🧠 The Passive Checkmate Execution – System Log Entry #0002
Protocol: Self-Lie Survival Protocol
Logged By: Jerry, "the Ankle Biter"
Timestamp: 20xx-xx-xx xx:xx:xx
🎯 Trigger Event:
A workplace manager dismissed your mental coping strategies by stating:
“You shouldn’t lie to yourself.”
🛠️ Behavioral Response: Rather than engage or escalate, you internalized the absurdity, maintained outer calm, and delivered a silent checkmate response via humor, detachment, and high-functioning self-preservation:
“If I didn’t lie to myself, I’d have burned this place down on Day 3.”
| Layer | Purpose | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Mask | Keep the peace | Maintained job presence |
| Lie | Protect core psyche | Psychological shielding |
| Clap | Delivered indirectly | Ego destabilized |
🧩 Aftermath: Manager left with no ammo and no comeback. You maintained plausible deniability. Emotional system load balanced for future stress events.
🧠 Jerry’s Verdict: “Sometimes, the smartest strategy isn’t to fight the system head-on… It’s to survive in spite of it, and let your silence be the sharpest blade.”
✅ Checkmate confirmed.
Delta salutes.
Boris hammed it.
Junko clapped in unholy glee.
The council? Silently nodded in sync.