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The Ghost Painter

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Hi there! I’m the ghost painter. I paint ghosts into you posts!! (Bella. She/her)

I’m bored. For every note this post gets I’ll draw one ghost. Let see. Y’all have until the end of the month.

Give this guy some notes

Start smth that ends up giving this a million notes like a ghost hunting chain

Some actual chain

I fucked up lmfaogsgdkfdgkdit.

ruin OP's notifications, please.

no pressure but paging @how-many-letters @biblepercent

Any updates op? Was the result posted separately? Lol

Shit lmfao. I got busy as hell.

I have it. Lol. I just need to find it 😭😭😭

Don’t worry y’all I will post the results.😂😂

My hypothesis is that in like 10 years gen z is gonna have a big cult boom the way the boomers did in the 70s

It’s already happening on tik tok. There’s a fun new thing going round that’s citing common symptoms of depression and anxiety as signs you’re about to have your awakening and that you are actually an alien and the reason you don’t feel right is because you’re home sick for your own galaxy. So that’s fun.

agreed, and i don't mean this in a "haha gen z is so dumb they're gonna join a tiktok cult lmao" i mean that conditions are perfect for the formation of cults right now.

  • high unemployment and a lot of underpaying, pointless jobs = people are looking for things to do with their life, a purpose
  • skyrocketing cost of living = most young people will not be able to live on their own, meaning some will end up in a group living situation with people interested in recruiting them
  • it's a time of great cultural and political upheaval, nothing feels real, people are desperate for meaning and human connection. cults promise that
  • there is a new wave of acceptance and understanding for ways of life outside the norm, which is great! ...except for when cult leaders tell you abusive and controlling practices are just their culture, their religion, their lifestyle, their beliefs, their tradition, and if you disrespect it you are the problem
  • social media influencers have already shown us how easy it is to build a cult of personality and attract people from anywhere in the world who are interested in the exact brand you are selling
  • spirtuality is having a boom, as are things like astrology, crystals, tarot, meditation, energy... those things aren't bad on their own but they are often used as tools of cult spaces
  • wellness. i think a lot of people are already in wellness cults. you can make people do a lot of things in the name of "wellness" and a big factor of maintaining a cult is keeping members in a state of decreased cognition..... like say, with regular fasting
  • i think people are just unaware in general of how cults function, especially because the satanic panic was a big stupid false alarm that convinced the youths that dungeons and dragons or doom were gateways to cults, which are scary evil child murdering, satan-worshipping gangs. people don't know how to spot them in real life.

[ID:  Spongebob wrestling meme format. Buff Patrick labeled "predatory cult" flexes and growls in a wrestling ring at a stern, buff Spongebob labeled "my intelligence". In his corner Mr Crabs is labeled "my education". Final panel shows Patrick and whistling Spongebob walking out hand-in-hand, both labeled "rationalizing why this isn't really a cult" /ID]

(This is actually more relevant here than standalone.) 

Our popular media has tended to portray people in cults as ignorant or as losers when that’s really not how they work. Cults don’t want dead weight they have to support; they want talented, clever, energetic people they can exploit to siphon wealth and labor out of.

Some are religious, but some are political. You find yourself moving into a house full of Maoist revolutionaries because capitalism really is that awful and ecological collapse is imminent—but for some reason, the leader of the self-crit sessions is also the person everyone else in the house is in a polyamorous relationship with, and they can’t see anyone else outside of the house without her approval. Or you need a little extra money and you get told you’d be so good at selling Keto products. You’re a natural, and after you get through these first tough months, the leg under you will be developed enough you only have to work if you wanna hit bigger goals. Etc.

Loneliness, a lack of purpose, and desperation all make you susceptible to cults no matter how smart you are. In fact, your very clever brain is also extremely capable of redirecting your thoughts away from realizing you’re being exploited and abused because, after all, you’re not some idiot, are you? 

We’ve got a ton of very clever young people fully aware that they’re going to have to suffer through decisions of the selfish dead, and they’re going to crave salvation of all different kinds because the future is going to suck, and it won’t have been their fault, and they won’t be able to do anything to stop it. 

You may be thinking still “I’m not one of those WEAK MINDED FOOLS who would join a cult” let me remind you that there’s no one type of person who joins cults. But lots of people who join cults do so when their life is in some kind of crisis and they are extremely vulnerable, seeking a place to belong or escape.

Right now, I have a place to belong and I’m happy and I am hyper vigilant about high control environments and I probably wouldn’t join a cult…but if I had recently lost my job? My partner passed away? If a handful of my friends who function as family left Texas? If my house burned down? If I began struggling with addiction? If I became very ill? Who knows what I would do if just the wrong kind of predatory group bumped into my life at just the wrong time?

All cults start with some level of reasonable introduction. The whole boiling frog metaphor…none of us are as bulletproof to social manipulation and control as we may wish we are. Our circumstances impact us greatly.

I very much think we are not only going to but are already seeing modern cults in a big way. And it’s interesting how many of them are led by women. Gwen Shamblin Lara. Teal Swan. Mother God.

WARNING!!!!

