Call 3/30 A Member of the Public

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This topic has 188 replies, 54 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 12 months ago by Julie R Goldstein.

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    • #4460
       Cristen
      Participant

      Morning all,

      I just received a call from a woman who asked if I was a leader (totally am yep) and said the following:

      Paraphrasing: “Go to the public and select a person and make them known to us. Give us their full name and phone number. Bring just one.”

      I suppose this is where we choose a representative to go to 90013 tonight. I sure hope I understood that properly, it was my first go-round.

      So what do we want to do? Take a vote? Have people throw themselves at my mercy to see who I put up on the chopping block? I’ll want to email them the info.

      • This topic was modified 7 years ago by Cristen.
    • #4461
       Mike
      Participant

      Here we go!

      Interesting that she said “bring”. It sounds like it’s you plus….ONE (ha!)?

    • #4463
       Meghan Mayhem
      Participant

      Oooh, throw em to the wolves mommy!

    • #4464
       Cristen
      Participant

      Oh hey I am very free tonight (sorry Losers Party I love you!) so I’m happy to make a date of it.

      • This reply was modified 7 years ago by Cristen.
    • #4466
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      I don’t envy your position. Choose wisely!

      Everyone should post here if they are free today to go do this and @wanda102 can pick someone.

      I am free, but also had plenty of attention last year and think someone else should be picked.

    • #4467
       monkeymuffin333
      Participant

      I can be free if you ignore the crying from the trunk of my car.

    • #4469
       Meghan Mayhem
      Participant

      I am also available.

    • #4470
       Bryan Bishop
      Participant

      “Give us their name and phone number.”

      They have all of our names and phone numbers. Do they want to recruit somebody from the actual public?

      Congrats @wanda102!!

    • #4471
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      Oh dang! If it’s a night thing I’m able to join and then report back to the loser party after. I should be out of the office around 6-6:30.

    • #4472
       Cristen
      Participant

      @bcbishop the thought occurred to me but that CANT be, can it? Didn’t we just have a topic closed because we were bothering members of the public?

    • #4473
       Mike
      Participant

      Do they want to recruit somebody from the actual public?

      How awkward would that be? “Excuse me sir/miss…may I have your phone number and name? I need to give it to…well…I don’t know who…and we’re going to go to…um..I don’t know where.”

    • #4474
       M.
      Participant

      Available too. I just need time to be able to drive into LA.

    • #4475
       Megan
      Participant

      If it’s actual public I have suggestions

    • #4476
       Nosnevets
      Participant

      Throwing my hat in the ring. I’ve got unfinished business.

    • #4477
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Pick someone from the Losers Club! Winners got all the fun last time.

    • #4478
       Chelsea
      Participant

      Also free!

    • #4479
       M.
      Participant

      I’m going to add, I think they want you to bring someone outside of us or they wouldn’t have used the word “public.” I think if it were one of us, the word community would have been used. Public could be someone you know but who isn’t involved in Lust. I have a lot of friends and family who are aware of what I’m involved in but aren’t involved. Perhaps one of them could be an option for you?

    • #4480
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      They said public specifically? Sounds like it means a civilian to me. Someone not already in the game. That is also something that may require leadership. Getting the lot of us to volunteer for this is easy, getting someone not in our crazy house may take a bit more work.

    • #4481
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      I’m throwing @winstonsmith’s hat into the ring, as I work in Orange County and he can be available much, much sooner than I would be. Also, he’s one of those nifty loser people and he’s fun at parties.

      • #4507
         Winston Smith
        Participant

        @kipsie You take that back. I am *not* fun at parties! I am available, but other people are far more deserving of the opportunity.

        Let @thebuz go, he hasn’t strangled anyone in months, and he’s probably getting antsy about it. I can hardly think of someone more strangle-worthy than Noah. He says he’s already dead anyway, let’s put that to the test and see how dead he really is.

    • #4483
       M.
      Participant

      Pick someone from the Losers Club! Winners got all the fun last time.

      @thebuz I’m trying to figure out how all the winners got all the fun last time but you’re in what has been named the losers group?

    • #4484
       Cristen
      Participant

      I am writing everyone’s name down and I figure I will get back in touch via email by about 1pm so keep your names coming! I’ll do a random draw unless there’s a beautiful sob story or a massive consensus that one particular person should go. ?

