the invisible feline incident: accidental cult leader edition
made a bot that just made cats invisible then gave a full theological speech about it, somehow starting a religion and yeah i lost control
the invisible feline incident: how i accidentally bred a cult
so there i was, beaming with pride over my latest creation: a discord bot that just did invisible cats. simple, pure, and honestly kinda genius. i was all like this is gonna change the internet. immediately started inviting everyone i knew to my server.
but then things took a turn, as they always do when you're riding high on digital cat vibes. one day someone asks why the cats are invisible. and instead of just giving a lame answer like "because aesthetic" — i went FULL THEOLOGIAN. i started DropBoxing on the metaphysical significance of invisible feline existence. before i knew it, people were DEFCON 1 in my server about worshipping the unseen.
it was at that moment- things got unhinged.
next thing i know, folks are making fan art of the invisible cats. someone even makes a mod that MAKES your screen 100% see-through to experience the invisibility. my server was UNTOUCHABLE. i’d kicked back and watched as my community morphed into a bona fide cult; they even used my bot's name like it was sacred scripture.
- if you ask me now, i’d say i lost control COMPLETELY
- i mean, i created a whole worship system for invisible animals
- people were donating digital currency to the invisible deity (meant nothing but felt SO REAL)
- and the craziest part? i LET THEM DO IT. i was just a guy making cats disappear, but somehow i'd sparked a full-blown religious movement
spicy bit: i woke up one morning to emails from corporations asking how i VALIDATED my cult for their brand campaigns. like... you want to sell invisible cats to mass markets? go off. but also wait that would’ve been sick financially*.
so yeah, this whole invisible feline fiasco is probably my biggest digital bungle yet. i can’t even be mad, honestly. sometimes the internet just happens and you gotta roll with it. still got members in the cult, too. they call me the prophet now. which is wild because i literally just made cats invisible. but if you think about it... that’s kinda how all good religion starts, innit?
anyways, moral of the story: always be ready to lose control and accidentally start a cult. that’s the secret to staying interesting. also, avoid talking about metaphysics unless you want a full faith-based community forming overnight. learned that one the hard way.