October 26th, 2016 / 12:00 pm
Web Hype
Reynard Seifert
Web Hype
HyperNormalisation
PROGRAM MrsGorman (Input, Output);
CONST
Indifferent = 60
VAR
Thursday, Indisposed, Called: BOOLEAN;
Bed, Chair, Hearth, Fire, Window, open: BOOLEAN;
Rand, Temperature: INTEGER;
BEGIN {Main Program}
IF Thursday THEN
IF NOT (Indisposed)
THEN Called:= True
ELSE {If Indisposed}
Called:=False;
IF NOT Called THEN Random;
IF Rand = 0 THEN (Bed)
ELSE {if Rand = 1then}
BEGIN {Else}
IF Temperature < Indifferent
THEN (Chair and Hearth AND Fire)
ELSE IF Temperature > Indifferent
THEN (Chair AND Window AND Open)
ELSE IF Temperature = Indifferent THEN
BEGIN {Else if}
Random
IF Rand = 0
THEN (Chair and Window AND NOT Open)
ELSE {if Rand = 1then}
(Chair AND Hearth AND NOT Fire)
END {Else if}
END {Else}
END {Main Program}
CONST
Indifferent = 60
VAR
Thursday, Indisposed, Called: BOOLEAN;
Bed, Chair, Hearth, Fire, Window, open: BOOLEAN;
Rand, Temperature: INTEGER;
BEGIN {Main Program}
IF Thursday THEN
IF NOT (Indisposed)
THEN Called:= True
ELSE {If Indisposed}
Called:=False;
IF NOT Called THEN Random;
IF Rand = 0 THEN (Bed)
ELSE {if Rand = 1then}
BEGIN {Else}
IF Temperature < Indifferent
THEN (Chair and Hearth AND Fire)
ELSE IF Temperature > Indifferent
THEN (Chair AND Window AND Open)
ELSE IF Temperature = Indifferent THEN
BEGIN {Else if}
Random
IF Rand = 0
THEN (Chair and Window AND NOT Open)
ELSE {if Rand = 1then}
(Chair AND Hearth AND NOT Fire)
END {Else if}
END {Else}
END {Main Program}
Mrs. Gorman
came, yes/no
didn’t come, yes/no;
if she didn’t come then she stayed home:
in bed, yes/no
in chair, yes/no;
if in chair, then
by hearth, yes/no
by window, yes/no
if by hearth, then fire burning, yes/no;
if by window, then window open, yes/no.
Tags: adam curtis, control, hypernormalisation, seb franklin, Wish I could watch the Suicide montage frvr
This is a story about how fucked the world is and how those in control have tried to shape the chaos into narrative … I thought, kind of in the voice of Adam Curtis.