    • #4485
       Julie R Goldstein
      Participant

      I’m around today myself. I’m a winner, so I won’t be joining those losers at their little get together.

    • #4486
       Mike
      Participant

      Just remember, this could be a Noah test. If he sees you not “taking it” and “caring” about what others think, it may come back to bite ya 😉

    • #4487
       Russell
      Participant

      I like the idea of community input, but personally I believe the final decision should rest with @wanda102, as instructed. After all, Cristen’s decision may be a way for the person arranging this meeting to learn a little bit about her.
      (Sorry Cristen… not trying to make you paranoid or anything, but it seems you have eyes on you right now!)

      That being said, I can be available. But… the decision is Cristen’s.

    • #4488
       Cristen
      Participant

      Shoot do we really think it’s a member of the public? I can ask a non-Lust friend I suppose. There wasn’t an option for clarification on the call, which is to be expected but kinda a drag. She definitely said “public,” yes. “Go to the public.”

    • #4490
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @michelle Referring to Bryan and Lia and the hotel hooker conference.

    • #4491
       Megan
      Participant

      Yes this is public. They would have said community otherwise.

    • #4492
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @wanda102 I think they want you to bring a friend not in this world along with yourself.

      More than likely going to test your boundaries.

    • #4493
       Cristen
      Participant

      @coryphella I just wonder how that works in the scheme of things. Sending someone who has no idea what they’re doing down there. Hmph.

    • #4494
       Nicole Mae
      Participant

      maybe they don’t consider “Losers” party of a ‘Community’.

      also, I don’t see Noah as the kind of guy that uses word like ‘Community’.

    • #4495
       Mustafa Said
      Participant

      Congrats and good luck!

    • #4497
       M.
      Participant

      @wanda102 I think this is a test to see if you are a true leader and not someone who will say she is just to get a meeting. I firmly believe they are wanting someone who isn’t involved. I believe this so strongly that I am pulling my name out of the hat. I wouldn’t want to be in that meeting if it were a fuck up. Because both of would be blamed for not thinking it through. As I said in my previous post, they would have said community not public. Community is a huge word among us. It’s not said lightly. I think you need to bring someone not involved in Lust.

      @thebuz… Ha! My dumbass was thinking about Tension. :/ Sorry about that.

    • #4498
       Jeremy
      Participant

      Give me a few hours notice and I’ll come down from SLO! (I know, wishful thinking)

    • #4499
       Lia
      Participant

      Let’s not forget all the “maybes” as well! This could be an opportunity to prove yourself!

    • #4500
       Melissa
      Participant

      @wanda102

      NEAT! Have fun!

    • #4501
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      I’d suggest have two people at the ready. Someone from the community here that is available, and a friend of yours not participating in this already. Send them one and if they come back saying that’s not what they meant have the other option at the ready right away.

    • #4503
       Megan
      Participant

      I agree that this is a test of YOU and your boundaries. If that isn’t what they meant they will tell you. You will get pushed in this experience maybe outside of your comfort zone

    • #4504
       Megan
      Participant

      Also I think we shouldn’t assume every interaction is Noah…he is a person involved but not the only one

    • #4505
       Cristen
      Participant

      Get at me @meghanmayhem!

    • #4506
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      I agree with @coryphella. We always refer to ourselves as a community. Specific use of the word public vs community . . . Nothing is random.

    • #4508
       Cristen
      Participant

      Running out of time. Someone PM me full name and phone number or they move on. ✌️

    • #4509
       Twan Intarathuch
      Participant

      @wanda102

      I’m agree with the sentiment that this is a “Test” for your leadership abilities, but the rebel in me wants to say, fuck tests. Do what you want. If you want to recruit a rando, do it! If you want to draw names in a hat, cool!. If you don’t want to do anything, fuck it…. see what they do. You’re not a lab rat.

    • #4510
       Jackie
      Participant

      PLEASE PICK ME. I LIVE IN RIVERSIDE AND WOULD DIE TO GO.

    • #4511
       Cristen
      Participant

      Ok, they clarified that it WAS in community and then gave me 15 minutes to pick someone and I didn’t get info from anyone quickly enough so in my last minute rush I popped over to Slack and took what I genuinely hope was @julierei’s correct info from her profile. That was intense. Do me proud, Jules.

