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crazysamaritan
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Since: Apr, 2010
11th Jun, 2019 04:52:01 AM
Sounds like Cargo Cult.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
When a group of people isolated from the outside world base their society/philosophy around something left behind not for that intended purpose.
Such as when a village in a locker based their beliefs on a business card for a video rental shop left there in Men in Black II , or when an underground society all called themselves "Rusty" because of some tapes Dr. Venture's father left for him.
Edited by BlueBlaze64