Ordinarily I don’t like to bring up too many specific names and examples about some of the darker chapters in gematria lore. But as I’m sterling myself up for such a post I’m putting out some preliminary material. Please keep in mind that the people caught in the thrall of a charismatic grifter don’t like to do actual research about their new found hero. It’s a given that a large enough to be significant percentage of overzealous users will use the oxygen from seeing their name on the internet as further proof of the validity of their fifteen minutes of fame.
Without going into too much detail for now, the incidents in question relate to the gematria fan, Net Void and the events that unfolded when she had the misfortune of getting on Hubbard’s bad side. This has lead to a library of video footage shared on YouTube and lesser known sites documenting Hubbard crossing the line, where even fellow truth seekers get a full dose of Zach in angry rant mode.
Within that footage is a clip of Net Void declaring that Zach “filibusters” as a debating tactic. A minor quibble from me, I personally view a filibuster as a known waste of time, a fully one sided filling or air time where there’s no expectation the opposing side will get in a word. It’s more like a Gish Gallop, where Zach interrupts and blurts out anything off the top of his head. And whenever someone does manage to sneak in a derogatory comment about Zach, his precious gematria system, or any of the actual evidence of him being wrong:
“Shut up, I’m not wrong about anything!”
This comment, even disguised by slight adjustments, is so common it should be an official trademark. Sadly, with so many years of operation and being verifiably wrong about the sports picks so many times, there’s a constant need felt to combat the attackers. And one of those methods is to keep the myth alive, simultaneously feeding the ego behind it. Since he’s not wrong about anything, he has also one every debate/argument he’s been involved in.
If your one of those people that figured out you can make a few bucks copying the system, or more innocently think that the attitude is questionable but you want to draw support and subscribers from his user base, be prepared for the day where you get accused of being a shill and a waste of oxygen. The attitude of having won every argument is a well practiced piece of the marketing plan.
And that itself is not an original marketing plan. It’s completely cloned from Alex Jones. People do get disenfranchised, slow down or give up after consuming too many failed predictions. The target audience is short term - just long enough to be hooked into about a single season of each of the major sports. The unfortunate part of sports gematria grifting is there are always competing channels. And they’re all disseminating competing content that contradicts each other. And they’re all left with little choice but to claim they are never wrong and win every argument they ever get into.
One would think that people coming off as a know-it-all would be a bad thing and people would tire easily. Life does not work that way. Politicians, MLM advertising, cult membership, etc…. All rely on never being wrong to keep the blood flowing. Danth’s Law applies here within the context of psychological projection. I’m telling you over and over and over and over again I don’t lose any debates as a cover up because deep down I screw up all the time. Just stick it out through this season, or the next election and I promise you prosperity and reward beyond your wildest dreams.
This is part of the reason for the recap of the fascist aspects of Doctor Who. Enough people got on board with the idea of being a part of something to break them out of their funk that even though the failure (wars are messy for both sides*) was predictable, that’s not important to what people want to believe TODAY.
*Know your logical fallacies - The Broken Window fallacy.
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