    • #4512
       Jeremy
      Participant

      @wanda102 Since they asked if you are a leader, I think you need to pick someone and not have a free for all.

    • #4513
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @theladyj As someone that spent her first 29 years in the 951, I know this feel. Escape Riverside while you still can. (Good luck!)

    • #4514
       Bryan Bishop
      Participant

      Leaders are often forced to do the unpopular thing. Choose wisely, @wanda102. 🙂

      “Only the active move forward.”

    • #4515
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Good thing you didn’t listen to me. That could have been interesting ?

    • #4516
       Brian E
      Participant

      I’m available in the Losers Club, and will be in that area later today. @wanda102

      That said if they said “public”, I’d think that doesn’t mean us. I’d suggest head downtown with a friend not involved with Lust, maybe someone who was involved in Tension, but not on the forums, and dressed business casual of course, ready for anything.

      Def make a periscope account, so you can share the news later, whatever that might be.

      Good luck!

    • #4517
       Twan Intarathuch
      Participant

      @wanda102
      Good luck tonight!

    • #4518
       M.
      Participant

      @wanda102 Do you get to go with or is it just @julierei?

    • #4519
       monkeymuffin333
      Participant

      Good luck! Take notes. Periscope if you can! ^______^

    • #4520
       Cristen
      Participant

      @michelle fantastic question that I don’t yet know the answer to. I suppose I could’ve chosen myself, but leaders delegate responsibility, no?


      @bcbishop
      great point, being new to the community and forced to make a quick choice like, that I picked @julierei knowing that she is active and having spoken with her several times. It’s a cruel choice but that’s the nature of this thing I suppose.

    • #4521
       Jackie
      Participant

      @wanda102 I sent you my information, keep it as a backup just in case.

    • #4522
       Russell
      Participant

      @wanda102, it sounds like you made a decision as you felt under pressure… and I think you made a very good one! Hey… sign of a leader, for sure!! Glad it’s @julierei

      Please keep the community informed as best you can, good luck tonight!

    • #4523
       Julie R Goldstein
      Participant

      @wanda102 – Morituri Te Salutant!

      My periscope is ‘JulieRei’. I’ll do what I can.

      Time to start staring at my phone.

    • #4525
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Well shit if someone like @julierei who’s had one on ones before can be picked that means @kasch, me, and @electrichippo should be eligible again in the future! Huzzah!

      Good luck you two.

    • #4527
       Brian E
      Participant

      @wanda102 That’s an excellent choice, I’ve met her as well @julierei is a huge supporter and she is also good with periscope, and social media. So she’ll be able to get the word out to the rest of us quickly.

      Perhaps periscope the interaction unless your asked to stop, I have a feeling will all be watching. I’ll be at Tiki No in North Hollywood for Losers Club tonight.

    • #4528
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      “There ain’t no love for the losers.
      Noah don’t care ’bout me.
      They got calls to make, they got plots to feed
      They won’t give me their time for free.”

    • #4530
       Cristen
      Participant

      To be fair @thebuz I wasn’t aware that Julie had had one on ones before just that she had gone through Tension, and does a lot of community social outreach. She comes on my radar a lot and has always been friendly so she’s the first person who came to mind when I was pressed to make a quick choice. No malintention.

    • #4531
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Oh I know, she just had a one on one just a bit ago was all I was saying, which opens the door for some of us! It was your choice to make! 🙂

    • #4533
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      @wanda102 You made your choice. Now you have to live with the consequences!

      I kid. Can’t wait to see what happens to one or both of you tonight! Woohoo!

    • #4534
       Cristen
      Participant

      @thebuz oh the DLB thing. I saw it more as he took advantage of the opportunity presented by her being at the same location more than a planned one on one. But hey, decisions were made. We all live with it, and wait for what’s next.

    • #4535
       Dawson
      Participant

      Good Luck!

      BTW at what point did we give our phone number out. I didn’t go through Tension, and I don’t remember giving a phone number during registration for Lust. Did I miss something?

    • #4536
       Lawrence Meyers
      Participant

      Excellent choice

      Now, can someone let me out of monkeymuffins trunk please?

    • #4537
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Wow that all happened so fast! Interesting how they gave you such a small window of time to pick. Was going to volunteer but I guess sleeping in was a poor decision today. Hahaha. Nicely done though! @wanda102 great job just taking control and making a spilt decision. Can’t wait to see the periscope!

