From the Brickyard | Subject: There’s no question there’s a simulation going on
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Brother, I realized something the other day: we’re living in a simulation.
Not a computer simulation—a flavor simulation.
I was sipping a sports drink labeled “naturally berry flavored” (whatever that even means). But here’s the thing—there wasn’t a berry within 10 miles of that bottle. No juice. No pulp. No smashed blueberries. Just lab-derived flavor molecules convincing my brain: “Yup, fresh berries, brother.”
For all intents and purposes, I was in a flavor simulation.
And it kind of messed with me. My conscious brain knew this wasn’t berry. But my subconscious was all in—taste buds firing, dopamine flowing. It was both berry…and not berry.
Like drinking grape soda. That’s grape? Not a chance.
Banana candy? No banana in sight.
So which one is real?
The chemical trick my brain interprets as real?
Or the fact that the source itself isn’t real at all?
And then the heavier question hits: isn’t that just…everything?
We don’t know anything outside of our brains interpreting it.
Reality itself might just be a flavor simulation.
But hey—maybe that’s too deep for a Saturday. 🤣
Maybe the Musclebuilder move is simpler: taste the flavor, enjoy the ride, but don’t get lost in the simulation.
Brick by brick. Even if they’re flavored. 😂
-Brickwall