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brb writing a dystopian fiction where members of the criminal underworld pee in bottles and do... other things... to evade the state. and then there's a sherloc

by m4xm4n 3y ago

brb writing a dystopian fiction where members of the criminal underworld pee in bottles and do... other things... to evade the state. and then there's a sherlock-type investigator who's chasing a character through the sewers, etc.

perihelions 3y ago
Without spoilers: that was a major plot point in Gattaca (1997).
whinenot 3y ago
Putin already does this.[0]. He doesn't want adversaries to know what drugs he's taking (presumably for cancer). [0]https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Poutine-malade-rumeur-ou-tumeur-1810897 https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Poutine-malade...
- dendrite9 3y ago
  There may have learned a lesson from Stalin. "According to Russian newspaper reports, in the 1940s Stalin's secret police had set up a special department to get its hands on people's faeces. The ambitious aim: to analyse samples of foreign leaders' stools. In other words, espionage via excrement." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35427926 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35427926
  - netsharc 3y ago
    I remember saying that the Secret Service has a sophisticated portable toilet for the president to use when he's travelling, but the only source I could find was some conspiracy website. (I found it during the Bush II administration, so it's either gone from the Internet, or Google has probably lost it)
reureu 3y ago
You'd enjoy "Urinetown: The Musical"
ssnistfajen 3y ago
It's already a thing to some extent, at least for heads of states. Kim Jong Un is known to have a personal toilet that's taken with him on foreign trips: https://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-brought-his-own-toilet-to-the-singapore-summit-2018-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-brought-his-own-... I've seen similar claims made on the Internet about the U.S. president and the French president, although these ones aren't proven. Macron did refuse a COVID test on his trip to Russia in early 2022 presumably due to concerns about DNA collection.

by m4xm4n 3y ago

perihelions 3y ago

Without spoilers: that was a major plot point in Gattaca (1997).

whinenot 3y ago

Putin already does this.[0]. He doesn't want adversaries to know what drugs he's taking (presumably for cancer). [0]https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Poutine-malade-rumeur-ou-tumeur-1810897 https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Poutine-malade...

dendrite9 3y ago
There may have learned a lesson from Stalin. "According to Russian newspaper reports, in the 1940s Stalin's secret police had set up a special department to get its hands on people's faeces. The ambitious aim: to analyse samples of foreign leaders' stools. In other words, espionage via excrement." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35427926 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35427926
- netsharc 3y ago
  I remember saying that the Secret Service has a sophisticated portable toilet for the president to use when he's travelling, but the only source I could find was some conspiracy website. (I found it during the Bush II administration, so it's either gone from the Internet, or Google has probably lost it)

reureu 3y ago

You'd enjoy "Urinetown: The Musical"

ssnistfajen 3y ago

It's already a thing to some extent, at least for heads of states. Kim Jong Un is known to have a personal toilet that's taken with him on foreign trips: https://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-brought-his-own-toilet-to-the-singapore-summit-2018-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-brought-his-own-... I've seen similar claims made on the Internet about the U.S. president and the French president, although these ones aren't proven. Macron did refuse a COVID test on his trip to Russia in early 2022 presumably due to concerns about DNA collection.