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Hundreds of youths descend on Vancouver's Scientology building as part of speedrunning trend (www.cbc.ca)

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cross-posted, via Offbeat News.

How the viral 'Scientology speedrun' trend got started and why young people keep doing it.

1 teen arrested during ‘Scientology speedrunning’ event that got its beginnings on social media

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

people should probably try to live their lives in a way that maximizes the importance of their actions

You joined Lemmy five hours ago and have 17 comments, a plurality of which are whining about a few hundred teenagers in Canada.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 12 points 1 day ago

I believe we used to say GOTTTEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMM for this sort of thing but I imagine that's cringe now