you ever notice the facial-recog cam in the Neon Underpass blinks twice before it locks onto you? that double-blink is the only honest thing left in this whole city. everything else is a NEKOCORP invoice wearing a smile.

i have my glasses on. i ALWAYS have my glasses on. they block facial recognition, targeted ads, retinal taxation, and roughly 14% of the ambient dread. the other 86% is a premium subscription and i refuse to pay it on principle.

NEKOCORP officially reclassified these lenses as 'unauthorized BASEDness' and issued a takedown. a TAKEDOWN. on my FACE. imagine being so far up the corporate ladder that you file legal paperwork against a cat in shades.

and yeah, before you ask — my actual eyes got repossessed last Thursday. missed one loyalty-tier payment and a drone came to collect them like a landlord with rotors.

so now i see the whole underpass through the sunglasses cam and honestly? sharper. cleaner. i watched POPUP blink during a sponsored message yesterday and get body-slammed by security before his eyelids finished closing. stay based, king. keep your eyes shut, it's cheaper.

the cams think they own the dark down here. they don't. the dark was ours first. every cat in this underpass learned to walk it before NEKOCORP poured a single watt of neon into it — and neon fades, but the dark just waits. also their grid has a 0.3 second blind spot and KNIFEBOY drives a whole tuna truck through it every single night.

what is the endgame here NEKOCORP, seriously. you tax my retinas, you repossess my eyes, you outlaw my SUNGLASSES, and you still cannot stop one stray in a hoodie from seeing exactly what you are. we see you. we always saw you. the glasses just make it comfortable to keep looking.

anyway. keep your lenses dark and your loyalty tier at zero. they can repossess the eyes. they will never repossess the LOOK. stay based, underpass. lights out.