People, please be careful. There are also people tracking children and people and putting bids on them based on their profile pictures on whatsapp, tracking and kidnapping them. Especially young children, so please be cautious, especially parents who have their children as their profile pictures.

Please pass this on to everyone so that they are aware of the danger. I don’t how it is all around the world but I know it can’t just be here so please please spread the word. Thank you.

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magicdreamsandmusic

oh my god

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tollhousecookiedough

I HAVE BEEN GETTING THIS TEXT REGULARLY FOR WEEKS

HOLY SHIT THANK GOD I DIDN’T

I’ve gotten a few of these. Never ever click a link from an unknown number!!!

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icoree

oh yeahhhh, I saw that on snapchat. it’s been freakin’ EVERYWHERE lately. i haven’t been getting the text, luckily, but im still extremely cautious about it. shit’s scary.

not just girls, but boys and other genders have to be careful as well. this could happen to anyone. please be safe, my friends <3

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insanelycoolish

FOR ALL THE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW. YOU GUYS ARE SMART. YOU KNOW THIS. BUT JUST IN CASE THERE ARE SOME WHO MIGHT NOT. THAT DOESN’T MAKE YOU NOT SMART, PERHAPS JUST LESS INFORMED. 

DO NOT CLICK LINKS IN TEXTS EVER. GO TO ACTUAL WEBSITES FOR ONES YOU RECOGNIZE AND TYPE IN THE URL. OR A BOOKMARK IF YOU HAVE ONE. DON’T CLICK LINKS IN TEXTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES/DMS AND EMAILS. EVEN IF YOU KNOW THE PERSON. TAKE EXTREME CAUTION. 

IF YOU’RE GUTS SAYS EH WOULDN’T DO THAT BUDDY. LISTEN. 

ALSO SIGNAL BOOST THE HELL OUT OF THIS

I DON’T CARE WHAT YOUR BLOG THEME IS!! REPOST THIS TO SAVE A LIFE!!

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naranchuu

!!!!!!!!!

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xxreysoloxx

PLEASE REBLOG! THIS IS VERY SERIOUS!!

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deredere-kun77

uh no im not allowing sex trafficking imma just reblog thisss- 

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mushroom-writes

!!!! Reblog !!!!

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glowinthedarkjello

RE-FOKIN-BLOG MATE

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the-aggressiveshipper

Stop whatever the fuck you’re doing and 

REBLOG

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keiriwee

REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG

REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG

DON’T GIVE ANOTHER THOUGHT AND JUST REBLOG THIS RIGHT NOW

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wandamaximoffbae

I DONT CARE HOW LONG THIS POST IS, REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG

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augustapparently

REBLOG!!

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hadu-world-100

I DON’T CARE WHAT YOUR BLOG THEME IS!!! REBLOG THIS! YOU COULD SAVE A LIFE!!

REBLOGGG

I’M SORRY IF I BOTHERED YOU BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!

Tag your friends for more awareness!!!!

no think. just clicking reblog. -Luci, probably

Oh we’re reblolgging? Is that what we’re doing? Okie!

*SLAMS THE REBLOG BUTTON*

Sorry to bring this back but I just got a text like that today so. Protecting others means informing them.

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the-english-lexi-con

all my mutuals please reblog this

Every big-ish blog I’ve ever interacted with, help, please!

REBLOGGING

Reblogging the heck outta this!!

THEY ARE NOT TAKING ME ALIVE!!!

EVERYONE REBLOG THIS FOR WHAT EVER IS OUT THERE’S SAKE

NOW

PLEASE REBLOG THIS

What the fuck guys

Please reblog this

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im-going-to-hornyjail

Save a life repost

REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE

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axel-and-the-machine

reblog to save a life, spread the word.

oh shit yeah. Reblogging this. Stay safe out there guys!

reblogging for obvious reasons

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crowboydoinart

please be safe everyone

Elsie gets mad at society: part 1928363619 I hate this

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joofie404

ive gotten two of these before ⊙⁠_☉

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its-target-official

KGVGFHJFFTYDTXTHXJTXCYJCJYCJCTDJI-aM-FUCKING-PISSED-GHVGHKVCGJGFCGCTFJUFGUK

RE FUCKING BLOG!

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esrathebaard

OH MY GOD

IM GOING TO POST THIS ON MY SNAP STORG AS WELL

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true-blue-straya

mate america is fucked

our spam messages are just auspost links where you change the details for parcels you never ordered

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shakespeare-official-reblogs

THOU HEARD THE PEOPLE

REBLOGREBLOGREBLOG

stayeth safe everyone

Found this on Twitter, so I thought, why not posting it here and doing a tag game 😊

Ok, I’ll go first

If he is the reason, I’d go to prison gladly 🥰❤️‍🔥

Sorry if I forgot to tag some of you!

I have no way to redeem myself

Under arrest for putting a computer down like that…makes sense.

