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@reklamarobot
It's the Second Renaissance.
A global communications network has been the way of life for thousands of people. Humanity is marvelling in the creation of a race of synthients. And a warlock in the prairies is working as a creative director for an animation channel in Western Canada.
Insanity ensues.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Locomotion is a channel where Otto works at. It is a channel that airs animation targeted primarily at young adults.
Locomotion's history in the Canadian Commonwealth is kinda complicated, it was once a block on the Western feed of Teletoon before spinning itself into its own channel in 2001. During the Cinar scandal, the company that owned Locomotion and the Western feed of Teletoon spun off into its own company within Western Canada. The company then launched their own channels such as Loco² (a multilingual channel), Retro Rerun (similar to OTL'S Teletoon Retro), and KAPOW!
Locomotion's offices are located within downtown Mohkintstis, Buffalo.
Random Person: What are your pronouns?
Gen X!Otto: I don't know why pronouns are so important in today's society. It's like every time I have to use the right ones or else if I mess up, everyone will cancel me. Why can't we just use pronoun to refer to each other anyways?
Random Person: ...
Gen X!Otto: ...
Gen X!Otto: my pronouns are he/him...
In order to appeal to appeal to old man yaoi lovers, I'm going to make a spinoff called "Gen X Otto" in which an alternate universe version of Otto was born in 1970 and has to navigate a world in which everything is woke. Kinda like New Norm but our protagonist is bisexual.
There is social media in Reklama Robot's universe, but it's almost different in a lot of ways.
To better explain what we mean by that, here are some examples of what websites Otto frequents.
VideoHub is simultaneously YouTube and P*rnhub. You have to be the age of majority to see the p*rn.
Clover is what you get when you mix 4chan, Tumblr, and Reddit together in a blender and serve it on the finest china. It is not a good place to be in. 10/10
Quote is Twitter but with more emphasis on quote tweets and no Elon Musk.
Frindr is Grindr and/or Tinder. That's all you need to know.
GOCities is a website hosting service where they send you a personal server to make your own website (the communications network in Reklama Robot is complex). Y'know like GEOcities. (Eh? Eh?!!)
If there are anymore sites that I would like to mention, fly straight into the sun.
I have added an addendum to this post because my brain is an unstoppable behemoth of ideas.
Spectre is an online chat service where people communicate with each other in "groups" through various means (text, voice, video, telepathy, etc.) Kinda like Discord but more decentralized.
Their mascot is an anthro raccoon who's diet consists of mostly energy drinks and smells like he hasn't showered in weeks. He is popular with gay furries.
"Hey, did you hear about this new app?", Viktor said to me.
The question had been bothering me for a while. I had seen others on VideoHub talk about it, but in the same way some protagonist from a Lovecraft story would talk about an elderich horror. The type of stuff that makes you lose your mind, and I've been on Clover.
"No, I didn't. Haven't gotten round to it.", I replied. "What’s it called?"
"Quibi. It's a service that hosts and streams short form content to thousands of people." Content. I hate that word. Brings an awful taste to my mouth.
"Isn't it that app that sells your data off to brokers in the USSA?" I asked.
It was silent for a moment. He was collecting his thoughts, trying to figure out what to say to me. I felt bad for saying it so bluntly, but I had to get it off my chest. Otherwise, the thought would remain in my head, making me sick.
"I know how you feel about it. Maybe I should have talked about it to someone else."
"I was just curious." Bullshit.
"No, it's fine. I was wondering if you're interested in it.", he was trying to hold back his feelings. "Never mind, just get back to work. I'll be okay."
I exited his office, self-conscious about my words.
There is social media in Reklama Robot's universe, but it's almost different in a lot of ways.
To better explain what we mean by that, here are some examples of what websites Otto frequents.
VideoHub is simultaneously YouTube and P*rnhub. You have to be the age of majority to see the p*rn.
Clover is what you get when you mix 4chan, Tumblr, and Reddit together in a blender and serve it on the finest china. It is not a good place to be in. 10/10
Quote is Twitter but with more emphasis on quote tweets and no Elon Musk.
Frindr is Grindr and/or Tinder. That's all you need to know.
GOCities is a website hosting service where they send you a personal server to make your own website (the communications network in Reklama Robot is complex). Y'know like GEOcities. (Eh? Eh?!!)
If there are anymore sites that I would like to mention, fly straight into the sun.
"Have you heard the news?!", Sue said to me; I stood there confused, "What news?".
"About Infinity Train?", she brought out her buddy and showed me an article.
The headline "INFINITY TRAIN LEAVING MAX MAY 24TH". I read further. The article described how Infinity Train, alongside other cartoon properties owned by WBD, are being written off for taxes. However, this means that they can't be distributed anymore. At least, unless you torrent them. "Isn't this illegal?", I asked. "Not in the States.", she responded, "Even if the animators are compensated, it's still a dick move on Zaslav's part."
"I mean, we still air it, right?", my tone was reassuring but nervous, "There's no way they're that evil to actually wipe it off the face of the earth."
Infinity Train was a regular show on Loco's schedule. It was shown at 5pm, an hour after I got off work. Susan was obsessed over it, "It's what keeps me going through the tough times." she always says. I wasn't a fan of that show, more interested in psychological thrillers and comedy. But I respected her that I let her have her moments. At one point, I had recorded an important episode on datacard. She didn't have anything to play it on, sadly, but she kept it as a token of respect.
"Why is it that people have to suffer because of Warner-Discovery's actions?", she exclaimed. I smirked, like a smug bastard. "Well, that's the problem with digital distribution, Sue. Some bastard could buy out your company and decide on a whim to just wipe it from existance." I took a swig from my energy drink. "And that's the problem with how things in the States are run. They say that they're socialist, but in my honest opinion, they're not. They are state capitalist. And furthermore..."
"Otto, you're going into a politically charged rant again." "Oh, right, sorry."
"Yeah, my psychiatrist has been recommending Marijuana to me lately. He says it helps out with my schizophrenia. Not sure if it's actually true, though." she said to me.
I stared at her in shock. It wasn't the first time I had consumed something with pot in it, of course, but around the office, we weren't allowed to take any narcotics.
It wasn't until 2:00pm when the effects hit. It felt like time was slowing down and I was staring into space a lot. I had done fuck all during that time anyways. I asked Viktor if I could l leave early, he said "Okay, it almost looked like you were about to fall asleep or something. Are you tired?". Sheepishly, I said to him "I'm fine. Really, I am."
original "forever weed brownie" meme by @punkitt-is-here
I stood there confused as to why my boyfriend, as nice as he is, was so behind the times when it comes to his opinions on The Network.
He looked at me, with a look of defeat in his eyes, and took a drag from his blunt. "A virus.", he said. "The Network is nothing but a virus."
He then recited his usual poetry to me.
It came through the telephone wires, connected like a spider's web. It went after our phones, our computers, our televisions, like a viral infection. Like a disease. But, lo, we are fools for underestimating how starved we are for unity, for community, for communication. That is what The Network is.
"I kinda disagree with you, no shade or anything." I responded, as if I was being defensive. He looked at me with intrigue. "Go on."
"I think that The Network is one big collective dream. A surrealist tapestry of multimedia rationalizing the chaos of everyday life."
"I think you've been watching too much of that movie again, Otto." He said that to me, as if he was concerned that I was losing it. I sat back down, not wanting to make a scene.
The bartender had arrived with our order.