Last night I met a guy at Halloween party who told me he was a Free Mason. He was hilarious and fit right in with my friend group. Upon asking him what the Free Masons are he just said “basically we’re a bunch of dudes who get together for pancakes on Saturday.”
I’ve also heard conspiracies about the group in the past, and I even had an ex coworker once tell me the Free Masons were a cult and were out to get him.
Anyone have any insights? The internet is not very helpful.
It's half LARP, half social club, half business networking group, and half sinister conspiracy.
It's a bunch of dudes who go to meetings where they do LARP shit like wear robes and recite ritual stuff, then hang out to talk business and network. They do charitable work, they have retreats, they host dinners. The "sinister conspiracy" part is that they're basically like the Chamber of Commerce, in that all the notable professionals and business owners in town join up so they can make decisions about politics in the area.
It's basically a club petite bourgeoise LARP and network.