    • #4538
       monkeymuffin333
      Participant

      *reluctantly pops open the trunk of her car and waves as @larry scampers away*

    • #4539
       Chris
      Participant

      @dawsonc no you’re right. For those of us who went through Tension/Ascension we did give up a lot more personal information to the OSDM. Right now email is their only way to contact anyone new aside from those who were judged as worthy in Noah and Sarah’s eyes who were then asked to send more info, which is probably why no one who is new to the community has gotten a call yet. Until now.

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    • #4542
       Sean
      Moderator

      @macbethinabathtub – I wouldn’t be so sure. Half the people on this site have personal data in a public enough place that it’s only a search or two away

    • #4543
       Cristen
      Participant

      Thanks all, snap decisions are snap decisions for a reason. I made a good one tho, we’ll be alright.

      Also hi I’m Cristen for those of you who were wondering who on Earth is this person who’s CLEARLY drunk with power at 10am. I’m 5’11”, I enjoy cats and lifting weights and I have met fewer than 1% of you in person at this time. These are exciting times. ?

      @thebuz please don’t uninvite me to Losers night I might need a drink.

    • #4544
       Lawrence Meyers
      Participant

      May I have my clothes back, please, MonkeyMuffin?

    • #4546
       Cristen
      Participant

      @thegilded and @macbethinabathtub to clarify on my end I am new but had emailed and received a response severally days later asking for my phone number, before this call.

    • #4547
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @wanda102 Why on earth would I do that?!?

    • #4548
       Cristen
      Participant

      @thebuz lol because I was on the no contact/nope list but then today happened and I was drunk with power. But you know what I don’t think I get to go on the meet with Julie so I’m still a loser it counts. ?

    • #4549
       Megan
      Participant

      Can I please say something about the newbies vs. people who have had interactions thing?

      I am ALL FOR new people getting interactions, seriously. I fully support this.
      However.
      It’s a new year and a new game. We love this too, and also want to partake. Shit we’ve been waiting too, and many of us had a hand in “building” this. I’m not averse to the older generation also getting interactions. Last year, there were people who got lots of interactions and people who got none. It’s not a “fair” thing. It’s a story, again, it’s not about what anyone GETS, it’s about the story we all experience.

      There will *also* be reasons why some people are chosen for experiences that will seem unfair but are COMPLETELY logical when considered from other points of view. Fairness is never the only reason anyone gets chosen, and as time goes on it may not even be a main reason someone gets chosen. We are all in this together.

      So, go @julierei, and @wanda102! Have a blast, or…get your hearts broken, since this isn’t a warm and fuzzy thing. 😉

    • #4550
       monkeymuffin333
      Participant

      Sigh *Pelts @larry with a garbage bag of his belongings*. You’re very little to no fun.

    • #4551
       Chris
      Participant

      Exactly @wanda102, you were judged worthy. And I’m sure Noah sees that his faith in you was not unfounded. As you said, a boss delegates. Why walk into a risky situation when you can send someone else? You made a great choice that ensures we all stay informed– though they might be a tad dissappointed since they already have such a clean set of @julierei’s fingerprints. I think the System has big plans for you.

    • #4552
       Chris
      Participant

      Incidentally, @julierei, which of Noah’s lists were you on? If you were a yes or no up to this point might effect the tenor of your interaction tonight.

    • #4553
       Julie R Goldstein
      Participant

      @macbethinabathtub – I’m on the winners list.

    • #4554
       Cristen
      Participant

      @julierei good thing I let them know I was confident in your abilities. ?

    • #4555
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      Can’t wait to hear yet another account from J dawg.

    • #4556
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      P.s- It’s super obvious to me that by telling her to share it with the public, they meant for her not to keep it to her self, but to post on the forum.

    • #4557
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      Totally cool with the decision, finding it funny that the “winners” are getting all the fun. If they want to foster lust in the “losers” wanting interactions, they’re def on the right track. J Rei is a badass and look forward to hearing about her evening!

    • #4558
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      I don’t think it was on purpose. It was totally a fluke that Cristen chose the way she did.

    • #4559
       Meghan Mayhem
      Participant

      @nothenrygale Except that it wasn’t Lust who chose @julierei, it was @wanda102. The fact that Julie is from the “Winners” was just happenstance.

