<s>
Stang	O
has	O
said	O
the	O
image	O
was	O
taken	O
from	O
Yellow	B-Operating_System
Pages	I-Operating_System
clip	O
art	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
likened	O
to	O
Ward	O
Cleaver	O
,	O
Mark	O
Trail	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
1950s-era	O
salesman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Church	O
's	O
canon	O
contains	O
references	O
to	O
aspects	O
of	O
United	O
States	O
culture	O
in	O
that	O
decade	O
;	O
religious	O
scholar	O
Danielle	O
Kirby	O
of	O
RMIT	O
University	O
argues	O
that	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
reference	O
"	O
simultaneously	O
critiques	O
and	O
subverts	O
"	O
the	O
American	B-Application
dream	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cusack	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
Church	O
's	O
description	O
of	O
Slack	O
as	O
ineffable	O
recalls	O
the	O
way	O
that	O
Tao	B-Protocol
is	O
described	O
,	O
and	O
Kirby	O
calls	O
Slack	O
a	O
"	O
unique	O
magical	O
system	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stang	O
has	O
expressed	O
concern	O
that	O
the	O
Church	O
's	O
doctrines	O
could	O
exacerbate	O
preexisting	O
psychoses	B-Application
of	O
mentally	O
ill	O
devotees	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
believes	O
that	O
the	O
Church	O
genuinely	O
helps	O
many	O
adherents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Church	O
also	O
celebrates	O
several	O
holidays	O
in	O
honor	O
of	O
characters	O
from	O
fiction	O
and	O
popular	O
culture	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Monty	O
Python	O
,	O
Dracula	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Klaatu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Church	O
held	O
that	O
Dobbs	O
identified	O
the	O
date	O
's	O
significance	O
in	O
the	O
1950s	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
the	O
world	O
was	O
to	O
experience	O
a	O
massive	O
change	O
on	O
that	O
date	O
when	O
Xists	O
,	O
beings	O
from	O
Planet	B-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
would	O
arrive	O
on	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Church	O
of	O
the	O
SubGenius	O
established	O
a	O
website	O
in	O
May	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
members	O
were	O
very	O
active	O
on	O
Usenet	B-Application
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirby	O
notes	O
that	O
the	O
group	O
's	O
texts	O
are	O
a	O
bricolage	B-Language
of	O
cultural	O
artifacts	O
remixed	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirby	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
two	O
groups	O
have	O
elements	O
of	O
bricolage	B-Language
and	O
absurdity	O
in	O
common	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Church	O
of	O
the	O
SubGenius	O
more	O
explicitly	O
remixes	O
pop	O
culture	O
.	O
</s>
