Companies with Surprising Links to Cults

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  • @activ8me3
    @activ8me3 2 місяці тому +132

    One should note that Purina was purchased by Nestle, not a cult (?), but possibly (even) worse than one.

    • @MrG9002
      @MrG9002 2 місяці тому +18

      Nestle is the worst, fully agree.

    • @aleisterlavey9716
      @aleisterlavey9716 2 місяці тому +6

      Cults at least have something they believe on a spiritual level.

    • @MrG9002
      @MrG9002 2 місяці тому +5

      @@aleisterlavey9716 so did the Nazis

    • @seed_drill7135
      @seed_drill7135 2 місяці тому +2

      Hey, at least the Nazis gave us VW, tape recorders and Fanta.

    • @MrG9002
      @MrG9002 2 місяці тому

      @@seed_drill7135 keep on diggin' that hole.

  • @heathersmith8549
    @heathersmith8549 Місяць тому +11

    We definitely need a few more videos on this topic. That barely scratches the surface of companies founded by cults

  • @Gayoinion
    @Gayoinion 2 місяці тому +359

    You’re telling me these giant mega corporations with unimaginable amounts of money have shady values?

    • @gpaull2
      @gpaull2 2 місяці тому +19

      You misspelled MAGA.

    • @patricialee76
      @patricialee76 2 місяці тому +13

      Bad news... poor people don't have better values.

    • @philipemmons3580
      @philipemmons3580 2 місяці тому +6

      WHAT? NO WAY!

    • @OGBenPowell
      @OGBenPowell 2 місяці тому

      @@gpaull2you should get that looked at… Probably a brain tumor.

    • @threadtapwhisperer5136
      @threadtapwhisperer5136 2 місяці тому +4

      Right?
      Weird, huh?
      😂

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 2 місяці тому +31

    0:50 - Chapter 1 - Purina
    4:35 - Chapter 2 - Yogi tea
    8:55 - Chapter 3 - Acellus academy

  • @jaymzx0
    @jaymzx0 2 місяці тому +89

    Simon is probably reading the story on the teleprompter about Acellus for the first time and halfway through thinking...."oh shit I'm gonna get sued". Tosses in an "Allegedly!" and it's like a get-out-of-lawsuit-free-card.

    • @richardaubrecht2822
      @richardaubrecht2822 2 місяці тому +10

      In Minecraft!

    • @paladro
      @paladro 2 місяці тому +9

      it is though, so long as it's included in the video, they can't claim otherwise...

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 2 місяці тому +3

      That’s exactly what it is. Even if you have video and audio evidence of someone committing a crime, you have to say “allegedly” so you don’t get sued for slander. That’s why every single news station says it.

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings 2 місяці тому +5

      Have I Got News For You has proven thats literally all you need to do to avoid a lawsuit time and again for 4 decades.

    • @MikeP2055
      @MikeP2055 Місяць тому +3

      Naw, that's par for the course for Simon's channels. It's a running joke on Brain Blaze. "Allegedly, in my opinion" is basically his catchphrase.

  • @oliviawolcott8351
    @oliviawolcott8351 2 місяці тому +86

    can we have another episode of this?

    • @seasonallyferal1439
      @seasonallyferal1439 2 місяці тому +4

      Or even a list lol

    • @annieinwonderland
      @annieinwonderland 2 місяці тому

      Here is the start of the second one list sanatorium, fisher price, ( the burdohof community) 3m and the start of McKinley and co are wild.​@seasonallyferal1439

    • @erinmcdonald7781
      @erinmcdonald7781 2 місяці тому +4

      Definitely need more! Although I’m guessing Epoch Times/Shen Yun creators probably have a decent bevy of lawyers, as well…

  • @ionpop8
    @ionpop8 2 місяці тому +58

    "a new Caucasian race that was free from impurities ... in New Jersey". He was certainly ambitions, that's for sure.

    • @Bdhstl95
      @Bdhstl95 2 місяці тому +1

      Ralston Purina is based in Saint Louis, MO as the entire Danforth family is from there.

    • @kirkstinson7316
      @kirkstinson7316 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@@Bdhstl95
      So? His cult area was in New Jersey. Ralston NJ still exists

    • @anthonyperno1348
      @anthonyperno1348 Місяць тому

      Hey!

  • @Kat-tr2ig
    @Kat-tr2ig 2 місяці тому +7

    In Argentina there is a brand called Granix that makes cereal, cookies, crackers, and snacks. It is owned by the 7th Day Adventists and they are very open about it.

  • @milesmacnz
    @milesmacnz 2 місяці тому +180

    "A race free from impurities"? Rules out the Tour de France.

