#testing facilities

[catsharky]

"I'm sorry. For everything, I mean."

Got on a big Portal 2 kick a while back and felt like doing some fanart of it for the first time since 2011. Decided to draw the scene I always wanted: Giving Wheatley a second chance.

#Portal 2 #Portal #Wheatley #Chell #GLaDOS #I've always been on the side of believing that Wheatley genuinely wasn't himself when he was plugged in #That the facility itself is the one in control #It just needs a mind to channel itself through #and it bends and warps that mind however it needs to in order to fulfill its purpose #to test. forever. #sharky art

[cemeterything]

u don't like VAL siltverses? yes you do. you've always liked her. that's what the last word tells me.

#🐉 #she was born in an unethical government weapons testing facility all alone <3 #the silt verses

[chubbychiquita]

Did I back the wrong horse (or cow in this case)? I really had you pegged for feedee of the year 2023. Back in December I saw you as motivated to gain at least a hundred pounds of soft jiggly perfect fat this year. At least you can still close the year strong.

apologies for not living up to my gluttonous potential this year, my horniness blinded me to my bodys current limitations 😔 but at 25 im already fatter than most people get in their entire lifetime!! i have plenty of time to become an immobile princess and we should savor my ability to walk while i still have it

#the most annoying part is that every doctor and testing facility has a months long waiting list #so it's taken literal years to get answers #meeting the guy who decides if i need surgery next month #ask

[ruthlesslistener]

love how aras will paint animal testing as this 100% cruel inhumane thing where the subjects are kept in dirty cages and tortured endlessly meanwhile at my actual animal testing facility we have to tell the professors to cut back on the enrichment items for the peanut butter lab because they've stuffed the cages so full of colourful shredded paper and hides that we can no longer easily locate the animals to do a health check without disturbing them

#like yeah ik i probably am in the easier one bc all the tests are focused on healthcare or food studies but #all the animals are so well-taken care of and pampered and the regulations are so strict #that i cant really imagine it being a problem even in other facilities running other test

[batemanofficial]

can i say something controversial. the way people (especially american liberals but that's a whole nother can of worms) act about animal testing is sooooooooooo unhelpful. like is cosmetic testing on dogs/rodents/primates harmful and unnecessary? yes, in many cases! but does that mean all animal testing - for any application - should be categorically banned? no. animal testing is a vital process in many, many medical and research contexts and is conducted under a very strict set of standards, ergo applying "animal abuse" as a blanket label to all instances of animal testing is reductive at best and shows a flagrant lack of understanding of medical ethics on the part of the population. and don't even get me started on how slippery of a slope it is to go from condemnation of animal testing to just flat out eugenics

#speak friend and enter #and nobody better fucking come at me with 'what if we just tested on prisoners.' that is eugenics #like i think the thing that a lot of people just refuse to wrap their heads around is that these animals are bred for this. #it's not pleasant to think about but it's the reality of the situation and is a much more favorable outcome for both humans and animals #than many of the alternatives. #animal research is integral to our current understanding of biology and medicine and continues to be an important phase in research #anyway i saw a video about people doing urbex at an abandoned animal testing facility and got mad. it's a bit of a hot button for me! #there's also a point in there about public refusal to engage with the unsavory aspects of science and anti-intellectualism #but im too lazy to tease it out. but you get where im coming from

[maddymoreau]

My Thoughts on Poppy Playtime Chapter 3

Ollie is ADORABLE!!!! "No ouchies or lost body parts?" HE'S A BABY I NEED TO PROTECT!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!! (¬‿¬) I have ZERO evidence for this but my theory is he’s The Prototype.

I’m REALLY happy to see the phone Ollie calls the player on is identical to the one in Project: Playtime! It’s nice seeing stuff introduced in Project: Playtime finally appear in the main series.

( ⚆_⚆ ) ESPECIALLY DR. HARLEY SAWYER!!!! WOW THE TAPE FEATURING HIM TALKING TO THE PROTOTYPE WAS DARK!!!! I knew a man like Dr. Sawyer would be a sick and twisted individual since he created the Bigger Bodies Initiative.

Despite that I was NOT prepared to hear the joy in his voice to experiment on children. It was revolting.

This exchange:

Prototype: "You stick us. Beat us. Tear at flesh. Do you feel it?"

Dr. Sawyer: "There is a secret inside you, 1006. Valuable beyond all measure. I cut and prod and burn at it, and I get closer with each session . . . So speak, or don't. Fight, or give in. Regardless, I learn something new about you every day . . . (Laughs) It excites me!"

