It’s hard to explain to people who aren’t already “in the scene” what it’s like for a particular group of people to form a cult-like social order together
“If you were a friend of ours, I’m sure you’d be very interested in knowing about our community. For instance, we have this guy who’s a very bad person and we think he’s going to be a major disaster in the future. You wouldn’t want to be friends with someone like that, would you? You could ask him for advice. It would just be very bad for your mental well-being and his, I assure you. We’re not doing that, though. He’s our friend.”