    • @XYGamingRemedyG
      @XYGamingRemedyG 2 місяці тому +10

      A race free free from impurities*

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 2 місяці тому +10

      And pretty much all the rest of the sport entertainment industry

    • @priceyindividual2995
      @priceyindividual2995 2 місяці тому +2

      I clicked because that was a hell of a thumbnail to drop 🤣

    • @cult-of-sporque
      @cult-of-sporque 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@XYGamingRemedyG doesn't that make it *not* free?

    • @XYGamingRemedyG
      @XYGamingRemedyG 2 місяці тому +1

      @@cult-of-sporque pesky double negatives
      Or. Extra positives?? 🤔

  • @alisondale979
    @alisondale979 2 місяці тому +11

    These cults unsurprisingly always comes down to abusing women. Always.

  • @aaronring4704
    @aaronring4704 2 місяці тому +55

    Surprised Celestial Seasonings didn’t make the cut.

    • @HandyMan657
      @HandyMan657 2 місяці тому +10

      Or epoch times

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv 2 місяці тому +6

      Celestial Seasonings was a hippie commune, not a cult.

    • @KasumiKenshirou
      @KasumiKenshirou 2 місяці тому

      @@ferretyluv Their leader said that their book of teachings came from aliens. It's a cult.

    • @aaronring4704
      @aaronring4704 2 місяці тому +2

      @@HandyMan657 Epoch Times isn't as widely known.

    • @mikepalmer1971
      @mikepalmer1971 2 місяці тому

      @@HandyMan657what cult are they linked to?

  • @EAWanderer
    @EAWanderer 2 місяці тому +51

    And...I just saw a Purina advert before seeing this 🐈
    This is interesting

  • @Zzrik
    @Zzrik 2 місяці тому +3

    Man that one Austrian painter would sure love all these corporations and such, they share the same thought process almost.

  • @keithwalmsley1830
    @keithwalmsley1830 2 місяці тому +37

    These cults almost make Scientology look plausible!!! 😳

    • @tomtillman
      @tomtillman 2 місяці тому +3

      Not even close.

    • @cognitive-disonance
      @cognitive-disonance 2 місяці тому +1

      Trying to say it's not!? 🤬
      (😂😂)

    • @Narangarath
      @Narangarath 2 місяці тому +2

      Almost, if you have no idea what they actually do. It's pretty funny you'd say that, because I just watched a long interview of someone who was a part of the yoga cult mentioned, and she and the interviewer remarked how eerily similar to scientology the entire affair was. Which makes sense, since they both fall under the same type of cult, aka self improvement/self help on the surface.

    • @desperadox7565
      @desperadox7565 2 місяці тому +1

      No

    • @TexJester-no8th
      @TexJester-no8th 2 місяці тому +2

      Scientology was written by L. Ron Hubbard to win a bet. He and some of his friends were debating religion; he made a bet that he could write a book that seemed like it might be a religious text and actually start a wholly fake"religion".
      Needless to say, he won the bet ....

  • @GabrielMartinFlores
    @GabrielMartinFlores 2 місяці тому +11

    Thanks Simon! You’re always so awesome!!! Keep up the fantastic videos - I always learn new things from them! I used to like Chex as a kid, bummer! SUPERHUGGS 💙💙💙

    • @Justin.Martyr
      @Justin.Martyr 2 місяці тому

      *TRUMP Voting FiLthyDIKEATERS Hate the UKraine!!!*

  • @Justaguyuguys
    @Justaguyuguys 2 місяці тому +6

    I use Yogi's vanilla cinnamon tea to detox for drug tests, works great, one box over 24 hours will flush all the thc out of your system even if you're a heavy smoker. Didn't know about the cult stuff, but great tea

    • @Mathrox-uu1qh
      @Mathrox-uu1qh 2 місяці тому +2

      No it doesn't. Grow up.

    • @Justaguyuguys
      @Justaguyuguys 2 місяці тому +1

      @Mathrox-uu1qh ok, if you say so

    • @SarahZeeb
      @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому

      @@Mathrox-uu1qh He is grown up and don't knock it until you try it. You would be surprised what can you use to be healthy that isn't a man made toxin.

    • @SarahZeeb
      @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому

      I was Yogi teas for a lot of things. The dandelion one works very well.

  • @jerard1979
    @jerard1979 2 місяці тому +17

    "They must be good at what they do since they continue to secure government contracts" hahaha. It almost certainly has way more to do with going with the cheapest option.

    • @mada575
      @mada575 2 місяці тому +7

      Cheapest option, non-compete contracts, nepotism, etc. yet nothing has to do with quality 😂

    • @desperadox7565
      @desperadox7565 2 місяці тому +1

      It has mostly to do with donations.💰

  • @TheSteveBoyd
    @TheSteveBoyd 2 місяці тому +92

    Wait... a mormon cult broke from the modern LDS church so they could keep OG mormon harems, yet broke the OG mormon ban on *coffee* by allowing Starbucks? Well now I don't know WHAT to believe! 😂

    • @terrafirma5327
      @terrafirma5327 2 місяці тому +14

      Welcome to Utah and my former religion.

