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nochiquinn · 5 years

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campaign 2 episode 95: travelerdong

[insulin fund]

I was making corndogs, is that matthew lillard

now I can shoplift critrole merch from hot topic

lbr aren't all teenagers secretly monsters

haxxors

"gave it....purpose?"

I love them? I don't TOTALLY trust the ginger fey but I love them

sdjfs MAMA'S BOY

travis' face

tal's face

I need these two to meet up and talk shit every game

"nothing happens for a reason, it's absolute FUCKING chaos"

"no theater" CACKLING

JESTER

taliesin is very slowly dying

taliesin is having flashbacks to his own ascension

NOTT TOPIC

I love when the flask is so bad they have to interrupt the narrative to address it

"I feel like you throw people in the deep end" "if you want to drown them"

"hey THE TRAVELER come look at THIS DICK I'M PUTTING on this TREE"

fjord: are those my bones

megamind vibes

PRESENTATION~~!!

jester

"that doesn't look comfortable"

artagan doesn't like the theater bc no one's allowed to be more dramatic than him

ashley's face

"I just wanna TOUCH HIM"

"to what do we owe this visitation?" "desperation"

you just squished yourself in a tree, don't start trying to impress them

jester. jester warlock.

that would actually be really sad, don't do that

jester coming down the mountain with the stone tablets

"you need a story"

laura's FACE

"they're inventing SeaOrg"

CHAOS CREW

....that's a very molly philosophy

"they're still scrubbing paint off that temple"

youngest child caduceus clay

"we are in control of ourselves" press x to doubt

man now I really wanna know what the conversation between artagan and melora was like w/cad's ressurection

oh no, the tiny lonely child given power in return for faith

that's peak cult recruitment

matt

okay but the faith healing would actually be legit

bards. you want bards.

d'aww cad

saM

beau don't laugh that's mean

"ppft, they think you have ANSWERS"

marisha's eyeshadow looks like she forgot to seal her makeup this morning and it just migrated all day

cad ilu

"has he ever told you to set fires"

he's done that already, it's boring now

cultitunity

cad: pls hijack. pls take us in the opposite direction.

sdfskjsdDSLFJ

"what's this? what's THIS?"

okay before Tal did THAT, I was thinking of something like fairy rings? random small circles of mushrooms? small natural doors (like in tree roots and stuff): traveler doors.

"I'm in a mood"

it throws spores, sex pollen fic

"we're on the RIGHT TRACK? because the trees are made of BONES?"

sam and laura with the quiet princess bride reference

cad has gene wilder willy wonka vibes and I dislike it

when do we get the caterpillar with the hookah

"I have one job on this team. *pokes the thing*"

[tma voice] HIVE

jester can have little a fire. as a treat.

welcome to the jungle, we got bugs and graves

fjord stop encouraging people to touch things

"please don't turn us into clickers"

"frumpkin takes chances, I like that"

stay in the family kill circle

schaaaaaadenfreude

[joel voice] clickers

packtics

beauly weapon

I have not been paying attention, all I know rn is Starship Troopers

rip jessie gnc

I genuinely hate capeleb. liam thinks he's hilarious and really it's just annoying.

I love yasha

"I don't know if I've learned that lesson." "I know."

traveler attire

cad? caduceus???

"that was too ominous, fuck that"

caduceus keeping m9 in line by being spooky

hey no

hey fuck that

HEY FUCK THAT

#critical role #crititag #spoilers #liveblog #reaction post

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aaronexplainsitall · 5 years

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I'm sorry but you are dishonest. You love pop music, there is no way you prefer FL to Walls. You project negative things onto Louis as an excuse to distance yourself. Think of what a mindfuck he's lived and is living and quit lying that you didn't love some of the tracks on Walls.

