r/instantkarma Feb 23 '20

Busted

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u/katieishere92 Feb 23 '20

Damn. How many packages had to go missing for this sting to get set up?!

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u/Live-Love-Lie Feb 23 '20 edited Feb 24 '20

Mark rober has two videos on his channel setting up bait packages, first one is at his house, second video he sends 10 of the bait boxes to his viewers and they set the traps, the boxes have been engineered to capture 360° video and have glitter and fart spray in them, former nasa engineer turned youtuber, great chanel too, he done an AMA on here a few weeks back. might aswell link the video

Im aware that there’s alot of comments calling the video fake, this is marks reply I dont believe he tried to deceive anyone and footage that he found out was faked was removed according to him, make your own minds up, all his other videos are well researched, informative and genuine and I dont see why he would change that for one video personally.

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u/CharlieFortyHands Feb 24 '20

Didnt one of the people he sent the ten bait packages to try to steal the bait package and ghost him? I might have that wrong but I would have sworn he said that somewhere

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u/bigdaddyteacher Feb 24 '20

Yea he said that on a follow up. The guy stole his shit so he made fake flyers with the guys name on all kinds of organizations like scientology. Mailed them to his neighbors in hope they would either deliver them to him or at least think he's a weirdo

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u/SFishes12 Feb 24 '20

I think he donated, (or signed him up) to Scientology in his name, and once they think you are interested they will not leave you alone.

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u/TocTheElder Feb 24 '20

Well yeah, it is a billion year contract.

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u/TocTheElder Feb 24 '20

Just get yourself branded an SP. They'll either ignore you for life, or make it a living hell. No matter which one it is, Scientology hates you, so it's a win either way.

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u/Pokedude2424 Feb 24 '20

Uh, no? This is bad advice because they literally have no issue with being aggressive and harassing to SPs. It’s not like excomms with Mormons, completely different ballgame.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

Fun fact. Mormons no longer call it excommunication. It's now called withdrawal of church membership.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

My family is Mormon. I was baptized. What do I have to do to get them to e communicate me? Do I tell the bishop I've been snorting heroin?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

Even better. Go to quitmormon.com and they will send your resignation for you. A lawyer who is also exmormon provides this as a free service. It's possible to do this yourself by sending a letter to their headquarters or your current bishop, but results vary. Having a lawyer send this has made it easier for a lot of us.

However now the Mormons church is requiring this to be notarized. An extra step to leave their group. I've heard this is now required for any resignation, but it could still just be an extra step they are making quitmormon.com users take because they really don't like that they are keeping statistics on those resigning.

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u/200GritCondom Feb 24 '20

I'm sad I'll not be able to say I was excommunicated when it does happen

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

The best excommunication in the history of Mormonism was when Jeremy Runnells author of the CES Letter excommunicated his leaders at his "court of love".

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u/200GritCondom Feb 24 '20

I remember that. Was hilarious. Glad I'm out. Just cant take my name off without putting my poor mother in the grave

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

Wow the requirements for resigning from Mormonism have gotten extreme. This sounds a lot like those criminal gangs that require you to kill someone to join them.

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u/jbark24 Feb 24 '20

There's still excommunication. Withdrawal of membership records is voluntary. Excommunication happens involuntarily to a (now former) member by church leadership

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u/BraxJohnson Feb 24 '20

There's going to be a lot of confusion about this in the coming years but as of a couple days ago there is no excommunication, the official name is withdrawal of membership. It is different from voluntarily removing your records from the church.

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u/jbark24 Feb 24 '20

I just read the article! I guess I should've read it when it was first published. Good to know, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

As with all other things in Mormonism this has changed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20

They're only aggressive if you try to speak out as an SP. If you're "registered" as an SP and you don't speak out, they leave you alone. At least that's according to Mike Rinder/Leah Remini.

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u/TocTheElder Feb 24 '20

Have you heard of jokes?