66.666 SP!
Anyone know the lyrics I'm playing with here? ;)
Today is SPUD! And of course, I had to join in the fun!
To add my little weird twist to it. I decided to power up 66.666 SP.
Very interestingly, just yesterday, I celebrated hitting 66.66 rep
But why is the number recurring 6/666 significant to me?
Here's why:
For a good chunk of my life, I was a Christian fanatic.
Some of you may know that the Christian church teaches about the existence of the Devil, and have always created a lot of fear based around Satan and the Antichrist.
They consider the number 666 as the mark of the beast/used to invoke Satan/the symbols for the Antichrist. So of course, we stayed away from that number ;)
Having been brought up in this religion, and becoming extremely religious myself for some of my teenage years, there were many things I was strictly forbidden to do/explore/talk about.
One of the things I wasn't allowed to do then, was listen to certain types of music. Music of the devil, basically.
I listened to the band Slipknot for a while in my early teens. I owned their album "Iowa", which gave me a lot of musical pleasure for that time.
Well, when my church found out, I was told to burn the CD. And I did. Yup.
One of Slipknot's songs is The Heretic Anthem, with the infamous lyrics, "If you're 555, then I'm 666. What's it like to be a heretic?"
Not my favourite song of theirs, but I've always loved those lyrics.
And just so you know, I am totally non-religious now. I would definitely be considered a heretic. And I love it :)
So that's why I'm powering up 66.666 SP, because to me, it signifies my freedom, my unchaining from unnecessary control, guilt and shame.
I am all powered up and I am free ;)
Much Love from Red