So is your argument here that I secretly enjoy Walls more than I’m saying because it’s pop music? Or because I feel sorry for Louis? Or that I don’t feel sorry enough for Louis and that’s why I don’t enjoy it? Or I do enjoy it because I don’t feel sorry enough for him? Just trying to pull together a coherent thought from your message, but I suspect that might be a futile endeavour.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the official party line was that Walls was an indie album? Or a britpop album? Or the second coming True and Authentic Rock Music? That’s the narrative I’ve seen pushed all over the place for the past two weeks. But now it’s pop and so I should enjoy it more because of its genre?

I’m not genre loyal, I love and ardently defend pop music but I also enjoy rock, indie, singer-songwriter, rnb, hip-hop, country, dance. I have said a hundred times before that the only standard by which I judge music is whether it makes me feel something, whether it moves me. Fine Line moves me more than Walls does.

Look, I’m not going to insult an artist by pretending to enjoy their music more than I actually do because I feel empathy for what they may or may not have gone through in their life.

And lastly, I don’t need to project anything to distance myself from an artist who doesn’t know me and to whom I owe absolutely nothing. You freaks seem to think that I entered into some sort of cult when I became a fan of One Direction and that because I don’t enjoy the music of all the different members equally, I should be pushed overboard the SeaOrg or whatever. Get a fucking grip, yeah? None of it is at all that deep.

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alightwhendarknessfell · 5 years

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Scientology also has a shit ton of fake social media accounts available to their celebrity or higher profile members. Meaning also business owners. If you look at NeverTakeItOff it is basically a near dead Instagram account yet will jump a few hundred followers in a day and then lose several hundred in a day during a purge even though it averages just 10 comments per post and less than 1000 likes. That’s also what is up with Juliet’s account and the echo chamber in her comments some are SeaOrg.

That’s not surprising at all, I’m sure they want to ‘boost’ her and Andy’s fame because that will get them more money.

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gemstarb · 5 months

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INCOMM: Using the Computer in Scientology | Show & Tell | CULT OF SCIENT...

#INCOMM: Using the Computer in Scientology

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thepapermixtape · 6 years

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Waiting for Tom: A Weird and Disturbing Close-ish Encounter with Scientology

By: Jenna Welsh

Ironically, I did not enter the “Psychiatry: Industry of Death” museum to learn about the harm that the psychiatric industry does to humanity at large, even though that is all I was left with upon leaving. You see, the sensationalized exhibits detailing the abuses of psychiatrists on the world were created by the Citizens Commission of Human Rights (or CCHR), which is owned by the Church of Scientology. Essentially, this nondescript building on Sunset Boulevard holds not only movie-quality set design and sound mixing, but also is the closest that the public can come to the elusive religion of stars such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta (which allegedly believes in aliens, ex-communicates former members, and has all the trappings of a modern day cult). But what I thought would be an eccentric brush with a religious group that has long fascinated me quickly turned into an experience that left me feeling, for lack of a better term, fucking bummed out.

As a disclaimer: I did not speak with anyone inside the museum about Scientology; this article is simply about a museum connected very closely to Scientology. If any Scientologists would like to contact and educate me about their religion, or perhaps even challenge me about my assertions I invite them to do so; I’m all about having an informed viewpoint and really want to understand both Scientology and its opposition to psychiatry.

The Church of Scientology established the Citizen’s Commission of Human Rights (CCHR) in 1969 as part of their “religious code”. It has long been a mystery to me why Scientology has always been so hostile to psychiatry in particular; it seems like a very specific application of a more general principle of preserving human rights. According to their website, “...the Scientology objection to psychiatry does not stem from any desire to deny the insane treatment. Rather, the Church objects to the mistreatment of the insane, which is psychiatry’s historical hallmark.”

