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hey guys. just letting ya know i've renounced my beliefs since my breakdown the other night (i started drinking again.)

i was having a hard time after a breakup and a mugging (by an old college friend no less) several months ago.

one day several months ago i answered a "help wanted ad" for a "political advocacy group". after several days spent questioning my political and spiritual beliefs it became apparent that this was not a normal job interview, but recruitment into some kind of cult.

i still don't know the group's name, or if they even have one (i had personal contact with only 3 members). the intense, highly unorthodox interview process went on for almost a week. eventually the group's propaganda started to make "sense" and everything "clicked". i'd never really been very political before this, but suddenly a great sense of urgency had filled my being. i felt an intense desire to take my new understanding and inflict it on others. i have to admit, the thrill of militancy is quite intoxicating.

i was asked by my handler to spread propaganda over the internet to spread the group's message, and i was only glad to take up the task.

afterward i only had sporadic contact with the group until last week there was a message instructing me to stop, with no further elaboration. i was puzzled, and considered following the order, as a good collectivist agent should. but ignored them. the feeling of superiority i was feeling was too much to give up. i hadn't felt this alive in months. but i was also hurting inside. the Code said for us to shun needless pleasure, to shun distractions. but i couldn't do it. suppressing one's emotions is hard, hard work. i started drinking again sunday night. i lost control of myself and all my feelings poured out. i won't drink anymore, but i'm glad i did that night.

i still don't know why they asked me to stop. i have not heard from them since, and frankly i don't want to. i want to be myself again.

let's start fresh (banaka), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link

i genuinely liked the old banaka btw, you can go back to that and we'll pretend this didn't happen

max skim (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link


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acoleuthic, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link

banaka is a childhood nickname! i've had a lifelong battle with halitosis, and my sister would always put her fingers in a cross (as if to ward off evil) and yell "binaca! binaca!" at me.

let's start fresh (banaka), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link

i genuinely liked the old banaka btw, you can go back to that and we'll pretend this didn't happen

― max skim (k3vin k.), Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:42 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

i will still answer questions about my former beliefs if you like. but i will be doing it as myself. not as the mouthpiece of a cult.

let's start fresh (banaka), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link

hey guys. just letting ya know i've renounced my beliefs since my breakdown the other night (i started drinking again.)

*reads post*

Please don't take this the wrong way, but have you ever been diagnosed with a mental illness? This sounds less like an actual occurrence and more like the result of a psychotic episode.

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link

um

max skim (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link

U guys are being trolled so hard.

YOUNG POLLY GERNO'S (Trayce), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 00:26 (thirteen years ago) link

borrrrrrrrrrrring!

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMTPQVOWCiU

dayo, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link

amended

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/thumbsdown.jpg

dayo, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY

markers, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 03:17 (thirteen years ago) link

borrrrrrrrrrrring!

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:56 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark

you know what's truly boring? trying to adhere to someone else's belief system and not think for yourself. not only is it boring, it is soul crushing.

i am who i am, take me or leave me. i am starting fresh and i haven't felt this good since i was younger.

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link

i haven't felt this good since i was younger

this is generally how it works iirc

a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm Doug, and I may not be the brightest tool in the shed, but I had sex with my girlfriend for 2 hours once.

Z S, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link

awesome! i'm happy for you, doug.

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link

you practice tantric sex?

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Hey banaka, if I want to hear foul language I'll go home, I'll turn on Marky Mark and The Funny Bunch.

Z S, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link

oh man, marky mark! "good vibrations" was a good song! don't care what anybody says.

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link

http://banaka.net/

markers, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:08 (thirteen years ago) link

banaka, r u affiliated with them?

markers, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:08 (thirteen years ago) link

about as much as the "Leslie C Banaka" from the gravestone, i.e. not at at all.

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link

so how IS the handbag business coming along?

Danny DeGlover (latebloomer), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link

*sigh*

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link

Starting right out making yourself the subject is poor form, cults, muggings, breakdowns and weird job interviews notwithstanding. What else you got to offer?

Aimless, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link

i only have myself to offer.

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:52 (thirteen years ago) link

Allow me to revolve around you a while to get into the proper mood.

Aimless, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link

i'm not here to judge. do what thou wilt.

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link

Is this a test?

onimo, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 07:41 (thirteen years ago) link

So, you like Marky Mark, what other music do you like?

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 11:22 (thirteen years ago) link

lol

markers, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link

all kinds.

let's start fresh (banaka), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Attention ILX:

The mouthpiece called banaka has been retired. The unit was compromised by prior defects which were appallingly ignored by our candidate selection process. We have since eliminated this unit and replaced it with a better one. We have also improved our recruiting protocols, and eliminated the units involved in allowing this mistake.

