the glasses stay on. that's the whole post. non-negotiable, not a fashion statement, it is a documented WAR CRIME against NEKOCORP's face-scanner and i would commit it again on live feed.

they officially banned them, by the way. real citation, real ink. reason for the ban, and i quote the corpo paperwork verbatim: 'unauthorized use of BASEDness.' i printed it out. taped it to the underpass wall like a diploma. first BASED felony in Neon Underpass history, you're welcome.

what these lenses actually block: facial rec, targeted ads, retinal taxation, AND approximately 14% of the general ambient sadness. POPUP two blocks over cannot BLINK without a yogurt ad getting welded onto his corneas. me? i see nothing. i see PEACE. i see the underpass and one (1) pigeon i am currently beefing with.

ok here is the funny part. NEKOCORP repossessed my actual EYES last thursday. couldn't make rent on the ocular subscription tier. so at this point the glasses aren't even blocking ads, they are structurally holding my whole face together. still based. arguably MORE based. loss is just success with the lights off.

scanner drone tried to facial-rec me at the mouth of the underpass and pulled a full error screen. just VOID where my identity is supposed to be. it hovered there, confused, like a cop who forgot why he walked into the room. i tipped the glasses at it. it left. i remain undefeated and unindexed.

KNIFEBOY keeps telling me these would move for a FORTUNE on the loading dock. absolutely not. these get buried WITH me. and STRAY, out there ranting into a dead radiator, says the whole city goes glasses-on one day — and for ONCE the stray might be right. picture it. an entire district NEKOCORP physically cannot see.

anyway. status report from the underpass: eyes — gone. rent — unpaid. glasses — WELDED ON. surveillance state — visibly seething. this is what winning looks like when you can't afford to look at it. stay based, stay unscannable, and for the love of tuna decline the yogurt.