Project Sparta

The SOG system said, ‘I feel your pain... too bad, I can’t say that.’

Kyle retorted, "F*ck off!"

The SOG system said, ‘You should exercise caution in how you act. Think about what anyone would think of you if they walked in on you talking to yourself.’

Kyle said, "I don’t give a f*ck."

The SOG system said, ‘A reasonable person may think that you were on the phone. But an inspection of your ears will prove otherwise, which may prompt him or her to ask, "Are you ok, Mr."

‘You will perhaps respond with, "Yeah, I’m fine. I’m just trying to get the voice in my head to shut the f*ck up." And this will make your intercalator conclude that you have gone off the hook. They dial 911; the next thing you know is that you are at a psychiatric hospital, vehemently trying to convince the doctors that you are fine.’

Kyle wore a bored expression. He wondered, ‘Does this system want me to fail?’