Rule
(midwest.social)
Maven (famous)
196Heres the link btw if you want to apply: https://www.notion.so/Join-our-Polycule-339ce84f25648043922be9551ed5b846
I still can't understand if this is a joke or not. Some parts feel like a joke.
It sounded fun at first, until I started reading the rules. Now it sounds like a chore. I feel like I'd rather go to a job interview than a polycule interview. Nothing against them though, happy they found love!
"You can't click on this link because it is on printed paper, you will need to type it into your browser".
That got me chuckling, because I have actually tried to do that multiple times, but only succeeded twice.
Ominous shadow puppets in Zaid’s video. A+ to them for logistics and teamwork. I hope they find their match.
They lost me when they asked for a LinkedIn account
If serious: The breeding thing and this being SF suggests some strange subgroup from lesswrong/rationalism/TESCREAL or whatever they go by now.
I love how they don't rule out people who can't figure out a printed url. I certainly couldnt partner with someone who needs instructions on how to use a link.
Why wouldnt you just use a qr code?
One person's heaven is another's hell.
This sounds like an unrelenting horror to me. Imagine all of the talking.... yap yap yap every second 'it's hot' 'i'm hungry' GET OUT GET OUT
Come on, "polyrule" was right there
DAMMIT!
I'm happy with my monocule. Every couch feels like an XL couch when you're by yourself
✊
"We are considering having Melissa breed with Norman or Zaid, and/or Mackenzie with Douglas, as we believe these would be the genetically-optimal combinations. This would likely take place in the next 1-2 years."
Wow, I think this just found the field of microeugenics
The dark arts have practiced by meddling mothers for centuries!
%100 cult vibes. cosmic horror lets gooooo
If this was Portland I'd be sure it's a joke, but SF? who could say
Wanted: Roommate, must fuck every other housemate
Edit: wow this is a cult lmao
It seems like a big commitment just to save a few bucks on rent
How expensive is rent in the US if that listed rent is saving money????
In SF if you rent your own place it’s like $3000-4000.
Do jobs at least usually pay 10 grand or more per month there?
Yeah, tech jobs easily pay $200k-600k. A bad, low level tech job will still probably pay $120k. Some people are making $1M+, especially couples where both have tech jobs. This is why many people choose to live in California despite the cost of living. That said, if you aren’t in tech, it can be a struggle and that’s where you get people trying to cling to rent-controlled apartments and split rent 6-ways. This polycule is probably in part driven by housing costs and as most of them are young, they haven’t yet come to feel that living with 6 other people fucking sucks.
Jesus christ! That's around the median monthly income in my country. And I come from a rich country.
My rent is around a fifth of that. Please tell me the $3000-4000 range is at least for a family apartment.
The majority of America its physically impossible to live by yourself with in an hours drive one way of any reasonable job.
You either have roommates, work two jobs, work remote and live so far out in bumfuck nowhere your basically a hermit.
Or you live in glorified squaller.
work remote and live so far out in bumfuck nowhere your basically a hermit.
I did this for a few years and miss my hermit life.
The average rent in the US is about 1600/mo, and the median household income is 83k/yr. Obviously these averages/medians will change dramatically when looking at individual places, but if you live in a major coastal city that's infamous for being unaffordable you will absolutely need roommates to afford rent.
However there's also plenty of major cities which are not unaffordable so while you can have your eyes pop out of your sockets looking at LA, SF, NYC, etc. Toledo OH or Milwaukee WI are just quietly going on about their day being relatively affordable places to live with plenty healthy local economies
I've looked at those sorts of cities, and honestly, it has yet to wind up proving practical once I run the numbers. Yeah, I could move to Indianapolis and have a much nicer apartment for the same money or less, but between wages generally being substantially lower and needing to purchase at least two cars to be able to get around in most of these places, it's always wound up where I would be tossing the roughly the same percentage of my income away between those two factors.
Like, I would be perfectly fine with moving away to a city where I took a paycut, but could afford a comparable apartment with a lower rent and rely on public transit or bike infrastructure to get around safely and quickly, but I haven't found anywhere that ticks those two boxes yet.
It really seems like something that only makes sense if you're taking an internal transfer and will be keeping your higher salary after moving inland.
That's not entirely true. I pay less than $1k per month for my small one bedroom apartment and live within driving distance of a small city that has ok jobs. I'm not exactly thriving but i'm at least treading water.
How many people does a group need to become a cult? I don't think 3 cuts it
A cult with only one member is just an unusual habit. But two? You've got a leader and a follower, I think that's enough.
I would in fact think they must all start that way.
There are single family cults. You can absolutely have a cult with 3 people. It's all about control.
Such as the Duggars.
And basically anyone in FLDS.
It's a start
Yeah, I know when a polycule is looking for a short member they can lift up to get the cookie jar & high shelf stuff.
5'5" is about the global average, it's not short.
You are right, I was trying to reference this in a petty attempt at humour
Ah I see, I wasn't familiar :)
Maybe if you're including children.
edit: Apparently not: https://compareheight.net/average-human-height-worldwide/
Oh, they are looking for a tall gf then.
