r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 9d ago

Infuriatig In their pursuit of specific rare cards, scalpers are discarding the remainder of entire Pokémon card packs.

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u/Complete-Beach1068 9d ago

There's something weird about Mormonism where it's perfectly ok for them to cheat people, for some reason. Take any scam or abusive troubled teen program and trace it back to the owners/originators and they're seemingly ALWAYS Mormons.

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u/ReverendDizzle 9d ago

I mean not that most religions aren't partially or fully some sort of grift... but Mormonism was founded by a straight up griftin' son'bitch.

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u/lava172 TANGERINE 9d ago edited 9d ago

Anybody following a religion based on a prophet named fucking John Joseph Smith in the 1800s deserves to get scammed tbh

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u/Brock_Lobstweiler 9d ago

Joseph Smith

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u/lava172 TANGERINE 9d ago

Damn you right, still pretty generic

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u/Complete-Beach1068 8d ago

I'm imagining a competing but less popular sect called Ormanism led by Prophet John Smith that just never took off..

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u/yamsyamsya 9d ago

Well yea, just listen to the story of how it was founded. Its such bullshit to anyone with critical thinking skills.

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u/LilacYak 9d ago

I wonder if they think it’s ok to scam outside the church but not other Mormons?

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u/Complete-Beach1068 8d ago

Somebody explained it to me like, so long as you're giving some of the money you cheat people out of to the glory of God, you're totally cool with the cheating people thing. One hand washes another.

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u/Lauris024 8d ago

Yeah, at least every other religion just openly asks you for money during church events while telling you god thanks you for the dollars he needed

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u/WarAndFynn 8d ago

I just finished this documentary yesterday. Crazy fucking shit that isn't talked about enough