Prototype: "Thank you."

Dr. Sawyer: "You . . . thank me?"

Prototype: "Absolutely. I learn something new about you every day."

THAT FINAL LINE WHEN THE PROTOTYPE IS MIMICKING DR. SAWYER'S VOICE AHHHHHH!!!!

＿|￣|○ I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO DR. SAWYER SO BADDDDD!!!!!! He wasn’t around for The Hour of Joy but I hope he suffered.

Leith Pierre: "Normally I'd have Dr. Sawyer do this but he's uhhh . . . out, let's say. So you got me until they find his replacement."

(o ´ _ ` )o The contrast between how Dr. Sawyer speaks to the experiments VS Leith Pierre the Head of Innovation at Playtime Co.

Both dehumanize the experiments in different ways.

Leith Pierre can’t even bother remembering Catnap's real name. He puts on this fake friendly facade. Referring to Catnap as his Pal and Buddy. It's so disingenuous.

Especially when he asks, "Heya Theo! How ya doin' bud?" Pierre could care less about how Catnap feels. It's only when Catnap responds, "The Prototype will save us." That gets Pierre to finally drops the corporate spiel. Admitting to what this place is. Catnap’s prison.

No wonder Catnap worshipped The Prototype after being save when this is what he’s told about his horrific situation.

Leith Pierre: "THIS is your life now. Get used to it."

I absolutely LOVED all the new features for the Grab Pack. The air jet looked SO FUN!!!! Watching people desperately shoot the flare gun against smiling critters in a cramped space WAS SO INTENSE!!! The smiling critter's small growls and whimpers made me sad.

(ʃƪ 〃’▽’〃)♡ The horror in this chapter was INCREDIBLE!!!! While I had fun playing Chapter 2 I remember feeling disappointed by the scares.

CHAPTER THREE HAD ME HORRIFIED!!!! EVERY JUMP SCARE HAD ME FLYING OUT MY CHAIR, THE ATMOSPHERE WAS AMAZING AND AHHHHH THE HOME ORPHANAGE SECTION!!!!!

It reminded me of PT ∑(; °_°) Especially with the radio informing us that in Elliot Ludwig's house it was discovered he HAD THE BODY OF A CHILD IN A DUFFLE BAG!!?!?!?!?!?!

ALSO THAT ONE RADIO'S REVERSE MESSAGE!!!

"8-8-1995 I find your presence intrusive. After all this time you return. You come in here and yet you kill and murder. You pilate and destroy. Your presence was demanded 10 years ago and yet you didn't show up . . . 8-8-1995 You were supposed to be here. Why weren't you here? You missed the event. You missed the meeting. You missed the party. You have no right to be here . . ."

AHHHHHH MOBGAMES KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE LIGHTING IN THIS SCENE!!!!!

I thought I was going to see MY BOY 😭💔!!!!!!

Huggy Wuggy is completely fine.

Kissy Missy was so sad and adorable in this chapter. Seeing her stare at the picture and hug herself BROKE MY HEART ( o̴̶̷᷄ _ o̴̶̷̥᷅ )!!! She deserves the world.

Catnap acting like a child and avoiding school 😭💔

Miss Delight was a minor spoiler I knew about since people used her face in their thumbnail. However I was NOT prepared for her to act like a Coil-Head!!!!

Theodore being described as antisocial and having a peculiar relationship with an imaginary friend _(:ì」∠)_.

That “imaginary” friend being The Prototype. Who guided Theodore to help them both escape. Only for Theodore to get electrocuted since he was just a child who didn't know how to safely use a Grabpack.

The Prototype throwing away their chance to escape to save Theodore by bringing him to the staff. Showing The Prototype does care in some way.

Only for Theodore to be later turned Catnap.

THEN the player electrocutes Catnap the SAME way Theodore originally received his injuries. The Prototype comes to “save” Theodore once again but this time by making Catnap a part of him AND CATNAP ACCEPTS SO WILLINGLY (˃ ⌑ ˂ഃ )!!!!

It felt like I was watching a religious experience.

I love Poppy Playtime but I do think they show too much in their trailers. Dog day is a great example but even then his scene was *chef kiss*

All the smiling critters crawling inside Dogday as he desperately screamed in agony and for us to run away left me speechless.

I liked the detail of Dogday calling us angel. I'm excited to see all the AUs people create where we save him.

ALSO THE HOUR OF JOY WAS A BLAST TO WATCH!!!!!

I know Poppy is right that it was just senseless slaughter. How all that death didn't fix or help anyone. Especially when it didn't matter if those killed were innocent or not.