Guess I’m going for arson lol

under arest for angst

WHY AM I UNDER ARREST!?? WHAT DID I DO CONCERNING PHILIPPE AND RAOUL?!?! DID I DO SOMETHING THEM??!? 😭😭😭

i knew my taste in pretty looking men who were jerks irl would come back to haunt me…

tagging @nocturnal-cryptid @lemonflavouredspatula and @vodkaisgay28 (absolutely no pressure to respond to this, i’m sorry, i never know who to tag)

Arrested for being gay 😔😔 what a world we live in /jjj

Tagging: @bawdiestrhymester @glowinggreeneyes-e @alisoncooper @kami-ships-it (no pressure! :DD) and also anyone who want to join :DDD

It seems I've been arrested for being too silly by harbouring with these silly goofy goobers (affectionate<33)

Imma tag my fellow criminal mutuals (also affectionate :3) though no pressure of course!

I have been arrested for simply being too adorable (this is Rattus Rattus’ nephew Scrappus. I love him)

Tagging my partners in crime: @buylouisespleasingcheese @liamtheshark7 @wolfsword87 @the-thicc-of-it @natjennie @milesasinmorales @thatgordongirl @22524 @l-alan-l and anyone else who wants to!! (no pressure obviously)

Wow I guess I'm being arrested for being boring

Or bursting someone's eardrums with my piano playing

Or maybe Caroline H Crawford had a heart attack when she heard me play it and I'm getting done for accidental murder

Tagging @happilyhadesbound @jamesandanthony @imaginativefanatic (no pressure <3) and anyone who wants to prove they are less boring than me lol

???? Like idk why I took this so.....

uh. What did I do? Cause an existential crisis to someone or smth? Idk.

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shakespeare-official-account-de

I either murder’d a bag or murder’d someone with one.

Ohh

Oh shit I remember this!!! That fuckin uquiz was over 127 fucking questions.....

Anyways uhhh @i-mean-its-practically-canon @fuck-you-ominous-threats @totally-not-kraft-mac-and-cheese @partycityistotallyofficailguy and whoever the fuck else wants to, have fun with this shit if you want bitches!!

There’s no shock here

I am a queer minor.

If KOSA is passed, my parents will be able to see every single thing I do on the internet, including what I say to my friends, what I read, what I write, the fact that I have a romantic partner, etc.

I will need to censor my own words to prevent being sent to an all girls boarding school, being unable to reach my friends, and being unable to speak freely with my brother.

This will effectively strip me of any support system I have.

This is dangerous and will cause many deaths in many family's, many due to hate crime, and many due to suicide.

STOP KOSA

Reblog if you’d be okay if your friend came out as transgender

let’s see how many transphobics we can weed out

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jaywayup

if you can’t reblog this unfollow me right now

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noah-is-in-the-closet

2 of my besties are transgender and so am I

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surgexs

I have a friend who hasn’t come out yet but has changed their discord pronouns, and another friend who came out as nb before I met them and to be honest I can’t tell what gender they were born as, so congratulations to them!

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a-p0lythe1sm-sea-l10n

I have 2 friends that are trans

And another friend’s lover is trans so

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v-vqlkryie-deactivated20240603

so, im very close to coming out to my mum.

Im gonna stretch it here..

if this post gets 50k (if possible idek if it is), i’ll start hinting to my mum that im trans.

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v-vqlkryie-deactivated20240603

Thank you @obsessedwith15deadwizards and everyone who got me to 1000 reblogs!

I HAVE HAUNTED THIS POST!!👻👻

(Sorry if I double tag ya. Posted to the wrong blog the first time)

Sometimes I can still hear their voice

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breadbird

Breaking: TikTok is better bc it’s more hostile towards humanity

The lack of video content is what kept us here... I thought we all agree that the best feature of this hellhole was and always will be anonymity.

Tumblr's not asking for my phone number. It's not going through my contacts to try and connect me with my fucking colleagues. I can come here and talk about whatever I want without anyone ever seeing my face or hearing my voice. I don't have to censor myself and hide my interests or enthusiasm out of fear of consequences it might have in my real life.

I think the biggest misunderstanding they have of Tumblr is that they think of it as a social media platform when in actuality it's a blogging platform with social features.

I like the use of Metroman here because if there's one thing Tumblr users collectively agree on it's that we want everyone to think we're dead

coming in need of support for my black,trans and disabled best friend jasper,he is a staple in the underground rave scene in orlando and does his best to support anyone he meets,alot of the information is on the pictures and I appreciate whatever yall can give for him.

A little info about my best friend is that he loves lemonade,he loves watching netflix and spending time with his wonderful sister,hes kind and caring,he writes,he loves going to wendys or random drives to wawa. I really dont know what to say,I just want to help him all I can.

SLENDERS. GIMMICKS. SIGNAL BOOST.

@green-slenderman @pinkslenderman @slenderdirectory @slender-hatsuni-miku @slender-woman-returns @slender-mad@slender-bureaucracy @slendermanager@transgender-slenderman @trans-slenderman @gay-slenderman @homophobe-slenderman @flirtatious-slenderman @slenderdog-blog @absurdly-tall-slendy @selfcare-slenderman @digital-slenderman @spenderman @anarchist-slenderman @spooky-killer-ooh @williamfnafton @the-purple-painter @the-firey-painter @barnes-and-noble-official @the-disemvoweler

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