    • @mada575
      @mada575 2 місяці тому +3

      I thought the coffee ban started in the 50s when they got on their huge health kick? FLDS had already split off by then.

    • @JohnClark-2162
      @JohnClark-2162 2 місяці тому +3

      NOT "Mormon", Latter Day Saint is the proper name. The church of Latter Day Saints.✝️🙏

    • @richardaubrecht2822
      @richardaubrecht2822 2 місяці тому +16

      @@JohnClark-2162 The Cult of Latter Day Saints.

    • @JohnClark-2162
      @JohnClark-2162 2 місяці тому

      @@richardaubrecht2822 Hey do you want your own planet or not?🪐🌏🌐

  • @Yupppi
    @Yupppi 2 місяці тому +10

    Yes, government would never make the same mistake twice so the security company must be top notch.

    • @jorgelotr3752
      @jorgelotr3752 2 місяці тому

      You think you can that security company using that security company?

  • @null.psyche
    @null.psyche 2 місяці тому +59

    Nothing about the Epoch Times Newspaper? I smell a part 2

    • @priceyindividual2995
      @priceyindividual2995 2 місяці тому +6

      Oneida as well

    • @erinmcdonald7781
      @erinmcdonald7781 2 місяці тому +1

      Definitely need a part 2!
      Edit: Rebecca Watson did a pretty decent video on Shen Yun, the other commercial venture of this group.

    • @Noah_E
      @Noah_E 2 місяці тому +1

      The title is 'surprising.' Epoch Times and Oneida are well known

  • @noahdoyle6780
    @noahdoyle6780 2 місяці тому +17

    Simon, it's very touching that you think that the USG gives out contracts purely by cheapest, and keeps going with one because they're good at it.

  • @BrianMcHale-d3z
    @BrianMcHale-d3z 2 місяці тому +2

    Celestial seasonings or celestial tea could be worth looking into if you do a follow-up. allegedly connected to a radio station, multiple air bnbs, and I'm sure you'd find more looking into their compound in southern Arizona.

    • @jamesleonard2870
      @jamesleonard2870 Місяць тому

      Radio frequencies can and are being used to mess up peoples brains with the goal to indoctrinate people into cults and or cultish behavior. So I’m gonna check these guys out. I bet there’s more of these doing radio and food. Makes me wonder what’s in the food. Idk

  • @RobSandman
    @RobSandman 2 місяці тому +33

    What is it with cereals and nuts? 🤣between kellogg and this lad you could fill a nuthouse with nutcases in nutland.

    • @AdamMansbridge
      @AdamMansbridge 2 місяці тому

      There are a whole swag of religious prohibition of meat. There is reason to think the current rise of veganism is due to religious propaganda

    • @josephteller9715
      @josephteller9715 2 місяці тому

      Dietary Control is a common tool found in many many cults for centuries... and owning their own cereal brand that converts are expected to eat daily a common tool of a cash source for cults. Especially cults obsessed with 'Spiritual Purity' or 'Racial Purity'. It's one of the 10 warning signs in the Bonewits Cult Evaluation Scale (along with control of sexual function/behavior, etc.)

    • @demonbleh
      @demonbleh 2 місяці тому +2

      Post Cereals is the same deal. IIRC the guy that started Post Cereals was actually a former inmate of one of J. H. Kellogg's sanitariums.

    • @RobSandman
      @RobSandman 2 місяці тому

      @@demonbleh Thanks Demonbleh(great name!), I love to learn more, especially history, especially the history of eccentrics and lunatics!

    • @petergray2712
      @petergray2712 2 місяці тому +2

      Whole grains were seen as being free of adulteration. Food sold in urban areas in the USA for much of the 19th century was heavily adulterated with fillers that ranged from innocuous to highly toxic. Mass-produced food was particularly egregious, as Upton Sinclair's The Jungle would later make clear. If they could afford it, families would source their foods from artisanal suppliers. Jewish butchers and grocers became widely popular in big cities because Kosher ordinances were strictly enforced by local Rabbinic councils (which is why "Its Kosher" remains a North American English idiom for something that has been made honestly).
      The poor and people of color couldn't afford these options and were often exploited by unscrupulous merchants selling these foods, and it added to the racial and class anxieties of the period. Most of these cults (and the unadulterated foods they espoused) appealed primarily to white middle class Americans wishing to create an added barrier between them and the wretched rabble teeming through inner city tenements. These cults offered a "clean" lifestyle and environment of pure food and drink in bucolic, rural locations as an antidote to these "poisons." Most of these movements were pseudoscientific, racist, and just as unhealthy as the environments and substances they purported as evil.

