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retrospec2017-06-01 01:41 pm
truedetective) wrote in retrospec2017-06-01 01:41 pm
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I reach out to the truth; text
It's no secret that what we've experienced over the past several months has been unnatural, to say the least. Things that shouldn't be possible have been occurring with regularity. Our memories have been changing, our physical bodies have been changing, the world has been changing, and sometimes it seems that though we are the only ones aware of it.
Upon observation and analysis, I have a theory-- rather, a hypothesis. I'm not entirely happy with it, because it seems ridiculous even to me. Yet it would seem to explain everything that is going on here. I've yet to encounter a piece of evidence that would disprove it... though I welcome any suggestions, because as I've said, I don't like the implications either.
Before we get to my hypothesis, let's examine the oddities we've faced.
1) Memory alteration, version 1. (Which may in fact be memory preservation.) We are the only ones aware of changes to the world and the prior state, such as the existence of horses.
2) Memory alteration, version 2. We have awakened to "hallucinomemories" of things that seem impossible, of lives we've never lived, of people we've never met. Often, these memories accompany us remembering skills and abilities that return fully and immediately-- such as a completely new set of languages spoken.
3) Physical changes. Eye color, hair color, even physical limbs changing to something new.
4) World changes. We all shrank, temporarily, while the rest of the world did not.
It is worth noting that these only ever apply to users on Retrospec. There doesn't seem to be any instance of non-Retrospec users encountering these; moreover, people who did not previously use Retrospec but who were given access to the app suddenly began experiencing these as well. For that reason, I believe Retrospec users are "awakened" of some kind. I don't know if that's the best term, I'm not a writer.
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But I digress. The point is this: I believe that this world is a simulation of some kind. We are inside some sort of vast computer program.
However, we are real people. I don't know whether our physical bodies are hooked up to some computer in "reality" or our minds were copied, but we existed elsewhere at some point. This is the reason for items 2 and 3: The "hallucinomemories" we've been having, the skills we've been relearning, the physical changes... these aren't invented. We're remembering our real selves, our prior lives. I'm sure of this much; I have personally remembered shared experiences with other "awakened" Retrospec users, with shared details that none of us had told the other.
This also explains items 4 and 1. As a simulation, the world and its parameters can be changed. It would be trivial to change our size, or to replace horses with chocobos.
Retrospec is the key to this, obviously. I do not yet know whether it is intrinsic to our being "awakened" or if it merely exists as a means for the simulation operators to keep tabs on us. But it, and the company behind it, do seem to be the masterminds.
Think about it: Isn't it odd that a social media company would limit its presence to a single city? Where are the nationwide Retrospec users, where are the international ones? Does that mean that this city alone is the simulator?
Again, I am aware that this seems far fetched. But this theory does seem to explain every question we've encountered, and I can't think of any data to disprove it. If you know of any information that might make this less likely, I eagerly await it.
I don't like the idea of being a data simulation any more than you all do. But I am resolved to find the truth, even if it's unpleasant.
-N
Upon observation and analysis, I have a theory-- rather, a hypothesis. I'm not entirely happy with it, because it seems ridiculous even to me. Yet it would seem to explain everything that is going on here. I've yet to encounter a piece of evidence that would disprove it... though I welcome any suggestions, because as I've said, I don't like the implications either.
Before we get to my hypothesis, let's examine the oddities we've faced.
1) Memory alteration, version 1. (Which may in fact be memory preservation.) We are the only ones aware of changes to the world and the prior state, such as the existence of horses.
2) Memory alteration, version 2. We have awakened to "hallucinomemories" of things that seem impossible, of lives we've never lived, of people we've never met. Often, these memories accompany us remembering skills and abilities that return fully and immediately-- such as a completely new set of languages spoken.
3) Physical changes. Eye color, hair color, even physical limbs changing to something new.
4) World changes. We all shrank, temporarily, while the rest of the world did not.
It is worth noting that these only ever apply to users on Retrospec. There doesn't seem to be any instance of non-Retrospec users encountering these; moreover, people who did not previously use Retrospec but who were given access to the app suddenly began experiencing these as well. For that reason, I believe Retrospec users are "awakened" of some kind. I don't know if that's the best term, I'm not a writer.
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But I digress. The point is this: I believe that this world is a simulation of some kind. We are inside some sort of vast computer program.
However, we are real people. I don't know whether our physical bodies are hooked up to some computer in "reality" or our minds were copied, but we existed elsewhere at some point. This is the reason for items 2 and 3: The "hallucinomemories" we've been having, the skills we've been relearning, the physical changes... these aren't invented. We're remembering our real selves, our prior lives. I'm sure of this much; I have personally remembered shared experiences with other "awakened" Retrospec users, with shared details that none of us had told the other.
This also explains items 4 and 1. As a simulation, the world and its parameters can be changed. It would be trivial to change our size, or to replace horses with chocobos.
Retrospec is the key to this, obviously. I do not yet know whether it is intrinsic to our being "awakened" or if it merely exists as a means for the simulation operators to keep tabs on us. But it, and the company behind it, do seem to be the masterminds.
Think about it: Isn't it odd that a social media company would limit its presence to a single city? Where are the nationwide Retrospec users, where are the international ones? Does that mean that this city alone is the simulator?
Again, I am aware that this seems far fetched. But this theory does seem to explain every question we've encountered, and I can't think of any data to disprove it. If you know of any information that might make this less likely, I eagerly await it.
I don't like the idea of being a data simulation any more than you all do. But I am resolved to find the truth, even if it's unpleasant.
-N
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Suppose the sky is as blue as ever. What if they've just removed, somehow, our ability to perceive the color?
Noah suddenly grew a new arm. Anya forgot how to speak fluent English and instantly "remembered" the ability to speak Russian.
Things must be questioned, to a point.
But I don't think we throw all logic out the window.
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shit
so its us they could be messing with
thats even more upsetting!
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and how can they like mass mess w/ a couple 100 ppl at once?
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But there's no reason that's inherent. It could change at any moment.
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what if theyre getting their ideas on messing with us from this network?
what if its us?
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and it was like this is the kinda bs u find on bad subreddits
like shitty pranks turned in2 real world messes
and when we were discussing the other dumb shit they could do we were like oh shit
what if theyre reading our convos and getting their ideas from us
bc i mean they most definitely log this shit somewhere right?
its all on their secure server and they can def track our activity
hell maybe they even search for specific keywords
its like in ghostbusters when they have to clear their minds so zuul cant pick the form of the destroyer right?
and then the one guy thinks of the marshmallow man so thats what attacks nyc
well
what if were talking about the marshmallow man rn
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Has anyone admitted to suggesting to get rid of horses or the like?
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but we can probs check right?
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Rather than looking past at everyone's conversations.
Simply ask anyone if they've seen anyone talking about these things before they happened.
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maybe they can find the convos then?
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Of course, we can't prove a negative. Even if we don't find any conversations discussing this here, they may have listened in somewhere else.
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r we always bugged?
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If this truly is a simulation, we wouldn't have to be "bugged." They'd be aware of everything regardless.
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like
if thats the case then they will know everything were saying on and off network