i came to write a reply to this at 12:41 ET on 2023-10-22 and found this draft, looks empty but for quote, saved on 2022-08-27.
the intent was to write a reply to #6 from a group saying "we didn't know" in shock, recognizing trauma[ and possibly danger]. it's likely nice for me to experience recognition of things like that being traumatic experiences. we also didn't know -- On November 13, 2020 5:36:22 AM EST, Karl <[email protected]> wrote: > > [OT] [dangerous due the possibility of dangerous people thinking it is an > analogy for whatever they're concerned about] > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 8:18 AM Karl <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I haven't read the replies I haven't acknowledged, because I'm trying to >> slow down entering the dissociative state where I post obsessively to the >> list and do nothing else, and accessing the same threads could trigger it >> faster. >> >> Here is a webcomic outline. To help with the major motion picture being >> slowly grown from horrifically enslaved countries to bring their dead >> beloved dictators back to life as respected community members with badly >> needed medical care: >> >> Mind Control Boss, the Webcomic, draft 1 >> >> #1 >> >> panel 1: >> Setting: Boss's office >> >> Boss: "Somebody mentioned mind control on that mailing list. Let me know >> when it's cleaned up." >> >> Cleanup Worker (previously Secretary of State, talking honestly, has bloody >> wires leaving scalp, wears weapons dealer logo on smart looking political >> outfit): "Of course, Boss! We love you so much for enslaving us to your >> every whim!" >> >> panel 2: >> Setting: local coffee shop named "Underground Spy and Rebel Network, Come >> One Come All" >> >> Specialist (now a cleanup worker for Boss): "The Boss told me to clean this >> mailing list up. I told him to fuck off, that it's out of his control." >> >> Excited Supporter (at a nearby table of torture victims, rescue workers, and >> diplomats): "What list now?" >> >> State Worker (wears same weapons dealer logo as Secretary of State, >> watching, is at table of rebels with Specialist, in role of "way to control >> and spy on Boss", texting privately on Mobile Phone): [Excited Supporter >> will b worker who rebels. Can u make sure 2 erase what they look up >> tonight?] >> >> panel 3: >> Setting: same coffee shop >> >> Rebel Worker (sitting next to State Worker, wears same shirt, phone dings >> and looks suddenly at State Worker): "The fuck???" <immediately shoots >> State Worker dead> >> >> Dead State Worker's Mobile Phone: "Contacting Cleanup. Thank you for using >> Dictatorsoft." >> >> Specialist (same one, at table): <while phone alarming about cleanup>, >> "Again????" >> >> #2 >> >> panel 1: (torture victim, excited supporter, and/or rebel worker visit >> mailing list, assume it is super cool, archive it and spread it everywhere) >> >> panel 2: >> Scene: Former Secretary of State's office >> >> Cleanup Worker (formerly secretary of state, bloody wires leaving neatly >> combed hair, gesturing at corpse of State Worker, talking to Machine >> Learning Marketer): "Boss can't see well and needs to hear it from the >> horse's mouth, and the horse is dead. Could you fix up a video chat for us >> where the horse is alive?" >> >> Machine Learning Marketer (knows nothing about machine learning, is new to >> corporation): "Certainly. We do that all the time." >> >> panel 3: >> Scene: Boss's office, with corpse of State Worker present, propped up as if >> still alive. Boss is in a hospital bed. >> >> Corpse of State Worker (blurry due to severe issues Boss is having): "Boss, >> I am your loyal servant. The mailing list has been cleaned up." >> >> #3 >> Scene: Former Secretary of State's Office > > > I found a possible early part of #3 in my semipreserved notes (I have to > pretend to erase stuff to work on things like this): "We leaked some things > helpful to Boss on a rebel mailing list" . I'm not focusing on filling in > all the scene and panels for #3 since I already shared it. > >> Standing Corpse of State Worker: "I have bad news. The rebel mailing list >> posts we've been using to share propaganda are predicted to make more rebels >> than propaganda." >> >> State Worker 2 (hired to replace State Worker after their death, bloody >> wires leaving scalp): "Don't say that! I might tell the boss!" >> >> Corpse of State Worker: "Very sorry." >> >> #4 >> Scene: Former Secretary of State's Office >> >> Standing Corpse of State Worker 2 (microelectronics and brains hanging out >> of scalp, eyes moving wildly and independently of each other): "After being >> brought back from the dead so many times by Machine Learning Marketer, Boss >> can no longer learn new information without being killed out of fear of >> subversion by propaganda. This doesn't seem much like leadership to the >> workers, so we've kind of reinterpreted who the boss really is, and listen >> instead to their "spirit" rather than letting them say anything. Machine >> Learning Marketer has a computer that can report spirit." >> >> Machine Learning Marketer has bloody wires leaving their scalp. >> >> Standing Corpse of State Worker 3 (also has obviously poorly-done bci >> surgery): "You said you replaced the Boss with a computer simulation?" >> >> State Worker 2: "Yeah, can you kill me until I do it well enough to say >> straight, for the coffee shop?" >> >> Machine Learning Marketer: <reaches for their own cellphone and breaks it in >> half. Takes out a gun and empties it into the lights>. "I think the >> simulation just mind controlled me not to." >> >> #5 >> >> <we can come up with these forever, and have the next one drafted too, but >> it is too hard to continue for me to write it right now. it involves >> describing what it is like to communicate things when your behavior and >> medical treatment are augmented by machine learning algorithms each made or >> influenced by a different warring