Posted by Alric Knebel on 01/16/49 11:53

scooter wrote:
> "Alric Knebel" <alric@[cableone.net]> wrote in message
> news:12c3d03a2bpa842@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>scooter wrote:
>>
>>I was introduced to the Church of the Subgenius from a binaries
>>newsgroup, where a woman steeped in the church, the meetings and so on,
>>had a link to it in her signature. She posted photos like everyone
>>else, but she had this signature and I followed it because she said such
>>interesting stuff. She called herself Sister Decadence. She was smart,
>>and beautiful, and she had her very own list devoted to herself, where
>>to the delight of her fans she'd post pictures of her live sex shows,
>>during which she exemplified sexual freedom. From her link, I found
>>some of the funniest stuff I'd ever seen on the internet, presented in
>>some incredibly skilled photoshop and artwork, bizarre composites that
>>verged on meaning, but to cross the line would ruin it. One of the
>>pictures proclaimed "Beautiful children for you to adopt," and it was a
>>seamless composite with two figures evoking the creatures from "They
>>Live" and something else even weirder. Another time, someone made a
>>video using one of the films from the Prelinger Collection, the one
>>about what to do on a date (if you haven't been to this site, I suggest
>>you get to it; I download a lot of stuff from it). I had seen it, so I
>>appreciated their edit even more. They had inserted a nicely actualized
>>cartoon of Bob throughout the edited film, suggesting Bob was this
>>sinister presence. I'm amazed by some of the imaginative stuff they
>>produce. And while I appreciate it, I humbly have to admit I'm not up
>>to creating it myself. I just have to stand back in awe, and appreciate
>>the fact that SOMEONE can do it, making for entertainment that competes
>>easily with some of the best stuff produced on TV.
>>
>>And just my analyzing it so gushily is against the Church principles, so
>>I can never be a real member.
>>--
>
>
> Sister Decadence still posts to alt.slack
>
> The visual artists are just a small contingency of alt.slack, like your pal
> nenslo, BTW. There's also musicians, and audio folks, but mostly it's a
> group of opinionated wise-ass jerks and misfits like you. So why don't you
> go subscribe to alt.slack so we can kill this thread.
>
> these other newsgroups in this crosspost cannot be trusted.
>
> I'l explain later.
>
> -scooter
>
> Why don't you


I did.

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