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L Ron Hubbard's Military Career

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[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Respectfully, you're burying the lede by not even mentioning how his service in the Navy led to the Church of Scientology admitting that it's a based on a lie.

"According to the Church's chief spokesman, if it was true that Hubbard had not been injured, "the injuries that he handled by the use of Dianetics procedures were never handled, because they were injuries that never existed; therefore, Dianetics is based on a lie; therefore, Scientology is based on a lie." "

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Sorry. I kind of hope dianetics being hogwash was common knowledge. My personal takeaway was that he was a compulsive liar who repeatedly found ways to fuck up any responsibility he was given.

Like, real life Mr. Fantastic (Fallout nv)

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's one thing to know it, another thing to admit it.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

I suppose at the time an admission from someone like his doctors would have helped a lot.

Usually by the time victims are given the dianetics speal they're already suspending their disbelieve for other reasons though

[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"The Emus used effective "guerrilla tactics," scattering in all directions and breaking up into small groups, making them hard to target. After about a month, only a small fraction of the Emus were killed and the military withdrew"

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Likely they were trained by the boulders

[–] verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

Imagine how much damage they could have done if they’d been trained by Toph Beifong.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lessons imparted by the Great Uluru itself, mightiest of boulders.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

He also taught Dwayne Johnson.