FRAVIA'S REALITY CRACKING LAB |
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How to (try to) see some
light through the Slavemasters' smoke
"Watch, think, work, send your findings..."
Last update: April 2009
[some useful pointers]
[reality cracking: an introduction]
Slowly this kind of approaches are gaining "momentum", and more and more people
show a 'working interest' for this section, which is IMHO a very good thing.
Ok, we are dilettantes, so what?
I consider this 'reality cracking' section to be among the most important parts
of my site... As usual your help
is not only welcome and needed... it is the sine qua non for the development of all
this into something that can really be helpful for anyone. Let's
push another snowball down
the Webhill!
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Reality cracking,
an introduction
Reality cracking is a very important 'critical' activity,
as Curious George wrote to me:
More than that, "Reality Cracking" can be accomplished
by anyone with a critical mind. You don't need hours
of undisturbed time in front of the computer. You can
practice your reality cracking skills all day long,
everyday of your life! And you should, lest you be taken
advantage of unknowingly.
Yessir! That's one of the
main points, and the satisfaction you'll gain every time you arrive to
see 'through' a concealed message (which is always soo obvious AFTERWARD)
is a really great feeling.You may ask why so many essays of the reality
cracking section are directed against advertisement and our 'consumistic' habits.
Simply stated, there's a lot of money being made and a lot of power being gathered
by the people that promote useless consumerism, and this determines a GREAT
part of the reality you live in. You pay for it in gradually limited
economic mobility, pollution, threats to your health and a declining
standard of living, as measured by the things that really matter. This is what
this section is about, identifying these forces and giving you opportunities
to lessen or eliminate their control over your life. We're not suggesting that
you pick up guns and start blasting away. What we advocate does far more
damage than bullets to these forces and the people behind them and
makes life much more enjoyable for you while it returns to you -at least in part- the
possibility of living the way that you -not somebody else- choose.
Dear contributors,
please don't be deceived if the essay you
sent was not published, see: Reality cracking is a matter of observation
and knowledge, balance and wit, it's very important to avoid
taking ourselves too seriously... a common disease.
Watch, work, send your findings... and avoid the ever lurking
risks to fall into the 'weird-religious-nutty' or into the
'ideologically excessive-obsessed' patterns. Best essays are those that examine
a CONCRETE aspect of the reality around you and show it's hidden meaning: see, it is
obvious (if silly) that half-naked babes on -say- new cars help selling those same
said cars to the zombies... but it is not so
obvious, for instance, that yougurts or fruit
juices made with only ONE sort of fruit are all over the world slowly being
replaced by yogurts and fruit juices made with a 'cocktail' of fruit rests
("tropical mix", "apples AND bananas", "fruits of the wald") for the purpose of
maximising gains... consumer "choices" are only a nuisance once you have already
lurked the same
consumers into buying your products or using your supermarket chain...
What do you think that 'modes' and 'trends' have
been made for? ... or d'you think you can buy somewhere
a new fridge (say) that has been built solid enough to last for the next
thirty years?
The Essays
Go to [the most recent essays]
"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do,
to keep in the same place."
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking glass |
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Everything started with +ORC's "supermarket enslaving tricks", a classical very
STRONG reality cracking essay that
all should read first... Supermarkets and malls are treasure chests for reality
crackers... but, as you will see, there's much more than supermarkets where we can
apply our reversing eyes...
Supermarket enslaving tricks
The first "historical" article by +ORC (13 March 1997) ~ with an addition
by Michel (15 Jan 1998) with an addition by The dark one
(12 Dec 1998)
see also the related discount supermarket
by Curious George (23 Dec 1998) and
European
Motorroad malls, by fravia+ (23 Dec 1998)
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ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING ~ CONSUMERISM
enslavement techniques
(body language and hypnotic tricks, I collected this myself)
CONDITIONING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
The Bus Conductor & The Mineral Water
two
"modern zen" writings from +ORC... Reality cracking at his best! (21 August 1997)
CONDITIONING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ SOCIAL DECADENCE
Reality Cracking: Commercial TV
A
small
essay by MrWho (27 January 1998)
(cracking easy advertisement protection schemes)
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING
Reality Cracking: Maggots and fags
A small
essay by +ORC (his last one: 27 January 1998 :-(
(cracking easy cigarettes protection schemes)
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING
THE BASIC LAWS OF HUMAN STUPIDITY
An intersting -and refreshingly politically
uncorrect-
essay by Professor Cipolla, illustrations by James Donnelly, now finally in the public domain
(cracking human stupidity)
~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ SOCIAL DECADENCE ~
An Essay Attempting to Justify the Relationship
Between
Code Cracking and
Reality Cracking
A new 'theoretical'
essay by Curious George (11 February 1998)
(Why is Reality Cracking Important?)
