would be the real sin! An amazing message I found in a Jesus wouldn’t vote shweaty, we’re all enlightened centrists here sermon. (Just let the other megachurches pour their money into politics and reap the benefits for free. The ratchet effect will do its job eventually since it’s part of god’s plan!) I’m sorry I just find it wild that this ancient brainworm is heavily burrowed into a church that is trying to appear modern and progressive. Like hating kings is the ONE THING Americans typically get right smh.

Is this the kind of shit actual leftist progressive Christians have to deal with when new people come to their congregation? I’ve seen enough, and as much as my little gremlin brain would like to ask my coworker if they know about this bonkers ass take I’m gonna end my curiosity here and go back to not socializing at work.

I need to get the out of the south.

Y’know people are asking a lot of questions that my “Our organization hates child trafficking” page already answers.

It’s so petty and I’m here for it.

Sounds sort of like the vanilla argument. Like the literal flavor vanilla, not people that burn after 10 minutes in the sun.

Basically vanilla is a strong flavor on its own, but most people have been raised since birth to view it as the boring default flavor. It doesn’t help that people usually get the cheap artificial dollar store stuff versus real vanilla right from the bean. Funny enough, now that I’ve been vegan for several years coconut has become my personal vanilla. It used to be a strong flavor I could taste in everything from sweets to vegan cheeses, but now it’s just the normal default flavor unless it’s really concentrated. Same with soy unless it’s actual tofu. It’s incredible how quickly humans can adapt to change.

Ugh, just made the mistake of learning more about someone I respected at work.

The church they’re passionate enough about to volunteer with posts all this shit about love and acceptance and then you search the website past the flowery wording and find out they view all lgbtq as sinful (Just be celibate the rest of your life, it’s your personal test! ), that women can be in leadership roles… unless they want an actual position of power in the church as an elder lmao get fucked literally and keep popping out those babies, funds an anti-choice “support” organization that puts CHOICE in the name to trick isolated pregnant women into visiting and wasting what little time they have to get an abortion, considers alcoholism and masturbation to be equally serious in their men’s group, treats 10% tithe as mandatory and peer pressures up to 20% tithe, and apparently once you get deep enough into the group they tell you that other Christians from other types of churches aren’t real Christians and to not only cut them out of your life but to also cut out anyone that leaves your congregation.

And of course they’re too cowardly to post an easy to read list on one of their main pages for all this, you really have to go out of your way and even listen to audio only pages and branch news sites / online gossip for most of this. They know how unpopular these once common stances are, honestly it’s only thing that gave me hope today. So yeah I’m glad I don’t share much about myself at work but lately it’s been getting difficult to resist the urge to stop masking altogether. Normally that’s a healthy urge, but I’ve got bills to pay.

If a leftist revolution ever succeeds in this country, reeducation for the general population will be a requirement.

I think I marathoned the one you’re talking about for a couple months just to have something in the background while I worked (they’re relatively young and from Texas).

While he usually didn’t go as far to say that eating out was preventing people from buying homes, he always loved to talk about how everyone can save money even if it means 0 treats for years at a time. As if that isn’t completely unrealistic. Oh but sure, let’s put $100 in the budget for once a month therapy, otherwise the commenters will get mad - what do you mean that’s not enough to help you cope with 50-60 hours of work??? And then when someone does come to him already scrapping at the bottom and budgeting to the max (for example, he had a single guardian on there that had to adopt younger family members due to a dysfunctional sister) he just says sorry and then gives them extremely unhelpful advice like get a third job (he ALWAYS tells people to get side gigs and second jobs and this lady already had two jobs, eventually what got me to stop watching ugh) or to look up local resources like food banks for help (she already was).

I only watched as long as I did because he had wealthy shithead libertarians and toxic masculinity guys that would buy 60k trucks and teslas. Assholes that usually made more than enough money but always had mommy and/or employees do all the work for them so they never ended up learning any of the basics themselves. But whenever someone making $50k or less a year comes on… yikes.

HEY SHITTY MOBILE GAME ADS!

Maybe I WANT the king to die painfully over and over again, ever think about that shitheads???

Next time break out the cartoon guillotine and nobles shitting themselves as they have to earn an honest living on a farm.

So… what are the odds that bird flu is the next global pandemic?

I thought there already was.

It’s already happening on Instagram. You have to opt in to any political posts now.

You did it! You fit the entirety of liberalism all in one image.

Are you proud of yourself?

I’m so disappointed in myself this morning.

My body couldn’t wait to shit at work, so now I’m wasting prep time at home doing it. 😔

Hey, you. If you’re disgusted by this but still eating animal products this free documentary might help you make the final push.

Me personally, I’m autistic with a binge eating disorder and I used to think I could never become vegetarian, much less vegan. Pretty much all my favorite cope foods used to have meat in them and some of them were just meat. This spring marks my 3 year vegan anniversary in large part because I watched Dominion and confronted the truth with genuine curiosity. I’m not going to lie to you and say it’ll be easy. It’s a big life change. Enough of a change that people will treat you differently once they know, for better and for worse. But it is easier than it used to be even just a couple years ago and as more people become vegan there are more resources available. I would personally be willing to help you if you need any advice, and I’m sure plenty of other vegans on here would answer questions as well.

(A general abuse/mass death NSFL CW for Dominion, you will not be able to unsee the footage or watch the behind the scenes footage of actors covered in fake gore making jokes like you would with a scary movie. It’s all real.)

When you find a cute new type of chain necklace only to find out its a fetish necklace.

Yeah…