As a lifelong consumer of celebrity culture I distinctly remember Cruise’s infamous attack on Brooke Shields, who came out in 2005 about her struggle with and treatment via antidepressants for postpartum depression. At the time, Cruise alleged that it was “irresponsible” for Shields to claim that antidepressants had cured Shields at all; he said “...when someone says [medication] has helped them, it is to cope, it didn’t cure anything. There is no science. There is nothing that can cure them whatsoever.” Needless to say, I understood how deeply many Scientologists felt about psychiatry, but again that wasn’t really my objective in visiting the museum. Honestly, I thought it was a Scientology trap, and I would not be able to leave without joining the SeaOrg and signing a Million Year Contract.

In any case, I walked into the CCHR Headquarters (where the museum is located) on a Tuesday afternoon with an open mind and did not immediately notice any red flags. The CCHR logo looked legitimate, while the banner for the museum looked cheesy but not enough to be invalidating. In the corner of the room was what looked like a conference room which featured the CCHR logo screen printed on the glass door, like you see in prestigious law firms. My point is, this all looked very impressive and official, not completely ridiculous like I thought it would.

I was greeted by a very kind woman who had me sign in, relinquish my backpack (and phone, as no pictures are allowed), and explain what brought me to the museum. I know that Scientology is not an incredibly transparent organization so I did not tell her I was with any sort of journalistic organization, and instead said I was a UCLA student who saw the museum from the street. I did not ask her if she was a member of Scientology because I didn’t want her to identify me as someone who was going to challenge her; in hindsight this would have been a cool opportunity to learn about her personal motivation for working at the museum (i.e. her religion?), but what can I say? I’m not great at this undercover thing.

The woman, who I will call Katie, took me to the front entrance of the museum (which I will admit was pretty dramatic, it looked like the entrance to a Disneyland ride) and explained to me that the CCHR was not against psychiatry as a profession or psychiatric treatments but simply wanted to present the reality of psychiatric abuse. I appreciated the disclaimer but later found it to be untrue; this is not an organization that supports psychiatry of any kind.

After so much fanfare and anticipation, it was finally time to enter! I was immediately greeted by shocking displays of supposedly real torture instruments and loud and intense videos about the history of psychiatry and how it has been used to essentially torture historically marginalized communities, including women. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence , was constantly mentioned throughout the museum as the “father” of psychiatry, and additionally referenced several times as a well-known sadist. The museum has several television screens, each with different documentaries that depict graphic “experiments” and “treatments,” most of which are not inaccurate. Rush did believe in bloodletting and other controversial treatments, so this part of the museum was not inaccurate.

The next part of the museum detailed how psychiatry was often used to justify racism, particularly during the Holocaust as well as in America during slavery and Jim Crow. From what I could tell from my own education about the eugenics movements, a lot of it appeared to be accurate: psychiatrists were amongst the biggest proponents of the Holocaust, and eugenics did reign supreme in America for quite some time. At this point I realized that the schtick of the museum was to equate psychiatry with historical pseudosciences, and although I am perceptive enough to recognize that as a potentially misleading tactic, it’s hard to focus when you are surrounded by pictures of Holocaust victims and tortured slaves. I literally felt sick to my stomach, so much of it was so graphic and hard to grapple with when it was presented so viscerally. The slavery and Jim Crow section in particular is staged in what is meant to look like a sort of shed (perhaps slave quarters?), which added an additional layer of nausea to the experience. When was I going to meet Tom Cruise? When were they going to show me a documentary about how to clear aliens from our bodies?

Next, there was a section about electroshock therapy which highlighted Frances Farmer, an actress who was subjected to experimental medicine and, essentially, torture in mental institutions. Most grunge fans may recognize her name from the Nirvana song “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle,” but unfortunately this museum was my first introduction to her story beyond Cobain’s reference. Farmer was rumoured to have been lobotomized, though this was never confirmed. It was also at this section that I understood the extent of the production of the museum; when I stepped closer to read about Farmer, the exhibit lit up brilliantly, revealing an operating room with electroshock equipment that buzzed menacingly. I ventured further.