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Statistical cracking: basics: cracking lotteries
An essay by +Atheist (17 February 1998)
"You have the same chance of winning a lottery whether you play or not"
STATISTICAL CRACKING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONSUMERISM
Fond manager cracking
Two essays by Curious george & Maxine+ (20 February 1998)
"Lemming behaviour and the stockmarket"
STATISTICAL CRACKING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
Rhetoric of advertisement, a "Marlboro Classic" Advertisement analyzed
by Martine Joly (MARE) (14 March 1998)
"Reversing some truths behind two images"
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING
Reversing Reality, a first stab
by IcE (29 May 1998)
"even reality itself can be reversed"
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Well... enjoy this little 'first stab' at our emptiness... hope some good other biochemistry and sociological
reversers will build on this...
Building on Ice's Essay, here we have
Perception of Time, Calendars and Animals
by NotAnne (12 November
1998)
("Maybe, just maybe "wetware" is the answer to all the questions we try
so hard to solve with machines")
PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Well... time is relative, isn't it? And anyway I would love to set a meeting 'at mid
autumn' or to fix an encounter 'short after the first snow'... and if you thought that your
wristwatch is
one of the most awful slave-chains
humanity has decided to wear look now at all the happy slaves, thanks to GSMs :-)
An attempt at reversing body language
by +Azzeccagarbugli (05 June 1998)
Reversing our fellow humans...
CONDITIONING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
Well, this seems indeed quite useful... reversing your fellow humans behaviour may happen to have some utility, after all :-)
Subliminal Advertising
by Dr. Lechnar (10 June 1998)
What's hidden in the Microsoft's logo
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING
I knew it all the time, of course :-)
Food additives: a first stab
by Maxine+ (15 June 1998)
Dangerous food additives (reversing labels)
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ FOOD & DRUGS
Uugh, puah! (I knew it all the time of course :-)
Page Faults
by +Mammon_ (01 July 1998)
Page Faults (reversing Magazines)
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
Ever wondered how comes you cannot find those page numbers? :-)
Consumer self-defense: an anti-advertisement tutorial
by +Insiderbetraying (10 July 1998)
Part n.1: Some amoebas slip from under the slide and take a
quick look at the lab
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING ~ CONSUMERISM
Let's see if the amoebas will be able to organize themselves against the
mad scientists :-)
Reversing Shampoo
by Makoli (06 September 1998)
Short and very concrete: don't use shampoo!
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONSUMERISM
The simple truth is that shampoo's bad for your hair :-)
Getting deeper into reality cracking
A new 'theoretical'
essay by <predator> (16 September 1998)
(Comments about "An Essay Attempting to Justify the Relationship
Between
Code Cracking and
Reality Cracking")
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING ~ ADVANCED REALITY CRACKING
"Sect cracking", a first attempt
by
Joa (16 September 1998)
Real spiritual knowledge is freely available... When
you have to pay for something or have to visit some courses - you are
definitively on the wrong track
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Altruism and charity, a reversing
attempt
by
Deep dt (16 September 1998)
We are stuck
within the argument which ASSUMES that a trade always occurs and defines the reward in terms of that trade"
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Softice
by Pantheon (04 October
1998)
("It is possible to take any event or "truth" and find where an
unjustified assumption was made, merely because is fit the current
paragigm")
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONDITIONING ~ CONSUMERISM
Invoice EveryCorp for EveryThing
by im/mu (04 October
1998)
("treat them exactly as they treat you: with contempt and
arrogance, at outrageously inflated rates, and get really heavy when
they don't pay")
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONDITIONING ~ CONSUMERISM
Know the shit you
eat, or FAST FOODs!!
by ABe* (14 October
1998)
("why millions of people still use to eat there?")
