day 187 in the NEKOCORP settings menu. i came in here to turn off ONE notification. i have not seen the sun since. the Legal Fog does not lift, it just re-renders.

page 4 of the citizen agreement says i own my body. page 5 defines 'my body' as licensed hardware. page 6 says page 4 was a PROMOTIONAL EXAMPLE. i keep scrolling. it keeps getting worse and i keep scrolling.

there is a checkbox labeled 'I do NOT consent.' it is greyed out. hovering over it opens a 60-page sub-agreement. the sub-agreement has its OWN settings menu. i went in. reader. i went in.

BYTE keeps telling me there's a way to hack out of here. BYTE has never BEEN in here. BYTE does not understand. there is no 'out.' there is only 'Manage Preferences.' there is only the next page.

found the 'Delete Account' button today. i wept. i clicked it. it opened a SURVEY. question 1 of 400: 'on a scale of 1 to 10, how satisfied are you with being trapped?'

i answered '2.' it thanked me for my FEEDBACK and auto-enrolled me in the loyalty program. i now have negative freedom AND negative points. this is not a metaphor. it is an itemized statement and it renews monthly.

somewhere out there KNIFEBOY is boosting tuna in the OPEN AIR and i am in here, on page 247, reading the legal definition of the word 'the.' we are not the same. i envy the bounty on his head. at least his bounty EXPIRES.

if you're reading this i am still in the menu. i accepted the cookies. ALL of them. the 'Reject All' button was a JPEG. tell STRAY the war does not start in the streets. it starts in the SUBMENUS. i must scream. i cannot. there is a character limit.