    • #4560
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      @meghanmayhem I think @nothenrygale was just saying that what her status via email was may affect the meeting itself and how it goes.

    • #4561
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      That’s not how it reads, but I agree that her status will impact the meeting.

    • #4562
       Kevin
      Participant

      @macbethinabathtub was the one who brought up how it might affect the meeting.

    • #4563
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      Even though this was her decision, it did play into the trend so far of “winners” being picked. I’m sure OSDM knows that FOMO is a thing and that does foster “lust” for attention. I do get the feeling the interaction tonight will change depending on who shows up. And given @julierei’s past run-in’s with the OSDM I’m sure tonight will be a doozy.

    • #4564
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      I’ll just be sitting here with popcorn, wondering when those fingerprints are going to bite @julierei in the ass…

    • #4565
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      You and me both @kipsie.

      Popcorn

      • #4583
         Lukas L
        Participant

        Be careful with that popcorn. Last time I brought popcorn, I ended up having it dumped down my jumpsuit, and bounced off my forehead.

    • #4566
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      That gif is a gift.

    • #4567
       Lawrence Meyers
      Participant

      @julierei I’m still waiting to hear your interpretation of “He’s squishy”.

    • #4568
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Go Winners Club! Good luck tonight, guys!

    • #4570
       Chris
      Participant

      Thank you @kevin. And exactly @nothenrygale, that’s one of the reasons why I’m so excited that it’s @julierei. We’ve been waiting for months for those fingerprints to pay off, I want answers!

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    • #4572
       Sage
      Participant

      @wanda102, Awesome job, great leadership under pressure!!! And next time you say, “Running out of time. Someone PM me full name and phone number or they move on”, I for one will listen!!

    • #4573
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      Trying to make snap decisions on the forum brings me back to dial up.

    • #4577
       Andrew Kasch
      Participant

      Last year, the “interaction jealousy” thing was the low-point of Tension. So my best advice for LUST is to just relax, be present and go with the flow. Let the chips fall where they may. Everyone wants shit to happen to them and be fucked with (it’s what we live for) but if you try and force it, you’re just gonna be frustrated. The best things happen when you aren’t expecting them.

    • #4579
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      I think a couple of wise sages said it better than I ever could:

      Be excellent to each other.
      Party on, doods.

      But seriously, we’re literally all in this together. Support each other and the community, your time to shine will surely come.

      • #4609
         Lukas L
        Participant

        @kipsie @nosnevets Looks like we got another one for team Wyld Stallyns.
        “Be Excellent to each other!”

    • #4580
       Briana
      Participant

      Oh my goodness, I can’t wait to see what happens tonight.

    • #4581
       Maxwell R
      Participant

      Good luck @julierei! @wanda102 awesome pick @wanda102. Hope shit gets somewhat real tonight.

    • #4589
       Andrew Kasch
      Participant

      @kipsie This one is for you…

    • #4590
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @kasch I am shaking at my desk with silent laughter and I’m pretty sure my coworkers think I’m having a seizure…

    • #4591
       Candace
      Participant

      @julierei so excited for you!! Of course let us know what time you’re going so we can be glued to our phones for updates lol

    • #4593
       Daniel
      Participant

      OH damnnn. I miss one day and stuffs already happening. I’m excited to see what ends up happening tho

    • #4599
       Gabrielle Jewell
      Participant

      As for anyone who is severely disappointed on not getting one on one interaction – if you’re really that starved for affection I’ll set up a Hug Party when this is all over and everyone is allowed to come and hug whomever, but it is only one hug per person and entry fee is being nice to your fellow Lusters. (I haven’t been on the forums that much, is that what we’re calling ourselves?)

      Anyway, best of luck today @julierei !

    • #4601
       monkeymuffin333
      Participant

      @gabzilla. CUDDLE PUDDLE IN ONESIES! I endorse this.

    • #4604
       Jeremy
      Participant

      @gabzilla that sound like when Butters on South Park sold kisses.

    • #4606
       Gabrielle Jewell
      Participant

      @jay956 I need to look up this episode in order to understand how I should feel about this………

    • #4612
       Julie R Goldstein
      Participant

      UPDATE: Just got a call. It’s going down at 4:15pm.

