Omega Stories: The Religious Cult Leader’s Seamaster

dsio · Aug 9, 2022

As I was looking at the watch Michael started talking to me about his group and their mission, how they feel that drugs are an affliction of the soul and how his group is preparing for the end times and a variety of other things about his outreach programs which I was nodding along to but not paying a great deal of attention to. I didn’t mind any of this until hearing him mention that “I should stay” and have a chat to him about these various interests of his which left me immediately itching to leave. [..]

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RevZMan123 · Aug 9, 2022

Good job escaping! Thank you for sharing. Nice descriptive, short essay. I can smell that room.

BrunoCodispoti · Aug 9, 2022

🍿 Thanks for sharing

dsio · Aug 9, 2022

I want to ask you guys, would further stories like this be better with drawn illustration as this one had, or does it detract / distract and would they be better without? Trev and I had a mind each way on this and we would be keen to get your feedback

vbrad26 · Aug 9, 2022

I like the media. Breaks up what would otherwise be just a wall of text.

rob#1 · Aug 9, 2022

Illustration / diagram / image works for me.

Wryfox · Aug 9, 2022

I don't think I follow this. Are Omega Forums stories real or fiction? This reads like fiction. and certainly the term 'stories' implies fictional.

dsio · Aug 9, 2022

Wryfox
I don't think I follow this. Are Omega Forums stories real or fiction? This reads like fiction. and certainly the term 'stories' implies fictional.

Nope, that’s actually where this somewhat mediocre Seamaster came from, an ad in a local newspaper that led there. I’ve never bought any of my personal collection from dealers with the exception of the Speedy Tuesdays and Apollo 8 LE, they’ve all been either eBay or watches I had to hunt down locally or overseas some way or another. The most rare and unusual watches often come with some unusual stories but even the boring watches like this one can have some odd origins. I get the impression the bloke I bought it off was junk dealing / picking in part to financially support his operation.

NT931 · Aug 9, 2022

Man, that cult sounded almost Hotel California-esque, in that you almost couldn't leave!

Larry S · Aug 9, 2022

dsio
I want to ask you guys, would further stories like this be better with drawn illustration as this one had, or does it detract / distract and would they be better without? Trev and I had a mind each way on this and we would be keen to get your feedback

Really great this addition of a stories section yes to these articles and to illustrations, pics etc.

blufinz52 · Aug 9, 2022

I enjoyed the story and thought the illustrations added to it.

zhark · Aug 9, 2022

Thank you for the great story!

With regards to illustrations, drawn ones look like a nice fit.

Scarecrow Boat · Aug 9, 2022

Oh wow, that was a story to get the heart racing. I love how you write and could easily & vividly imagine being in your shoes at that time. The pictures were a welcome addition as said above, it broke up the text and only enhanced the story. The stories section is easily my favorite corner of the forum 👍 Thank you for creating it and bringing it to life.

STANDY · Aug 9, 2022

Written by the leader of the OF cult himself 😗

dsio · Aug 10, 2022

STANDY
Written by the leader of the OF cult himself 😗

So while I was writing this up I was curious as to how many we have here in Australia, because this isn’t the first cult I’ve come across, its about number 6-7 or so. According to the SMH we have 3000 cults as of 2011, which sounds like a pretty impressive effort. At that rate there has to be a couple in just about every suburb in Australia in the major capital cities.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/economic-climate-a-breeding-ground-for-cults-20111101-1mu6i.html

krogerfoot · Aug 10, 2022

dsio
I want to ask you guys, would further stories like this be better with drawn illustration as this one had, or does it detract / distract and would they be better without? Trev and I had a mind each way on this and we would be keen to get your feedback

Who does the illustration?

dsio · Aug 10, 2022

krogerfoot
Who does the illustration?

So I have no ability to draw whatsoever, and we looked at some paid illustrators but the good ones are way out of our price range and the affordable ones aren’t good. I asked my girlfriend @marielle if she would give it a go, drawing on my iPad as we needed digital first illustrations.

She had previously done a lot of charcoal / pencil sketches on paper that were really good but these were her first three drawings with Apple Pencil on iPad which is a pretty steep learning curve, I was pretty happy to get them in exchange for some poorly cooked dinners and lunches I made for her.

krogerfoot · Aug 10, 2022

dsio
So I have no ability to draw whatsoever, and we looked at some paid illustrators but the good ones are way out of our price range and the affordable ones aren’t good. I asked my girlfriend @marielle if she would give it a go, drawing on my iPad as we needed digital first illustrations.

She had previously done a lot of charcoal / pencil sketches on paper that were really good but these were her first three drawings with Apple Pencil on iPad which is a pretty steep learning curve, I was pretty happy to get them in exchange for some poorly cooked dinners and lunches I made for her.

I think they're charming and a good addition.

STANDY · Aug 10, 2022

dsio
So while I was writing this up I was curious as to how many we have here in Australia, because this isn’t the first cult I’ve come across, its about number 6-7 or so. According to the SMH we have 3000 cults as of 2011, which sounds like a pretty impressive effort. At that rate there has to be a couple in just about every suburb in Australia in the major capital cities.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/economic-climate-a-breeding-ground-for-cults-20111101-1mu6i.html

Seen a few myself over the years. One or two in the Blue Mountains in Sydney.

Oddly there has been a re hash of the old hippie commune going on for the last 10 years

Several up here in Darwin

Cairns has a few
https://www.cheekyexplorer.com/hippies/

dsio · Aug 10, 2022

STANDY
Seen a few myself over the years. One or two in the Blue Mountains in Sydney.

Oddly there has been a re hash of the old hippie commune going on for the last 10 years

Several up here in Darwin

Cairns has a few
https://www.cheekyexplorer.com/hippies/

Yea I hadn’t even considered the hippie communes, down around Nimbin / Byron Bay there are so many of those, lots of witchcraft / magic true believers too, voodoo doctors and all sorts. Lots of reefer too. Probably with all the Hollywood celebrity types moving there its just going to get progressively weirder over time. Its not cheap either, the ladies selling you eye of newt and Reiki smudging sticks are driving AMG G63s and Lamborghini Urus’s so its some properly bourgeois witchcraft going on.

Omega Stories: The Religious Cult Leader’s Seamaster

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