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This string made me chuckle https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/blob/4115c9deee71a7d732d4e50b814df33c4207789b/blns.txt#L672 https://github

This string made me chuckle https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/blob/4115c9deee71a7d732d4e50b814df33c4207789b/blns.txt#L672 https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings/blo...

remcob 8y ago
IMHO, the 'reading' gives it away. How would the doctors know it would appear in written form? Could be part of the technique of course. Still, I would change it to the more generic 'receive'.
- probably_wrong 8y ago
  This is how I would rationalize that point: Clearly, the doctors did not intend for that specific message to appear specifically on my screen. Rather, their treatment will make my brain "fight back" against the delusion, and reality will start to creep in unexpectedly. Maybe someone will stop me on the street and tell me "you need to wake up". Maybe I'll hear a new song titled "you are in a coma". Maybe I'll find a hospital gown on my wardrobe. Or maybe a random string will appear on some repository. Note: I also realize how much you can eff up someone's day by doing all of this. If you are one of those Youtube pranksters, don't do that.
- benj111 8y ago
  Yes that's what gives it away ?! Going majorly off topic,I have an internal voice, I don't have an internal text. I assume this is normal, and not diagnostic of being in a coma.
  - subroutine 8y ago
    What if the "new technique" is to identify neural nets in the visual cortex that encode the cover of your favorite book, and then altering that visual memory so as to replace the title with this message.
    - carlmr 8y ago
      I'd assume them to at least vary it a little bit. If they can printf some text into my comatose brain, they can also make it dynamic where it shouldn't be.
    - Filligree 8y ago
      See, if that happened then you'd have good reason to worry.
    - pferde 8y ago
      What if that is happening to all of us when reading news headlines?
    - benj111 8y ago
      What would happen if you only thought you liked that book because it mentioned you. I mean do you think computer scientists named a sub collection of instructions after you, or do you think its a hint the wake up? Wake up.... Wake up subroutine.
dfischer 8y ago
Shit it's not working!
shoo 8y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Y-dpZ4Diw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Y-dpZ4Diw
sideshowb 8y ago
I enjoy this sort of humour as much as the next nerd, but just so y'all know, someone close to me who has been through psychosis linked to that particular delusion could have any one of a number of responses to that sentence - from getting a little freaked out through to anxiety attack or in the worst case full-on relapse into psychosis. I wouldn't remove it from the list, as this sort of thing adds a bit of character, fun and a sense of shared values to programming; what's life for if you can't have a laugh? But if you're ever making jokes of that ilk and someone in the room goes a bit ... quiet ... do gently check up on them.
- kakarot 8y ago
  Geez, you must be fun at parties.
  - thecatspaw 8y ago
    Well its a lot more fun than having to call an ambulance for a sudden mental break
  - bepvte 8y ago
    didnt know not caring about the mentally ill was a requirement for being fun at parties
  - herbstein 8y ago
    Yeah, what a weirdo. Caring about other people and shit. Despicable!
- stef25 8y ago
  Your friend experienced psychosis from being convinced they'd been in a coma? Genuinely curious.
  - random_kris 8y ago
    Probably he didn't expirience psychosis from reading that string but I got chills on my body reading that string... Could imagine someone prone to believing stuff like this to get a little bit anxious
leni536 8y ago
Haͭhͥa̾, yeͥs, ͣgͩreaͫt humour!
commandlinefan 8y ago
Well, when I read the title of the post, I thought, "there's no way I'm opening that up in my browser". But you managed to pique my curiosity enough that I went ahead and did it anyway. I hope nothing bad happens.
theandrewbailey 8y ago
Makes sense. I thought I had entered the weirdest timeline around then, and it's only got worse!

remcob 8y ago

IMHO, the 'reading' gives it away. How would the doctors know it would appear in written form? Could be part of the technique of course. Still, I would change it to the more generic 'receive'.

probably_wrong 8y ago
This is how I would rationalize that point: Clearly, the doctors did not intend for that specific message to appear specifically on my screen. Rather, their treatment will make my brain "fight back" against the delusion, and reality will start to creep in unexpectedly. Maybe someone will stop me on the street and tell me "you need to wake up". Maybe I'll hear a new song titled "you are in a coma". Maybe I'll find a hospital gown on my wardrobe. Or maybe a random string will appear on some repository. Note: I also realize how much you can eff up someone's day by doing all of this. If you are one of those Youtube pranksters, don't do that.
benj111 8y ago
Yes that's what gives it away ?! Going majorly off topic,I have an internal voice, I don't have an internal text. I assume this is normal, and not diagnostic of being in a coma.
- subroutine 8y ago
  What if the "new technique" is to identify neural nets in the visual cortex that encode the cover of your favorite book, and then altering that visual memory so as to replace the title with this message.
  - carlmr 8y ago
    I'd assume them to at least vary it a little bit. If they can printf some text into my comatose brain, they can also make it dynamic where it shouldn't be.
  - Filligree 8y ago
    See, if that happened then you'd have good reason to worry.
  - pferde 8y ago
    What if that is happening to all of us when reading news headlines?
  - benj111 8y ago
    What would happen if you only thought you liked that book because it mentioned you. I mean do you think computer scientists named a sub collection of instructions after you, or do you think its a hint the wake up? Wake up.... Wake up subroutine.

dfischer 8y ago

Shit it's not working!

shoo 8y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Y-dpZ4Diw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Y-dpZ4Diw

sideshowb 8y ago

I enjoy this sort of humour as much as the next nerd, but just so y'all know, someone close to me who has been through psychosis linked to that particular delusion could have any one of a number of responses to that sentence - from getting a little freaked out through to anxiety attack or in the worst case full-on relapse into psychosis. I wouldn't remove it from the list, as this sort of thing adds a bit of character, fun and a sense of shared values to programming; what's life for if you can't have a laugh? But if you're ever making jokes of that ilk and someone in the room goes a bit ... quiet ... do gently check up on them.

kakarot 8y ago
Geez, you must be fun at parties.
- thecatspaw 8y ago
  Well its a lot more fun than having to call an ambulance for a sudden mental break
- bepvte 8y ago
  didnt know not caring about the mentally ill was a requirement for being fun at parties
- herbstein 8y ago
  Yeah, what a weirdo. Caring about other people and shit. Despicable!
stef25 8y ago
Your friend experienced psychosis from being convinced they'd been in a coma? Genuinely curious.
- random_kris 8y ago
  Probably he didn't expirience psychosis from reading that string but I got chills on my body reading that string... Could imagine someone prone to believing stuff like this to get a little bit anxious

leni536 8y ago

Haͭhͥa̾, yeͥs, ͣgͩreaͫt humour!

commandlinefan 8y ago

Well, when I read the title of the post, I thought, "there's no way I'm opening that up in my browser". But you managed to pique my curiosity enough that I went ahead and did it anyway. I hope nothing bad happens.

theandrewbailey 8y ago

Makes sense. I thought I had entered the weirdest timeline around then, and it's only got worse!