Yes Foolproof, bitter would be a sane response to enduring the abuse the CoS dishes out on people. We all have had experiences with this, some of us much worse than others.

One thing I’ve noticed is how false uptone people act all the time and it always made me a little uncomfortable being around this. My husband returned from Flag once and told me that everyone acts super happy and uptone all the time and asked me if I thought they really were that way. I told him no, that I didn’t think they were really like that and that when the lights were off and they were lying in their beds at night they didn’t have the big smiles and beaming faces. No. This is when people are confronted with themselves and their life.

He told me that made sense and that he wasn’t feeling good about it because he didn’t feel that way and was thinking that maybe something was wrong with him. I told him he was normal!

OMG -OSD, You are too much and got me laughing all over again. It must take a lot of energy out of you, surfing and making people laugh that you really do need that nap.

One last thing, Anonymous, we on this blog may feel bitter at times, but one thing we are not is jealous of the CoS’s stats. We vary on the tone scale in reaction to them but I don’t think that anyone here harbors jealousy over what the Church of Scientology is now producing in the way of Clears, OTs and auditors.

You seem to wish a distinction between shit and shinola with this “standard” a nd “squirrel. Are you angry, real angry at dm for squirreling the tech? You could start at OT8 and progress to student hat and TR0–what’s the difference–shit or shinola.

You’ll be too busy building a new life for yourself, dealing with your own losses, and otherwise confronting the isness of what has been the actual CoS scene for some time now. Living with the truth can be difficult. But the more truth we get the easier it is to resolve our issues, and so you’ll be here and on other blogs, reading, learning, laughing, and healing.

Mike will welcome here with no grudge because that’s the kind of guy he is. You’re going to learn a lot from him. If you post here, and you sound bitter sometimes, you’ll be acknowledged and understood.

So sad to consider how little freedom those folks now have. They’ve shrunk down and down and down until they cannot compare the gargantuan personal and financial costs and their ridiculous “results.”

No one can help them. They have to dig themselves out. Some of them still will.

Typical op-basis under the stat-push regime.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

You’re very welcome, Char! Automobile tech is just fantastic!!!!!! While driving your car and realizing that you are, in fact, driving your car, you’ll finish OT 3 through OT 75 in just a few minutes. Now, please be very careful because your powers will be immense! You actually be able to stop at “Stop Signs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” You’ll be able to parallel park with your eyes closed!!!!!!!!! You’ll be able to take your foot off the gas pedal and must postulate the right speed!!!!!!! But, that absolute best part is, you’ll be able to drive perfectly while asleep in the drivers seat!!!!!! Enjoy your wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!