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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So I'm usually pretty careful with my "nonfiction", but somehow I got suckered into opening an absolute shit heap of utter nonsense called Power vs Force. I had to make a separate goodreads category called trash just so it didn't show up on my actual "read" list. Also, I finish damn near everything and couldn't get through more than about a chapter before wanting to vomit.

It's about on par with the South Park "this is what Scientologists actually believe" segment (no clue if that was faithful), except not funny.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The southpark scientologist thing is 100% what they believe. They did a lot of research and had some "very highly levelled" people who quit the cult helping them with the research.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

They're usually pretty good about having a firm handle on whatever they're talking about, behind the absurdity. (I'm a particularly big fan of how they covered "freemium isn't free".)

I just can't assume because of their love of utter bullshit lol.