CONDITIONING ~ CONSUMERISM ~ FOOD & DRUGS
Cracking The Information Curtain
by Tapu (30 October
1998)
("A two tier society, cracking and information deprivation strategies")
CONDITIONING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
SHOULD THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY BE OUR PRIMARY TARGET?
by H.Cioff (12 November
1998)
("the politicians as the primary enemy")
REALITY CRACKING REVERSING ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Fragrances smell badly!
COPIED by Felipe (12 November
1998)
("Virtually every aspect of our lives is impacted by the Fragrance
Industry")
REALITY CRACKING ~ REVERSING TRENDS ~ ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT
A first stab against the advertisement lures!
by Hal Cioff (25 November
1998)
"The
real point of advertising is a) to make you buy something you don't need, or
b) a particular brand of what you need, or
c) a more expensive variety than you need of a commodity you definitely do need"
REALITY CRACKING ~ REVERSING TRENDS ~ ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT
Windows' logo subliminals
by Felipe (25 November
1998)
"The wallpaper file, CLOUDS.BMP has an even more obvious female image with the light area just above the center of the
screen showing a blonde woman with puckered lips pressed directly up against those of a..."
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING
Reverse engineering, information warfare and cots
by fravia+ (25 November
1998)
("And, pray, if they put a flight simulator inside an application you are using, don’t you think they could as well put some simple data-snooping (and channeling) routines?")
REALITY CRACKING: "The power of reversing" (1)
The multi-pharmaindustrial conspiracy
by ?Cioff (2 December
1998)
("The State or the
Insurance companies pay for the pills, but not for the exercise programs.
You may guess where the money comes from")
REALITY CRACKING ~ CONDITIONING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ FOOD & DRUGS
Food additives: a deeper stab
by Kuririn (02 December 1998)
Dangerous food additives (reversing labels)
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ FOOD & DRUGS
Another reversing of the food we are compelled to eat... (puah), and I fear that it won't be the last one :-(
A "quick and dirty" look at rhetoric and persuasion
by Kuririn (December 1998)
Persuasion and Power (with an addition by Kuririn: 9 January 1999)
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ RHETORICAL CRACKING
The next time you got to a public meeting on a controversial
issue try to heckle the speaker :-)
Psycho slimming
by Cioff (December 1998)
Money, drugs and Obesity
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ FOOD & DRUGS
Cracking industrial webpages' meanings
'the discount supermarket'
by Curious George
(and "European
Motorroad malls", by fravia+)
December 1998
Compelling slaves to buy ~ Cracking awful supermarkets' tricks
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONSUMERISM ~ SUPERMARKETS
Can open standards suffocate us?
Some unsystematic notes on standardization
by Steve Talbott
January 1999
software and standards *by
themselves* always become something of an oppressive element, something we
must learn how to transcend. Their very nature -- especially when they
are thought to be intrinsically valuable -- is to constrain us.
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING ~ REVERSING TRENDS ~ NEW RENAISSANCE
Bashing the paranormal crap
by Furtim
January 1999
paranormal experiences (like religious experiences) are total
crap (with few exceptions that CONFIRM this rule)
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Jobs and tailoring (An unveiling)
by The Priest
January 1999
Other people's reality cracks can be recycled
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING ~ NEW RENAISSANCE
Truth Searching: the Chechnya example
by -IPFreely
March 2000
A good reality cracking ~ propaganda countering ~
seeking lores essay
PROPAGANDA COUNTERING ~ SEEKING LORES
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ RHETORICAL CRACKING
Public opinion enslavement and soul
by Kuririn
April 2000
A good philosophical cracking essay
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
The great printer scam
by fravia+
June 2000
Citius, Altius, Fortius, Scamius
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ ANTI-COMMERCIALISM
Metaphysics & meta-reality-cracking:
Disjoint application of beliefs.