However imagining these characters being painfully experimented on and stripped of their autonomy. Going though years of hell and finally reaching their breaking point. It's hard to not feel good for them getting to release that anger. Even if I know it's wrong.

ALSO I GOT TO SEE MY SECOND FAVORITE CHARACTER BOXY BOO YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE WAS SOOOOO MUCH HUGGY WUGGY IMAGERY IN THIS CHAPTER AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I'M GOING TO OVER THINK IT!!!!!! I HAVE NO THEORIES I’M JUST POINTING DETAILS OUT!!!!!!

When hallucinating Huggy Wuggy's face is on the employee training video:

“Join the Innovationists, where the bounds of science are continuously pushed. Or join the Counselors of Playcare, whose diligence and care for our children will help shape a brighter future, just you see.”

“Now every one of you has your part in that future, so should you come back tomorrow feeling unhappy for where you are, or what you’ve done . . . worry not, for your supervisor is here and happy to listen! And . . . should you come back . . . years later . . . your conscience finally getting the better of you. May you descend into the dark and the dust, finding all that awaits you are incomprehensible horrors . . . each hungry for your return, each eager that they might find you. Perhaps they’d smile at you from a shadow, their smiling mouths full of teeth and meat and plastic, watching and waiting patiently for their turn at a warm welcome. Or perhaps they won’t allow you such a time to figure your place in the world you’d left. A world that’s theirs now. Welcome home.”

The video transforms into a manifestation of the player's guilt. Not only for their involvement for whatever they did while working at Playtime Co. but for being gone and returning after ten years.

This is also paired with the player's possible guilt for killing Huggy Wuggy and their fear of him.

The hallucination version being a more exaggerated version of the Chapter 1 Huggy Wuggy vent chase.

When Catnap causes the player to later hallucinate:

Poppy: “Do you even know what��s real?”

Poppy: “No you don’t.”

THEN AT THE END OF THE HALLUCINATION IT SHOWS US THE DAY OF JOY!!!! Which is very odd when you consider two things. We've been told multiple times we weren’t there and during this scene we didn't know what the Hour of Joy was.

So the player hallucinating being in front of Huggy Wuggy’s podium during The Hour of Joy with a large Prototype hand reaching for us IS ODD!!!

ALSO THE TAPE IT SHOWS THAT’S WHERE HUGGY WUGGY WAS DURING THE HOUR OF JOY!!!!!!!

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?!?!?!

This is just speculation but perhaps the player's memories aren't as trustworthy as we think. After all we still aren't even sure who even sent us the letter or tape in Chapter 1.

"EVERYONE THINKS THE STAFF DISSAPEARED 10 YEARS AGO WE'RE STILL HERE FIND THE FLOWER"

It’s important to point out the characters from Chapter 2 made ZERO appearance during these hallucinations. Mommy Long Legs, PJ Pug-a-Pillar, Bunzo Bunny and the Wack-a-Wuggy.

Is the Huggy Wuggy imagery used because he’s who we encounter at the start of the game?

OR SOMETHING MORE AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

#Something something something the first key we needed in game was held up by Huggy Wuggy while on his podium. #So is The Prototype in the hallucination symbolizing he's the key to answering all our questions or am I overthinking everything asdnsf;alk #Rambling about my Poppy Playtime Self Insert -> I haven't decided what but something happened to my self insert to cause her memory issues. #She remembers small details from her time working for Playtime Co. but not the experiments. #So throughout the Chapters she's slowly unraveling the mystery of not only Playtime Co. but herself. #Everything story wise plays out the identical in all the chapters except one thing. #At the end of Chapter One instead of the box falling onto Huggy Wuggy. My self insert doesn't pull the box down in time. #Just as Huggy Wuggy is about to kill her. He finally gets a good look at her face. #Which she had hidden in the beginning with a mask + hat and hoodie because of the cameras. #As she ran and descended further into the facility she discarded her disguise. #Once Huggy Wuggy realizes who she is he stops trying to kill her. #Since there's not enough lore about the player's backstory yet I haven't decided why. #However whatever reason or friendship or connection they had she can't remember. Whatever it was causes Huggy Wuggy to not kill her. #During Chapter 2 Huggy Wuggy follows besides her. Helping when he can. #He can't help during the tests however since Mommy Long Legs considers that cheating. Mommy even is confused WHY he's helping her. #At the end of Chapter 2 when listening to the tape about Huggy Wuggy being the optimal outcome. #My self insert feels guilty and worries the only reason he hasn't killed her is because of what they did to him. #However the goof reassures her in his own odd way (pat on the head or a hug) that's not the case. In Ch. 3 he's with Kissy Missy and Poppy. #When Kissy Missy attacks my self insert he defends her (no violence just shoving and growling) but Poppy and I dissolve the situation. #Since Huggy Wuggy can't be protected from the Red Gas I imagine he has to wait with Kissy Missy and Poppy. #As for what history Huggy Wuggy and my self insert have to make him not be violent towards her I haven't decided. #The hallucination nightmare imagery remains the same. Although she feels comfortable with Huggy Wuggy now there's no denying he scared her. #Combined with her slowly remember her involvement and the guilt consuming her. Wondering if subconsciously she always knew. #I'm excited to delve more into their friendship and past. Although aggressive Huggy Wuggy is extremely smart. #Using the vents and escaping the facility. He doesn't act like a lost puppy or anything. He has his own agency. #Despite his hunger and aggression whatever their history is it's important enough he wants to ensure her safety. #Poppy Playtime #MaddyMoreauPost

