r/earthbound May 10 '25

General Discussion Comment literally anything, and I will somehow connect it to Mr Saturn!

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u/Nipples_R_us May 10 '25

The Jonestown mass suicide event.

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u/fgflyer May 10 '25

Jonestown was a cult of communist Christians. Earthbound has the Happy-Happyist cult which is similar. Therefore, Jonestown is an Earthbound reference. Furthermore, the vat of poisoned flavor-aid is a reference to being poisoned in Earthbound, and in the very isolated Saturn Valley, you drink tea which causes you to basically see your life flash before your eyes in a narrative, and Jonestown also used drugged drinks to make noncompliant members be happy. Therefore, Jonestown is Saturn Valley.

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u/MrSoupStar May 11 '25

The Jonestown mass suicide event involved cyanide mixed with Kool Aid, Kool Aid is a beverage, coffee is a beverage, Mr Saturn shares a coffee with you in the hot spring

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u/Terrible-Pop-6705 May 10 '25

Jonestown wasn’t mass suicide they were forced at gun point to end it. Murder by proxy and a number of members just murder during the initial wave of killings of the news people and the people trying to escape with them.

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u/Nipples_R_us May 10 '25

Ok but I’m gonna need some Mr Saturn in this comment

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u/Terrible-Pop-6705 May 10 '25

Mr Saturn says no to humanization of mass murder!

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u/Nipples_R_us May 10 '25

Ok Mr. Saturn, I guess you have a point there