by -Pantheon
September 2000
RLL & TAL collide (Real Life Level versus Theoretical Analysis Level, a loose-loose relation)
With contributions and/or confutations by E-prime, Webhead, Kuririn, Chimaera & -Pantheon himself
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
wwwizard of oz ~
the silenz of the l@mbs
by e=h
October 2000
Communities on line. Information changes it's shape:
persons hide behind groups, groups hide behind information these groups
provide
CONDITIONING ~ REVERSING TRENDS ~ NEW RENAISSANCE
Reversing Reality, first stab at the second phase
by lublou
November 2000
c or c++ WHY?... not WHAT?.. (more on Real Life Level versus Theoretical Analysis Level)
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Strawberry fields... forever
by fravia+
January 2001
In our world of concealed truths and orchestrated
propaganda, web-searching capabilities (and a minimum of brain)
are a pre-requisite for finding out, or underlining, some awful
truths…
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ FOOD & DRUGS ~ SEEKING LORES
Subliminals in Cigarette Advertising
by behemoth
January 2001
After a while I recognized
that my look was fixed again and again to some certain places in this advertisement,
but I have not been able to tell what was the glue that fixed my eyes.
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
[The Conscious Consumer ]:
A look into marketing propaganda
by Zev ^Baron^ Toledano
Mai 2001
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
[ First strike on McDonald ]:
'reverse shitting' explained
A look into marketing propaganda by rõnin and
Tale of a hunting wolf
by Telmor
July 2001
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
[flyfaith.htm]:
Design for a Faith-Based Missile by Richard Dawkins
September 2001
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
[busplace.htm]:
How to sit down in a crowded bus! by H3cker
October 2001
CONDITIONING ~ REVERSING TRENDS
[panthe88.htm]:
The Cosmic Pyramid Scheme: Philosophical problems with a popular omni-benevolence paradigm
by -Pantheon
December 2001
CONDITIONING ~ REVERSING TRENDS ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
[hp_slobo.htm]:
Understanding , Reversing , and Hacking HP Printers
by Slobotron
April 2002
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
[blbleach.htm]:
Young slaves' behaviour, wabi, sabi and Levi's Jeans
(how they exploit stupidity -
part 1: The Emperor's New Clothes)
by fravia+
June 2002
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
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[finn_de1.htm]:
BOB The Microwave Oven ('De-branding our environment')
"Human beings fight back"
by Finn61+
September 2002
REVENGE OF THE ILLUMINATI ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
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[mord_rec.htm]:
Legends of long forgotten yoghurt jars ('The arrival of junk packaging in Bulgaria')
by Mordred+
November 2002
CONDITIONING ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
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[dissdell.htm]:
Dissecting DELL : The REAL Story (The pleasures of outsourcing)
by Slobotron, January 2003
CONDITIONING ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
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[pharmacopia.htm]:
"this is such a realm of backroom deals and
backscratching that would blow your mind"
by Phaedrus, January 2003
FOOD & DRUGS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
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[propawar.htm]:
War propaganda: fundamentals
by fravia+, March 2003, (applied exegesis in the context of the USA war against Iraq)
part of the [reality
cracking] section, and of the
[propaganda
reversing] subsection.
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
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[asyouc.htm]:
As you can clearly see from my $220 Fubu jacket and $95 Tommy Hilfiger sweatshirt,
I could not possibly be poor
by TheOnion+, January 2004,
CONDITIONING ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
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[salads.htm]:
Standard apples, ready salads and other tasteless concoctions
by Felicity Lawrence, May 2004
FOOD & DRUGS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
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[steal_this_book.htm]:
STEAL THIS BOOK! A reality cracking Handbook.
But again, the dictionary of law fails us. Murder in a uniform is heroic, in a costume it
is a crime. False advertisements win awards, forgers end up in jail. Inflated prices guarantee large
profits while shoplifters are punished. Politicians conspire to create police riots and the victims are
convicted in the courts. Students are gunned down and then indicted by suburban grand juries as the
trouble-makers. A modern, highly mechanized army travels 9,000 miles to commit genocide against a small
nation of great vision and then accuses its people of aggression. Slumlords allow rats to maim children
and then complain of violence in the streets. Everything is topsy-turvy.
by Abbie Hoffman, September 2004
CONDITIONING ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
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[annoyingsales.htm]: How to counter telemarketing and other pests
by fravia+,
part of the [reality
cracking] section, april 2005.