  • @chadwickstephens3708
    @chadwickstephens3708 2 місяці тому +8

    You could also add Kellogg's cereal and Celestial Seasonings tea

  • @stevenpeek8842
    @stevenpeek8842 2 місяці тому +2

    Back in the before time (late '70s to early'80s) when I was in university, the dining hall would have Ralston on the menu from time to time. As I recall, it was a very tasty hot cereal; I liked it better than either oatmeal or cream of wheat.

  • @ayjay579
    @ayjay579 2 місяці тому +3

    I thought scentbird would be on here but then I remembered that Simon wouldn’t risk loosing that sponsorship opportunity

    • @gabrielethier2046
      @gabrielethier2046 2 місяці тому

      To be fair I think that's mostly the CEO that hold strange beliefs, and not necessarily because she's a part of specific cult.

  • @SarahZeeb
    @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому +1

    Missed ABC Mouse that is backed by Scientology. A friend of my family worked at the Battle Creek Michigan Ralston Purina plant and he had said multiple times the higher ups thoughts were "weird". It doesn't surprise me though that is the era when Eugenics was becoming popular.

  • @jonathanward3633
    @jonathanward3633 2 місяці тому +2

    Webster Edgerly looks like hes about to start singing operatically about car insurance

  • @myplane150
    @myplane150 2 місяці тому +4

    Can someone tell me what Simon says (LOL) at 2:25? "People should only wear ??? on their feet"...

    • @CailinRuaAnChead
      @CailinRuaAnChead 2 місяці тому +3

      Should only walk on balls of their feet and never in a straight line. I had to listen to that bit a couple of times too!

  • @TheBibleIsaWeirdThing
    @TheBibleIsaWeirdThing 2 місяці тому +21

    There are two frees in the thumbnail.

    • @AdamMansbridge
      @AdamMansbridge 2 місяці тому +5

      It's a very free thumbnail

    • @TheBibleIsaWeirdThing
      @TheBibleIsaWeirdThing 2 місяці тому

      @@AdamMansbridge Can't argue with that 😂

    • @threadtapwhisperer5136
      @threadtapwhisperer5136 2 місяці тому

      I read it like:
      "A race free, FREE from racial impurities!"
      Y'know, like an old time wanker spouting that sort of BS?
      Its more feasible that there's a spare Free in there.
      Literally too much "Free" -dom in the thumbnail... Hah
      Hehe
      Hahahaahah
      So witty, right, guys?
      ..... Guys?
      😂😂😂

    • @miproduction6196
      @miproduction6196 2 місяці тому +1

      Duh bro it’s a free free country

  • @Count_Smackula
    @Count_Smackula 2 місяці тому +6

    A lost Business Blaze episode?

  • @jamescampbell6724
    @jamescampbell6724 2 місяці тому +4

    You forgot that Purina also made a Donkey Kong cereal.

  • @RobertStewart-i3m
    @RobertStewart-i3m 2 місяці тому +1

    I remember eating Ralston Purina cereal. Not the monkey feed, and I ain't horsing around. I best stop now.....

  • @AnotherPointOfView944
    @AnotherPointOfView944 2 місяці тому +9

    Only knew about Purina, not the other two.

    • @the80hdgaming
      @the80hdgaming 2 місяці тому +3

      Same here... I remember Ralston-Purina feeds...

    • @Bdhstl95
      @Bdhstl95 2 місяці тому +1

      But it is from Saint Louis not New Jersey. That is where the Danforths are from as one was a US senator

  • @chlorineismyperfume
    @chlorineismyperfume 2 місяці тому +1

    Can we have an episode like this for other continents?

  • @0o0ification
    @0o0ification 2 місяці тому +2

    Purina logo shows up everywhere in Alien: Isolation. Now, even more distracting to my silly brain...

  • @eyarebisong2152
    @eyarebisong2152 2 місяці тому +6

    Mr. Kellogg's anti-masturbatory cornflakes will always be the weirdest one for me.

    • @jorgelotr3752
      @jorgelotr3752 2 місяці тому +2

      Covered in at least another video, possibly a couple more. Also on a Tasting History with Matt Miller's episode. It's a urban legend. Dr. Kellogg made them as bland as possible because he believed any form of enjoyment to be unhealthy (related, perhaps, but not directly). His brother decided to spice things up with a bit of sugar because that was the ticket to more sales, but that caused an argument between them that lasted for the rest of their lives (could have lasted less, but Dr. Kellogg's secetary conveniently forgot to post a reconciliatory letter).

