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First Speaker

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12. Just remember a quote from the late Robert Anton Wilson...

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 11:33 AM

Oct 2019

"...the final secret of the Illuminate is that you don't know you're a member until it's too late to get out." Let me tell you something, from personal experience of the weird days of the 1970s--this is a lot less funny than it appears...

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I got an email this morning asking me to join the Illuminati. I feel so special... [View all] Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 OP

:) Just opening it may make you...virtually immortal. Hortensis Oct 2019 #1

Wonder if you get some cool MontanaMama Oct 2019 #2

Probably says: I joined the illuminati and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #4

Good for you! Newest Reality Oct 2019 #3

No double-dipping! brooklynite Oct 2019 #5

Wow! I can only imagine how much fun you will have pledging.... FM123 Oct 2019 #6

The fee's only $35 on Amazon JHB Oct 2019 #7

I have the real deal MagickMuffin Oct 2019 #9

Be careful of fake Illuminattis, gab13by13 Oct 2019 #8

You should write back and tell them that you are already a member. GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #10

that is devious and mean...I like it. Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #11

Just remember a quote from the late Robert Anton Wilson... First Speaker Oct 2019 #12

The less funny or threatening part is not the illuminati, it the conspiracy theorists who believe it Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #13