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by amputect 2730 days ago
Folks here who are interested in SCPs might enjoy http://www.scp-wiki.net/antimemetics-division-hub specifically -- it's a really cool series that plays around with knowledge and memory. In particular I really love the "There Is No Antimemetics Division (2015)" and "Five Five Five Five Five (2017–)" series.

An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.

Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information which you wouldn't share with anybody, like passwords, taboos and dirty secrets. Or any piece of information which would be difficult to share even if you tried: complex equations, very boring passages of text, large blocks of random numbers, and dreams…

But anomalous antimemes are another matter entirely. How do you contain something you can't record or remember? How do you fight a war against an enemy with effortless, perfect camouflage, when you can never even know that you're at war?

Welcome to the Antimemetics Division.

No, this is not your first day.

3 comments

I wish I could give you more than +1. Im obsessed with these. I wish there was more.
Wow. Just read a chunk of them and they're pretty good. I don't remember reading them before.

Hold on...

Awesome stories!

I can't stop reading them. Very interesting fiction!

Thanks for the suggestion.