As I got deeper and deeper, the assertions the museum made were more startling and, from my basic understanding of statistics and science, inaccurate. There was an entire section on school shootings and the damage that pharmaceuticals have done to the youth of America. The museum features Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold displayed prominently on the wall, along with the different medications they were both taking at the time of the shooting. There were additionally pictures of young students who took psychiatric medications and later committed suicide or attempted bodily harm. Toward the end of the museum, there was a wall featuring crimes committed by well-known psychiatrists, such as sexual abuse and embezzlement; essentially, the museum tried to claim that psychiatrists are well-known criminals and generally immoral people. I may have almost failed statistics, but even I know that correlation does not equal causation; you cannot claim that antidepressants and psychiatry make people do horrible things because they simply are correlated with those people.

One of the last sections of the museum was a wall of (mostly deceased) celebrities and the psychiatric treatment they had received; again, the museum was again making the case that they had died at the hands of psychiatry rather than by a confounding variable. And, against any rationality or better judgement, it’s pretty compelling to look up at portraits of Heath Ledger and Robin Williams and read about their lethal experiences with antidepressants and other psychiatric medications. This was another revelation I had about Scientology within the museum without even ever hearing or talking about it: the utilization of star power is a cornerstone to advancing its ideals and missions. Again, it’s hard to ignore how consumed both Scientologists and the general public are with celebrity culture when in the middle of Hollywood, staring deep into the eyes of people you feel like you know. This is why I can imagine that Scientology finds it effective to actively recruit celebrities to the religion, as we feel a sense of kinship and genuine connection to celebrities we are constantly exposed to, and that’s clearly what they were capitalizing on here.

Finally, finally, I was free. I left the museum and took a deep, relieving breath. Why the fuck did I think that was a good idea? Katie found me and asked me to fill out a survey about the museum; my hands shook as I tried to think of a fake address, because I did not want to receive anything to remind me of this horrific place.

I’m not saying that abuses in the field of psychiatry never happen or that the history of psychiatry (like American history) is not brutal and gut-wrenching. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t be concerned about big pharma and overzealous, perhaps even greedy, doctors. However, I’m wary of demonizing an entire field of medicine, which from my (anecdotal) experience really helps some people, over historical or rare cases of abuse. If anything, once I began to think rationally on my bus ride back home I realized that the museum simply made the case for more oversight for psychiatrists rather than a complete end to the entire medical practice. In fact, the farther away I got from Sunset Boulevard the more I realized how much assertions like the ones made in the museum stigmatize mental illness and its subsequent treatment. This isn’t just disappointing: it’s misleading and dangerous.

I don’t know man. I guess this is what I get going into something with preconceived notions of what I would find (i.e. celebrities and information about joining the SeaOrg)? I might have appreciated it more if I was actually a psychology major or pre-med, because I would have had the intellectual bandwidth to decide whether or not the claims were accurate or fishy. Had I known the volume of information I was about to encounter I might have entered with a notebook so that way I could more thoroughly check the veracity of each and every claim made by the museum (which I clearly was unable to do here). Not to be uncouth, but I also feel like set-designers or event producers might also be interested in visiting; it is, again, exceptionally well executed.

Mostly I walked away having learned how easily someone can be seduced into an organization that, objectively, has bad optics and potentially even does harm to its followers: well produced and highly dramatized exhibits accompanied by historically accurate and graphic examples of human suffering that would make any sane person want to prosecute every psychiatrist to ever practice. And Scientology is a religion that promises to do just that. It’s simultaneously clever and eerie as fuck, and far too much for a casual observer like myself to try and come to terms with. What I thought was going to be a trap to get me to join Scientology ended up being much more subtle and sinister; this museum is ostensibly a means of manipulation. I have a deeper understanding of Scientology having visited the museum, even though Scientology was literally not mentioned once. And I guess that’s kind of the point.

So, if you draw one thing out of this rant, let it be this: if you are looking for a fun way to brush against the Church of Scientology, engage with Scientology, or meet Tom Cruise, this isn’t it. You’re going to have to sign a Million Year Contract like everyone else.

