For years I thought "Bring Em Young University" was a joke about the mormon practice of marrying girls to old men. Come to find out the religion was started by a guy "Brigham Young" after whom an actual university is named and nobody thinks that's weird at all.

I thought "Joe Mansion" was some kind of bizarro world "Joe the Plumber". Maybe joking about rich conservatives putting on affectations of being working class. He is actually a politician and his name is spelled "Manchin" and some people seem to think he's on the left.

  • dannoffs [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    Ball State still feels like a joke university name.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      100% chance that's an in-joke among people at that university.

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    University named after guy who definitely 100% did not order the Mountain Meadows Massacre to happen, he even has the receipt for the telegram he sent the next day saying DON'T DO A MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE so it's totally legit

  • ellie7 [none/use name]
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    7 months ago

    I don't know if this is common knowledge but the spookiest thing about this religion is that when you die you become a god of your very own universe.

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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      7 months ago

      Even worse: that only applies to men.

      Women literally have no purpose in the Mormon faith outside of being baby printing machines for all eternity if they follow all the Mormon sacraments.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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          7 months ago

          Yeah "godhood" for Mormon women is literally just still being married to your husband and being a good little baby machine for his universe.

          Fucking disgusting religion.