15 Million Merits

Everyone in 15MM (including the game show hosts) is a cookie.

>>84233219

What does cookie mean in this context?

>>84233243
A simulated consciousness living in a machine.

My diary desu

>>84233253
Oh so like "you" and me?

>>84233243
https://youtu.be/ewFh6MBLKoQ

>>84233253
I kept wondering if that was the case, even at the end in the apartment it is a fake window showing a video of a beautiful scene. But if that's the case then for what purpose? Is the whole thing just a battery farm for viral content to make ad money?

>>84233334
Maybe the bike pedaling somehow generates power for something irl?

>>84233334
>>84233360
Wow never thought of these ideas. Holy shit. Mind=blown. This series is deeper than I ever could have imagined.

It's essentially just prison

>live in a small cell
>during the day go to mundane job to earn credits
>use credits on small things you dont really need

no one would ever voluntarily choose to live like this. it goes against basic human nature

>>84233360
But how would the "simulated" bike pedaling generate power? My guess is that the bike pedaling is doing some sort of computation.

>>84233219
Makes a lot of sense d e s u

>>84233203
The point is we already do but we just don't see it
Unless you're all being sarcastic in this thread and I'm too dense to get it

>>84233334
what makes you think it's a video/fake window?

>>84233475
>no one would ever voluntarily choose to live like this. it goes against basic human nature

See: People working office jobs and wasting their money on useless shit to the point of being unable to retire because they can't manage their finances and save some money.

It's an exaggerated take on current society, or where current trends could naturally lead. It's not meant to be taken purely literally.

>>84233475
You just described modern life under capitalism.

>>84233937
Not really, I mean, not unless you have zero talent or ability and can't contribute to society more than the bare minimum necessary to survive.

>>84235675
Yeah? What's your big contribution to society there, armchair philosophy?

>>84235722
I've coined several memes.