Is It Real? Or Is It Their Reality?

I was sitting there outside today when a thought hit me. I tried ducking but not far enough, apparently.

What if all this virtual reality stuff has an ulterior purpose?  For instance... what if they want to get us used to seeing weird and disgusting things?  After a while we no longer ask "is that real or is that CGI?"  At first we think everything is real---but then after a while don't we start assuming it's got to be some kind of faked thing?

First it was sci-fi influence with high tech gadgets, space aliens and weird atmosphere on strange planets where everyone is always smarter and wiser than us mere humans.  Then it was explosions and secret agents and images of sneaky warfare.  Now it's zombies with half eaten away faces and 'all gone' look in the eyes.

Hmmmm...

Wait a minute!  Was it in some movie I saw that yesterday?  Or was that on the news??

Afterall it is both Halloween and election season...

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Ward C
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