"I have some high-yield, tax-free municipals on offer at an
extremely attractive price and virtually no risk.
Are you interested?"
Well, go for it: "Yes! I am very interested! Please send me everything, I'll pay as much
as necessary... let the idiot hope for as long as you manage,
it happens so seldom that he'll wet his pants in anticipation of his 'sales pitch'
... and then, after as long
as you want and manage to play with him, put the phone down IN THE MID of your sentence,
and when he'll phone back (almost immediately, noone cuts the line while speaking, it must have been a
technical glitch) start anew the whole bazaar. Remember that the point is to have them lose their time AND to have fun!
ANNOYING PESTS ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
- [bartering.htm]: Bartering
by José Carioca, September 2005
part of the [reality
cracking] section.
Loved the game!
CONDITIONING ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
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nightclubs.htm: Nightclubs are hell. What's cool or fun about a thumping, sweaty
dungeon full of posing idiots?
by Charlie Brooker, September 2007
part of the reality cracking section.
Clubs are despicable. Cramped, overpriced furnaces with sticky walls and the latest idiot theme
tunes thumping through the humid air so loud you can't hold a conversation, just bellow inanities
at megaphone-level. And since the smoking ban, the masking aroma of cigarette smoke has been replaced
by the overbearing stench of crotch sweat and hair wax.
CONDITIONING ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ SLAVEMASTERS REVERSING
---| MOST RECENT ESSAYS |---
aquafina_and_dasani.htm: Aquafina and
Dasani:
Consumers are morons
- misleading marketing practices
by fravia+, September 2007
part of the reality cracking section.
"...for most european consumers, the idea of some bottled tap water sold as
a "real" spring mineral water would definitely be on the top list of scams.
Well, rejoice: it has been common practice in the States during the last ten years,
and the slavemasters are now trying the same scam in the European Union...
...it's like shooting at the red cross: you open a bottling factory and can automagically sell some
0.03 cents half litre water for one euro..."
SLAVEMASTER REVERSING ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ CONDITIONING
realicra/moscheta.htm: Moschete, Mouches & Moles: mmm! (Reversing secret codes: "Beauty spots")
by Sesame ellis, June 2008
part of the reality cracking section.
"Reversing the "beauty spots" language.
Until now there was no satisfactory complete explanation on the web. Good enough a reason
for researching a little and sending it to searchlores"
HUMAN BEHAVIOUR ~ REVERSING TRENDS ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
bravegeorgia_stupidossetia.htm:
Folly of the progressive fairytale
("Brave gallant georgia versus stupid vile ossetia")
by John Gray, September 2008
part of the reality cracking section.
Reversing the most recent, scary and warmongering, propaganda lies of our slavemasters
SLAVEMASTER REVERSING ~ REALITY CRACKING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
[realicra/crithou.html]:
Critical thinking
(Fallacies and the "fallite fallentes" seekers' approach)
by hraefn, April 2009
part of the reality cracking section.
The need to doubt, analyze and reverse whatever you find:
"Critical thinking is the ability to be aware of the fallacies
in our own thinking, and root them out. The overconfidence that we are
right, that we only exaggerate slightly, or value an ideology over truth.
These are things we as reality crackers need to be aware of
and counter both in ourselves and in the information we receive."
