mistake? 2023-09-18 20:19 ---- it's now 2023-09-19 19:33, had to fix date a little friday's xkcd is a funny haunted house scene for iso/ansi workers where everything was an incompatible over-specific formal specification, including the door for leaving. it is of course very similar to a mind control boss torturer scenario, where suddenly you are in a world where you're expect to control and abuse people and comply to the tiniest whim 1934 oh but let's add this one: you're hypnotized to report any ideas you have, they're stolen from you and used to harm your friends, and each time this happens you get more brain damage 1935 honestly maybe haunted houses and horror experiences are my thing now! maybe mind control boss the web comic is a giant draft for the ultimate haunted house. 1937 welcome. oh, you were expecting a haunted house? oh no, sorry, this is my boss's office. here we push papers and rip people's tongues out and all sorts of things ! okay, first thing's first. - you can't leave, ever. - we're going to submit you to terrorist brainwashing to turn you into an assassin drone, and send you back to your families to kill them - seriously! - you can't leave - you won't remember any of this in five minutes - you can't tell anybody got it?