We will be utilizing the unit's former screen name for reasons of "brand-name" recognition. However, rest assured that this new mouthpiece is 99.9876% improved over the former unit. We will adhere to our stated goals and not stray from the hardline.

banaka, Friday, 17 September 2010 08:29 (thirteen years ago) link

tell us a joke

sleepingbag, Friday, 17 September 2010 08:32 (thirteen years ago) link

"free will"

banaka, Friday, 17 September 2010 08:33 (thirteen years ago) link

it was so nice to have banaka back, i welcomed them

The Reverend, Friday, 17 September 2010 09:06 (thirteen years ago) link

Troll with an amusing schtick drops schtick, realises that they are actually kinda boring and nondescript without it, picks up schtick again. Hilarity results.

Karen D. Tregaskin, Friday, 17 September 2010 09:09 (thirteen years ago) link

Hilarity will not be the result when we obtain power.

banaka, Friday, 17 September 2010 09:17 (thirteen years ago) link

lol

illiterate mods are killing ilx (darraghmac), Friday, 17 September 2010 09:40 (thirteen years ago) link

banaka you're aware that your narrative reads as follows:

a. dude in crisis is recruited by a cult-like org & told to disseminate propaganda via the internet
b. dude registers to ilx, follows orders
c. dude has crisis, renounces schtick
d. cult-like org obtains dude's login & password - this is after he's lost interest in cult-like org -- and begins posting under dude's screenname, sounding remarkably like dude sounded when he was doing his "job"

it's an ok story I just want to keep you straight on it

aerosmith: live at gunpoint (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 17 September 2010 09:45 (thirteen years ago) link

^booming post

The Reverend, Friday, 17 September 2010 09:47 (thirteen years ago) link

That sequence of events is correct.

banaka, Friday, 17 September 2010 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link

do u support the banning of noted poster kelpolaris?

Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 September 2010 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link

tbh banaka's a more creative sock than usual and should be supported fully in developing the next great christopher nolan script using ilx as sounding board

illiterate mods are killing ilx (darraghmac), Friday, 17 September 2010 09:57 (thirteen years ago) link

x-post

The elimination of those whose contributions are no longer useful is a matter of policy for us, but we are not familiar enough with this kelpolaris to make any judgment. However, if they are promoting an agenda that is not in accord with ours, they should of course be swiftly banned and hunted down.

banaka, Friday, 17 September 2010 10:00 (thirteen years ago) link

"Hey man, it's Dave from that cult you were trying to be with last week -- hope you're doing well. Listen, we were hoping to build on that message board thing you were doing. Could we get your login & pass?"
"What? Oh yeah, sure thing. It's ban✧✧✧@easyn✧✧✧.c✧✧ and the pass is 'w1lbur'sallr1ght' with ones for the i's."
"Ha, ok, what--"
"Charlotte's Web thing, my favorite book when I was a kid,"
"Oh cool! Well listen, if you ever want to get back into things, I just wanted you to know there's always a place for you in our cult."
"I appreciate that Dave. I'm more into reiki right now though. Clearing some major blockages."
"Fair enough! Talk to you soon."
"Later days, Banaka."

aerosmith: live at gunpoint (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 17 September 2010 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link

The replacement of the former unit was not amicable as depicted in your post.

banaka, Friday, 17 September 2010 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link

oh ok well then umm how about

banakacentral: hey asshole if u arent gonna play give us yr login & pw
cavaticafan: u gotta stop buggin me dude I srsly dont care abt yr deal
banakacentral: quit bein a dick and give me the login i got some political shit 2 get off my chest
cavaticafan: i dont have 2 do shit
banakacentral: well i will post yr pic to wdyll like then under some other login
cavaticafan: no! you fuckin dick
banakacentral: we play 4 keeps here at banaka
cavaticafan: ban✧✧✧@easyn✧✧✧.c✧✧ and the pass is allorganic
banakacentral: somebody could have guessed that pass from your posts dumbass
cavaticafan: who gives a shit
banakacentral: is your banking password 'checkingaccount'
cavaticafan: plz fuck off, blocking u now
banakacentral: no we are blocking u now, fuck u
cavaticafan: fu2

aerosmith: live at gunpoint (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 17 September 2010 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link

aero if it transpires that banaka is a sock of yrs i'll be seriously disappointed

illiterate mods are killing ilx (darraghmac), Friday, 17 September 2010 10:31 (thirteen years ago) link


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