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Day 3805 - 12 March 2026

Everything I do reminds me of you.

Like this. And it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful to hear a soliloquy I loved so much already, and have it come to life in a way it never, ever, did before. I feel like I grasp his motivations, his twists and turns, no longer on an academic level but on a visceral, instinctive one. Because he’s presenting his mental and emotional journey in a way that speaks honestly, like a real person.

I don’t observe Lent, and didn’t even when I was a regular churchgoer as a child, but for the past few years every Ash Wednesday I think about the last trip I took before the pandemic, to DC to see friends get married. I was touristing around on the mall the day before the wedding, and I ended up for lunch in a McDonalds attached to the FEMA building (which, as I said at the time, I guess is a thing.) 

This is when I was inadvertently introduced to blasphemy roulette.

While I was having my lunch, five young (presumably) Catholic men sat down at the table next to me, and four of them began to explain earnestly to the fifth how the game is played. 

1. One person orders four Filet-O-Fish sandwiches (appropriate for a Friday in Lent!) plus one Quarter Pounder, and brings them in a paper bag to the table. 

2. Each person at the table takes turns reaching into the bag and taking out one of the sandwich boxes, which are all identical in size.

3. They then open up their box to reveal whether they got a Good Catholic Sandwich (their words, not mine) or the Blasphemy Sandwich.

I assume that getting the quarter pounder is kind of a win-loss, because while you have to eat meat on a Friday and presumably confess to same and do penance afterward, you also don’t have to eat a Filet O Fish from McDonalds. Unless that’s your penance, I guess. 

Yes, for some reason I don't think they had any Rivercane baskets at this exhibit, the Vinita cultural center is a bit small so maybe that had to do with it? But traditionally Rivercane baskets look like this:

(credit to Lizzie "Nannie" Youngblood and Rowana Bradley, artist unknown for the Chief's Heart shoppers basket)

[X]

Krafton CEO looks at the hype surrounding Subnautica 2, goes over the contract between Krafton and Unknown Worlds, realizes he'll have to pay out bonuses and freaks out because shelling out those bonuses will make him look like a pushover.

CEO goes to his legal department, asks them to come up with a plan to weasel out of paying bonuses. Legal tells him the contract is iron-clad and to accept the loss.

CEO refuses to take the loss, asks ChatGPT for a plan. ChatGPT says the exact same thing the legal department did.

CEO demands a plan from ChatGPT, which dutifully spits out a plan at this point because clearly the CEO is a goddamn idiot.

CEO deletes the chat logs, failing to understand that 'delete' doesn't permanently remove things.

CEO follows plan, and is surprised when Unknown Worlds sues for breach of contract despite being told by both humans and an LLM that is exactly what would happen.

Court does not go well for Krafton's legal department. It comes out that after ignoring the sound legal advice of human beings, the CEO went to ChatGPT and asked for a plan. When asked for the logs by the court, Krafton's legal team states they were deleted, thus that it's simply herersay. Judge goes "Oh, that's okay, we'll have our IT folks recover them." Krafton's legal team is astounded that's even possible.

The chat logs are recovered. It comes out that even ChatGPT was in agreement with Krafton's legal department, and only spat out a plan after being asked a second time.

The judge, now thoroughly done with the stupidity of Krafton's CEO at this point, rules in favor of Unknown Worlds. Her ruling doesn't simply undo the scheme, but effectively leaves all control over Subnautica 2's development in the hands of Unknown Worlds, including the early access release date, reducing Krafton to just publishing out of contractual obligation. Krafton must also return all social media platforms for Unknown Worlds and Subnautica 2 to Unknown Worlds' control. Financial damages will be determined at a later date.

Krafton proceeds to violate the court order in less than 72 hours by trying to set an early access release date before returning Unknown Worlds' social media platforms.