How the Internet Really Happened

This machine would draw people to itself from all over the world. Then the machine would subdue the parts of their brains responsible for higher reasoning and executive function. And, simultaneously, it would stimulate the areas of the brain responsible for defensive rage and affective aggression. In theory, this should convert normally well-adjusted and reasonable individuals into raging douchebags. AND THEN WE COULD OBSERVE THE SUBJECTS LIKE RATS IN A CAGE, LOL. HOW LONG, MIRASTA? WITH YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, WE COULD DEPLOY IN TEN WEEKS. DO IT. HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED the birth of the internet

A black-and-white multi-panel cartoon imagines a machine that attracts people worldwide, suppresses their reasoning, and stimulates rage and aggression. Scientists propose deploying it to turn reasonable people into angry idiots, then casually decide to proceed; the final caption jokes that this is how the internet was really born. It is shared as a cynical reaction to online arguments, outrage, and toxic social media behavior.

• @infosecmemes / 521 2020-12-28