[mass text] a call to unity

[thenine]

Who: OTA | mingle
When: W9D2, late evening
Medium: text
Security/Encryption: high, traceable to Qresh only by advanced hackers
Warnings: none

Source: Undefined
Sender: Undefined
Sent to: All

With the Quad in a state of uncertain change, it is imperative that we all do what we can to remain unified. Whether you live for money, for your family, or for your future, no one benefits from unmitigated chaos and organized hatred.

Please, share here your woes, your triumphs - any stories you have to offer from recent days in your lives. Together, we can offer an understanding of the Quad that no individual could ever possess alone. Through a picture painted in all colors - Company, Resistance, Leithan, Westerlyn - we can find an image of our common goal.

Speak to one another. Ask for help. Offer condolences. Seek common ground.

We're all in this together.

Comments

text | un: broseidon

[hydrokinetics]

"No one benefits from unmitigated chaos and organized hatred"

Not entirely sure I believe it, but okay. What're the chances people are REALLY going to find common ground or whatever by talking about how things suck? Sounds pretty depressing.

un: fitz

[pesto]

i dunno about common ground, but talking about how much things suck sounds pretty demoralizing.

[hydrokinetics]

Demoralizing. That's a good word for it. You think maybe that's what they're really after instead?

[Whoever. They. Are...]

[pesto]

could be, who knows what people want these days.

for all we know, this guy (girl?) could be anyone with access to the network.

... though they kinda sound posh, if you know what i mean. the word choices, and all that.

[hydrokinetics]

Yeah, I can think of at least a handful of people who fit that description and have access to the network. Depends how far up on the scale we need to be thinking.

Do you even want to know?

[pesto]

who the people are?

... might be nice to know. but honestly, i'd much rather know what they want from us than who they are.

[hydrokinetics]

I'm thinking the same thing. The timing's kind of weird too if you think about it for too long. I'm not that great at navigating signals though to trace the source.

un: prometheus // rofl "sounds fake but okay" - percy jackson

[brickinthewall]

group therapy isn't for everyone

look sometimes suspicions intensify etc etc

[hydrokinetics]

Let's think about the pros and cons of airing all our grievances to each other.

Pros: Learning that maybe you don't have it as bad as the next guy
Cons: Learning you actually have it worse than that other guy

And anyway you'd think whoever they are would share their own first.

[brickinthewall]

i think this is what you call a "public service announcement"

[hydrokinetics]

Good luck getting the public to cooperate, I guess. What gets me is that they keep using "we." Even if it's a PSA they're trying to make it sound like they really get what everyone's going through. The people who really have issues here? Pretty sure there's no time for them to make PSAs, just saying.

[brickinthewall]

you're as paranoid as i am kid

it's all for show

[hydrokinetics]

So really what you're saying is not to worry about it.

And it's NOT paranoia.

anon

[brokeassgoing]

have you never been to a house party? its exactly like that
or any political situation at all.
one depressing jerk chain

[hydrokinetics]

If it's that depressing then why do people keep going to those things?

[What about if he just doesn't actually answer that question...]

[brokeassgoing]

free beer why the hell else would they go??? not the music thats for sure

[he answered it by asking]

[hydrokinetics]

No offense to anybody but free booze is NOT worth listening to everybody else's politics. Not really. So what else?

[brokeassgoing]

yes it is because heres the beauty you havent realized yet
when you get wasted enough none of it matters. the politics, the crapshoot of a planet, none of it. not even the equally shitty future to look forward to
so thats one thing to bond over actually

[hydrokinetics]

Now when you put it that way, okay, maybe it doesn't sound that bad even if it means having to repeat the process a few times...
I'll have to keep that in mind.

un: idk

[robitussin]

yeah that sounds like bullshit honestly

also: very low

eli I hope her username is actually idk because that's hilarious

[hydrokinetics]

On the other hand maybe their plan's working a little since now we're just talking about how their plan won't work. It sort of counts that way doesn't it?

she gave up on picking a serious one let her rest

[robitussin]

i don't think talking about how their plan sucks counts as """sharing our woes or triumphs"""

no???

[hydrokinetics]

Not unless we're going with the fact that a shared woe is having this conversation at all and a shared triumph is realizing their plan sucks.

[robitussin]

my bar for both woes and triumphs is not that low

[hydrokinetics]

Humor me for a sec. What's your bar set at anyway?