# The Ziz cult **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103 "2025-02-09T22:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/161 "2026-02-14T20:05:39Z")
Did he ever get the Doritos sponsorship he wanted? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/162 "2026-02-14T20:11:03Z")
A good book about the small community newspaper’s battle against Synanon. > **[The Light On Synanon: How a Country Weekly Exposed a Corporate Cult-And Won the...](https://www.amazon.com/Light-Synanon-Corporate-Cult-Pulitzer/dp/0872236137)** > > The Light On Synanon: How a Country Weekly Exposed a Corporate Cult-And Won the Pulitzer Prize \[Dave Mitchell, Cathy Mitchell, Richard Ofshe\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Light On Synanon: How a Country Weekly Exposed a... ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/163 "2026-02-14T20:13:48Z")
You never know with that show because ads are sold by region. Maybe in Berkeley? He seems to have a hands-off policy with his advertisers. Much was made of the fact that in some regions the show included Federal ads for ICE recruitment. I’ve personally heard one of those “He gets us” Jesus ads on the show. I think that’s why he purposely insults his advertisers before each break. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/164 "2026-02-14T20:15:17Z")
It was a running gag he had going, praising the wonderfulness of Doritos, hoping they would hear him and decide to sponsor him. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/165 "2026-02-15T01:26:23Z")
He was hoping Frito-Lay would pay him to say nice things about Doritos when he was already saying those things for free? I’m not sure this is someone I’d go to for any thoughtful analysis or insight. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/166 "2026-02-15T01:36:21Z")
It’s just a running gag. He’s not really trying to get them as a sponsor. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/167 "2026-06-25T15:26:08Z")
> **[A member of the cultlike Zizians group is charged in the killings of her...](https://apnews.com/article/zizians-pennsylvania-zajko-parents-killed-shooting-4d7019022a2b5076ad06b51d1d6be6bf)** > > A Pennsylvania prosecutor says a member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged in the 2022 killing of her parents, and authorities don't believe she acted alone. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/168 "2026-06-25T17:09:36Z")
Wow. It took over 3 years for the other shoe to drop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103.md?page=8)