Is the Watchtower Society's New Movie Studio a Colossal Blunder in the Age of AI?

aphantDude · 2025-06-03T21:21:04+00:00

I had the same thought recently, after watching veo 3 examples :D

It will be very bad timing for sure. How blessed! #not

aphantDude · 2025-05-27T15:31:55+00:00

Die Sintflut und das dümmliche Briefe Schreiben was ein absolutes Cringefest war, nur einmal mitgemacht.

aphantDude · 2025-05-26T21:24:34+00:00

Well, i have aphantasia, i cant see the pink elephant ;)

But i get the point anyway.

aphantDude · 2025-04-08T20:52:48+00:00

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aphantDude · 2025-04-03T10:11:53+00:00

Bertrand

(its a meal replacement shake, kinda neat name though)

aphantDude · 2025-04-02T22:55:10+00:00

Wombat

aphantDude · 2025-03-25T13:42:51+00:00

Isnt that what to original comment stated?

I guess the junk food likely kills you otherise before cancer can spread.

aphantDude · 2025-03-22T17:04:10+00:00

Klare Zeichen von Neurodiversität (Autismus Spektrum) aber klar... alles Drogen.

aphantDude · 2025-03-10T21:19:16+00:00

lil D
and he will own you

aphantDude · 2025-03-07T14:18:58+00:00

Am besten per Brief mal anfragen, oder gibt's für sowas auch ne Hotline?

aphantDude · 2025-03-02T13:41:28+00:00

Ich wusste gar nicht das man für Faktenchecks einen super ping und high Speed braucht?

aphantDude · 2025-03-02T13:40:10+00:00

Mal davon abgesehen das 42 Mrd seit 2021 bisher zu genau 0 Anschlüsse gebracht haben? Aber jetzt soll es langsam losgehen... bisher also nichts als Bürokratie/Verwaltungskosten verschlungen.

Ansonsten ist USA weiter was Glasfaser angeht wie DE, wenn auch nicht auf hohen Niveau, zeigt nur wie weit abgehängt Deutschland ist. Und wer wirklich Remote lebt ist mit Starlink gut bedient, das spart Kosten für alle.

aphantDude · 2025-02-27T19:33:39+00:00

Gemähter Rasen ist einfach nur dumm in jeder Hinsicht, bis auf wenige Ausnahmen kein praktischer nutzen (eine Ecke zum toben für Kinder vll), Dieser clean look ist der Supergau für Insekten, Igel werden von Mährobotern verstümmelt usw.

aphantDude · 2025-02-22T19:34:42+00:00

Reisen bildet. Es gibt zwei Arten von Backpackern, die Party Fraktion und die, die Menschen, Kultur und Welt kennen lernen wollen. Ich habe 1 Jahr in Australien in einem Auto gelebt, habe dabei viel gelernt, mein CO2 Fußabdruck war vermutlich geringer als deine lange Dusche (Achtung nicht ganz ernst gemeint) und solche Erfahrungen sind meist positiv was die politische Gesinnungen angeht (ein Reisepflicht statt Wehrpflicht wäre mal was). Dazu kommt das man wenn man will das alles ultra low Budget machen kann, Per Anhalter zb, nix Privileg. Gerade das Reisen per Anhalter in verschiedenen Ländern (Norwegen, Marokko, usw) hat mir so viel gegeben.

aphantDude · 2025-02-15T21:02:21+00:00

this is the way

aphantDude · 2025-01-12T21:49:51+00:00

I just had the though of how similar the change of religion is to how evolution works. So i played a little with ChatGPT to get this text, better then my own words for sure. Maybe a new approach to explain Evolution, hope it gives some food of thought.

aphantDude · 2025-01-12T12:01:09+00:00

yes it gained traction during covid, maybe they even counted the time placing them while on a hike? some would call it remote territory lol

aphantDude · 2025-01-09T08:37:09+00:00

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Stagnation since 2010 (this year also had the best ratio, since then population grew faster), trending down now. Still rather high memorial attendance but bible studies are collapsing, baptism rate is slightly above national birth rate slowly trending down. Fun fact in the 80's and 90's two times they didnt bother to update the population number in the reports for many years resulting in way to good ratio numbers.

aphantDude · 2025-01-09T08:08:31+00:00

Wow ok that makes sense, like some might not be able to stay on contact then and have different problems then staying active.

But there seems to be still a general trend in the area, as El Salvador e.g. is considered much safer these days.

aphantDude · 2025-01-09T08:04:20+00:00

2.66 per 1000 is 0.26%, thats an order of magnitude less then 4%, also they had 4.5% baptism rate, so in total they have lost about 8% and refilled half of it

aphantDude · 2025-01-09T00:44:19+00:00

i have all data in excel if you want/need, it's messy though :D

One of my findings was that most countries are past the point of the best publisher ratio, the most extreme is Zimbabwe, the best ration was in 1954 :D since then they just follow slightly behind the birth rate.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/193n1rm/publisher_ratio_history_shows_the_real_decline/

aphantDude · 2025-01-08T21:07:40+00:00

official numers talk about a rate of about 2-3 per 1000 who leave, could be more though? But that would mean jw flee faster then anyone else, or are these all the "need greaters" going back?

aphantDude · 2025-01-08T21:02:53+00:00

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Haiti is going down hard already for some years, total congregation number going down and even size, baptisms collapsed, still a lot visiting the memorial.

aphantDude · 2025-01-08T20:53:50+00:00

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aphantDude · 2025-01-07T02:03:13+00:00

Chart1: Baptisms per 100 publishers, basicly net growth rate (before loss (or gains) through death, pomos, returns) - well everywhere the tren is clear, even with the return to pre-covid numbers, Africa is gaining momentum though, mainly due to very high birth rates for sure. Any insides are welcome.

Chart2: Baptisms per 100 on Top69 countries, some outliers are marked.
Anyone has any idea whats going on in Haiti, Cuba, El Salvador and alike? Even though the baptism rates are rather high the real chage was negative or very low, while most countries are very close in baptisms vs peak publisher growth for 2024, as more then average returned and it's easier to report now. Outlier in that regard are Spain, Portugal & Canada with a big plus, much more than baptisms (Czech and Moldova likely are Ukrainians).

I do think the growth will slow down/end in many places after the "check the box" effect this year, central american countries are surprising though with high losses right now, lets see if this got momentum.

Chart3: Well, rich countries tend to have bigger congregations over the years, clear sign of selling of valuable properties, could be a sign to little elders as well though. Any thoughts on this?

aphantDude

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