    • @dcsteve7869
      @dcsteve7869 2 місяці тому +1

      have you tried pleasing the boss when your eating cornflakes? It's not easy buddy

    • @eyarebisong2152
      @eyarebisong2152 2 місяці тому

      @@jorgelotr3752 I wonder what his reaction would be when he sees the state of the modern cornflakes and the society at large.

    • @eyarebisong2152
      @eyarebisong2152 2 місяці тому

      @@dcsteve7869 I haven't. I'm the boss, usually.

    • @jorgelotr3752
      @jorgelotr3752 2 місяці тому +2

      @@eyarebisong2152 A rage-induced heart attack.

  • @ruthmaloney4378
    @ruthmaloney4378 2 місяці тому +4

    Still hoping for decently balanced sound..... pleeeeeeeze 🙏🙏🙏🙏 "S" and "T" still spiking off the charts

  • @jolttsp
    @jolttsp 2 місяці тому +5

    Why are cults always into cereal. I mean i love me some cereal so i get it, but they seem especially into it

    • @Noah_E
      @Noah_E 2 місяці тому +1

      What do cults tend to seek to avoid unwanted attention? A lot of cheap land in the middle of nowhere. What is great for raising cereal crops? A lot of cheap land in the middle of nowhere. It makes sense.

    • @SarahZeeb
      @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому +3

      Most are of the mindset control the food, control the people.

  • @thaichicken0210
    @thaichicken0210 2 місяці тому +4

    3:08 new jersey or new zealand? or both??

  • @danielmiller3596
    @danielmiller3596 Місяць тому +1

    Purina is also considered the lowest health stuff for animals.

  • @adammitchell3462
    @adammitchell3462 2 місяці тому +2

    I've recently become obsessed with Yogi chai tea latte concentrate its the freakin BOMB! It makes me feel like a million bucks,maybe I should join the cult 😂

  • @Mccpotinc
    @Mccpotinc 2 місяці тому

    I had a zoom interview at Acellus last March and the people I talked to looked and talked like preprogrammed robots, these people had nothing behind their eyes they looked like the Scientology members who stand outside churches. I didn’t know it was as a cult when I scheduled the interview but I learned before it actually happened just so I could see how they acted and they were the weirdest people ever. They would never answer a question straight they would just talk about how everything must be done by company standards and they would be able to answer my question later. At the end I told them I’m not interested and would pass on the job when they asked why I said I’m not joining your cult and they all turned white in the face and ended the call.

  • @jorgelotr3752
    @jorgelotr3752 2 місяці тому +2

    8:22 that explains Master Lock and why "military grade" means nothing.

    • @douglasclerk2764
      @douglasclerk2764 2 місяці тому

      You mean it doesn't mean 'crap'?

    • @jorgelotr3752
      @jorgelotr3752 2 місяці тому

      @@douglasclerk2764 "Crap" would at least mean you don't touch it even with a ten foot pole once installed. "Nothing" means that it serves the exact same purpose and utility as "nothing".

  • @agnesblack1974
    @agnesblack1974 2 місяці тому +4

    At least Ralston-Purina was purchased by Nestle

    • @dcsteve7869
      @dcsteve7869 2 місяці тому +3

      the company run by a guy who is nearly a comic book level baddie that believes nobody except Nestle should have water rights?

    • @amysourbutts8421
      @amysourbutts8421 2 місяці тому

      Nestle are straight up evil. Have a look at the baby milk boycott against them. It's been going on since the 70s.

  • @bioLarzen
    @bioLarzen 2 місяці тому +1

    A race that's not just simply free from impurities... but free free from them.

  • @wolf1066
    @wolf1066 2 місяці тому +3

    Surprised no mention of Kelloggs.

    • @SarahZeeb
      @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому +1

      Why? The one Kellogg was just a abusive a-hole and the other that we know for corn flakes was a bit flamboyant and a weird rich guy. I used to work on the W. K. Kellogg Manor House site which was his lake house. I learned all sort of things about him.

    • @wolf1066
      @wolf1066 2 місяці тому +1

      @@SarahZeeb 7th Day Adventists with the stated aim of producing food that would suppress sexual urges - and, from the taste of most Kelloggs cereals, they achieved that goal.

    • @SarahZeeb
      @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому +1

      @@wolf1066 that was the older Kellogg that started the company beliefs. The original cereals was purposely bland because of that. The whole family history is pretty interesting.

    • @wolf1066
      @wolf1066 2 місяці тому +3

      @@SarahZeeb Can't be having people's passions aroused by flavoursome foods, now, can we? 🤣🤣

    • @SarahZeeb
      @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому +1

      @wolf1066 nope especially sugar 😂

  • @Errumen
    @Errumen 2 місяці тому +1

    "Balance of Nature" supplements is connected to both the FLDS church and Scientology.

