un: abnormalitylover, text

[abnormalizes]

Went gift shopping today, debating whether to get this for myself. On the one hand, speaking as a (former?) employee of Lobotomy Corporation, I think it's hilarious. On the other hand, it might prompt questions like 'why do you own that', 'why was your job named Lobotomy Corporation', and 'did they actually do lobotomies there'. Which I don't mind answering, but literally any time my job comes up it'll probably depress the other person in the conversation, so.

Thoughts?

Comments

un:happyaround

[roundandaround]

It looks kinda scary and also why WAS it named that?? But also I think I kinda get why it'd be funny?

Re: un:happyaround

[abnormalizes]

They had to pick an L name, because of how the City works - they became a Wing after the old L Corp fell, so they got to be the new L Corp. Why lobotomy specifically... well, Abnormalities come from the human psyche, so I guess it's sort of related? Kind of?

[roundandaround]

So all the Abnormalities were actually born from feelings? I guess in a world like that, no wonder they'd be scary...

[abnormalizes]

From fears, usually. I don't think they're all scary, though... Even if they can hurt people without meaning to.

[roundandaround]

Do they come from just general fears? Is it a Chainsaw Man thing where there's one made out of fear of tomatoes and that one's not very scary because not very many people are scared of those, and then there's one made out of fear of guns and that one's super dangerous?

text; UN: Inaban

[dereban]

I'll +1 on thinking that it's funny.

Re: text; UN: Inaban

[abnormalizes]

Your vote counts double as a temporary L Corp employee, I figure. Sometimes you've just gotta laugh at your awful job.

[dereban]

Honestly, if they had something like that for the Foundation, I'd get it too, even if my boss might frown at it.

[abnormalizes]

Nobody else from my world is here, so I can shittalk my job all I want!

What's the Foundation's full name? Maybe there's something close, I'll look.

[dereban]

"SCP Foundation", but I don't think they'd have anything here unless it was custom.

un: sasha

[potatogirl]

Now I just want to ask all those questions, though...

Re: un: sasha

[abnormalizes]

That's fair!

1. I used to work at a company called Lobotomy Corporation, which sucked.

2. They had to pick an L name because of how the City works, and since their focus was in energy generation through work with monsters formed from the human psyche - sometimes violent work - I guess they figured it was appropriate? I don't know, I have no idea who decided to name it that.

3. No, we didn't do actual lobotomies.

[potatogirl]

I don't actually know what a lobotomy is to be honest...

Your work sounds really complicated! You must be very smart.

tw: she describes what a lobotomy is

[abnormalizes]

It's when someone cuts out part of your brain to make you less emotional. It's bad.

It was complicated work, yeah. I do work at the Research Center now and it's much nicer. More safety precautions.

[potatogirl]

Whoaaaaa... that's totally crazy!!

Well it sounds like a bit improvement then! I'm happy for you.

Text | UN: frieda

[urtitan]

I don't think you should buy it. Wouldn't it make you think of work every time you drink from it?

[It's good that Evangeline can take it all in good humour, but Frieda doesn't want those memories to occupy more space in her mind than they need to!]

[abnormalizes]

I mean, yeah, but I already think about work a lot of the time anyway?

[urtitan]

Your old work? Even now when you have your new job?

[She should've been more specific with her question - but if Evangeline really thinks of L Corp that often even now, that's not good. Then again, even Frieda still thinks of the simulation ever so often.]

[abnormalizes]

Yeah. Like, every time my new job has a safety precaution thing, or I get a vacation day, or my boss says something nice to me...

[urtitan]

[Oh... well, that kind of reverse reminder can't be avoided, it seems. At least any concerns about Evangeline being suddenly called back home to that horrible grindstone are gone now, thanks to Max.]

That makes sense. In that case, the mug probably won't be such a bad thing. Maybe you can use it at home rather than at work? Then people wouldn't ask you about it so often.

Text | UN: Airplane

[wrotetheworld]

Well I think it's funny, but that's probably gonna depend on if folk know how to appreciate some good gallows humor.

[abnormalizes]

That usually depends on how much of your life you spend figuratively near the gallows. Which for me was a lot, but other people who had nicer lives probably aren't as used to it.

[wrotetheworld]

You're probably right. I've spent most of my life in a state of mortal danger, so I'm used to it!

[abnormalizes]

Do people ever get upset when you describe your life to them?

[wrotetheworld]

Sometimes? I guess it depends on the person. Xie Lian does, because he's got a heart the size of a continent. But I think a lot of folk here have lived dangerous lives and are kind of 'been there, done that' about it.