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The Smiley Face Murder Conspiracy

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Consequences of Euphemisms

Ganon: It's the reason that successful cults always go into acronyms. Have you guys ever read behind the scenes like actual leaked Scientology documents? They're riddled with acronyms, they're like military writing from the 1950s. In every one of George Carlin specials and in every one of them, he's always got a great section on euphemisms and how we like whitewash everything.

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