I'm Not Allowed to Start a Cult (short)

Good rule as it also rewards personal charisma which is a prerequisite for a Cult (allegedly). Sorry for delay replying, I got an email you'd replied but nothing appeared here for a while.

Fenrir Wolfganger

The cult-leader status is still very much active. You just got even more people to do measurements...

Annelies van Nuland

Ah-ha! (Luckily, I have had to update this video before publishing because I found a few other people who said the same thing. My cult-leader status remains, though. But that does remind me I should put it up here, thank you!) He's not WEIRD. He's just...unusual. Relatively speaking.

Jill Bearup

Jill! I just measured my boyfriend, and his measurments are a 19% difference, and smaller! So I'm sad to say, those measurements are actually completely possible. He is also convinced he's not weird :P

Annelies van Nuland

I do like a good yogurt cheese…..

Liz C

Which brings me to the next research project! Which is biggest? Thighs? Head? Or Cheese? Compare to different kinds of cheese. Cheese wheels. Cottage cheese. Cheese spreads. Maybe include yoghurt just for the sake of being thorough.

Jef Van Vinckenroye

Jill got 850 responses, most of which were random (but highly entertaining!) comments about cheese, etc.

Ann Brookens

Depends if the other people at the table choose to follow you, or follow the other cult whose tenets are *obviously* ridiculous.

Trevor Bradley

What were the victory conditions?

Fenrir Wolfganger

Citizen Scientists are absolutely a thing. And studies done with that large of a participation pool, especially when you can show the diversity in the subjects answering, is most researchers' dreams come true. Especially if you can pick out regional trends (where regions might be different nations or continents). Most scientific studies max out participants at 10k because it's so hard to get that many people to agree to the survey. At 23k responses, you can start to filter those results to gain a better understanding of how different factors can affect responses, assuming you also have those responses detailing how they identify.

With great power come great responsibility - to do shenanigans...

Matt Bowden

My friend and I made a storytelling party card game about pitching cults to your friends. It's hilarious and would scratch the itch without harming anyone. More details on request - this is enough shilling for someone else's patreon page.

Trevor Bradley

...well, affiliate marketing is the obvious one, but a bit boring unless you are specializing in things that are or can be eaten alongside cheese. Ooo! How about spreading the news of helmets far and wide—proselytizing if you will—until the whole world understands that you actually should have head protection in a fight? We can also spread the evils of combat wedges while we do so.

SR Nulton

Jill - Bear - Up. Jill - Bear - up

Paul Murray

Crypto-currenCHEESE. XD

Jill Bearup

Now I've got to my laptop and have carriage-returns available, here are some options for using your newfound superpowers that are definitely-not-a-cult: 1. Teleevangelism! (OK, getting a bit cult-y) 2. Politics! (Also can be cult-y) 3. Selling cryptocurrencies! (Hmm, a bit cult-y too.) 4. Selling cheese! 5. Selling crypto-cheese! ("Every bite journalled on the blockchain!") 6. Fronting an electric car company! (Cult-y again) Of trhose options, I think crypto-cheese has the best combination of (few ethical issues) and (large untapped market).

Dave Sheddi

That's because we love you!

dave allyn

Lol I love this. Also as someone who immediately found a tape measure upon seeing your post, I knew you'd be doing something interesting with the information, was not disappointed

Flora's Fiber Farrago

You should convince people like NFLX executives and mainstream media reporters not to say insanely stupid things about corsets.

DrWex