Ever heard of - Golden Key International Honour Society

this thread is interesting one sense in that i am a member too which i had completely forgotten about until promoted now, given since i handed over the bucks for membership back in uni and chucked it on my CV, i had completely not ever heard from the society again nor did i really receive any benefits that i recall.

what is actually more interesting is i never really considered until now how this society got in contact with me. i didn’t actively apply for it if i recall correctly – i just received the letter of offer out of the blue from them. which must only mean that my university handed over my personal details to them on the basis of my academic results. now the notion of information privacy wasn’t that well constructed or rather it wasn’t heavily enforced back when i was at university, but these days (god i sound old saying that)… universities should not really be involved in this sort of thing should they???

PBO said :

It is difficult to find out much information about the origins of the Golden Key International Honour Society because most early sources are either written by enemies of the cult or based on legends. The first rule of the Golden Key International Honour Society is that you do not talk about the Golden Key International Honour Society .

The most valuable secret of the Golden Key International Honour Society was their own moral system of authority, which was already practiced inside the order, but was now supposed to be applied on the outside world.

They also wear secret underwear (Temple garments, lingerie, childrens…) and are required to undergo a series of increasingly humiliating and seemingly pointless tests (dag removal on the civic sheeps or trying to give interchange beggers food or bus tickets) which culminate in the final ceremony of of triumph ( can easily be described and a reverse reach around with eye contact whilst engaging in what can only be described as “woofering” on a non-consenting pledge. All the while repeating the words: “dont look at me, it’s not up to me, it’s not my fault, why why why!?!.”

Harsh rituals like this create a bond between individuals that cannot be easily broken, these people want to keep secrets because they all have dirt on one another (one of the reasons for the dirty ritual).

They have secret handshake’s and pass-phrases, a secret meeting hall hidden up behind the mustang ranch and they all happen to have Golden Keys as well which they use as psuedo-crucifixes against the unbelievers and non-initiated non paying.

The most facinating way that they have pervaded society is the way they get their propoganda across to the massess at an early age, “Little Golden Books” contain thinly veiled “moral themes” and “life lessons” that young people fall victim to. Adolf Hitler was said to have read “the little Engine that could” shortly before executing 5 million jewish folk, sources were quoted as saying that the fuhrher kept repeating the phrase: “Ich denke, ich kann, ich denke, ich kann ich weiß, dass ich kann, ich weiß ich kann” (I think I can, I think I can. I know I can, I know I can.).

I would steer clear of them.

You have to quit the red cordial! Funny though.

It is difficult to find out much information about the origins of the Golden Key International Honour Society because most early sources are either written by enemies of the cult or based on legends. The first rule of the Golden Key International Honour Society is that you do not talk about the Golden Key International Honour Society .

The most valuable secret of the Golden Key International Honour Society was their own moral system of authority, which was already practiced inside the order, but was now supposed to be applied on the outside world.

They also wear secret underwear (Temple garments, lingerie, childrens…) and are required to undergo a series of increasingly humiliating and seemingly pointless tests (dag removal on the civic sheeps or trying to give interchange beggers food or bus tickets) which culminate in the final ceremony of of triumph ( can easily be described and a reverse reach around with eye contact whilst engaging in what can only be described as “woofering” on a non-consenting pledge. All the while repeating the words: “dont look at me, it’s not up to me, it’s not my fault, why why why!?!.”

Harsh rituals like this create a bond between individuals that cannot be easily broken, these people want to keep secrets because they all have dirt on one another (one of the reasons for the dirty ritual).

They have secret handshake’s and pass-phrases, a secret meeting hall hidden up behind the mustang ranch and they all happen to have Golden Keys as well which they use as psuedo-crucifixes against the unbelievers and non-initiated non paying.

The most facinating way that they have pervaded society is the way they get their propoganda across to the massess at an early age, “Little Golden Books” contain thinly veiled “moral themes” and “life lessons” that young people fall victim to. Adolf Hitler was said to have read “the little Engine that could” shortly before executing 5 million jewish folk, sources were quoted as saying that the fuhrher kept repeating the phrase: “Ich denke, ich kann, ich denke, ich kann ich weiß, dass ich kann, ich weiß ich kann” (I think I can, I think I can. I know I can, I know I can.).

I would steer clear of them.

cubicle01 said :

I’m a member, I think you get it for life… Never received any benefit. I think I listed it on my CV for a couple of years out of Uni but other than that… not worth it, although I think they did send me a little pin that made me feel all special and elitist.

You got a pin?? Damn. All I got was spam.

Honorary members include apparently:

Tupac Shakur
Dolly Parton
Bill Cosby
Tim Tebow
Donny Osmond
Kevin Rudd
Quentin Bryce

Heaps of honorary members, and yet they don’t seem to manage either any success stories or actual endorsements on their site.

It’s a big scam. A small % of your membership fee goes to your local chapter, while the rest pays the salary of corporate staff back in the United States. They portray themselves as an academic society, and manage to leverage university staff into advertising for them (back in my day, college and university wide emails). I can’t remember how they go about recruiting, but from memory it was invitation only. I’d love to know how they get their hands on your academic information to ‘invite’ you.

My ex-wife was invited to join back around 2000 when she was at UC pissing my money away on her degree that she’s never used.

I think I forked over some cash, and neither she or I received any subsequent benefits.

YMMV.

It’s a wank.

Membership is worth the fee if you pick up a scholarship… otherwise, not so much.

You people who reckon they never get much out of it clearly never learnt the secret handshake. That opens doors everywhere.