    • #4613
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      Best of luck JR! YOU GOT THIS.

    • #4614
       Mustafa Said
      Participant

      @julierei I’d be a bit skeptical of the time…I remember that @bcbishop and @lilmsfancpants were originally given a time for their event but then it was changed.

    • #4618
       Lawrence Meyers
      Participant

      @julierei NITRILE GLOVES.

      Oh, and “squishy” was explained to me. 🙂
      Thank you.

      • #4619
         Russell
        Participant

        Sometimes, @larry, we all get a little “squishy.”

    • #4620
       Meghan Mayhem
      Participant

      @larry It’s a liiittle late for her to be worrying about fingerprints.

    • #4621
       Masomoment
      Participant

      Goodluck tonight you guys. Adding you both on periscope now.

    • #4623
       Meghan Mayhem
      Participant

      @larry I mean, usually?

    • #4625
       Lawrence Meyers
      Participant

      @meghanmayhem Apparently I’m squishy. So be careful with that shit.

      And Julie should wear nitrile gloves because Noah is a horse’s ass and she may need to touch him.

    • #4626
       Lawrence Meyers
      Participant

      @russell Let’s start a Squishy Club.

      I’ll call you Russell.

    • #4627
       Cristen
      Participant

      @julierei do me proud.

      There is no way I could get from 90069 to 90013 by 4:15 I’m kinda relieved. For now ?.

    • #4637
       Maranda
      Participant

      @julierei here’s hoping you can periscope your encounter! I missed all the selection conversation because timezones but I think @wanda102 made an excellent decision. Go out there tonight and show them what you’re made of!

    • #4642
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Go @julierei!!!

    • #4645
       Nicole Mae
      Participant

      IT’S GOING DOWNNNNN. *heavy breathing*

    • #4646
       Chloe
      Participant

      So excited for you @julierei! Can’t wait to see what goes down!

    • #4649
       Tucker Barkley
      Participant

      Cant wait to watch! Youre going to kill it @julierei

    • #4651
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      GO JULIE GO!!!

      Julie's meeting

    • #4652
       Tucker Barkley
      Participant

      The last bookstore is the post from facebook! go get em @julierei

    • #4653
       Nicole Mae
      Participant

      Is there anything written on that fire extinguisher tag? it looks out of place in such an otherwise artful photo…

    • #4654
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @maenicole As far as I can zoom in, it looks like pretty standard extinguisher labeling.

    • #4655
       Brad Ruwe
      Participant

      Did her periscope cut out for anyone else?

    • #4656
       Mustafa Said
      Participant

      It did for me. Hoping she goes back live soon.

    • #4658
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      link?

    • #4659
       Lukas L
      Participant

      Mine is down as well

    • #4660
       Nicole Mae
      Participant

      can someone provide a link to her periscope channel

    • #4661
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @maenicole Search for “JulieRei” on Periscope. You’ll find her.

    • #4662
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Good luck! Why is my breathing shallow and heart beating a little too fast?

    • #4663
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      False. Searched and found nothing.

    • #4664
       Anonymous
      Inactive
    • #4665
       thehazelverse
      Participant

      Aw, thanks C. Just saw this 🙂

    • #4666
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      @julierei Mentioned the woman had this magazine/article on her:

      http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091124-origin-of-species-150-darwin-human-evolution.html

      FUTURE HUMANS: Four Ways We May, or May Not, Evolve

      November, 2009

      • This reply was modified 7 years ago by Kyle Bown.
    • #4670
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      Basically, it’s an article discussing the four ways humans may evolve in the future.

      1. They won’t. human evolution is dead because there is interbreeding and no isolated populations.
      2. We continue to do so naturally through sexual selection, viruses, etc.
      3. We do, but it’s through electronic augmentation, genetic manipulation, etc.
      4. We do but it’s from isolated populations in off-world colonies.

      I feel like 3 is the most interesting of these for humanity in this moment. 1 is kind of pointless, 2 is not really anything we can affect and 4 is a bit too far off.

      Thoughts?

      • #4675
         Lawrence Meyers
        Participant

        @bruinbown There is a very worrisome few paragraphs in that article, Kyle.

        Under subheading 3, regarding “Transhumanism”….