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johnalexwood · 7 years

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Half a century promoting spiritual wellbeing through Scientology https://t.co/qJOQQSrq7s #SeaOrg

— johnalexwood (@johnalexwood) August 17, 2017

from Twitter https://twitter.com/johnalexwood August 18, 2017 at 12:09AM via IFTTT

#Scientology #JohnAlexWood

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princessnijireiki · 7 years

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…so I can’t believe I’m having to make another post about this movie but um,

y'all DO know tom cruise (and by extension the church of scientology, seaorg, etc.) got paid already whether or not anyone goes to see “the mummy,” right?

and tbh if it flops in the box office, his net worth is likely to be unaffected, since he’s a “known” box office draw in the us + overseas. what’ll happen is nobody will hire sofia boutella as a leading star again in a project as high-budget as this one; and it may also negatively impact producers securing funds for the next universal horror reboots, at worst.

you’re ofc free to do what you want… I am by no means saying you have to sit through tom cruise if you hate him or that you should ONLY watch a horror movie for sake of the lead actress. her career getting a bump is a perk, but the feature is the movie itself, yk? and everybody has hard limits. and you are not compelled to spend your money on this, nor is universal entitled to it.

but like there’s a fundamental misunderstanding that seems to be going on here, among people who (justifiably) can’t stand tom cruise’s ass, about how show business economics works.

shit rolls downhill, and the lowest ranking visible targets take financial hits first. if crap like “jack reacher” couldn’t dent tom cruise’s income or hollywood bankability, I guarantee you that if “the mummy” flops, nobody is going to point to him successfully channelling “mission impossible,” yet again, for the last 20 years, as THE reason why things fell apart.

it sucks, and it’s not fair, and I know it really sounds like sort of “do it for the good of [x]!!!” pressure right now to say that. but that’s not my goal? just that that concept, once you’re talking about the damn near unstoppable force of white men’s money in hollywood, makes that an ineffective tactic, and, like, does also negatively impact others on its way down. so don’t like forego a ticket for an abstract sense of altruism or whatever, skip out because you genuinely don’t want to watch, ykwim? bc you literally cannot hurt tom cruise that way on this project.

(really, residuals from tv licensing/syndication have more of a direct impact for actors’ bank accounts. idk what kind of licensing deals go into merchandise, but in all honesty, that’s probably an up-front pay deal, too, or it would be far too expensive for studios to manage.)

tl;dr your money goes to the studio, and they decide— like they deliberately HAND-choose— whose fault it is & who to stiff when/if they don’t break even (or turn ENOUGH of a profit), and that involves a lot of behind the scenes people who aren’t on the posters, and the performers whose names don’t roll first in the credits… the people who are by & large considered temporary or replacable from the jump.

withholding your money with a goal to hurt people rarely personally affects the rich, and literally never hits them hardest OR first.

#i cannot believe… this.#the mummy (2017)#the mummy #i understand it's not an industry a lot of ppl are familiar with but like #actors bank on desirability to book gigs & a big part of that is ''how successful was your last project''#tom cruise has a cv with literally MILLIONS of dollars in profit attributed to him & him alone under his belt #so one film that doesn't do AWESOME but in a way that's not obviously ''his fault'' isn't even like #gonna touch his salary negotiating ability let alone if he gets hired for another gig or not ykwim?#if a studio can afford him he's literally already hired… they ASK HIM to join a film. he's not auditioning & applying for work.#work comes to him… like it's an entirely different kind of wealth & job security at play.#whereas folks like sofia boutella are reading casting calls. and i'm not screaming ''injustice!!!'' or whatever #it just is what it is. that's show business.#movie tickets amount to work history points & tom cruise has a fuck jillionty of 'em & knows to stay true to his brand to keep that cashflow #word of mouth from ppl who watch a film is literally 10x more potent than not spending money #unless you fuck with distribution or sth like REALLY high stakes high def piracy.

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