Winston Smith

I dunno what the heck is going on, but someone, somewhere is in a panic over this.

@maddyxxx I thought you were going to fuck off for a while? For a moment, that sounded like good news. But now I’m confused, because you didn’t go anywhere. Did you miss your flight?

@thebuz Suuuuper awkward. That felt icky just to watch.

The task was to take, not to keep. It’s probably not a great idea to piss off yer landlord. I don’t care if Noah was bored. You took risks, whatever happens to the plant, those are yours now.

Also, plants! Heh!

Noah: Weakness can look like a strength in front of weak people.

I used to play a lot of poker. A huge component to the psychological side of the game is not really guessing exactly what your opponent has in their hand, but figuring out how your opponent feels about what they have in their hand. Are they strong, or weak? Confident, or…[Read more]

In Scientology, they have a thing called “finding your ruin”. When they’re trying to recruit someone, they try to find the thing, or things that the target (that’s you) don’t like about themselves. It doesn’t really matter what that thing is, everyone’s is different, but what’s important is that they find that thing about yourself that you don’t…[Read more]

There’s something shady about that mid-season-event-00.jpg. Every image I can find on the site to run through a steganalysis tool comes up clean, EXCEPT that one, which says there are 5124 bytes of hidden data in it. There’s just no good reason that jpg would have 5124 bytes of hidden data in it unless someone PUT them there.

So, I know a bit…[Read more]

@nothenrygale That would make a lot of sense to me. @111error has been on the down-low for a while now. As the “leader of the resistance”, I imagine he’s got some shenanigans brewing that will require all our help in the immediate future. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see @111error start making a scene, likely soon.

I think if it was for The System, it would definitely advertise that fact, so it’s probably something for the whole community. Something worth calling a mid-season event will want the broader audience, I would think.

Sounds neat though, hope we find out more soon.

@nothenrygale I agree with that. I’m not saying what he asked you to do was dangerous. I’m saying that any time someone asks you to do something, you should be thinking “Why am I being asked to do this? What is this person’s motivation? Is this in my best interests? What are the consequences of this action going to be, and am I willing to…[Read more]

No, that’s approximately zero percent what I am saying. If someone tells me to stand in the street, choosing not to do that doesn’t mean I’m opposed to streets, or standing. It means, “Hey, someone is telling me to stand in the street. That’s a little fishy, I wonder what their motivation is? Are they trying to help me, or hurt me? Maybe I…[Read more]

Huh? You don’t make decisions based on what you think people are going to do? You don’t wait to step off that curb, because it looks like someone might turn in front of you? Nobody is saying you should punch out anyone who looks at you funny, I’m genuinely perplexed as to how you’d construe that message.

The contextually correct definition of…[Read more]

@thegilded What Noah is doing is called “grooming”. The nefarious part isn’t when he gives you attention, and tells you he likes you. It’s when he shoves his hands down yer pants, and tells you not to tell anyone about it.

Remember that. It’s going to be important someday.

@thebuz So did you help someone because you wanted to, or because Noah told you to? It looks to me more like Noah helped someone, you were just the tool he used to do it. Who gets the credit for driving a nail, the hammer, or the hand that holds it?

Way to go, @nothenrygale, total power play. It’s not important that what he asked you to do wasn’t difficult, what’s important is that the decision is yours, and yours alone.

The lemmings don’t see what the big deal is, they’re just happy to be following their “leader”, and getting a pat on the head for being good little dancing monkeys.

He…[Read more]

@tanyathompson In my experience with cults, when family members are trying to reconnect with loved ones inside, it’s rarely simple. There can be a lot of complicated reasons that the cult victim can be perfectly willing to cut off contact with their relatives, and be fully convinced that it’s the right thing to do. It’s surprisingly easy when you…[Read more]

I would think that if Noah was a business genius, he’d be getting more than $29-$99 a seat. It’s more likely that he’s a second rate hack with a second rate product who can’t even get an average market rate for his services. Maybe he gives handies in the back room for tips to make ends meet.

@kortneydarling Ehh, there’s a distinction between the two. I’m not talking about showing up, and banging on a door for half an hour. What I’m saying is that you don’t need their permission. You already have it.

A ticket is permission. You don’t need permission. You just need to take what’s yours. Isn’t that what “The System” is all…[Read more]

@superstar Heh. I wonder which one is more cruel to the animals?

@thebuz Maybe the real question is why did anyone pay for a ticket? I mean, it’s right there on the flier…”Stop asking for permission — Take what’s yours –” Did anyone even read it before pulling out their wallet? No, I suppose not…

The way I see it, I don’t need an invitation, certainly not from Noah. Who the fuck is he? Some douche…[Read more]

@thebuz Exactly, you get it.