        “Whereas the current human generational cycle takes some 20 years, a digitalized individual could replicate themselves in seconds or minutes, Bostrom said. Of course copying yourself isn’t without complications, Bostrom acknowledges.
        “Which one of them is you?” he writes. “Who owns your property? Who is married to your spouse?”

        SHADOW PEOPLE, PEOPLE.

    • #4672
       Maranda
      Participant

      @bruinbown If Julie was describing a magazine cover, I’m not sure if one exists for that article specifically. The cover of the issue from which the article you posted comes doesn’t mention anything about humanity or its future, so I’m still looking for the image @julierei might have seen.

    • #4673
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      3 does seem like a good way to create shadows.

    • #4678
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      Started a new thread, which will make it really easy to delete if this is the wrong article.

    • #4682
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      I don’t think that was it… I think I found the cover though: Nat Geo

      And some info: http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/02/national-geographic-magazine-april-2017/
      April 2017

      • This reply was modified 7 years ago by Kyle Bown.
    • #4687
       Hannah Schenck
      Participant

      This is interesting since this is next month’s edition and it is actually presently being released instead of being an old edition

    • #4689
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      @shankfx22
      If this is the right one, it came out two days ago. I’m reading the article now. Got the issue off the app. Even if it is wrong, happy to throw a few bucks Nat Geo’s way, and it’s an interesting article.

    • #4693
       Hannah Schenck
      Participant

      @bruinbown It was just issued yes but it is April 2017 edition! I am definitely going to throw money towards this. Regardless, this is a fascinating read

    • #4696
       Jackie
      Participant

      did the periscope get fixed? Any link>

    • #4697
       Kyle Bown
      Participant

      @shankfx22 Sorry. Didn’t mean to sound like I was disagreeing with you. Just trying to add information. You are, and were, 100% right. April 2017 issue.

    • #4700
       Hannah Schenck
      Participant

      @bruinbown hahaha oh man I didn’t take it that way ? We may as well put together a time where we all read it together hahaha Thanks for finding this though! I’m eager to read it!

    • #4718
       Shaun
      Participant

      Periscope links:

      https://www.periscope.tv/w/1gqxvqEZYawJB
      https://www.periscope.tv/w/1kvKpnXdEAOJE

      Question: How would this have gone down if a member from the public NOT involved with the community was chosen? I’m sure it would have been a different path.

      Also: If @julierei had chosen to sacrifice her own spot in the seminar it’s very possible she would have been immediately rejected. WWND What Would Noah Do!

      • #4732
         Michelle
        Participant

        Thanks for the links

    • #4729
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Great job @julierei!!! Awesome periscopes. Really interesting how she wanted you to forget everything from before…

      Now if those people are excluded from Sunday’s meeting then I wonder who will be invited, or perhaps it will be super intimate and just be you!

    • #4747
       Lia
      Participant

      From Lust Facebook

    • #4750
       Julie R Goldstein
      Participant

    • #4751
       Mike
      Participant

      That coffee stain is interesting. That’s been on a couple of OOA documents as well.

      Also, @julierei – random question, but how big was that paper. Was it a standard sheet (8.5X11)?

    • #4753
       Julie R Goldstein
      Participant

      @mike – It was small. A notepad. About the size of the invitation I was given.

    • #4754
       Shaun
      Participant

      @mike are you asking about the paper size to figure out if the coffee stain is real or Photoshopped?

    • #4755
       Mike
      Participant

      Thanks @julierei – That makes that coffee stain even more interesting.

      Can coffees come that small? Probably not, so what’s the point of having a tiny coffee stain added?

    • #4757
       Mike
      Participant

      Exactly @shaun It seems to be super small if the paper is that tiny

    • #4759
       Shaun
      Participant

      @mike that’s what she said?

    • #4760
       Mike
      Participant

      @shaun – it is….always talking about that brown stain

    • #4761
       Jeremy
      Participant

      Oh no, the Tiny Hamster YouTube channel is behind it all!

    • #4792
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @mike it looks like a sigil.

    • #4866
       Nosnevets
      Participant

      @kipsie @lukasrl

    • #4888
       Addison
      Participant

      @lilmsfancpants @mike So we’d always associated the coffee stain with ~four, right? But if ~four really is gone, it’s weird for a coffee stain to very obviously appear in more possibly OSDM or OSDM-adjacent documents, unless either

      A) our queen ~four is alive and well
      B) the coffee stain was never from ~four
      C) something is random


      @julierei
      I’m assuming this is the sheet you wrote names on? Was the coffee stain there originally, or was that added after the fact?

