Your life is a lie

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

I'd go to this new reality, for all I know it might just be another sim to test what people would do if they were ever allowed to wake up. I might have feelings of loss but it was all imaginary to begin with so rational thought would bring me back to my senses.

No worth in dwelling over an imagination, I might as well have an adventure in a new place while I can.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Why would I partake in a nightmare machine?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE REAL ME?

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Just like this thread!

 

[Snowbell]

I would go explore the hell out of that city!

 

[ShindoL Shill]

I'm going to be pissed off.
There I am, in this dream machine. Life's great. And some jackass wakes me up? Fucking dick.

Then I'd go find a bar or something and get hammered.

 

[SD-Fiend]

I'd explore the city and try to find out the history of the world and myself. If I feel satisfied with the information then i'd just buy everything I'd need for the perfect mancave back at the facility and adjust the capsule so that my life is perfect in the dream and give it set times to open up so that I can enjoy my secret mancave.

 

[Mr F.]

There are only two logical options.

If it is possible, reconnect yourself to the machine and hope you forget reality.
If that is not possible, end your life as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Anything else would quickly drive you insane.

 

[Alssadar]

I'd probably be real confused in the manner, and search for any assistance. As for the reality, I would be stuck between my memories of the past, and determining what to do with my new future. As an adaptive person, I will struggle to change to this new world I live in, but I would try and make the best of it. Seeking out other people and finding if they had similar experiences. If they had the same exact "Earth," then I could determine if it was an alternate reality (with the possibility of returning) or the singular experience of my mind.
I might go insane a wee bit, but I already am. I could make some money off of detailing this world in some form of book/saga/whatever this new reality has.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Masturbate for the first time, but this time...its real.

Why do we allow you anywhere these days. Back to the capsule with you, I don't need you ruining reality for me.

Explore, meet, conquer. Well maybe not the last part, it depends how far along this place is. If securities tight, I think I'll just be another of the masses.

 

[TWRule]

At this point in the story, I don't have any basis for a distinction that this experience is more "real" than my previous life. In any case, I certainly have no reason to say "all those experiences and relationships I had didn't count". Dream or "reality" it's real to me - the only difference that would make anything "more real" would be what is shared between myself and others. I might explore the city and keep an eye out for any fundamental differences in interaction between myself and others, and go from there.

There are only two logical options.

If it is possible, reconnect yourself to the machine and hope you forget reality.
If that is not possible, end your life as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Anything else would quickly drive you insane.

Uh, speak for yourself, bud. Not all our psyches are so fragile...and those are far from the only "logical" options.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

I?ll take the red pill, please. I?d rather be in danger, but with all (or most) of the answers to my questions, than be depressed without them. You can?t run away from everything, or not for long anyway.

 

[fnlrpa]

They're onto us..

I thought we could hide it better. Looks like we have someone to eliminate

 

[greenice]

I?ll take the red pill, please. I?d rather be in danger, but with all (or most) of the answers to my questions, than be depressed without them. You can?t run away from everything, or not for long anyway.

But what if you end up in danger and with no answers?I mean for all you know the second you enter the city some patrolling guard will ask you for ID and throw you back out of town or worse prison.The possibilities are really endless.

 

[AngloDoom]

Considering I just shook Sir Patrick Stewart's hand and got invited to run over and say 'hello' if I ever find myself in his vicinity, today would be a shit day to find out I'm a pod-person.

Back in the pod for me, at least there Patrick Stewart loves me <3

 

[Mr F.]

At this point in the story, I don't have any basis for a distinction that this experience is more "real" than my previous life. In any case, I certainly have no reason to say "all those experiences and relationships I had didn't count". Dream or "reality" it's real to me - the only difference that would make anything "more real" would be what is shared between myself and others. I might explore the city and keep an eye out for any fundamental differences in interaction between myself and others, and go from there.

There are only two logical options.

If it is possible, reconnect yourself to the machine and hope you forget reality.
If that is not possible, end your life as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Anything else would quickly drive you insane.

Uh, speak for yourself, bud. Not all our psyches are so fragile...and those are far from the only "logical" options.

In my eyes they are.

