Major Softie wrote:Yeah, Stuffistry sounds like a philosophy, and no one takes those guys seriously. If you want respect (and donations), you have to form a religion.
Forming the religion would be easy enough. Getting donations from your 'flock' well, that could be a bit difficult. I don't quite know how to go about it, but somehow including 'free' sex in the equation would go a long way to making the religion successful. Just make sure the supplier of the free sex is good looking.
Oh, and make sure that those monetary contributions exceed some minimum requirement. It wouldn't exactly be 'free' sex any longer but that shouldn't be a show stopper since it is, after all, an 'offering'.
Sort of a 'church-with-'benefits'. There was a time when I would have joined such a church.
Ken
Who said anything about money? I figured the offering plate at a Stuffism service would receive Stuff.
Your idea about there being some sort of thoughtful and caring reward for the donation could still apply, but establishing the minimum donation level might become a bit more complicated for Stuff.
Religions are created by humans in response to fear. (Trumpism is a good example here). In one of the Terry Pratchett books there is an established religion devoted to the God of Stuck Drawers, complete with churches and corrupt priests. People who are troubled by the fear of drawers that jam and don't allow access to the stuff within will pray to the god and support the priests by paying a tithe and so on. To my mind this is a far more worthwhile religion than most. It is also pretty clever, since if one pays the tithe and prays to the god but still encounters a stuck drawer they will naturally assume that it is not the fault of the god or priest but their own shortcoming in some way.
The thing about stuff is that there is more than one fear involved. There is the fear of not having enough stuff. There is the fear of having too much stuff and not enough room to store it. And of course, as with any religious cult, ex-Stuffists would need support groups to help those who have left the religion and are coming to grips with excommunication issues.
Not sure where I'm going with this but there are surely some viable opportunities to make money and have sex with attractive people and, importantly, get more stuff.
Charlie
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Airbear wrote:Religions are created by humans in response to fear. (Trumpism is a good example here). In one of the Terry Pratchett books there is an established religion devoted to the God of Stuck Drawers, complete with churches and corrupt priests. People who are troubled by the fear of drawers that jam and don't allow access to the stuff within will pray to the god and support the priests by paying a tithe and so on. To my mind this is a far more worthwhile religion than most. It is also pretty clever, since if one pays the tithe and prays to the god but still encounters a stuck drawer they will naturally assume that it is not the fault of the god or priest but their own shortcoming in some way.
The thing about stuff is that there is more than one fear involved. There is the fear of not having enough stuff. There is the fear of having too much stuff and not enough room to store it. And of course, as with any religious cult, ex-Stuffists would need support groups to help those who have left the religion and are coming to grips with excommunication issues.
Not sure where I'm going with this but there are surely some viable opportunities to make money and have sex with attractive people and, importantly, get more stuff.
+1 I couldn't have said it that well myself. Plus, as a collector of stuff myself I can attest to your keen observations. I shudder to imagine myself as reduced to having only stuff enough to occupy the trunk of a Camry.
Changing subjects I need to add that sometimes stuff isn't enough. A person also needs backups to his favorite stuff for a full worry free and satisfying life.
Ken
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