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the joke religion that worships slack, sells salvation, and dares you to take it seriously.
means a member of the church of the subgenius, a parody religion built around j.r. bob dobbs and the pursuit of effortless success called slack.
from founded 1979 in dallas by ivan stang and philo drummond, who mocked a 1950s clip-art salesman into a messiah named bob, satirizing televangelism, self-help, and organized religion in one stroke.
sacred conceptslack, the opposite of work and guilt
founding documentthe book of the subgenius, 1983
apocalypse datex-day, july 5 1998, predicted then rescheduled
membership feeone dollar buys eternal salvation, allegedly
for instance
ivan stang — dallas cofounder, wrote the book of the subgenius, 1983
x-day festival — annual gathering awaiting an apocalypse that never quite comes
kembra pfahler — artist and longtime subgenius affiliate blending performance with parody faith