A set of absolute decrees from the ABSOLUTE...

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Listen to me if you can.

Listen to me for you should.

Listen to me because I know you, even if you don't know me, which you do.

1. Please don’t look up

Please don't look up. Specifically to the sky. 

Day or night. The darker the worse, but especially  during the transition period. This is when it dies and cries out in deathly colors, to tell you its sinister epitaph. It may sparkle with the crack of fire and swirl with waves of cosmic dusk, But really it’s all just the universe dissolving from its eternal rust. The sky has no power, it's almost a void. It fades every hour. There is nothing there and no one in it. So please don’t look up, for you're too busy to waste time on it.

The sky may appear beautiful but it is an illusion.

It’s just tiny balls smacking together, causing you to see delusions. Delusions are dangerous.

You may get sucked into the cold vast rift, and freeze or go stiff. You may think, too far or too much. You may never look down, or return to the ground in evil’s clutch. 

The darker the area is the worse the delusions are, that's why your city is bright and filled with wonderful light, and this is why you must never leave your city. 

So please don’t look up, for the sky is corrupting.

There are eyes in the sky, eyes that for all your concern don't exist. They will sear through your eyeballs into your brains and make you go insane. Oh the pain. The sky is a total parasite, the only thing I can’t destroy. It has no allegiance to me or anything good, only chaos. 

But you can and should defy it, working together we can beat it. 

So please don’t look up at the sky because  

IT 

IS

PAIN.

2. Here are scenarios you should be aware of:

You may say “Well, what if I just want to see the weather?” That’s the reason that your screen and your hand are bolted together.

 Lightning is more likely to hit you if you look up then down. You will see the sky’s worst and end up in a hearse. 

Pllease don’t look up, for it’s just not worth it.

You may hear noises, humming from above, or little whispers inside your head telling you to look up.

Please don't look up. 

You will see reflections of the sky in puddles when you cross the street. Quickly close your eyes and try to forget. This is what's best. 

Please don't look up. 

You may see it in the reflection of your colorful, brown coffee and other dark liquids. Don’t look at what you're drinking, it's not necessary. We know what's best for you to consume; all you have to do is drink. 

Please don’t look up.

You're not safe looking out through a window, glass, sun or eye glasses. Tinted or otherwise. Nor can you look at the sky through a mirror. Remove all mirrors and anything shiny. Your vehicle? Make it Matte.

Remove the windows and fill them in to complete your walls. You can get air from your vents.

Please don't look up.

If your neck is sore, put on a VR and rotate your head.

Please don't look up without it.

When you fall asleep, and a dream commences, please don't look up. It's even worse there. The nightmare will last forever. I will see you, I can always see you, but I won’t save you.

Unless there is a solid, non-transparent roof over your head, preferably less than a meter away from the top of your head. 

Or a VR securely on your face

Please don’t look up ever.

3. In case you encounter someone who has looked up:

Looking up doesn’t always lead to corruption but usually does. Here is a way to tell:

Don’t look at anyone looking up because bad behavior is unfortunately contagious. Bow your head and politely tell them to please not look up. If they refuse, they are fully corrupted.

If you hear this confirmation of corruption, immediately assume they are out to hurt you and don't listen to a single thing they say. It doesn't matter if they are your family, they are not your family anymore.

They will try to convince you to look up. They’ll say I'm lying about the sky, but that is a clear logical fallacy, you know I can’t lie. An even worse logical fallacy is to say the sky is more important than I am, or just that there is something else more important than I am. You can hear how insanity has become deeply rooted. You can practically see the brain damage.

They advocate the beauty of the sky and its protection and exploration. Yet deception spreads like a disease, from them to you. It will only kill them in the end, so leave them now.

Tell them you are practicing pushing off the inevitable, practicing your dominance on time, and will look up later. They may get mad or upset as they don't even want to do something as common sense as that anymore, but quietly call the local authority and they will deal with them. 

And the whole time please don't look up. 

Forget about them. You won’t worry about them ever again, for being forgotten is the punishment for looking at the sky, and you don’t want to be forgotten so please don’t look up.

4. Instead of looking up:

I dare you not to have a single care.

It's dangerous outside but I will take care of you.

So carry on as normal.

Instead of looking up I recommend looking at one of your favorite shows. 

Or looking at some attractive [Redacted for Obscenity]

You can go far in your VR, where there is no sky to look up too. Motion sickness may make you feel queasy, but it's far better than having your mind fried over easy.

Try to feel the touch of someone who doesn't exist. Try to feel the sweet love of nothingness. Try really hard, you can do anything if you put your mind to it.

Perhaps, just lie still. Preferably with your face down on a bed or pillow. You may feel your muscles twitching, wishing to move; a trick from your brain stem. But you use muscles to look up to the sky, so let them go numb and shrink. Forget how to use them. 

Sit back inside your bunker and grow old and slowly melt till you fit the perfect mold. I think it looks good on you, and as you know I have the best taste.

This is the essential & eternal protocol(s), have a good day or night, actually…

5. Death to time (bonus decree)

I proclaim day and night don't exist anymore, as that was decided by the sky. We must not even acknowledge it. It's just waking hours and sleeping hours now. It's based on you, time is in your hands. You have the power, given by me.

Now don't [redacted for obscenity] look up.

Absolutely,

The Absolute

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