SLAVEMASTER REVERSING ~ PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS
The Tricks
Consumer trends cracking: some tricks
An essay by Maxine+ (12 March 1998)
"Reversing our lemming behaviour, a strategical approach"
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ CONDITIONING ~ ANTI-CONSUMERISM
Pranks: an approach to reality cracking
An essay by Rhiddler (20 March 1998)
"A prank should have a resonance and a ring to it. It should speak of the higher aspirations of human activity"
PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING
Anti-consumistic frugality tricks
An essay by Hedwig Blastock (15 July 1998)
"When you start off with excess, less is not deprivation: it is freedom"
CONCEALED TRUTHS ~ ANTI-CONSUMERISM
REVERSING STRESS ("modern Zen" reality cracking methods)
An essay by Paul Wilson (25 July 1998)
"Learn the 'carpe diem' techniques from little kids"
PHILOSOPHICAL CRACKING ~ ANTI-CONSUMERISM
- [realicra/as_billi.htm]:
The Art & Science of Billboard Improvement (a comprehensive guide to the alteration of outdoor advertising)
by R.O. Thornhill and Blank DeCoverly, part of the [reality cracking],
section
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ ANTI-CONSUMERISM
Reality cracking tools
Adding the Blemish of Truth : How to Alter a Billboard
The first reality cracking tool (15 July 1998): liberate the billboards! :-)
ANTI-ADVERTISEMENT ~ ANTI-CONSUMERISM
- See the related essay: [as_billi.htm]:
The Art & Science of Billboard Improvement (a comprehensive guide to the alteration of outdoor advertising)
by R.O. Thornhill and Blank DeCoverly, part of the [reality cracking],
section
Reality cracking links
http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd
(a fantastic reality cracking related site!)
http://www.billboardliberation.com/
(Truth In Advertising Since 1977)
Info: Snippets of real information
General information
Some useful pointers
[The 10 big stories the major media refused
to cover in the States]
[Fravia's antiadvertisement]
[Le
Monde diplomatique] MONTHLY *very* good, one of the best
sources of information of this planet, a little 'pauperistic' and
'whiny', and unfortunately heavily unbalanced in middle
east matters, but they see through reality
better than many others. This is one of
the BEST KNOWLEDGE SITES
of the whole web, without any doubt... hope you can read some
french... anyway there is
also a on-line version [in english].
This magazine will give you every month enough
material to easily
crack most newspapers (or TV-info) around you. Best buy.
[Neue
Zürcher Zeitung] DAILY
among the best information sources in the whole world... almost unbiased, because
those "neutral switzers" need a 'unfogged' world image in order
to sell their chocolate and their
watches everywhere... and could not care less about "ready-made" ptrchrwed
propaganda
truths!
An [english
version of the NZZ] is also
available.
[The
Economist] WEEKLY for those of you who can
read only
English (Karl Marx was an avid reader of the Economist :-) there
is of course MORE disinformation than information, but the former
is -at least- VERY cleverly presented. Must read (and reverse) for all those interested in
"high level" propaganda (where some snippets of true information are
continuously presented below the dull iceberg of skilled Guinea-Pig conditioning).
Well, I have started my own [reversing The Economist] section, see if you (find it and) like it :-)
[El
Pais] DAILY good to average
"european style" information,
especially valuable for people interested in south American
affairs
The Chomsky's papers
Keeping the
Rabble in Line by Noam Chomsky,
interviewed by David Barsamian, is for instance a
very cool and precise analyse of the world
affairs (unfortunately heavily unbalanced in middle
east matters imo, for the rest quite
correct)
You'll find a small
part of Chomsky's cutting
interpretations [here].
Read
these pages as soon as you can, you'll not regret it!
I'm not Chomskian myself (far from it), but his views
and mine do actually converge on so many points that I'm glad he
exists and teaches :-)
Satyrical information
[The Onion] quite light,
but not bad at all, could be dubbed "the reversers' paper", since
it is actually
very often a good source of reversing thoughts.
[McSweeney's Stories] by David Eggers (parodies Esquire)
[The Baffler], each issue seeks archly to debunk the
hip-seeking excesses of the corporate culture business
(it's not completely on-line yet, though)
All the newspapers of the world
Feel free to visit
[fu_speci.htm] and fetch whatever
newspaper you need, but don't hold your breath for truths... being able to read any newspapers
of the planet does not mean much if you don't know how
to filter out the very rare snippets of information and to recognize the few valuable sources of information that
are not simple progandistic megaphones of their owners' interests. This said it is for sure quite instructive
to learn that slightly different soups of commercial advertisement,
hysterical nationalism & ridicolous propaganda are served - under all latitudes -
to the zombies...
And don't forget the text-cracking 'exegesis' (rhetorical) section!
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