3. TIL the guy from the My Pillow commercials was a crack addict who thought of the...

TIL the guy from the My Pillow commercials was a crack addict who thought of the idea to start a pillow company while high on a crack binge and woke up to the word "My Pillow" written all over the walls of his kitchen... then he sobered up and actually followed through with the idea

have you ever met a recovering addict who goes to AA or NA meetings? they all do it's like..hey good for you, you found something to replace heroin and crack with, if that jesus stuff keeps you sober... then you believe whatever you want .. YES I KNOW, WITH GOD ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, I HEARD YOU THE FIRST 80 TIMES YOU TOLD ME.

god they are insufferable all they talk about is jesus and how much they hate drug users they are insufferable. aa and na are like literal cults. i had to go too a few meetings once, the first thing they told me was that it was not a religious group you can believe whatever you want or if you dont beieve that's fine too it's not a relgious meeting

then 5 minutes later im holding hands with two strangers in a protestant church saying the lord's prayer with 30 other people all standing looking at the giant jesus crucifix on the wall lol

NOT RELIGIOUS? WITHIN 5 MINUTES WE'RE ALL HOLDING HANDS IN CHURCH SAYING THE LORDS PRAYER FACING A JESUS CRUCIFIX HANGING ON THE WALL

IT DOESNT GET ANY MORE RELIGIOUS THAN THAT. hahahahah

not to mention i happen to be irish catholic (not practicing but lots of my family is)....being forced to say the protestant version of the lords prayer. that's kind of a sensitive topic in the country my family is from LOL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/22/why-were-troubles-so-bloody-this-helps-explain/

send the irish cathoic dumbass who flipped a car over to two cult meetings in a protestant church ...twice.

a US judge told me i had to do that \ as my punishment for a car accident

wtf lol

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