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How Would You Behave If You Were Oppressed?

jorgealarcon July 04, 2019 at 18:36 2250 views 7 comments
What would you do if the following circumstances were real in your life:

* A seemingly crazy FBI-connected man is tracking your every move, whether you are just cycling to the grocery store, or walking to the bathroom in your own home!

* Everyone in your family has turned into secret agents who track your movements at home.

* You are secretly oppressed to the extreme that you cannot get a job anywhere nor earn an income online because this FBI guy is shooting down all your efforts.

* If you do anything that identifies the insane surveillance directed on you, whether by smiling or laughing, this FBI guy goes more nuts and you start hearing sirens blasting nearby.


So, what would you do when you have no money to pay an expert to sweep away all the bugs and cameras in your home and everyone online hardly believe what you are claiming is happening to you?

Comments (7)

ArguingWAristotleTiff July 04, 2019 at 19:02 #303963
Quoting jorgealarcon
what would you do when you have no money to pay an expert to sweep away all the bugs and cameras in your home and everyone online hardly believe what you are claiming is happening to you?


If it were me? After writing down a month of experiences in living this person's life, I would send the manuscript off to @Baden for a proofreading before finding a publishing company. If it was a real situation I would keep my Rotties by my side.
Baden July 04, 2019 at 19:34 #303968
Reply to ArguingWAristotleTiff

It'd be far juicier than what I'm proof-reading right now, which is about as dry as a sun-fried bug in the Arizona desert.
Shawn July 05, 2019 at 02:11 #304014
Hmm, the force is strong in this one.
jorgealarcon July 06, 2019 at 22:55 #304660
Reply to ArguingWAristotleTiff

I must remind you: you are financially persecuted and simply can't afford to pay any decent editor 2 or 3 grand to edit your manuscript. That was what I did with King of the Bullies.
T2015J July 09, 2019 at 15:53 #305329
Hello Jorgealarcon,
I am new here and I would like to say hi to everybody ...
I guess if I were oppressed the way oh mentioned it I would leave the country .. I cannot I imagine my life to be like what you said...
god must be atheist July 11, 2019 at 00:02 #305724
If I were oppressed, I'd behave oppressedly.
RegularGuy July 20, 2019 at 03:02 #308164
Reply to jorgealarcon

Quoting jorgealarcon
What would you do if the following circumstances were real in your life:


What you describe is almost exactly what I have been going through for years, except in my case I don’t think it’s the FBI. I have called the police and FBI in attempts to get help and relief but to no avail. I’ve come to the realization that I must be the property of the government, and since I cannot and will not move from the country I love, I must learn to live with it.

I have attempted suicide by overdose on my medications five times in the last twenty years, but never again. I shall rise above the oppression like an ubermensch. I shall be the hero in my own story. I shall vanquish mine enemies through pure force of will and come out on top like the Grandmaster Captain General Superman that I am! I laugh at and welcome their scorn! I look at the haters and I guffaw with great pleasure at their scoffs, sneers, and jeers as the God-man that I am. I was beaten down for many years, but like the Mighty Phoenix I shall rise above the ashes of my once defeat and soar over the lowly masses with my arm outstretched and middle finger extended from my mighty fist!

I say, “Fuck you, peasants!”