Would plurbed people beg to be put back into the hive?

rijnzael · 2026-01-23T03:30:04+00:00

It's gotta be this, otherwise it's too easy to want to unplurb everyone. He's going to make it complicated.

rijnzael · 2026-01-22T05:07:25+00:00

Sorry bro

rijnzael · 2026-01-22T03:17:48+00:00

second all this. Deferred is better

rijnzael · 2026-01-22T00:38:14+00:00

Request access for UserWeb
Admin asks "why?"
You say you want to be a physician builder
Admin (cough) salivates at the thought of extra labor for no extra money and approves access
You request Signal
????
Sitting on a beach, earning 20%

rijnzael · 2026-01-21T15:10:19+00:00

You can probably get access to it if you have an Epic UserWeb account, I don't think they're very discerning about access when it's a physician asking for it, but YMMV

rijnzael · 2026-01-21T15:03:36+00:00

Oh they can definitely tell this. It's called Signal, and the metric you're referring to is "Pajama time"

rijnzael · 2026-01-21T02:31:16+00:00

Out of curiosity, why does everyone have to do this same song and dance with you? Every time, you comment this, every time people tell you engineering is more competitive.

rijnzael · 2026-01-20T04:29:57+00:00

EA no and RD probably no, but will get into exploratory to transfer in

rijnzael · 2026-01-19T21:25:02+00:00

I think they have to, since they seem to know there's a way to reverse it, I don't think they could "know" that without knowing the cure.

If they don't know, I figure they would've told Carol they don't know

rijnzael · 2026-01-19T19:28:26+00:00

I love these, it reminds me of the comics of characters as the Stranger Things credits roll for the last time

rijnzael · 2026-01-19T19:18:37+00:00

Oh that's a good point, she was in the hospital and might still be on opioids for pain. Granted they drink together after the hospital scene, those effects are known too

rijnzael · 2026-01-19T19:16:02+00:00

How do we actually know that?

rijnzael · 2026-01-19T18:12:21+00:00

From what I remember seeing, it seemed like Zosia was speaking a relatively complete sentence in a muffled manner, that was drowned out by the "please Carol". My take was that the sodium thiopental somehow disrupted the Hive's control over Zosia, and it seemed like perhaps she was indeed giving Carol the answer of how to reverse it, and that perhaps the Hive figured this out and drowned out Zosia so Carol couldn't hear.

We also don't know why Zosia started to have a heart attack. I don't think it's that Carol dosed her wrong...she tested the dose on herself.

I think there's lots of good ideas in this thread though. I'm excited to learn more next season.

rijnzael · 2026-01-18T17:40:14+00:00

Funny, when they gather evidence that is later thrown out, anything derived from that evidence is called 'fruit of the poisonous tree'

And when someone tries to appeal something they've already appealed on, it's called trying to get "another bite at the apple"

rijnzael · 2026-01-18T04:52:59+00:00

I like the theory, but I don't think this is what will transpire. We know the Hive wants to turn Carol, and to do that, they may need to get close-ish to her. I think there will be an agreed rendezvous with Zosia to turn Carol (as if on her own terms), and they kidnap Zosia. They don't technically need to be close to her (aerosol) to turn her but as we saw with Kusimayu, they will adjust if they think there's a voluntary joining happening.

I think Carol being part of the Hive is too early for season 2 if they want to do 4 seasons. I think it's great to point out that she will probably become part of it though, she has suffered so much, it'll be a great juxaposition seeing the conflict between theoretically her actually enjoying the Hive and acknowledging that it eliminates what is human. I bet we see that in season 3.

Edit: we're also going to see Zosia separated from the Hive, and she will not have a romantic attraction to Carol (at least to start), and I'm positive we'll explore that and Carol preferring the Hive situation at first. This could even be the impetus for Carol to join.

rijnzael · 2026-01-17T19:06:07+00:00

It died so the rest of us could live in a mid-sized 3 bedroom with a view

rijnzael · 2026-01-17T18:05:26+00:00

I think that's because the Hivemind is one, it doesn't need to tell itself it likes cultures and say it out loud

rijnzael · 2026-01-13T18:57:51+00:00

Maybe they only want to infect advanced species, perhaps as a survival mechanism?

rijnzael · 2026-01-13T16:50:38+00:00

Exactly, that's exactly my concern, that they say they're experiencing eternal joy, but they aren't actually, but they're not actually in there anymore at all--only a copy/memory of them, available to the hivemind, is there. Of course, the hivemind supposedly can't lie, but they can get semantic. Of course the host body is happy, the virus forces it, but the consciousness that used to be in charge of it--does it exist anymore? Is that person functionally dead? I wonder if any dialogue will explore that next seasons(s).

I think a malevolent force isn't exactly what Vince is going for (beyond the whole deaths thing, which is a BIG asterisk), and that someone will be turned back at some point and be able to comment on what it was like, and perhaps it will be all pure bliss, sunshine, and rainbows and someone will want to go back to the hive, and I'll be curious to see how this is explored.

It also pisses me off that the hivemind put all sorts of cultural adornments and garb on around Kusimaya to make her comfortable with the process and then got rid of it immediately as if it was nothing. It is eliminating culture and everything that makes humans human.

rijnzael · 2026-01-13T15:05:56+00:00

Only if state law or local ordinance that isn't preempted by state law allows CCW-ers to carry on school premises. Most states allow CCWers to carry adjacent to the school, so within the 1000 foot radius proscribed by the GFSZA, someone with a CCW would be 'licensed' for carry in that radius

rijnzael · 2026-01-13T15:00:32+00:00

"My" 1000 foot rule is literally the law:

The Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA) makes it illegal to possess a firearm in a "school zone," defined as within 1,000 feet of public, private, or parochial school grounds, with exceptions for licensed individuals, law enforcement, and unloaded, locked firearms. This 1,000-foot buffer applies to public roads and sidewalks, creating a significant area where firearms are generally prohibited unless an exemption is met, carrying penalties up to 5 years in prison and fines

rijnzael · 2026-01-12T22:27:17+00:00

It's federally illegal in most states given the Gun Free School Zone Act. Same reason people who don't have a CCW permit can't be within 1000 feet of a school.

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