> > > > > > > > > > so, you want a shock collar for your crimelord. > > > > > > > > > > keep the eye on the crimelord or he'll encourage you to use > > > > > > > > > > it on someone else. > > > > > > > > > > make sure your captured crimelord is wealthy and > > > > > > > > > > oppressive, and try > > > > > > > > > > to get him a therapist. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > meanwhile i've never used a shock collar, but devices are > > > > > > > > > > made of > > > > > > > > > > effectors or actuators (i dunno the right term), power > > > > > > > > > > supplies, > > > > > > > > > > control and communication peripherals (i dunno the right > > > > > > > > > > term either), > > > > > > > > > > and microcontrollers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with a shock collar there's going to be some kind of power > > > > > > > > > > accumulation and delivery mechanism associated with the > > > > > > > > > > points of > > > > > > > > > > shocking-- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > now if you are a victim of electroshock control, as many > > > > > > > > > people are > > > > > > > > > sadly despite this being mostly only talked about in > > > > > > > > > professional > > > > > > > > > circles where they try to provide recovery from it, it is > > > > > > > > > much more > > > > > > > > > reasonable to imagine electroshocking anybody you freaking > > > > > > > > > want to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > because you need to be allowed to understand your experience > > > > > > > > > and it is > > > > > > > > > very hard to do so. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when somebody controls somebody else with an electroshock > > > > > > > > > device, > > > > > > > > > likely they are _not_ losing their mind to the same degree, > > > > > > > > > _nor_ able > > > > > > > > > to read the mind of the victim. they are instead inducing > > > > > > > > > helpless > > > > > > > > > states > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there are actually people who do this consensually although > > > > > > > > it's edgy-scary > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it's hard to trust men in those environments, but i imagine there > > > > > > > are > > > > > > > spaces where talking about it in a forthright manner would be > > > > > > > fine if > > > > > > > doable > > > > > > > > > > > > anyway so we got slave boss in this shock collar > > > > > > he's not sure how to look at us. is he scared? is he angry? > > > > > > > > > > > > rather than pressing the button to shock him into meaningless, > > > > > > searching and searching for any signal with regard to what the > > > > > > shocks > > > > > > are about, when they are just about us being irritated and furious > > > > > > at > > > > > > his face, his mind fragmenting into babble > > > > > > > > > > > > we thought we'd hook it up to some AI and do some kind of AI > > > > > > training using him > > > > > > > > > > i haven't engaged too much the s--[-- > > > > > > > > i guess other people are more to the point where they can feel that > > > > > > > > i don't know who my perp was/are > > > > > > > > i dissociate to try to protect basic parts of information preservation > > > > or communication > > > > > > > > my story's unlikely to be heard, so i gotta attend to what makes sense > > > > > > on jan 5 my car was stolen with all my possessions inside etc, thief > > > and objects not found (car itself recovered, but not e.g. my clothes > > > and devices; car is owned by my parents) > > > > > > it's hard to retain anything reliable when a large group is focusing > > > on changing that [oop-- > > > > ok that partial[] point some small derivations > > > > uhh > > > > there's value to having property. if we have a place of our own, then > > we could secure an object to feel more comfortable that something > > stays consistent (mind doesn't). > > > > it's likely there's some way to secure an object, don't know details. > > but it's likely this is much easier when one legally owns property. > > > > property involves (a) funding initial purchase and (b) paying taxes > > we'd have to coordinate paying taxes, optionalyl getting a job. > > getting a job seems hard, but the big problem with money is karl > > spending it randomly, this is a bigger problem than earning it > > property taxes vary from 0.18% (louisiana) to 1.89% (new jersey) and > in between those there's often a low state adjacent to a high state > the tax is a percent of value, so lower the lower the value of the property. > so if one got a $100,000 piece of land in louisiana (and there might > be places much cheaper than that), then that would be $18,000 a year > which sounds high and reduces to 18/12=9/6=3/2= $1,500/month
to clarify, this math was incorrect by a factor of 100 and the real property taxes are tiny. 0.18 * 100,000 = $180 > now $1,500/month still sounds very high, but my social security is > higher than that. i could pay it. of course we'd have to add a > mortgage onto the taxes. so let's look for cheaper spots in louisiana. > this property is $20,000 for a third of an acre: > https://www.landsearch.com/properties/3456-hardy-st-shreveport-la-71109/3869505 > it's not common to see property that cheap. but it's real. and people > commonly engage mortgages which lets one pay for the property slowly > over many years, so the $20,000 would be split up over some years. > i'm not experienced with property taxes, but if we multiply the % by > the $ then the taxes would be ... only $36/year. > > you could have property for only $36/year. > > it sounds like it did the taxes wrong the first time, i think i > misuses 0.18% as 18% which is incredibly much higher .$100,000 comes > to $180 when multiplied by 0.18% . > > so property taxes are something that's possible. somebody could pay > for minimal property taxes by begging for money.