  • @frequentlycynical642
    @frequentlycynical642 2 місяці тому +2

    No mention of Kellogg? The best known cult into food history out there, I think.
    I'm 78 and have never heard of Yogi Tea.

  • @mnoxman
    @mnoxman 2 місяці тому

    Point of order. Purina 'companion animal' feed is/was owned by Nestles. Large and exotic animal (gattor chow, horse chow, rabbit chow, monkey chow, etc) is done by Land O'Lakes.

  • @redmoondesignbeth9119
    @redmoondesignbeth9119 Місяць тому

    I rent from a Navajo woman in NM whose mom/auntie were taken at birth by Mormons. The mom spent 30 years searching for the girls and the auntie, Rose Johnson-Tsosie wrote a book about it "Finding Helen: A Navajo Miracle".
    The head of the Mormon Church was Gordon Hinckley. Almost all presidents are of Hinckley bloodline. George Bush is a cousin. The Church's World Vision in Central America was a CIA front. It's interns were Chapman and Hinckley. The Mormons are 2% of the population and 20% of the CIA. You'd be impressed with the Church's financial portfolio which seems to be the point of their existence.

  • @johnm_85
    @johnm_85 2 місяці тому +2

    This topic could be another separate channel for him

  • @jc6800
    @jc6800 2 місяці тому +7

    I'll only purchase Coca-Cola products once they re-add the active ingredient of cocaine. 🎉😂

    • @desperadox7565
      @desperadox7565 2 місяці тому

      100% agree. Taking it out was the worst business decision ever. They should have fought for being allowed to keep it in. (Maybe grandfathering it in)

    • @dcsteve7869
      @dcsteve7869 2 місяці тому +1

      the current supply has so much sweetener added it might as well be soda. Just ad carbonated water

    • @jc6800
      @jc6800 2 місяці тому +1

      @dcsteve7869 Also, I'm kidding. Don't do drugs.

    • @dcsteve7869
      @dcsteve7869 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jc6800 ....unless the drugs are of good quality and free of impurities?

    • @tetravega567
      @tetravega567 2 місяці тому

      @@jc6800 Caffeine is a drug. Don't consume Coffee, Tea, Chocolate or Soda Pop/Cola.

  • @jievans2
    @jievans2 2 місяці тому +5

    1:37 Now, Simon... I know you probably don't care, but it's Rawl-ston... Even if you are British...

    • @olipritchard8151
      @olipritchard8151 2 місяці тому

      Found the ralstonite 😂

    • @SarahZeeb
      @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому +1

      @@olipritchard8151 No that is how they pronounced it in the company. The people would correct you if you pronounced it wrong.

    • @olipritchard8151
      @olipritchard8151 2 місяці тому

      @LizzyAnna it was very much meant light hearted, although it seems I found another one 😉

    • @SarahZeeb
      @SarahZeeb 2 місяці тому

      @@olipritchard8151 nope not anywhere close. I know people who used to work at one of the plants.

    • @jievans2
      @jievans2 22 дні тому +1

      @@olipritchard8151 I actually grew up near a town called Ralston, it's surrounded by Omaha on three sides and Papillon to the south. No relation to the cult. Just a city I grew up with.

  • @TheKalaxis
    @TheKalaxis 2 місяці тому +2

    Lawsuit incoming from that Billings dude then 😂

  • @UmmmmmmmWhat
    @UmmmmmmmWhat 2 місяці тому +14

    I'm 0:14 in, is the Epoch Times on the list? (Falun gong cult)

    • @AnotherPointOfView944
      @AnotherPointOfView944 2 місяці тому +1

      no

    • @oliviawolcott8351
      @oliviawolcott8351 2 місяці тому +6

      add washington times? to that list. it may be the washington post. one of those is or was owned by the moonies.

    • @georgemetcalf8763
      @georgemetcalf8763 2 місяці тому

      ​@@oliviawolcott8351 Washington Times. Washington Post is Bezos.

    • @UmmmmmmmWhat
      @UmmmmmmmWhat 2 місяці тому

      @oliviawolcott8351 WaPo is owned by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon guy.

  • @michaelsmith4904
    @michaelsmith4904 2 місяці тому +1

    Wow. I never thought I would see a UA-cam video directly discussing the Church of Jesus Christ in Zion. I wonder if there would be any interest in a memoir of someone who lived or worked with members of this group.

  • @akiblue
    @akiblue 2 місяці тому

    I think you should look at the story of True World Foods and Sushi in America, and other companies run by the Unitarian Church of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon

  • @kirkstinson7316
    @kirkstinson7316 2 місяці тому

    What about Parina lion chow? (Second Hand Lions)

  • @alisonmeyer4174
    @alisonmeyer4174 2 місяці тому

    @8:16 Indianapolis Indiana, not Washington DC

  • @fiatcurrency8135
    @fiatcurrency8135 2 місяці тому +3

    "Programmer Chow" is nugget sized chunks of pizza. It would be interesting to see Purina make something like this, but more than likely this will be a startup's idea.

