Unseen Presence

I can appreciate the context that @daela is trying to add. It’s certainly useful for those of us who have not been on the entire journey to be reminded of previous tactics and potential changes here. That is useful to know, regardless of inclination.

It does not change my overall impression of the video a great deal but does add additional…[Read more]

100% agree that it’s propaganda. You post your videos in support of the BOS (or anti-OSDM, as you wish) and they get strung together in a (granted) clever edit.

But what I don’t see is anything new here from Morgan himself. No new data that I could spot, even looking at the video at screenshot speed. Nothing that’s not exactly what ‘L’…[Read more]

I thought a lot about Morgan last night, too, and my reactions to what might have happened to him.

In my case, I had the additional layer of “what if they are OSDM? What if they’re part of the deeper group or story or narrative or organization you JUST said you were looking for that made you choose to side with them?” Would that make a…[Read more]

FWIW, there have definitely been times where I’ve been a little worried about speaking out against or in difference to the prevailing attitudes of the majority. Especially when I first started speaking up at all. I probably would have made my choice faster if I hadn’t run into that impression.

That being said, I’m not personally seeing ‘bullying’…[Read more]

I feel you here.

I’m TeamOSDM because, right now, that is the path that I believe will most likely lead beyond your ‘cave’.

For me, that possibility is stronger than any distaste I may have for their ‘actions’ (which, again, I can’t wholly validate for myself.)

I do want to publicly commend @111error for this video. I applaud his clarification of previous statements and will assume (barring someone having a clear invalidation) that he meant exactly what he said here as far as choosing sides or ‘letting it ride.’

Hrm.

Those calls sound, frankly, like a bit of hogwash to me. Mostly because I’ve wanted to say that sentence all my life.

In all sincerity, those calls have the same ‘promising all, giving nothing’ aspect that the recent Morgan updates have given. So I’ll give the same response to these calls:

Perhaps the OSDM is happily churning along under…[Read more]

I wholeheartedly agree. If I were suddenly given the option to have coffee with Morgan at one end of a table and Noah at the other, then I could be certain that I was at least seeing those people.

Over a phone…not so much. As someone who edits and shoots video myself, I am very up on the face-replacing stuff and it’s more than a little…[Read more]

now I can see people feeling the same pressure about BOS: if I don’t join, does that mean I get nothing?

And for what it’s worth, definitely feeling that pressure. Even @111error‘s statement back to me had that sort of ring to it, even as it attempted to defuse it with a joke immediately after in the same message.

“If you don’t understand t…[Read more]

I wholeheartedly understand and acknowledge that your version of stance is one that you got to through cause and effect, @daela. I don’t have any problem with why you chose the way you do.

It’s very, very hard for me to do the same–because even being told “they rape and kidnap people” etc. is hard for me–because I’m really certain that much of…[Read more]

@111error

I appreciate the anagrams.

I will contemplate the rest.

Without even managing to be part of that conversation, I’m RIGHT where you are, @remrelganaps.

Of course, perhaps Morgan hasn’t called me because I’ve already told him that directly. If Morgan wants me to join, I’d like to know -exactly what- I would be getting into. What I’ve seen so far doesn’t quite add up for me.

But I’m more than willing to…[Read more]

Thank you, both @bcbishop and @daela, for this particular aspect of the debate.

I continue to think long and hard about the idea of agency in both this particular case and in the larger scope of the world and my own ability. I think both of you have raised good points and I agree that contemplating ways to interact that are active but not…[Read more]

But the events of the last day have proved that Morgan is more than just talk. Far from it.

The fact that everyone unanimously loved the new A before they knew it was Morgan should tell you something.

I waited for a few hours before I said anything other than what happened, before I added any -feelings- about the entire thing, because I didn’t…[Read more]

Hrm. I’m glad (seriously, for you) that you felt like this was a massive victory.

I don’t know that I feel like the BOS taking over the media–when the OSDM has gone silent FROM all the media, which probably means they’re not currently willing/able/ready to strike back–is as much a victory as taking advantage of a situation. Something one can be…[Read more]

I made my call. A recognizable voice answered. He asked for my name.

I gave him my real name. He then responded with, “So you’re the Unseen Presence, aren’t you? The Unseen Floor of <something I didn’t quite catch>.”

He asked if I knew who he was. “Morgan, of course.”

“How are you? How’s tricks?” A little banter. Then he asked me if I had any…[Read more]