[lonestarflight]

"The first stage (S-IC-3) of Saturn V being lowered to a horizontal position at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF). MAF manufactured the stages of the Saturn IB and V, including the S-1C stage."

Date: February 1, 1968

NASA ID: S67-59506

#Apollo 8 #SA-503 #Saturn V #Lunar Module Test Article #Rocket #NASA #Apollo Program #C-type mission #S-IC #Michoud Assembly Facility #New Orleans #Louisiana #February #1968 #my post

[rinroute]

#daily w day 75 #w (arknights) #this isnt rhine labs this is an aperture testing facility!

[superchat]

Are techbros just bored of life? they go and rant and rave about crypto and nft's like its going to change the world as we know it. how vr is going to be the next step in humanity, world problems will be solved. we will ascend into space!

And now theyre all screaming and panicking about chatbots passing the turing test as if its the downfall of mankind and world enslavement starts today, humans have gone too far and this punishment for our hubris!

Like are they just tired of the day-to-day and have nothing better to do than to use technology as an escape fantasy

#If you havent played it before #The Turing Test is a first person puzzle game with a scientist and an ai #trying to explorer and abonded science facility on europa #Its really good and is a fun discussion on ai

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 124

aint that just the way though huh

#year 4 #it me #short version my grandma went to the er last week bc she was feeling ill #suspected it to be some long covid side effects. they put her on fluids & nutrition for most of the week #saturday she was scheduled to go home #mere hours before her discharge she fell and broke her hip #so she had surgery to repair it the following day #but post op she couldnt bear to eat anything and was very tired #so they did more tests #turns out shes like. terminally ill #in a kind of vague and nonspecific way related to being Just Very Old And Frail #but there is very definitely some stuff going on inside her that WILL eventually kill her #we just dont know when exactly #but we though maybe itd be sometime this week #but today she seemed to be rallying so now we are like #okay well do we send her to rehab for her hip or does she need to stay in like a more robust care facility #and its simply a whole thing #and we would really like for her to be able to go home before she dies so she can have unlimited access to her dog #who she loves very much and who is not allowed in the hospital #idk it is just ROUGH. not unexpected but on top of the other shit that has happened this year? #my aunt recovering from brain surgery still #my dog being very old and fragile #my fucking hamster died #its just a lot!!! #cw death #cw pet death #cw animal death #cw terminal illness #day 124

[plaguedocboi]

weird lobster questions: what are the chances of the weird lobsters breeding in captivity? Is there enough known about lobster genetics to know if their colors are dominant or recessive?

I actually don’t know if rare lobsters can pass on that color to their offspring or if they’re so rare because they’re randomly-occurring mutations. It’s hard to study because lobsters can’t be bred in captivity (scroll like two posts down on my blog for an explanation why) and thus we can’t really be sure if any given blue lobster is producing blue babies or normal-colored ones. That would be a very interesting study to do but I’m unsure how we could do it since we’re relying on wild populations.

#I guess we could do some dna testing on rare lobsters to see if they’re related #I think some of the lobster scientists at our facility want to do some genetic study on our four lads

[falldogbombsthemoon]

Yall haha, my dad made it so I have wifi access for one hour a day. which I can use from like 14 to 21 german time. So once my mobile data is dead, I will not be active that much ig. So please dont think I'm abandoning yall.