  • @catlyn777
    @catlyn777 2 місяці тому

    Did he use the cult as free labor and require turning all your property to him? That’s how he built his wealth?

  • @sirridesalot6652
    @sirridesalot6652 2 місяці тому +2

    Mormons originally were polygamous as well but most gave that up so that Utah could join the UNION as a state.

  • @goatboy150
    @goatboy150 2 місяці тому

    That thumbnail though 😂

  • @asafoetidajones8181
    @asafoetidajones8181 2 місяці тому

    So that's why my cat has that little mustache

  • @Joseph-z7s3b
    @Joseph-z7s3b 2 місяці тому +1

    I remember back in the 90's there was a line of shoes called British Knights. Are they still around? Don't know. Were they good shoes? Don't know. I wore/wear Vans. Word around the campfire (the rumors) was that the owner(s) of the company were cultish or some sort of "sinister" organization. Was/Is it legit? Don't know. Does anyone out there know or remember this? Or am I one toke over the line?

  • @mycosys
    @mycosys 2 місяці тому +1

    What, no Sanitarium?

  • @TrebarunaDithyramb
    @TrebarunaDithyramb 2 місяці тому

    Every cult has insane instructions mixed with sensible advise. Look at the current cult figureheads, Half common sense good advice and half despicable rules for living.

  • @dearthditch
    @dearthditch 2 місяці тому +2

    Is it free?
    Yes
    Free free?
    Yes it’s free free

  • @Caffeinatedandgrouchy
    @Caffeinatedandgrouchy 2 місяці тому +3

    When I worked in Purchasing for The Mayo Clinic. I processed invoices for Purina Monkey Chow and Rat Chow. Freaked me out.

  • @charlesmurphy5644
    @charlesmurphy5644 2 місяці тому

    4:00 Does anyone else think Smacks cereal looks very similar to something… I just think a more suitable name for them would be Labi-O’s!😹 Trademarked😹😹😹

  • @sueelliott4793
    @sueelliott4793 Місяць тому

    Simon will always be my fave Whistler

  • @TheJennnq
    @TheJennnq 2 місяці тому

    That's some music bed!

  • @mmmm4444
    @mmmm4444 2 місяці тому +7

    Why is cereal making attracts cults?

    • @Narangarath
      @Narangarath 2 місяці тому

      Most of them have serious dietary restrictions, be it the kinds of sustenance or amounts of it. These companies typically start when they figure out that something that was originally made for their own use has a market outside the group. Because we all know the only thing cult leaders like more than control is money.

  • @matthewmcgrath8886
    @matthewmcgrath8886 2 місяці тому +4

    Speaking of cults. How many serial killers are there active atm simon? Should do a video on that

    • @ProdigyWright
      @ProdigyWright 2 місяці тому +4

      I want a video on the FBI top wanted

    • @captainspaulding5963
      @captainspaulding5963 2 місяці тому +3

      It's a question there's literally no way of answering

    • @frankbublitz8024
      @frankbublitz8024 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@captainspaulding5963you got something to hide there, Captain? 😂😂

    • @michaelsmith4904
      @michaelsmith4904 2 місяці тому

      Show of hands?

  • @StefanMedici
    @StefanMedici 2 місяці тому

    No mention of Sanatarium. They're massive here in NZ, 100% owned by the LDS.

    • @msyoungau
      @msyoungau 2 місяці тому

      Massive across the ditch here in aus too.

    • @angelawossname
      @angelawossname 2 місяці тому

      Seventh Day Adventists, not Latter Day Saints. Close, but not quite.

  • @jenniferhof9448
    @jenniferhof9448 2 місяці тому +4

    I was really worried on the Purina story and that level of racism that it would be slave chow instead of just cereal.

    • @richardaubrecht2822
      @richardaubrecht2822 2 місяці тому

      You meant n*** chow. I don't think they would bother with the word slave back then.

  • @QuinnKallisti
    @QuinnKallisti 2 місяці тому +1

    If only I could have a video free of plosives and sibilance.

  • @raymondmartin6737
    @raymondmartin6737 2 місяці тому

    They also made Chow Chow. 😅

  • @mittensfastpaw
    @mittensfastpaw 2 місяці тому

    Oh look! Companies to avoid!

  • @IanDavidOnDU
    @IanDavidOnDU 2 місяці тому

    MasterServ should be here. And Hobby Lobby.

