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 Capitalism teaches you to see people as exploitable resources so you use them instead of teaming up. 
 It never ended.  But we need to know when it began.  This MIGHT be the key to understanding The Memory Wars, the Earth-Mars switch, and what happened to Skippy DeVega.

Or maybe "Bob" was drunk.

OR ALL OF IT

https://www.subgenius.com/

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 Regret has a way of creating itself. 
 "Bob" Dobbs has been rizzed by Livvy. 
 Cynicism and Hope are lovers. 
 If you wish to eliminate royalty, you must first give up the desire to be royalty. 
 People are leaving organized religion!

It's time for DISORGANIZED RELIGION.

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/06/organized-religion-decline-agnostic-atheist-nonreligious 
 nostr:npub1psdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9js499sr7 Historically only the super... 
 @4b816d9c @0c1a9324 honestly think you're onto something.  Anyone can find a group or tech to reinforce their own bullshit. 
 Does anyone else ever get a really specific type of anxiety, where you struggle to sleep because ... 
 @664d1a86 it sounds like general fear of putting down defenses but latching on to a specific things.

So it's not unusual.  Just a specific manifestation of general fear. 
 We tried to pitch a #SubGenius show to Netflix, but I don't think they liked the title we suggested.

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 Always remember the Church of the SubGenius is NOT for Capitalism, but Free Enterprise.

Plus it lets people call us everything from Commies to Anarchists, sowing further confusion among the Pinks . . . 
 Man.  I realized by end of month I'll be putting together the 3rd Xenofact Xine.  I'll have been at this for 3/4 of a year.

Gotta say this blogging/zine fusion really speaks to me.

Also you can grab them at these addresses (free PDFs!)

https://ko-fi.com/xenofact/shop

https://xenofact.itch.io/ 
 It took me two migrations to get a mailing list working for a SubGenius writing project.

I sacrificed a lot of slack for that.  Man, some things are too complicated or the wrong form. 
 @e6b63eb5 ask the Virgin Mary about this. 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm It is a multidisciplinary p... 
 @3840abd4 I can agree with that actually.  "Economic Sociology" as it were.

I wonder if considering "The Economy" as some identifiable, studiable, distinct entity is a cultural/political distortion. 
 Calling economics “The Dismal Science” gives it too much credit by calling it a “science.” 
 A reminder that as a SubGenius you can belong to multiple political parties but we ALL should belong to the Patriopsychotic Anarchomaterialist Party! 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm I'll never forget  that tim... 
 @dc8df6a0 yeah, but at least you only made one! 
 Many of your mistakes will surprise you, which is a good thing!  Do you want to keep making the same ones? 
 No one preaches morality more fervently than a person looking to place blame. 
 Thoughts on meditation, cycles, and who we are.  "I Am A Whirling Thing."

https://www.xenofact.com/2023/10/02/i-am-a-whirling-thing/ 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm just when i think i'm outta... 
 @23cd523a Light up . . . 
 Are you a SubGenius?  Want to pretend to be?  Then get the Dobbstown mirror and support our efforts.  Or support us to UNDERMINE US FROM WITHIN.

It's cheap!

https://www.patreon.com/dobbstown 
 “I just  want to be left alone” is often invoked by people who want to escape the repercussions of not leaving people alone. 
 I think I've come up with a look I wanna try to create.

An atomic astronaut cowboy. 

The 1950s ... 
 Being contrarian is the opposite of thinking. 
 By the way, I cannot confirm or deny that "Bob" ever dated Elvira or Dolly Parton. 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm Just do it.  I did it decad... 
 @3840abd4 You're probably right! 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm
The sooner the better! Ther... 
 @fabe9b53 Apprecidated.  May "Bob" bless you. 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm I wouldn't want to be the a... 
 @706554ec 

"In the highest antiquity, the people did not know that there were rulers.
In the next age they loved them and praised them.
In the next they feared them. 
In the next they despised them." 
 Most “anti-authoritarians” are just “anti-me-not-being-the-authority.” 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm That is one well written go... 
 @fa614c21 I think of you as one of you! 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm can I just work two solid d... 
 @6ebf1391 sounds good to me! 
 Talk of a 4 day workweek seems outrageously low to some.

I invite you to, simply, look at your job and ask how much extraneous bullshit, poor processes, crap software, and time-wasting bureaucracy you do.

A lot of our job isn't our job. 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm For real tho. 
 @664d1a86 like this has been me some of THIS WEEK. 
 Tonight I made simple food (a stir-fry) and discussed such things with a fellow #subgenius 

We forget simple in an age of complicated pseudo-food, fads, and more.  Put sometimes meatlof or some tofu and vegetables is heavenly. 
 Sincerity isn’t the same as honesty and is assuredly not the same thing as accuracy. 
 Won't lie, I miss putting these up with the old crew.  

Any of you ever put up #SubGeniuses  Defense Posters?

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 Folks, ASK DOCTOR HAL IS ON RIGHT NOW.  Join us!  https://www.twitch.tv/askdrhal 
 Just because something is an innovation doesn't mean it's a good idea. 
 Hahaha wow, ogham is giving me super clear readings.  Anyone else have a divination system that t... 
 @02f1c88c I Ching here. 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm just wait until the harpsic... 
 @6ebf1391 really have a grip on the musical performance? 
 nostr:npub1zw07an5apjqtclvlkwkme3p9wphhx0kv233ntpu6rx7hwgdqfpes59uljm Casey Kasem: and now, a lon... 
 @6ebf1391 I can hear it. 
 @9aecbbd9 Hell yes.  Let's have SLACK. 
 This week is Bisexual Awareness week. That means all Bisexuals have to roll your stealth checks a... 
 @cc7e5218 bisexuality should spend a stress point to get another die. 
 "Boebert Handjob" would be a good album name 
 When I was a young left leaning guy they told me I’d become more conservative as i got older. 3... 
 @7c093a28 in my 50's people now argue I'm either an anarchist or a socialist, so yeah, I'm not more "conservative." 
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 @f468d439 I've thought of it.  Because I know multiple people for whom this would make win 11 forbidden at their jobs. 
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 @55521d8b coins are not only a nice offering, their endurance lends a certain solidity to ritual. 
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 @9c749c75 a good reminder, thanks friend. 
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 @6ebf1391 you know we could get together for a day with one of my old laptops and practice!  Or even my old gaming box. 
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 @3840abd4 To step away from humor, I view economics as very much a synthesis.  Recognized as such its easier, but we have a habit of treating named disciplines as all the same.