Yeah, yeah, the time knife. We've all seen it.

Yeah, yeah, the time knife. We've all seen it.

the implication being that we will have brain implant technology thats for the people and not purely surveillance shows this is a work of fiction.
i'm sure that during the 10,000 years falling there were plenty of billboards and ads
The knives are the only way they can get “impressions” in the future
Do you watch the ad for the brief reprive or skip it to get to the bottom of the tunnel faster.
You skip the ad, because even falling through a tunnel of knives is better than watching an ad
The knives were Cutco, and they made sure that you saw the branding on them each time one of them cut you. Look at how that edge holds up? See how cleanly your flesh is parted by the blade?
Using it to torture the populace when they fall out of line sounds grand.
Yeah, this doesn't sound like it's "for the people," it sounds like it's specifically for the system. Why bother with jails if you can just make people feel like they're being punished while still slaving away for their wealthy overlords?
I mean, most of us are probably here on our phones which are spy on us constantly, so it's not that far-fetched
I've had drugs that put me in a weird agonizing bodyless state for what seemed like probably days. It's really hard to describe, but it was terrible. And I think an hour or two in reality. This post reminded me of that strongly, an awful idea.
I didn’t like Salvia either
More like 5 minutes in real time. But yeah, feels like days if not an eternity. And there's always that feeling of "Oh fuck. I'm never making it back to my body. In fact, my body was just an illusion, and now that it's gone I'll never get it back, like a dream you can't go back to after waking."
And that typically occupies your mind for the rest of the trip. Until it fades, and you find yourself back in your body, and after you kiss the ground you think "Well that wasn't so bad afterall. I bet if I try it again I can make it past that part without panicking."
Nope. It's like there's something you can't fully remember after the trip ends, but each time you go back you realize "Oh fuck, that's right. That's why this is so terrifying."
And then you make it back to your body again, kiss the ground, rinse and repeat...
I've never had a good trip on salvia. Always nightmarish experiences, every time. Maybe I should quit doing it one day.
I’ve never tried salvia but if this is an accurate description of the trip then I guess I’ll pass..
I love time dilation. Curse this temporal prison.
The only things that have given me insane time dilation are Foxxy and a horrfying dose of ketamine.
i had time dilation and body size dysmorphia because of a very high fever after a parrot bacterial infection
If we can't live forever, overclocking our brain-computer interfaces to cram more virtual time into our remaining years is the next best thing.
Maybe eventually there'll be FOSS privacy respecting degree packages that you can incorporate in maybe a week. Do 52 of them and prove something new at their insections. Repeat.
10,000 years of infomercials.
Can it at least be the magic bullet infomercial? The one where all the junkies wake up feeling like shit, and just want snacks, so they don't even question why a random guy is in their kitchen demoing the magic bullet. They just want nachos, and smoothies. Until Carol comes down and wants to make more drinks.
Like.....it's 8am, and she's bouncing down the stairs like "MARGARITAS PLEASE!!!!"
Carol. You have a problem.
Too Many Cooks on repeat
The neat thing is, you could put a standardised neuro-usable (no bits & bytes) interface in there and the brain would figure by itself out, how to use it. No complicated "this guys memory works like this and goes there and there" like in SAO' NerveGear, the brain does that.
You should look into how many people have coma or other experiences of a whole lifetime, then wake up and get a whole second lifetime.
And now I'm remembering the fucking Lamp Story.
There's a kurzgesagt you need to watch on this

Edit: holy shit I just realized that's Elijah Wood
I see your grandkids are also salvia enthusiasts
Chief Miles O'Brien would like a word...

After reading these comments, I am never smoking salvia.
I probably never was going to at my age… but there was a chance I would consider it.
Oh fuck no. Zero. Negative one.
if this can happen in the future would they be able to do this but im the dragonborn in skyrim
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