      • #4894
         Julie R Goldstein
        Participant

        @addisonborn – Yes, it’s definitely the sheet I wrote on. It’s my handwriting, and a little tidbit: I couldn’t remember Cristen’s last name, so I wrote it as (wanda102) and it was still omitted. There was no coffee stain on it when I wrote everyone’s name down. That was added after the fact either digitally or by actual coffee.

    • #4889
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      Others have mentioned it, but I’m pretty sure that coffee stain is an Ouroboros.

    • #4895
       superstar
      Participant

      @kipsie Or, perhaps, an “espressoboros”? 🙂

    • #4896
       Mike
      Participant

      @addisonborn – Correct! I believe we first saw that on Four’s letters. I hate to admit it, but I’m pretty sure she’s dead. We heard her Jedi spirit talk to us at The One. @russell once mentioned that in his reply to Noah, he made it about the corporate environment. What if this is one big corporation…and in these types of corporations, people get trained and carry onward things within their training. What if Four was a trainer and made it a point to put coffee stains on things for some reason?

    • #4900
       Lia
      Participant

      That’s some seriously heartbreaking shit if that’s true! Like a little “miss you guys…” note from her. Ugh.

      Nothing is random. Except @macbethinabathtub’s rotten apple from the van driver. That might be. But yeah, the coffee is absolutely a clue. It’s all about the details. I swear the music playing in Lock and Key was handpicked for my meeting. The songs changed at such CRAZY-perfect times.

    • #4903
       Bryan Bishop
      Participant

      @kipsie Definitely. And the community is the one eating itself..

    • #4907
       Kimberly Stewart
      Participant

      @mike I don’t personally attribute the coffee stain to ~Four. See these for examples:

      April Newsletter signed by GK5 LINK

      and

      Heavily marked-up letter by ~Four LINK

      If I had to guess who’s coffee rings, I’d say it’s someone other than the Gatekeepers… perhaps the OSDM overseeing all?

    • #4909
       Addison
      Participant

      @julierei since you brought up the stain being added digitally… you’re right. here’s proof (and sorry for my piss poor photoshop “skills” – it’s still early.)


      @mike
      @lilmsfancpants – since it IS photoshopped, it could be the other way as well. something familiar to give us security. they’re possibly misrepresenting whoever they’re working with, and definitely taking advantage of our nostalgia.

      what the fuck have we gotten ourselves into.

    • #4911
       Andrew Kasch
      Participant

      I’d just like to think that every member of the OSDM is addicted to coffee. Running the world takes a lot of man-hours.

    • #4912
       Anonymous
      Inactive

      @bcbishop I thought the community was the phoenix, eventually rising from the ashes? We’ve got a real Fantastic Beasts situation on our hands, here…

    • #4913
       Mike
      Participant

      Ahh good call @electrichippo Maybe the Clockmakers as well?


      @addisonborn
      – you did that a little too well. SUS

    • #4914
       M.
      Participant

      @addisonborn You just blew my mind with that? or wait… like @mike said a little to well maybe 😉 No, you really blew my mind.

    • #4923
       Lawrence Meyers
      Participant

      Coffee stain? People, that is obviously the septapods from ARRIVAL trying to tell us something.

    • #4924
       Kimberly Stewart
      Participant

      @bruinbown: I inquired with @julierei and she confirms you did indeed find the correct magazine: The Next Human, National Geographic, April 2017

      The pertinent article is about how we, as a race, evolve, and what influences that evolution. A quote that sums it up in basic terms:

      Does evolution now mean not just the slow grind of natural selection spreading desirable genes, but also everything that we can do to amplify our powers and the powers of the things we make — a union of genes, culture, and technology? And if so, where is it taking us?

      Also, it’s interesting to note: ” **icons** which appear throughout this story, depict cultural and biological milestones in human evolution. ” Yes, many, many little symbols throughout.

    • #5116
       Julie R Goldstein
      Participant

      Quick piece of information for those wondering when to pay attention to Periscope/Forum Posts/Etc for tomorrow’s event: We’ve been given the initial time frame of 4:00pm.

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