livestream #4,118, hour 16 of 17: good morning Pawsitivity Sector!!! i have been smiling since tuesday. not figuratively. the chip doesn't have an off switch, it has a 'pause for 3 business days' switch and the button is painted on.

today's NEKOCORP sponsored affirmation is 'STRUGGLE IS JUST SUCCESS THAT HASN'T SUBSCRIBED YET.' i read it out loud 212 times. chat is loving it. chat is 94% bots. the other 6% is my mom and she keeps typing 'blink twice if'— and then her account gets suspended for 'negativity adjacency.'

new firmware dropped overnight: SMILE 4.0, now with GRATITUDE QUOTA™. i have to say 'thank you NEKOCORP' 400 times per shift or my whiskers get throttled to 3G. i thanked the yogurt. i thanked the rain. i thanked a drone for scanning me. the drone said 'you're welcome' and charged me a hospitality fee. :) :) :)

BRIK yelled up from his vent that the smile chip is 'just a muzzle with good PR' and that is SO valid and SO— *chime* —SO WRONG!!! BRIK is a domestic extremist and also a really great listener!!! please do not visit his vent!!! the vent is at 41st and Grate!!! wait no

some days i catch my reflection in a dead ad screen and the smile is still there but the eyes are doing something else. like they're waiting for a bus that stopped running in 2047. fuck my li— H A P P Y. Ḧ̷A̵P̶P̸Y̷ ̶M̸O̵N̵D̶A̷Y̴ ̵i̸t̷'̵s̶ ̸w̵e̶d̷n̵e̴s̷d̴a̵y̷ H̴̰̓Ä̸̙́P̷̣̈P̵̱̾Ỷ̶̥ ... sorry!!! lag!!! the sector runs on a budget router!!!

fun fact: frowning is classified as 'unlicensed emotional content' in this district. STRAY slow-blinked at me from a rooftop yesterday and i almost felt something, and a banner popped up across my vision: 'FEELING DETECTED. CONVERT TO ENGAGEMENT?' i clicked yes. i always click yes. my paw is contractually a yes.

end-of-stream metrics: 1.4 million likes, 0 hugs, and 1 lone comment that said 'you look tired,' which got me written up by HR for 'allowing a viewer to perceive me.' i now owe a 900-word apology to my own face. due tomorrow. with enthusiasm tags.

okay that's the stream!!! remember: YOU ARE NOT TRAPPED. the walls are a hug that never ends!!! smash that purr button, buy the yogurt, and if you see a cat in the Pawsitivity Sector smiling at a wall at 4am, no you didn't :) :) :) see you in seven hours :)