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I liked it, but it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one. > You were born to parents who started your indoctrination from day on

I liked it, but it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one. > You were born to parents who started your indoctrination from day one. Separation from one's own parents is a cult mind control tactic. > Like it or not though, the cult has left noticeable marks on you. In fact, that's how we identified you. Guilt is another mind control technique. > Unlike your cult, we encourage you to feel these feelings to their fullest if at all possible. This is another tactic called disinhibition. > If these feelings ever get too much to handle, simply press the red button on the device on your wrist, and you will be relieved of these feelings for a two hour time period. Drug abuse. > Want food? Press the green button on your wrist device, and the meal of your choosing will be prepared for you. Change of diet is a mind control tactic as well. > You are also welcome to feed, pet, and generally take care of the various cats and dogs that wander the premises. They are specially trained as companion animals and are here to make you feel better and, hopefully, lift your mood. Love bombing is typically done with humans but OK. https://cultinformation.org.uk/article_cult-concerns.html https://cultinformation.org.uk/article_cult-concerns.html

castlecrasher2 4y ago
>I liked it, but it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one. I thought so, too, and was waiting for a punchline that never came.
awillen 4y ago
That seems like the whole point of this - from the perspective of the reader, you can't actually tell whether you've actually just been taken out of a cult for deprogramming or if this is a cult indoctrinating you by convincing you that you used to be in a cult.
- ispo 4y ago
  I see it, I still thing other Similarly interesting interpretations can be made. Suggestions?
ziml77 4y ago
> it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one. I'm fairly certain that's the point. Makes you think if rescuing someone from a cult isn't just switching them to a different cult that happens to be widely accepted. Once you have that thought, then it leads to thinking about what defines a cult and why deprogramming is not the same as indoctrination.

castlecrasher2 4y ago

>I liked it, but it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one. I thought so, too, and was waiting for a punchline that never came.

awillen 4y ago

That seems like the whole point of this - from the perspective of the reader, you can't actually tell whether you've actually just been taken out of a cult for deprogramming or if this is a cult indoctrinating you by convincing you that you used to be in a cult.

ispo 4y ago
I see it, I still thing other Similarly interesting interpretations can be made. Suggestions?

ziml77 4y ago

> it sounds more like initiation into a cult than deprogramming from one. I'm fairly certain that's the point. Makes you think if rescuing someone from a cult isn't just switching them to a different cult that happens to be widely accepted. Once you have that thought, then it leads to thinking about what defines a cult and why deprogramming is not the same as indoctrination.