There are so many little things in that link that sends up a little red flag, but this section.... Oof.
Family planning:
- We would like to have 3-4 kids.
- We are considering having Melissa breed with Norman or Zaid, and/or Mackenzie with Douglas, as we believe these would be the genetically-optimal combinations. This would likely take place in the next 1-2 years.
- As you would be a newer addition to the polycule, we would need to get to know you for 2-4 years (depending on good behavior) before considering adding you to the gene pool.
Genetically-optimal? How in the fuck do they determine that? What happens if their spawn is not genetically-optimal? Recycling bin?
Geezus fuck people are dumb sometimes.
Genetically-optimal? How in the fuck do they determine that?
Hot and hot = optimal, I'd assume. I haven't checked the website to see if they have photos of the people or anything.
Ugh it smells very american, who ever talks like that any more? Didn't you pay attention during WW2? 😬
..... Americans don't talk like the either... What does that even mean
Nobody did and everyone who tried is long dead.
I clicked the link and read the whole thing. I still am not sure if this is sincere or satire. It's so out there that I kind of hope it is real, and that they find what they are looking for.
I don't believe you because the fine print at the bottom specifically says you can't click the link
OP put the link in the post text
you can't click the link
Only if you cannot read
the lemmy post text contains the link in clickable (and not shortened) form
It says so
The breeding pool stuff makes me lean more towards satire
I’ve heard of bananas stories like this over on StrangeÆons channel, so it might very well be real.
You mean the Portland Polycule From Hell? That was determined to be fake unfortunately, someone was just having fun making up stories.
Aww, that’s possible. Though I feel like there’s been plenty of similar stories.
Ive known people in at least three of these. Theres no way to know.
My favorite part is that you can’t fuck anyone outside the polycule, except at burning man 🤣
I'd need more information before I could say I wanted to be in their polycule, much less their breeding pool.
Yeaaaah, that’s not being polyamorous. There’s no amour anywhere near this group. Just somebody (or somebodies) who wants to manipulate a vulnerable victim.
There are plenty of great poly people out there who won’t try to steal your money or control your body.
Reminds me of the Final Fantasy house.
Yeah 100%. As someone who is a "normal" poly person, the stuff listed in this is awful and terrible and shouldnt ever actually be considered polyamory.
What's so terrible about long walks on the beach in 3:4 formation??? /j
I'm more of a 4:3 guy
High five from a fellow poly person! 🖐️
Yooo!!! Lets start a cult in Seattle!
I only join cults nowadays if they offer a remote-only option. Tried it out during the pandemic, got used to it, refuse to go back. It's so much less work.
But how do you distribute the 'kool-aid'?
Packets in the mail.
That seems a little redundant
Not even who you replied to but If you can help me relocate I am so down :P
Unfortunately, I am not actually in Seattle. Thats just where the original ad is from.
I definitely need to start a polycule cult though where im at. I think I could do it well!
Poly as in plastic.
Life in plastic, its fantastic.
It's Norman, who will absolutely give up the presidency, but right now is bad timing.
Just another 6 or 7 years and then another person can be at the top of the hierarchy. (This was said 6-7 years ago)
I should note: this is NOT me.
Found the defector
I'm not poly, but $1,500 is pretty cheap rent for San Francisco...
Jesus I was just thinking the opposite. I would be OK with poly if it meant saving on rent but 1500 is fucking ridiculous (and I'm thinking Canadian). Even coming from the most expensive rent in Canada, that's way too fucking much to also be dealing with weird "breeders".
I pay 16 for a closet. California is wild.
Well if they're walking 3:4 there's 12 people in said polycule so total rent would be $18 840 which... doesn't seem particularly cheap.
E: Haha ok so if they meant 3+4 then '3:4' is the absolute worst way of writing that. And that's still $11 000 a month.
House is 4 bedrooms, group is 7 people. (Three pairs share a room at least.)
There's 7, including the applicant. They meant 3, then 4.
They mean a line of 3 and another of 4 people wide formation. They wish to be exactly 7 people
Are you sexually compatible with all genders in their cule?
FAFO now has a new meaning!
Is that a thing now? In my flat share I had to find my own girlfriends outside of my flat.
I don’t understand this post. All I see are red flags.
That means you DO understand the post.
You can't click on this link
Never heard of QR codes? Are all members over 50 years old?
Most of them are 20s or 30s but one of them is 65.
The worst part is that one of them is a software engineer!
wait, you know the people in the polycule???
You cannot click the link. But the url is real
...bruh
I was convinced this was satire and then I clicked through the link. See for yourself and maybe apply :)
The form still feels very satire-like
They added a video lmao
That feels like a very elaborate joke from a friendgroup to me now
Probably only if your waist is below a certain size 🤢 god that link made me unreasonably fucking mad
Wait, really? I might actually qualify ♥️ BRB, filling out an application to be in an elitist discriminatory sex cult 😄
Edit: nvm, I don't meet their tallness specifications 😥
Or above a minimum... who knows.
Very true. Either way, not a nice way to screen people imo
Cultlike behavior
It's San Francisco, one of them was bound to be