Your entire life is a lie, every thought, feeling, emotion. You are no longer certain if any part of who "You" are is genuine on any level, you have no understanding of why you were tortured to such a degree (For in my eyes the scenario given would most certainly be torture). You may or may not have a common language with those you do find, you most certainly do not have any form of common culture, religion, faith. Your entire life was the construct of some other beings, beings so powerful as to create such a wonderous engine.

Truly, the situation would be terrific. Terrifying.

To find all of who you were is but a dream, everyone you know just a random party of your own psyche.

Fragile? Realistic.

I find it hard to believe that so many of you would just wake up and go "Wow, time to explore". It would be terrifying and it would drive most people mad.

 

[chadachada123]

I'd explore some more, and find out if I'm alone.

No sense in going back to a reality that might not even be there. As another user said, if the building is abandoned, who's to say I'll live much longer after going back to sleep?

I'll take my chances on the outside.

Oh, and masturbate. That too.

 

[DarklordKyo]

I would know that I was completely useless in my dream world, so I can't be as bad in real life. I would miss everyone I hold dear, but I would keep them alive in my memories, remembering all the good times with those people. That said, I would leave the machine there, and I would go out into this new world and make the most of it (and if I fail, I'd still have the machine to escape to).

 

[Khazoth]

I'd beat up the son of a motherless goat who didn't program my life to involve me being some sort of rockstar / game designer / emperor hybrid with daily sexy parties and tons of money.

 

[Alexias_Sandar]

At this point in the story, I don't have any basis for a distinction that this experience is more "real" than my previous life. In any case, I certainly have no reason to say "all those experiences and relationships I had didn't count". Dream or "reality" it's real to me - the only difference that would make anything "more real" would be what is shared between myself and others. I might explore the city and keep an eye out for any fundamental differences in interaction between myself and others, and go from there.

There are only two logical options.

If it is possible, reconnect yourself to the machine and hope you forget reality.
If that is not possible, end your life as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Anything else would quickly drive you insane.

Uh, speak for yourself, bud. Not all our psyches are so fragile...and those are far from the only "logical" options.

In my eyes they are.

Your entire life is a lie, every thought, feeling, emotion. You are no longer certain if any part of who "You" are is genuine on any level, you have no understanding of why you were tortured to such a degree (For in my eyes the scenario given would most certainly be torture). You may or may not have a common language with those you do find, you most certainly do not have any form of common culture, religion, faith. Your entire life was the construct of some other beings, beings so powerful as to create such a wonderous engine.

Truly, the situation would be terrific. Terrifying.

To find all of who you were is but a dream, everyone you know just a random party of your own psyche.

Fragile? Realistic.

I find it hard to believe that so many of you would just wake up and go "Wow, time to explore". It would be terrifying and it would drive most people mad.

Even if my everything around me has been a lie...my own actions, my own choices were still my own. I'm still me, no matter whether the world around me is different...or not. Time to find out what's really out there, I think. Learn more about this machine...why it's there, who made it... whether it connects with others...are any of the people I knew real but plugged into similar? That...and a LOT of working out to do, most likely...since if I've been living as a pod person...my body's likely in terrible shape. Same...find out how many of my health issues are dream and reality... does the 'real' me have my injuries? So much to learn or relearn...so much to explore. And yes, perhaps...if this truly is someone's cruel experiment...well. Better to know.

 

[JimB]

Considering I just shook Sir Patrick Stewart's hand and got invited to run over and say 'hello' if I ever find myself in his vicinity, today would be a shit day to find out I'm a pod-person.

There is a story here worth telling.

 

[AngloDoom]

Considering I just shook Sir Patrick Stewart's hand and got invited to run over and say 'hello' if I ever find myself in his vicinity, today would be a shit day to find out I'm a pod-person.

There is a story here worth telling.

Unfortunately, it's not that exciting a story. Mr Stewart is the chancellor of my university, and I just graduated today. He threw open an invitation to all graduates to come up to him and say 'hello, chancellor', since it always gives him the warm fuzzies.

That said, he was polite enough to address me by my name, congratulated me sincerely, and beamed as if he was genuinely proud. When I said "Thank you, Chancellor" he looked genuinely happy. I even got a grin and a nod when I gave him a nod from the stands afterwards.

Now I just need to find his address so I can 'accidentally' walk by him every day until one of us dies.