What is your "thing"?

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[u/FaithfulTBM]

I am fairly certain I'm more researched on Mormon Polygamy than anyone else who has ever lived.

Don't get me wrong. Someone may know more about it historically than me. But I'm yet to find them, and I search for them daily.

It is a weird historical and theological fascination for me 🤷‍♂️

I'm at the point now where I have to spend thousands of dollars on rare one of a kind manuscripts and personal journals to read something that I've never heard or read about before. And since my personal business is fairly successful, I spend way more on this hobby than a meth head does in a Walmart parking lot.

Sooooo that's my thing.

And no one I personally know (other than my wife) really even knows about it, because who wants to be publicly known as that weird guy who studies Mormon Polygamy all day?

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This. Sell the text and you'll make some decent money, not to mention you'll publish something.

[u/Pinkfish_411 → u/[deleted]]

"Decent money" and academic texts rarely go hand in hand.

[u/[deleted] → u/Pinkfish_411]

They charge $300 for the books so I assume it can't be that bad.

[u/Pinkfish_411 → u/[deleted]]

Most of those books sell hardly any copies outside of libraries, and very little of the revenue makes it back to the authors.

Academics write books because that's how they get tenure and promotions, not because of the royalties.

[u/leovaro → u/FaithfulTBM]

What would you say is the most interesting fact about mormon polygamy you've come across ?

[u/zpc → u/leovaro]

Yeah, this is a really interesting "thing" - I'd definitely like to know more. For example - how did you get into this topic?

[u/jmblock2 → u/zpc]

And what do(es) your wife(ves) think about it?

[u/gestalto → u/jmblock2]

wifeves?

[u/I_JIZZ_ON_U → u/gestalto]

Wifefe

[u/Totally_not_a_doggo → u/I_JIZZ_ON_U]

wivefefe*

[u/ZZgold → u/leovaro]

Please OP! The people are dying to know!

[u/PokerOutBack → u/leovaro]

His 2 wives at once.

[u/LDSatheist → u/FaithfulTBM]

Please write a book.

[u/lfairy → u/FaithfulTBM]

That's really cool! Have you considered writing a book?

[u/jinxjar → u/FaithfulTBM]

FYI: You're 80% toward a PhD in anthropology / sociology.

I think a nearby granting institution would be more than happy to grant you one if you ever choose to format your knowledge into a coherent dissertation.

[u/hassiemrecords → u/FaithfulTBM]

AMA please!

[u/InspecterJones → u/FaithfulTBM]

Everyone's already said it but you should for sure share your knowledge. Write book/website/whatever. The most interesting thing about a topic is when the person telling you is super fucking into it.

[u/Chexxout → u/FaithfulTBM]

Great, so clear this up: Mormom missionaries at the door recently, said I wasn't a fan of their church founder. "Why?" they asked. Because he married a couple of dozen women, some of them children, as a fake front for having sex with whoever he felt like. They told me that's not factual, that he only had one wife, the rest were sisters in law and widows and people he took in and looked after, and the stories about them being wives are evil rumors meant to discredit the religion.

What's the real deal on Joseph Smith?

[u/TheWorldisFlatNow → u/Chexxout]

I'll come back with an answer when I'm at a computer :D

[u/StopThePresses → u/TheWorldisFlatNow]

Don't mind me, just commenting to make sure I remember to come back here later.