  • @boriss.861
    @boriss.861 2 місяці тому

    Lighthouse International Group,
    Scientology

    • @randyearles1634
      @randyearles1634 2 місяці тому

      I have noticed the similarities between Hubbard and Trump. They will say anything during a speech as long as it sounds good. No attempt to stay within facts or reality.

  • @John.Flower.Productions
    @John.Flower.Productions 2 місяці тому +3

    8:19 The U.S. government does not a have a policy of going with the cheapest option available.
    Akal Security receives government contracts based on Affirmative Action.

    • @love4teacups
      @love4teacups 2 місяці тому +1

      There is official acquisition guidance about going with the lowest cost option (e.g., FAR 15.101-2) but there are plenty of reasons for exceptions

  • @krissolson7043
    @krissolson7043 2 місяці тому

    Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby.... 💯

  • @Brett-d7g
    @Brett-d7g 2 місяці тому

    WOW 😲!!!!!😂.

  • @ferretyluv
    @ferretyluv 2 місяці тому

    Wait, they’re Mormon but they had Starbucks at the office building?

  • @pakodaaaaaaaa4703
    @pakodaaaaaaaa4703 2 місяці тому +6

    So many bots this early lmao
    This early youtube needs to do something instead of of shoving more ads down our throats

    • @captainspaulding5963
      @captainspaulding5963 2 місяці тому +2

      Or, the person responsible for posting could just delete them.... the bots are set up to target videos that are under 5 minutes old, so wait 5 minutes after posting, then delete em.

    • @JamesBiggar
      @JamesBiggar 2 місяці тому

      @@captainspaulding5963 They all use the same language, usually has nothing to do with the video and isn't typical speak that regular viewers use. Most creators with large channels don't read most comments, though. If they do, it's not often. It's easier and quicker to use filters based on the typical words and phrases the bots use so the algorithm can automatically flag and send them to the creator's review folder so they can approve or delete at their own convenience.

  • @MutantMycology
    @MutantMycology 2 місяці тому +2

    You will have to add the trump origination into his list. And the musk followers

  • @undrcroft
    @undrcroft 2 місяці тому

    CLOSE THE DOOR!

  • @TwisterTornado
    @TwisterTornado 2 місяці тому

    You wrote free twice

  • @raymondmartin6737
    @raymondmartin6737 2 місяці тому +1

    Eight days a week .😅

    • @Darksector88
      @Darksector88 2 місяці тому

      Been 3 years so far since the last for me so, 8 days seems pretty often to me.
      Anymore than that and you'll get bored of each other and move on. Maybe the one piece of advice there that wasnt too bad.

  • @raymondmartin6737
    @raymondmartin6737 2 місяці тому

    Piri is now on Siri .😅

  • @NHarmonik
    @NHarmonik 2 місяці тому

    The thumbnail says "FREE" twice.

  • @batchelerjr
    @batchelerjr 2 місяці тому

    Yogi tea?

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples 2 місяці тому +2

    I had no idea about the treadmill being used for punishment.

    • @Damoinion
      @Damoinion 2 місяці тому +1

      Treadmills have, in the past, been connected to gear systems to operate machinery. Often set up in prisons, the profits of the production going to prison owners and/or local government.
      One of the ways that was used to make prisoners earn their keep. (A good idea IMHO, beats giving them free bed and board for a net loss to society. Just needs to be run properly.)
      The practice was discontinued due to the usual abuses of the system making it an humanitarian issue.

    • @CandleWisp
      @CandleWisp Місяць тому

      ​@@Damoinion
      Uh, that sounds like slavery

  • @CoffeeLoki67879
    @CoffeeLoki67879 2 місяці тому +4

    Requesting a Brain Blaze on all the weird shit mormons believe

    • @Damoinion
      @Damoinion 2 місяці тому +2

      Probably nothing weirder than any other mythos or their various schisms and subsects.

    • @mada575
      @mada575 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Damoinionnah, it's weirder. But at least it's not scientology

    • @griffinmckenzie7203
      @griffinmckenzie7203 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Damoinion LMFAO. You're either naive or one of them if you genuinely believe that.

    • @Damoinion
      @Damoinion 2 місяці тому +1

      @@griffinmckenzie7203 Wrong on both counts

    • @griffinmckenzie7203
      @griffinmckenzie7203 2 місяці тому

      @@Damoinion Sure I am, bud...

  • @RyanSandlin-w2l
    @RyanSandlin-w2l 2 місяці тому

    “FREE FREE”? Or just FREE? Tell me I’m not the only one who noticed the typo in the thumbnail…

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat 2 місяці тому +1

    Tbf, free Starbucks.....

  • @PiccoloV
    @PiccoloV 2 місяці тому

    Free free from impurities? Typo in the thumb.

  • @roscolaver
    @roscolaver 2 місяці тому

    Planned Parenthood Hood maybe?