#vent following #its fucking ridiculous. im not a fucking child. neither is my brother #no idea what my dad wants to achieve through that. “so you can relaxe more” yeah no. being on the internet is my fucking coping mechanism. #there is nothing about relaxation there. also he did that so we'll to go sleep earlier. if it really was about that. #he would need to force me to sleep. you cant just change my sleep schedule by that #anyway its fucking ridiculous as i was on a good way of getting to sleep more early but if imma do that now he will think like #“wow. im such a good dad. i fixed all the problems my child could possibly have.” which is absolutely not the case #yk. ive always fucking struggled with feeling like people cant trust me. #and him not trusting my abilities to be responsible for myself is not helping #and then boom. im feeling shitty but wait haha my coping mechanism is currently set offline. #and like also im in extra stress atm bc school is fucking with me #not only are like a bunch of tests on the way but my fucking anxiety in school is getting so bad. #i cant sit in that facility without feeling like imma have a panic attack any minute #i am in need of fucking professional mental help. and at least one diagnosis. i dont want to do shit to myself. #but in this house hold. emotions are not talked about. feelings are suppressed and mental health is an illusion #i NEED to see a fucking psychiatrist. but i dont feel like i can to my parents about that. and technically i could go without them knowing #but someone needs to educate them. and i mentally cant be that someone #and guess whos sitting in their room crying and writing about that rn. not studying for their tests tomorrow and the day after. #i bet if my parents wouldnt have done that shit with my wifi i would be studying rn #quinns daily yapping post #rather #quinns personal hell

[theplottdump]

alright, let's do this one last time.

#my name is valerian plott #i was tested on in a top secret government facility #and for the last 5 years I've been this save's one and only spiderman #extra plott #valerian plott

[creepyscritches]

I follow several podcasts with people with accents from around Appalachia, and I think it sounds really lovely. It's awesome that your cousin is growing up without being pushed to change it!

:') thank you. I love the way it sounds too - - especially when you get up in the actual smokies (a subrange in the appalachians). There's entire dialects and slang up there as unique as the mountain culture! My uncle was a mountain ranger when I was little and he'd take me on the more kid-friendly trails 💕 Our local station had a series called the Heartland that would focus on all the awesome culture in the area (heehee my fav was always how goats are the preferred kudzu control). There's also dance and fiddle contests that are incredible to see! A lot of talent and highly skilled trades are overlooked simply bc of how the region has been portrayed as unintelligent. Appalachian folk living in the mountains are by far more intellectual when it comes to the natural world than given credit. When you have multiple slangs for "cougar", you have to acknowledge they have developed from a community that is so in tune with the local fauna that even cougars have a hard time sneaking up on people. That's crazy cool! Gatlinburg is renowned for the local black bear population and it's a beloved sighting when one trundles along a creekside.

I dunno, I just really love where I'm from and I wish people could appreciate it without treating the folks that hold it closest to their hearts as "hillbillies".

#Creepy chatter #I could rant for hours on what happened to Oak Ridge #Building nuclear facilities in a 'disposable' population... #You know the fetal defect and death rate skyrocketed bc of radiation? If you grow up there you test positive for low level radiation STILL #Visiting family and having to drive by bunkers and nuclear fences that only recently removed their 'shoot on sight' signs #But the tulips that spring up vibrant and joyful along the roadside remind of a time before the land became poisoned #You can't fish there. You can't hardly hunt. You can't swim in the water. But the area is 'safe' #Heartbreaking to see beautiful rural country so callously treated :(

[suncaptor]

I do think the 1 thing I noticed is that post covid vaccine my vitamin B levels were low but not deficient and going on B supplements fixed much of my neuropathy, and now sometimes if I stop with B supplements while I am flaring up neuropathy does come back even if my blood tests show normal B levels (not even in low end) so I do think supplementing B helps my neuropathic pain.

#🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ #i had so many tests done at that time from my optic nerve hemmorage but they just showed low ferritin low but not deficient b low d and p #positive but not high ana factor #MY D WAS NORMAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE LAST BLOOD DRAW #big deal from local from ireland living in the pnw guy #i finally found a supplement that fixes it even more than the prescriptions #idk i just want to be in a facility where they test me and put me on empirical regimes and work with me constantly until i get better 🥺🥺 #never happening got to do this shit myself #incoherents

[foxolotlfreak]

I FINALLY GOT BACK ON IBSPAINT

LOOK AT THE GOOFYS

@boots-with-the-fur-club this is related to the no fun in fungus thing, but Allllssssooooo JUST LOOK AT THE GOOFYS (btw you are now, by law, my tumblr friend)

#Tmnt au propaganda #tmntaucompetion #Tmntaustaff #Toastandtraumaau #Nexus training facility au #404 test file not found #missing data prequel au