Pioneer is such an empty title these days. You don’t get special prices on the magazines and you don’t get the special food tickets for the convention. The only time it really becomes an issue is when elders decide to “take away the privilege”, sometimes for petty reasons, leaving fragile egos bruised and feelings hurt. What is the point of being a pioneer nowadays?
slimboyfat
JoinedPosts by slimboyfat
-
11
Pioneer hour requirement returns
by FFGhost inso, just posted on jw.borg:.
as of march 2023, the hour requirement for pioneers, which was suspended during the pandemic, will once again be enforced.. elders will review the activity of all pioneers in june 2023. if it appears that any do not have a “practical schedule” (aren’t getting at least close to 70 hours per month”), elders are to “kindly and frankly discuss their circumstances”.. what’s that sound that seems like a torpedo plane diving on its target?
that’s the sound of the number of regular pioneers in complete free fall .
-
-
-
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
-
-
slimboyfat
Although he has lost a lot of patrons his decline began from a very high base. He’s got more patrons than some famous YouTubers such as Cosmic Skeptic. I think he benefitted from targeting a niche where people are strongly invested in the subject emotionally. He also gained a lot of patrons during the pandemic probably in part due to his non stop livestreams that became regular viewing for isolated/lonely exJWs.
I wonder how many patrons would keep sending him money each month even if he stopped making videos altogether. Maybe he is wondering the same thing! If he’s lucky he might keep around 100 hardcore patrons while doing absolutely nothing. Perhaps some of them are too rich to notice the money going out, or they have lost their marbles, have been institutionalised - but I’m struggling to come up with excuses why anyone would remain a patron.
-
4
Door to door preaching back?
by usualusername1 ina friend told me that this week a jw knocked on her door.
.
is house to house back now?.
-
-
slimboyfat
Yes
-
26
Scottish National Party + Nazis
by BoogerMan inhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/scottish_national_party - "however, others in the party were explicitly pro-nazi.
hugh macdiarmid, who stood as an snp candidate in 1945, believed that the nazis were "less dangerous than our own government" and wrote a poem about the london blitz that included the line "i hardly care".
arthur donaldson, who went on to lead the party between 1961 and 1969, believed a nazi invasion would benefit scotland: "the government would leave the country and england's position would be absolutely hopeless, as poverty and famine would be their only reward for declaring war on germany.
-
-
slimboyfat
Sigh...it fluctuates like this all the time and will do so after the Supreme Court "bounce".
Support for independence has risen steadily from 23% to 52% over the past 10 years. You are in denial.
-
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
-
-
slimboyfat
Simon has removed posts that reveal people’s identity or private information. I don’t think he is in the habit of removing posts because people regret comments they made. It would be time consuming and tedious. Just be more circumspect about what you post.
-
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
-
-
slimboyfat
Whether he changes his life for the better or not is his own affair. We can wish him well if we are so inclined. But there is no need for him to continue making ex-JW videos. There are others who can do it without the baggage and without the kind of damage he has done to others. He is not only surplus to requirement, but he is likely to cause harm if he insists on being involved with the next inquiry or commission because of his background. He can seek to change his life while doing something else. If he had any regard for others he would step aside instead of doing further damage. All those times he threatened ‘walking away from his activism’ ring pretty hollow now that he is clinging onto it for dear life, out of pure ego and self interest, and to hell with others if it harms them in the process.
-
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
-
-
slimboyfat
When the guy is openly calling for people to send him $50 a month to join his exclusive “governing hotty”, mirroring the group he claims to oppose, comparisons are probably warranted in this case.
-
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
-
-
slimboyfat
I suspect, even when LE gets down to like 100 patrons, he’ll still be doing it, because it’s free money practically, so from his point of view, as long as people are still willing to send him money, why not take it? He’ll probably scale back his effort but still take the money, his idea of keeping it “sustainable”.
I only pay for one one channel on YouTube and that mythvision because I think Derek does very good interviews, he’s respectful to the scholars he interviews, and I like him. I don’t share his beliefs but I have respect for his approach. I am sorry he had a break with Dr Bob Price a few months ago, but I think that was more Dr Price’s fault than Derek. Plus I think Derek has made efforts to patch it up. 👍
I have also made one off donations to Novara media on YouTube because I think they have the best news analysis on YouTube. But those are the only cases I have paid YouTube creators. Nothing JW related.
-
26
Scottish National Party + Nazis
by BoogerMan inhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/scottish_national_party - "however, others in the party were explicitly pro-nazi.
hugh macdiarmid, who stood as an snp candidate in 1945, believed that the nazis were "less dangerous than our own government" and wrote a poem about the london blitz that included the line "i hardly care".
arthur donaldson, who went on to lead the party between 1961 and 1969, believed a nazi invasion would benefit scotland: "the government would leave the country and england's position would be absolutely hopeless, as poverty and famine would be their only reward for declaring war on germany.
-
-
slimboyfat
56% now support independence. How much longer can unionists keep holding back democracy?
https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/support-for-scottish-independence-up-to-56-percent/
-
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
-
-
slimboyfat
He’s a blagger par excellence, that’s why. It doesn’t speak well of the Remini show, or the commission in London for that matter, that he was accepted as a relevant person to include. But it happens. Our last prime minister in the UK was wholly unqualified and reportedly got into position purely by blagging - and the PM before that too, arguably. It’s reminiscent of the now famous tirade about “talentless people” in power by the disaffected Tory MP Charles Walker at the height to the Liz Truss fiasco.