Im Just a Gorl

O- outdoor

R-retreat

T- team

B- building

O- occurrence

Wtf when have you ever heard this weirdly stated acronym? Well the innies do all the time! So this is normal for them to hear, i mean they are from the MDR department! Macrodata refinement, even with that longer version of the word it still doesn’t feel like a full explanation as to what their job does. But to them because they are introduced to it and taught to not question their bosses for fear of punishment and so they just go with it. Which now mdr has become part of their everyday vocabulary they don’t even question the meaning.

Cut to this episode, our innies are unconesntionally ripped out of their regular office space and put into this isolating harsh environment phrased as a reward. They are told they have been good enough to earn this trip and give it a title, the ORTBO, and they are very lucky to be experiencing this.

Later when they have been walking for a lot time, feeling lost and hungry are a considering eating a literal frozen dead seal because this “reward” isn’t feeling like a reward. Dylan reminds them, they are on an ORTBO and he repeats its vague meaning trying to convince them not to doubt the company. Almost trying to convince himself as well. This is the same Dylan that’s been getting fed incentives of seeing his family on the side and have been told he’s extra special. He has more to loose than anyone else right now and by repeating it is trying to stop everyone from doubting. Aka the orbto is working.

“Creating special language to influence people’s behavior and beliefs is so effective in part simply because speech is the first thing we’re willing to change about ourselves . . . and also the last thing we let go” -Amanda montell

Cults will make up words and introduce them in this way to make a group of people feel connected. Like they have been let into this new group of special workers allowed out side and given a term phrased as a reward to squash any train of thought leading to doubt or questioning. The further they go on this team building occurrence they will understand the reward.

They also use this new group language to make the group feel superior and anyone on the outside intrigued into what people are talking about. Making learning the language feel connecting with others and like you are understanding the deeper meaning. They feel superior and anyone on the outside feels like they are missing something.

Cross fit does this well! They have new work out terms like dms (delayed muscle soreness) so if a CrossFit gym bro is talking to a regular gym bro and uses the term DMS, the regular gym bro feels dumb for not knowing what this is and not keeping track of it. And is now curious as to what CrossFit has that he is missing before he knows it he’s sucked in. (I bet you they will bring back this term later if they can to alienate other employees in other departments)

Um hello even in the way they advertised this episode is using this tactic! They didn’t give us the meaning or context they gave us the word and now we wanna know what this new acronym is in the next episode.

Severance universe has literally created a whole new language to keep certain people in the know and others confused. Watch for it!

It’s not always in acronym form; Sometimes it’s a saying, sometimes it’s just a common word given a double meaning to those in the group and out of the group.

Another day another dollar- something we hear all the time to make us just go to work and endure shit we shouldn’t

Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith- something we would hear all the time growing up as Mormon to stop people from questioning and like it’s bad to have critical thought

Endowment- to people out side Mormonism it means gift people inside it’s a whole secret ritual that you are sworn to secrecy or off yourself before telling another soul

lol my work calls its self a village

Its everywhere! It’s in our marketing! It’s in our gyms! It’s at work! We don’t even notice because it’s working.

“Words are the medium through which belief systems are manufactured, nurtured, and reinforced, their fanaticism fundamentally could not exist without them.”-Amanda Montell

Tell me did it look like this? No? Cause me neither!

This is so fucking big and ugly!!!! I get it that they wanted to make it light up because it’s interactive and allows you to collect each icon from each area. And i get they got to fit the pin and programming for lights and audio on the inside. I get that it’s a similar design to their little light up wands that every little kid begs and screams for, i get it! i get it!

But hear me out, the kids aren’t buying this! Like Cody’s video said, the target audience is Disney adults especially because of the mystery pin reward. Most mystery pin collectors are adults.

I’m not saying this is not a good idea because its clearly making them money. People are literally waiting in lines, sometimes longer than lines for rides, that are being created just to plug your key in and for it to light up and bubbles to come out. Yeah thats right, you are essentially paying 70 dollars to wait in yet another line because it’s so popular. So it’s clearly making them money. (Although it do think its dumb) What I’m saying is its UGLY!

While i was watching Cody’s tik tok here is what i was imagining

Something smaller, maybe about the size of a phone or an iPad, golden with a hidden Mickey or D end. A little thicker at the end where the pin would hide. It’s pretty enough to be on display in your home or fun for your kids to play with later. Like this is straight from Disney’s website so they already know how to design fun keys. But then i had a better idea.

Again it’s for Disney adults, aka millennials, and Disney had the perfect key design handed TO THEM SELVES on silver platter. What on earth could be better than

Kingdom Hearts!!!

Kingdom hearts is literally about going and unlocking things around different Disney worlds, is that not what this key concept literally is!?!?! It could still be relatively the same size as their current design. This key design could be big enough to fit lights and programming and shitty little audios into it. I love the middle picture where it shines something. Imagine being able to shine the symbols you collect on to the ground like that. The pin could easily be hiding in the handle somewhere, in the mickey keychain, or my boyfriend (who is a big kingdom hearts fan) said he thought it would be a good idea to pull the chain and it come out of the handle there. This design is palatable and interactive enough to the masses, it’s cute enough and has features like the Mickey and Castle that even if people don’t know what kingdom hearts is they would still like it. And more importantly It would drive kingdom hearts fans from everywhere to get it. Lastly it would fucking advertise the new kingdoms hearts 4 game thats about to come out at the same damn time.

If thats not a missed opportunity i don’t know what is. Disney hire me i know how to help you, you are so close!

Some other things because i love being a hater:

The key holes are fucking ugly too! It has bubbles and lights up, thats it. Disney come on you have enough money to make it better than that. The capital of animatronics can’t have something better than this? Yeah right! At least something cuter than these, i mean come on that right one form fantasy land is pathetic. The better designs of the ones i saw were the Star Wars, which blended so well into its environment that they could literally leave it there after if they wanted to. The other one that’s okey ish is the ending mickey planter looking one that unlocks your pin out of the key, which was a cute mickey shaped planter. Still not the best but it’s something!

I just wish they would be actually intentional with their decision making, but cause people are just eating up the crumbs they are dropping Disney doesn’t have to be more creative.

I feel like this is similar to when people were talking about giving Tiana her restaurant and giving splash mountain to emperors new groove. (From what I’ve seen the ride did turn out good i just think this idea is better). I can’t be doing all the work for you for free Disney. Just hire me. Trust me bro.