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[recollecters]

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jake english | overflow

[potentite]

Kazuma Kiryū

[potentite]

[from here!]

Its very peculiar when you put it that way. I mean...
In general of course we rarely know much about the customer service individuals we interact with.
But theyre a tad more than just a face handing us burgers at mcdonalds. Theyre also in this with us.
At least to some degree.
Even if they seem to have power over us we dont know who pulls their strings...

[judgementkazzy]

Yeah, since people on the app are the only ones who can notice this stuff, they must have at least some kind of connection to it.
But I got the sense they weren't affected by it, since Jim had said Janet had blue eyes? Maybe that's not the case.
They might be just as stuck as we are, only they've got their bosses breathing down their necks.

[potentite]

While i still wouldnt be fond of jims attitude i could at least understand it then.
Im still worried what happens to the released employees and former members of retrospec too.
It seems like their memories are wiped but... is that all? And why former users?
I guess in that regard i cant help fretting over everyone involved.

[judgementkazzy]

Yeah, exactly. They could get fired and not even remember working for Retrospec in the first place.
It's weird to think about... if I forgot everything and lost the app, I'd look pretty different, too.
It's pretty concerning how little we know about Retrospec's practices.

[potentite]

That bothers me too.
Its altered my life. That sounds dramatic but... it has.
Even if im still on the fence about remembering all this shit i definitely dont want it taken away from my without my permission either.
I wish at the very least they would tell us why this is happening.
There must be a reason to give us these memories right?
But so far i havent seen a common thread in them.

[judgementkazzy]

No, I understand. It's the same for me.
Retrospec doesn't seem to have a reason for doing any of this.
The memories and the fact that we're the only people who notice things changing... I wish we knew how they were connected.
Like what does the sky being gray have to do with past lives or whatever our memories mean?

[potentite]

Yeah thats weird too!
Or the time we shrunk... that was queer as fuck. I cant imagine how its connected.
Some of the things might be from memories... like the fruit um. I remember that?
Which is weird.
But at least that makes sense. But no ones come forward and claimed the colours disappearing or the shrinking...
Or those odd blue flowers.
If someone here should remember it youd think seeing it would have been enough.

Dirk Strider

[potentite]

[from here!]

You really get a kick out of it huh?

Re: Dirk Strider

[splinten]

Always, bro.

[potentite]

Haha.
Youre head and shoulders above the rest you know!
Aside from light ribbing youve never shamed me over it.
I think im comfortable with it because of you.

[splinten]

There isn't any need to be ashamed by it.
Sure, it's Teddy Roosevelt talk. Who cares? I like it and it suits you.

[potentite]

Youre aces dirk. You always know how to cheer a fella up and turn a frown upside down!

[splinten]

And you're a goddamned dork, but the awesome kind.

Sora

[potentite]

[from here!]

Well shes from human resources which means she has more red tape tying her up probably.
A prickly situation where she must meet the demands of her boss while trying to placate us.
But she seems more willing to communicate with the other departments of retrospec?
Im willing to give her a chance. Hopefully shell be more forthcoming in future posts?

[destiny_key]

i hope so
shes a lot more direct and doesnt give us dumb riddles

and like i said anyone is better than jim

but i guess that makes me wonder who the boss is

[potentite]

Me too.
Human resources or at least the director of human resources is often high up on the totem.
So its possible she knows the head honcho or even works with them.
Then again another thing to consider is that application companies usually have a parent company!
Theyre probably a small group working on the application compared to the main body.

[destiny_key]

okay but like
whos the head honcho
the guy behind putting this app on our phones

[potentite]

That i dont know!
But i guess whoever it is wants us to remember all these things right?
I just dont know how that could benefit someone though.

[destiny_key]

it doesnt make any sense if you ask me
unless its some kind of experiment???
but what would it even be studying???

Akinobu Taira

[potentite]

[from here!]

That seems like a solid theory. I had thought perhaps that the random changes were tests of some unexplainable systems...
But given that they could only tell janet that something big would be upcoming that sort of puts a pin in that idea.
In that case the implication is that the changes do not originate from them right?

[notbunaga]

yeah, exactly
she seemed to confirm as much in this post, assuming she's being honest
but for simplicity's sake i'm going to assume she's being honest, we can deal with whether or not she's lying later

i wonder, though...
maybe another company?

[potentite]

If shes lying it just puts us back at square one.
But that is a good question. Another company might be convoluted...
But im not sure if its anymore convoluted than saying retrospec themselves has a secret organization or something.
Its hard to say since we dont know for sure what retrospec does.
If theyre only the application company they were probably hired i would think.

[notbunaga]

yeah. i dont buy the other company theory either, honestly.
it's just that it feels like they're pushing against something?
it's just a matter of figuring out what that is

of course, as it stands, we don't have enough to work with that for that
we know barely enough about retrospec as it is
so i guess we ought to focus on them first before we start thinking about everything else

[potentite]

I think thats best.
I guess the question that matters the most to me personally is why theyre doing this in the first place...
Or i guess since that can open a whole can of worms...
Its more like i want to know why i have to remember things? Why any of us do.