i watched that heaven’s gate thing on tlc last nite TWICE. the first time actually only caught the end of it and me and fil were bummed i had flipped past it several times thinking BORING people sitting in lawnchairs TALKING in bad outfits. then i figured it out. anyway it came on again a few hours later and i watched it all. i remember when that mass-suicide happened in 1997 i found it to be very disturbing and when things are disturbing you can’t not pay attention it is EXCITING. fil was all why was that disturbing only 6 people died i said no dude WAY more than that then he convinced me he was right then the television said it was 39.
i found it disturbing cos it is such a sad story, the family members’ side of it, i would lose my fucking mind if someone in my family joined a cult and were brainwashed and thought they would fly on a comet and “leave their vehicle” and evolve in outerspace i would probably react violently with force, which in turn would make my relative even more gung-ho to their cause. ok i tried and clearly punching you in the face doesn’t work, i don’t know what to do.
i think the bunk bed pictures and nikes is what disturbed me most, it is a mindfuck to see on tv pictures of dead bodies like that, who willingly did that to themselves and they think that it would carry them to outerspace OK. oh don’t forget the castration, yeah if i was castrated i would probably kill myself too.
that applegate guy effectively convinced 39 people that he was jesus, that jesus’ brain was in his head and his wife who died was god the father. that is some super scary shit.
We’re going to be murdered,” Marshall H Applewhite told a reporter in 1972.
“And when we are, after three and a half days, we’re going to walk out into life in the next level above human.”
right.
when i was a kid this family that lived kitty-corner to our townhouse disappeared in the middle of the nite, they left behind all of their possessions, cars, food, furniture, money, everything. we use to play with their sons, road hockey and other shit. i wonder what they’re up to now?
cults dude, serious.
