JustThinking

Honestly, WHO signs up for this in this day and age?!!! No mention of any qualifications at all! Ugh, are there still that many people who have no television, newspapers, internet, radio, smoke signals or alien telepathy? UN-believable. "Why, yes, I don't know you but, sure, I'll give you nine months of my life." I guess there still is one born every minute... JT

Well, I remember putting on my glow face on MANY occasions. If there's WayBrain, I guess there can be WayFace too? JT

And for those who don't quit, the "lifetime" commitment they want from you in NO way commits them to have any attachment in return. VERY convenient. JT

Those folks have already given GSC the old Mark and Avoid treatment.... Or do they still do that? Maybe they just burn you at the stake now? Ahhh, so many fun options for TWI to imagine... Besides, there can't be but a dozen corpse left. They were getting whacked on a daily basis before I left. And from what I read, the list of new sacrificial lambs is pretty short so... JT

Adding to the similarities: Both had careers end on a very low (or Lo-lo) note Both had very bizarre supporting casts But only one still has a chance to be a positive force in society. JT

So much for the whole "prophet" thing. I'm MUCH better off out. Unless being a greasespot means being happier, healthier, etc. JT

Twinky, Someone bumped this thread to the top. I actually posted the question six years ago when I was new to this site. But, no, I hadn't bothered. Being here helped me get all of the questions answered that I think can be answered. Thanks though! JT

Unless it was a question. If so, it would be "Peter, Peter, is that your house I see from here?"

Ugh. I remember splitting my twig/hf/whatever it was called then. No real reason other than turning my 8 person group into two four-person twigs so we could have a branch. New corpse coming in needed a job. The funny thing was we had a lot of "branch meetings" because our twigs were so small! So we meet all the time together anyway and the only real difference is he-who-was-clueless would teach instead of us taking turns. And he was BORINGGGGG. 90 minutes of him reading a Way Rag article to us and he wasn't even a good reader!!! AARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!! So, tell me again why TWI doesn't attract even the naive anymore? JT

It seems the site has gone too now. JT

If you're a big shot at HQ? All of them!!!! :biglaugh: JT

Actually, a dead legend (with all who have real memories eliminated or neutered) is MUCH better than a living MOG. Legends don't make mistakes. Legends grow in stature while us poor humans show our imperfections daily. JT

Swinging ladies of the Way? ;)

I hear now it's Rosie with Donna under her. So that would be a chicktatorship! JT

SNS video: $20 Refreshments: $40 Daughter saying loudly that Craig (during one of his rants) was "a mean man!": Priceless JT

George, I remember clearly our state manager teaching that we were to ONLY witness to the "solidly middle class." The thinking was that TWI was not set up to help the habitually poor, alcoholics, drug users, etc. "Others do that" was the response. The poor were too much of a drain and the rich were usually too tied up in the material world. Not my view, theirs. We stopped believing God to meet people and instead drove by their homes and "sized them up." I am NOT making this up. To be a wise-a**, I brought up examples of millionaires living in old homes with wads of cash in the freezer. My sense of humor was, apparently, lost on them. ;) JT

OMG, yes! And... Way management pretending like it was all so exciting. Ugh! Reading a Way Rag article and pretending you were teaching. Literally, reading an article word-by-word. BOOOORRRINNNGGGGGG!!!!!! Dragging everyone to the mall an hour before it closed and harassing people who were just trying to get home. Thankfully, no one had a can of mace. ;-) My girlfriend came once and said "your friends are really weird! Why would you EVER hang out with them?" Unlike some here, people in our twig/household fellowship were actually very nice. It was just so obviously a dead organization. JT

First, welcome to the Cafe!!! I was involved in the Way for a long time and was about as "in" as you can get. Protecting yourself (in my opinion) starts with understanding that the Way redefines ALL words to their advantage. It's a verbal trap that will not allow you to have a real discussion. It forces you to accept a black-and-white view (theirs) of everything. There really is no middle ground with them. It's sad because I knew many very nice people in the Way who did a lot for me and hopefully, me for them. My suggestion is to always have conversations on neutral ground. And have natural time breaks set up to give yourself an excuse to end any conversation which makes you uncomfortable. (Have to leave for school, work, etc.) That will give you a chance to listen and talk without being pressured or cornered the way you were at the class. Just my .02. JT

Wow, WayHomes? Hmm...where to start. First, amazingly, there was a LOT of good that came from living in one. But a LOT of crap too. Let's see if my brain will allow me to remember... First roommate turned out to be gay. Nice. Oh, and very gay. Bought a water bed. Told TC he was gay and was told I was crazy. Later learned why they SUCH good friends. No wonder he covered for him. Guess his brilliant "overseers" in the corpse missed the whole attraction to men thing. Second roommate was a girl. Yep. Awkward. Very awkward. Same level of hormonal control as roommate #1. Third roommate was a guy who also wanted his own bed. Yes!!! Thank goodness! No more sleeping with one eye open. Fourth and fifth roommates shared the basement. Very cool and very normal. Life was great!!! Oh and both had cars that worked so no more scamming off of me all the time. Both went WOW. Afraid to see what comes next... Another female. Sort of. Fifth roommate wasn't one so much as a corpse grad looking for a husband. Practically moved in. Lots of "chatting" to see who was future corpse material. Must. Run. Fast. Now... Learned many useful things including how to select better roommates. JT

Is it me or were these guys separated at birth?! One guy plays a weird alien. The other is an actor in Ghostbusters II. Seriously, Vigo was played by Wilhelm von Homburg. Wilhelm also started out life as a jock but found fortune pretending to be something he wasn't. Amazing how life imitates art. JT

Belle, First of all... how you doin' beautiful?!!! The orange apron slogan is "You can do it, we can help." Boy isn't that a switch! It sounds better than TWI: "You can do it. And you'll pay us to let you do it." JT

Great analogy! JT

Moe Shemp Curly Larry ... What a pathetic existence! :blink: JT

Do we know for sure that they policy is still in place? JT