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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by beep@piefed.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

cross-posted, via Offbeat News.

How the viral 'Scientology speedrun' trend got started and why young people keep doing it.

1 teen arrested during ‘Scientology speedrunning’ event that got its beginnings on social media

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[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 92 points 1 week ago

Feels like a generational rite of passage at this point to shit on Scientologists

I'm glad there's still some light in the world

[-] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 42 points 1 week ago

For real, when I started seeing these scientology speedruns I literally said to myself "I guess the kids are gonna be alright"

[-] SCmSTR 3 points 1 week ago

I wonder if it's just Christians calling the kettle black

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[-] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago

Hahahaha the kids are alright

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 week ago

Gooood gooood

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to The Associated Press that it responded to multiple incidents last month, which forced Scientology to remove all external door handles on its Hollywood Boulevard properties this week.

Lol

[-] stardreamer 16 points 1 week ago

Not to be confused with their internal door handle removal order, which was part of their "you can check out any time you'd like, but you may never leave" policy.

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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Article is shit. It says Scientology is a religion. It's not. It's a cult.

Pretty fucked it doesn't mention any of their crimes or how they've been banned by so many countries for these crimes.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Maybe one day someone will get me to understand the difference between religion and cult.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Religions are mainstream, cults aren't.

[-] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

You see, in a cult there's a guy at the top who knows it's all bullshit. In a religion that guy died ages ago and scholars aren't sure if he existed to begin with.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe one day someone will get me to understand the difference between religion and cult.

Cult: a small unpopular religion.

Religion: a large popular cult.

 

Or, if you prefer:

"the only difference between a religion and a cult is the amount of real estate they own"

-Frank Zappa

Though that kinda falls apart in the Scientologist's case. They have acquired a lot of real estate since Zappa first made that statement.

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[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

All religions are cults. The only difference is how many people practice it and thus gain favor in society.

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[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I love this trend so much.

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[-] mausoleum@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I'm glad they aren't wasting their time on low hanging fruit while the global order spirals into chaos or anything...

[-] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 63 points 1 week ago

Yeah those god damn lazy Canadian teens, why aren't they stopping fascism in America, or ending the war in Ukraine. All these lazy damn kids are doing these days is... Checks notes ... Taking direct and effective action against the world's largest cult, know for being extremely litigious and violent to detractors.

By the time I was there age I was already.... Playing baseball

[-] IronBird@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

largest cult

thought that was catholicism?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

It is, but most people are stil squeamish about admitting that it's a cult.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Tom Cruise, seen here packing fudge.

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[-] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Can we speed run Trump's bedroom while he's vulnerably asleep?

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[-] mausoleum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yep, exactly

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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

And what the fuck are you doing, asshole? Sitting here on Lemmy with your thumb up your dick?

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[-] Slashme@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

And by your logic, nobody should help out at animal shelters while there is still child slavery and hunger in the world.

Not only the top priority thing needs doing. If someone gets attested for urinating in public, it's not a good arguement to say "shouldn't you be out catching murderers?"

[-] brem@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I'm glad they are~~n't~~ wasting ~~their~~ time on ~~low hanging fruit while the global order spirals into~~ chaos ~~or anything~~...

[-] OppressedBread@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

the only tiktok trend I support

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago

Participants film themselves "speedrunning" through the building, or aiming to complete a task as fast as possible per the common video game slang. The task is to map out Scientology's buildings and get as much information as they can about the inner workings of the organization

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