May 17, 2011
How to freak out that secret organization that’s tracking your every move
From xkcd:
I didn’t realize other people did stuff like this…
My personal version is a little different: When I’m staying somewhere new and unfamiliar, I’ll sometimes give the finger to the mirror in the bathroom.
I’m not normally a bird-flipping kinda guy, but I figure, like the guy in the comic, if there are people watching me behind a one-way mirror, then they deserve the gesture and it might spook them that I “know” they’re there. On the other hand, if it’s an ordinary mirror, no harm done.
I’m assuming that the guy who drew this comic and me aren’t alone in this behavior…
Anyone? Anyone?
No?
Maybe I shouldn’t have posted this.
* * * * *
I hear ya!
(no…I mean I REALLY hear you. I’m the guy that has been tracking you all these years)
I always wrap a towel around my fist and punch through the bathroom mirror. Just to be sure.
ha ha ha!
I do that when I am forced to use a public restroom at a gas station, not at the mirror but in the stall, just in case someone has a hidden video camera focused on the toilets in the ladies bathroom.
I’ve done stuff like this…although, it’s been a while, so I better get on it. The organization might have new workers on me that don’t know I know.
I keep my web cam covered with blue tac at all times.
Whatever you guys do don’t google ”I found some cheese.’
Just don’t.
Oh go on!
lol
People probably do this because they know that God is always watching.
Or, you could be a bunch of paranoid weirdos.
But, just because we’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get us.
I often sing or talk to myself while I’m alone in a room (because otherwise it’s too quiet!) and I will admit my talking and singing gets a little goofy simply because I’m afraid someone is listening in on me. I’d rather be overheard being intentionally silly and get laughed at than be overheard seriously talking to myself and be laughed at…!
Hahaha! That is the best! I talk to myself all the time (mostly referring to myself as “mama”), but now I will always think of your silliness strategy.
I just type on Facebook “I know you’re watching, Zuckerberg.”
I want to “like” this. ;)
I always check to see if a mirror is 2-way. (Touch the mirror with your fingertip. If the fingers have a gap between them, you’re safe. If the fingertips touch, someone is watching you!)
That’s not necessarily true. ;) A sure fire way: If the mirror is hanging on the wall, regular mirror. If it’s IN the wall, PART OF the wall, likely 2 way. :)
Nope. Not at all. I’m an introverted non-confrontational kind of person. I’ll admit I’m not always thinking deeply or staring off into space though… I might just be looking for the glint of the camera lens in between the slats of the vents.
LOL! I flip the mirror off too!
HAHA!! I do that too!!!! I think collective secret fear of clandestine organizations is an American pasttime. ;)
Maybe. That’s why I changed my router name to “Surveillance Van #7″ to mess with my neighbors. ;)
My parents visited relatives in a Soviet republic in 1984 and stayed in a hotel they knew was bugged. (When the hotel was renovated in 2005, the room with the switchboard and listening devices was found and is now in a museum!) My godparents were in the next room over, and when the hot water went out, my godfather yelled out “If you’re going to eavesdrop on me, you could at least fix the hot water!” It was fixed within 3 minutes.
I check mirrors in fitting rooms.
NICE!!!
…love it!
Big Brother… >.<
‘Dodgson! Dodgson! We’ve got Dodgson here! See? No one cares.’
Jurassic Park quotes win every time!
I know they’re watching, so I just play it cool. The last thing I want is for them to know that I know they’re watching.
If they know that you know that they know you know they’re watching, then they might think that you know too much. You know?
I always put on my tinfoil hat first
I write “I will kill again!!!” lightly in soap on hotel bathroom mirrors. The next person to have a steamy bath gets the message. Multiple exclamation marks – the surest sign of a deranged mind.
I think the comments on 22words are often more entertaining than the actual posts. :)
I’d second that. Multiple exclamation marks had me in stitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always feel rather clever when I do those sorts of things home alone. Flipping the bird in the bathroom…will have to try that.
ROFL. YES. I DO THIS ALL THE TIME. :D
Glad I’m not alone. :D
yes. just to be on the safe side. It’s important to keep “them” on their toes.