1. An intrinsic understanding of the universe and an acceptance of your place within it.

2. Free attendance at soreal events

3. A soreal tie and badge. A T shirt saying "How come I run out of everything, except spelling errors on my web page." Or some other such witticism

4. Regular updates and info on soreal moments in the news or on the web, and an ability to connect with other sorealists.

5.  An intense smug satisfaction at dinner parties when you say: "I was a founder member of the sorealist movement"

Unfortunately for you that is completely true...

Is there any one event in my life that could qualify me as a sorealist?

Combat experience, major trauma or psychiatric breakdown, recent bereavement and/or divorce all help (especially all at the same time) but only your mental attitude to these events can really identify you as a sorealist.

Is this some kind of spoof or soreal joke?

Ah. Now you're getting it. This uncertainty is exactly what we're after. The moment you think this is fake is the moment it becomes real.

Wikipedia have already listed us as "maybe an elaborate hoax". We like the elaborate bit.

We have no idea whether this concept will take off, or whether we've just wasted valuable bandwidth and server space. But that doesn't mean we're not serious. In fact, the vague element of spoof and humour is part of the uncertainly, and probably the most important point.

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If you could send you bank sort code, account number and online banking password to , then you really shouldn't be wandering this big bad world wide web on your own.