faction trying to manipulate you toward >> their own particular ends. sorry ran out of steam, got triggered too badly >> in #4> > > > [Note re the recent xkcd: there is no coronavirus in this yet. everyone > still remembers how to go near others and be friendly and comfortable with > that. I'd probably split the coffee shop in two, for people who want to wear > masks and people who don't, with full accommodations for both views, and have > the characters move between the two areas demonstrating how easy it is to > resolve a conflict. Boss's people would generally not wear masks in any > office or while harming people, their masks would have been designed to fail, > and they would always wear them in public.] > > #5 > Scene: Boss's Office > > Computer Audio of Boss (part of Audiovisual Setup, with Hospital Bed behind > it): "This ..." <voice cuts out, the words struggling> > > Status Display: "Filling in for memory loss. Defusing anger." > > Computer Audio of Boss: "... mailing list ..." <struggling> > > Status Display: "Filling in for memory loss. Patient now deeply relaxed." > > Computer Audio of Boss: "... is part of my .. " <suddenly stops> > > Status Display: "Filling in for memory loss. Numbing severe hopelessness." > > Computer Audio of Boss: "... medical plan to ..." > > Status Display: "Extensive memory reconstruction requiring delay. Simulation > taking over." > > Computer Video of Boss: "... heal my ..." > > Status Display: "Filling in for memory loss. Numbing severe hopelessness." > > Computer Audio of Boss: "... destroyed brain?" > > Cleanup Worker (formerly Secretary of State): "Yes, Boss." > > Machine Learning Marketer: "We love you so much, we could never let you come > to harm." > > > #6 > Scene: Local coffee shop named "Underground Spy and Rebel Network, Come One > Come All" > > panel 1: > > Toddler is staring at Dedicated Cop, who is sitting at the rebel table in > conversation, their skull open with brains and microcircuitry hanging out. > > Middle Kid (off-panel): "Toddler, whatcha staring at?" > > > panel 2: > > Middle Kid (in severe terror): <shrieks loudly! everybody looks at her> > "Mommy that man's brains are falling out! Call 911!" > > Mother Supporter: "Shush!" <glances at Dedicated Cop, who has brains hanging > out> "That man is fine. Why are you acting out like this?" > > Middle Kid: <stares at mother, astonished, confused, terrified> > > Older Kid: "The man is fine. Don't be such a baby." > > Toddler pokes playfully at their own head in the same spot as the opening to > Dedicated Cop's skull, acting out having a friendly discussion while your > brains are falling out. > > > panel 3: > > Rebel Worker 2 (sitting across from Dedicated Cop, to Middle Kid as she walks > by to return to her family): > <hushed> > "What you saw was real, but for now if you tell the wrong person, you'll get > hospitalized yourself. That's going to change. You can find me and my > friends at this coffee shop. Tell your mother I told you to listen to her." > > > #7 > > panel 1: > > The rebel table has Cautious Cop and Dedicated Cop (with brains hanging out) > in discussion with Rebel Worker 2 and Corpse of State Worker 3 both across > the table. Specialist is sitting nearby. > > Rebel Worker 2: "Thanks so much for coming to speak with us and being > willing to listen. I know these are very serious accusations for > Well-Respected Psionic Weaponry Corp to lay against Poor Abused Dictator > Megacorp, but this is very real human trafficking and rights abuse." > > Corpse of State Worker 3 (looking almost alive, bci surgery carefully hidden > now, acting very formal): "Rebel Worker 2 has been advising me from > Well-Respected Psionic Weaponry Corp, for some time now. Rebel Worker 2 was > introduced to me as having held their management role at Well-Respected > Psionic Weaponry Corp for over a decade." > > > panel 2: > > Dedicated Cop (blood flies from their brain a little as they turn their > head): "We'll need the full names of the perpetrator and the accuser for the > charges." > > Rebel Worker 2: "I'm Rebel Worker 2, here's my ID, this is State Worker 3, > and I have a recording of Torture Victim Double Agent, an employee of Poor > Abused Dictator Megacorp, discussing this with Trusting Coworker, while in > the act." > > > panel 3: > > Cautious Cop: "We'll collect information and be sure to follow up. You said > you're accusing Poor Abused Dictator Megacorp, not Well-Respected" <coughs> > "Psionic Weaponry Corp?" > > Rebel Worker 2: <pauses, briefly confused> "Yes. Poor Abused Dictator > Megacorp is engaging in human trafficking and rights abuse, and we have > proof." > > Specialist: "Sorry to butt in, but I've actually been tracking some attacks > on automl systems being developed for human rights, and it's pretty clear the > attacks stemmed from the people you're talking about. I would love to > testify to this." > > > #8: > > panel 1: > (Middle Kid goes to the bathroom and finds Specialist laying on the floor. > Rebel Worker 2 enters, eyes glazed over.) > > Rebel Worker 2 (looking at Middle Kid): "Who are you?" > > Middle Kid: "Don't you recognise ..." <Rebel Worker 2 brushes by her, > ignoring her, and she hides> > > panel 2 (multiple panels): > > Rebel Worker 2 takes some things (microcircuitry and a small saw) from inside > the flap of the trash, quickly opens the skull of Specialist and places > something inside, returns the things, and leaves with Specialist's skull > still open. Specialist begins stirring. > > panel 3 (back near the rescue table): > > Middle Kid (returning to Mother Supporter): "Mommy, you know how you > mentioned the lock on my door, something about bad men, and asked if I wanted > to be in charge of the key? I would like that." > > Mother Supporter: "I'll take it out and give it to you when we get home. We > can even install a second lock if you want. Let's go outside and talk, shall > we?" [image] I'm using Inbox When Ready to protect my focus.
