Thursday, June 9, 2011

Back to Basics and the Operator Symbol

So, yeah, apparently that previous post was just as much bullshit as I thought it was.  Maybe more.  Gonna take a break from talking about that for now.  I'd like to come back to it and talk about it more, which I might do...  I dunno.

But so yeah.  the Operator Symbol.  A totem of defense?  A piece of His name?

Honestly, I just think it's a terrible idea in general.

Why?  Oh I don't know.  Let's take a look at the track record.

1) In locations where the Operator Symbol pops up, He (or one of his minions or infected or a runner) has some sort of influence.

2) People who are infected copy this thing like they'll never run out of toner.

3) Why?

OK time to go over each of time.

The first one is pretty self explanatory.  Even if the Operator's Symbol acts as some form of defense, he still shows his influence around them.  If there's an OS around, he's there.  Simple as that.

The second one is also pretty self explanatory.  If someone is heavily infected, they just keep drawing it.  Maybe as a way to focus themselves, or maybe as a method of defense, but it doesn't stop anything, except temporarily.  In fact, it just makes them seem more insane to the people around them, and then the infected are ostracized from normal social contact, which can actually help against this infection.

The third one requires some explaining.  WHY do you think the Operator Symbol acts as a defense?  Go ahead, formulate an argument.

...oh, and one more thing.  Saying '_____ said so' is not evidence enough.

...oh, back so soon?  No good argument?  I thought not.

Listen, we don't know anything about The Phenomena, so why do we think the Operator Symbol will do jack shit?

We are being played.  SO goddamn hard.  The best way to keep people defenseless is to sell them armor that DOESN'T WORK.  That way, they feel safe and secure, and then they get careless.  They figure they have some method of fighting back, and then they try and make more defenses, or just become dependent on the one, and then they can just get picked off like berries on a bush.

Now, not everyone thinks the Operator Symbol is a defense.  There's a lot of theories out there, and I can't say I know all of them.  Just... do me a favor and if, in your thoughts, you think the Operator Symbol is a tool to help you, go ahead and forget it now.

Next time... I actually want to kind of repost a comment I made on Maduin's blog.  It's about Magic the gathering and the Eldrazi, and honestly I found it rather cool because a lot of parallels abound (Rule of Three, stylistic similarities, bluh bluh).

Take care, guys.

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