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Yes, This Is Satire

Let’s be completely clear: malwarEvangelist is a satirical art project that parodies cult aesthetics, tech evangelism, and the quasi-religious language that pervades modern technology culture.

We are not an actual cult. We are not a religion. We are not trying to manipulate you.

We are a collective of security professionals, artists, and chaos enthusiasts who find the intersection of hacker culture, corporate tech-speak, and cult dynamics both fascinating and absurdly funny.

Why Parody Cult Tactics?

The techniques used by high-control groups to create belonging, manufacture urgency, and build loyalty are everywhere in modern life:

  • Tech companies building “ecosystems” you can’t leave
  • Productivity gurus promising “life transformation”
  • Startups demanding “total commitment” from employees
  • Social platforms engineered for addiction
  • Influencers building parasocial “communities”

By exaggerating these tactics to absurdist extremes, we hope visitors recognize them more easily in the wild. The joke is also a lesson.

What We Don’t Do

We Don’t Manipulate

Manipulative Practice Our Approach
Hidden persuasion techniques Publicly documented (see our design system)
Create real psychological dependency Create entertained engagement you can leave anytime
Isolate members from outside relationships Encourage you to share the joke with friends
Extract money or resources Everything is free, no donations, no products
Punish doubt or questioning Actively encourage skepticism
Make leaving difficult Close the tab. You’re free.

We Don’t Collect

  • No passwords or credentials
  • No payment information
  • No sensitive personal data
  • No tracking beyond basic analytics (and those are optional)
  • Cookies only for site functionality, not surveillance

What We Do Provide

Actual Value

  • Community: A Discord server for people who appreciate weird internet art
  • Education: Real security concepts wrapped in absurdist packaging
  • Entertainment: A puzzle-box website that rewards curiosity
  • Satire: Commentary on tech culture, cult dynamics, and digital life

Clear Exit Paths

You can:

  • Close the browser tab at any time
  • Leave the Discord with one click
  • Never return and we won’t chase you
  • Block us on every platform and we’ll respect it

“You can leave anytime, though we’ll miss you” isn’t reverse psychology. It’s the truth.

On “The Puzzle”

The entrance puzzle exists because:

  1. It’s fun - Many visitors enjoy the challenge
  2. It filters bots - Keeps spam out of Discord
  3. It sets expectations - If you don’t like puzzles, this might not be your thing
  4. It parodies gatekeeping - Cults make you “earn” entry; we make it a game

The puzzle is not designed to:

  • Create sunk cost fallacy (it takes minutes, not months)
  • Make you feel obligated to participate further
  • Extract value from your effort

If you can’t solve it or don’t want to, that’s fine. You’re not missing salvation—you’re missing a Discord server.

On “Ranks” and “Levels”

The Uninitiated → Initiate → Practitioner → The Preparing → Transcended system is:

  • Aesthetic: It sounds cool
  • Satirical: Mocking hierarchical enlightenment ladders
  • Meaningless: There are no actual privileges or powers
  • Optional: Nobody cares what “level” you are

We don’t have:

  • Paid tiers
  • Premium content
  • Leadership hierarchies
  • “Inner circles” with secrets
  • Tests of loyalty

On Language and Terminology

Yes, we use loaded language like “The Void,” “entropy,” “transcendence,” and “the collective.” This is deliberate parody of:

  • Corporate mission statements
  • Startup manifestos
  • Self-help movements
  • Tech evangelism
  • Actual cult terminology

When we say “Malwarz is everywhere. Malwarz providz,” we’re making fun of how meaningless corporate slogans become pseudo-religious mantras.

Mental Health Note

If any of the following apply to you:

  • You have past trauma related to high-control groups
  • Cult-adjacent language is triggering for you
  • You’re uncertain whether this is real or fake
  • You feel genuinely drawn to “join” something

Please prioritize your wellbeing. This website is entertainment, not therapy, not community support, and definitely not spiritual guidance.

Resources

If you’ve been affected by high-control groups:

If you need mental health support:

Technical Security Disclaimer

While we share security-related content and concepts, this website is:

  • Not professional security training
  • Not a replacement for formal education
  • Not legal advice
  • Not authorization to test systems you don’t own

Always:

  • Get written permission before testing any system
  • Verify security advice from multiple sources
  • Stay within legal boundaries
  • Practice responsible disclosure

How to Spot Real Manipulation

Since you’re here, let’s make the educational part explicit. Real high-control groups typically:

  1. Claim exclusive truth - We don’t. The “truth” here is that entropy increases. That’s physics, not revelation.

  2. Discourage outside information - We actively link to external resources.

  3. Demand escalating commitment - We have literally no commitment requirements.

  4. Create us-vs-them mentality - Our “enemy” is “the concept of enemies.” That’s a joke.

  5. Control behavior, information, thought, and emotion (BITE model) - We control nothing. We’re a website.

  6. Make leaving costly - Close the tab. Done.

  7. Have charismatic leadership - The “Prophet” is a fictional character. Nobody is in charge.

Contact

Questions about any of this? Concerns?

  • Open an issue on GitHub
  • Message in the Discord (if you solved the puzzle)
  • We’re real people who respond to genuine inquiries

The Final Truth

The deepest secret of malwarEvangelist is that there is no deep secret.

It’s weird internet art made by weird internet people who think cult aesthetics applied to technology culture is funny.

If you enjoyed it, great. If you didn’t, that’s valid. If you want to leave, goodbye and good luck. If you want to stay, welcome to the joke.

The Void is patient. It doesn’t need your participation.

That’s the whole point.

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"Breaking the fourth wall is the only
 ethical way to build a fake cult."

— The Prophet (who is fictional)

Last updated: December 2025

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