[UA] Culture of The OU

[Nick Wedig]

>>  But if adept are so secretive how come they all have these wacky 
>>nicknames (bodybags, cobweb farmers, etc).  I assume that any trained 
>>adept, rather than self-taught, has a vague grasp of the OU.  In that there 
>>are other schools (only the major one are likely to be mentioned), in 
>>general they do this, and you should avoid them because . . .
>>
>>  Avatars, I would think, are much less widely known about.  They are even 
>>more unbelievable are harder to prove than adepts.
>>
>
>I think that the drug culture (from what I've seen depicted, not that I am a 
>member of the drug culture) could be a useful analog for the OU in UA as 
>depicted in the book while still supporting Greg's grand vision from the 
>game.

On that analogy, in both groups the members are rather secretive, but not so much that they cannot bring new people into the subculture.  and in both cases, there is a large amount of slang and a large amount of misinformation and rumour (lots of noise, little signal).

Mr. Teapot
not part of either culture

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