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[–] 228 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 168 points 6 months ago (14 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 106 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    i'm sure that during the 10,000 years falling there were plenty of billboards and ads

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Do you watch the ad for the brief reprive or skip it to get to the bottom of the tunnel faster.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    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?

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Using it to torture the populace when they fall out of line sounds grand.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] 76 points 6 months ago (12 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 39 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    I didn’t like Salvia either

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  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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...

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    I love time dilation. Curse this temporal prison.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    The only things that have given me insane time dilation are Foxxy and a horrfying dose of ketamine.

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  • [–] 45 points 6 months ago (14 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    10,000 years of infomercials.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    There's a kurzgesagt you need to watch on this

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    [–] 40 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Edit: holy shit I just realized that's Elijah Wood

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  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I see your grandkids are also salvia enthusiasts

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago

    This happened to my best friend Kakashi from Naruto

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Chief Miles O'Brien would like a word...

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    Great username, shame about the Twitter

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    Can’t wait for e-ketamine without the drip

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  • This is just The Jaunt by Stephen King.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    if this can happen in the future would they be able to do this but im the dragonborn in skyrim

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Did you get a flute at the end?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Ah, shock sites v137.0 (obvious choice of version number).

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    God I hope this is not gonna happen in the future!

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Can my name be Roy

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    You cheeky little numbskull!

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