An actual Chick tract was left on my door

[Kannik]

As the title says, I found an honest to Lathander Chick Tract on my door today! Well, a small one, "inviting" me to send away for more.

Strangely, despite the magnitude it had (and still does) in stoking Satanic Panic and of its anti-gaming impact (even if it is unintentionally hilarious for how melodramatic it is), I'm more intrigued and amused than anything else. Having lived through that era but never having seen one in the wild, in a weird way it's like touching a part of gaming history...

 

[darjr]

Lucky!

 

[MGibster]

It's been a long, long time since I've seen a Chick tract in the wild.

 

[aramis erak]

It's been a long, long time since I've seen a Chick tract in the wild.

Only about 10 years for me...

... When I was sending a student to the office for pushing religious tracts on other students in school. Student got some form of discipline... but I don't know exactly what. They were not returned to class...

 

[Deset Gled]

It's been a long, long time since I've seen a Chick tract in the wild.

Same here. I've seen more parodies in recent years than real usage.

This thread inspired me to take a trip down memory lane and read Dark Dungeons again. I can't help but feel an uncomfortable parallel between what happened to Marcie and how some people responded to players facing emotional turmoil over their characters dying at the end of the Deaths in RPGs thread.

 

[JustinCase]

Wow, I'm hoping that whoever gave them to you was only thinking about how you'd appreciate that bit of nostalgia. If not...

Living in Europe, I've never seen a Chick tract in real life.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I haven’t seen a Chick tract since the original satanic panic.

 

[Silvercat Moonpaw]

I sometimes wonder what the people who take those seriously think about those of us who view them as targets for amusement and historical curiosity.

 

[RobJN]

Disappointed. Not Dark Dungeons.

 

[Longspeak]

Someone used to leave these laying around the student lounge in high school. No-one ever admitted it, probably because of all the loud mocking and laughter... but they also kept leaving them for a while. I don't think I've seen one in the real world since then. Just discussions of them on places like here.

The one that sticks with me. Woman doesn't know why her aunt seems less sad and lonely. Then there's a knock on the door. Aunt opens, and woman goes "Oh oh.... they're Mormons."

Other than that, I remember titles but few specifics. "Bad Bob." "The Death Cookie." "The Visitors." And of course, Dark Dungeons, which a friend of mine "reviewed" for a zine back in the day. "Why does Alex Trebek want by to burn all my D&D books?"

Since those days, I've discovered idiots are everywhere, and it takes too much energy to hate them individually. So I just hate them... generally.