THE CALIBRATION SOCIETY
An Explanation
As the final audit of humanity officially concludes, “Reptiliandude” (RD) and the forum moderator, garbotalk, lock down the subreddit to protect the archive from trolls and bad-faith spam. The community shifts into a state of collective mourning and reflection, sharing virtual hugs, musical tributes, and parting humor, while grappling with the realization that their primary point of contact is ending. Despite undercurrents of skepticism regarding whether the thread is a Live Action Roleplay (LARP) or tool lyrics venting, RD strictly rejects suggestions to monetize the information through Patreon or crowdsourcing, warning that doing so would risk turning their survival mission into a cult-like business. Leaving the community with a sobering final warning, RD asserts that humanity has at best a couple of generations before being entirely subjugated and “chipped like cattle,” stressing that the focus must remain squarely on preparing for the coming threats and independently figuring out the clues left behind.
THE CALIBRATION SOCIETY
An Explanation
As the final audit of humanity officially concludes, “Reptiliandude” (RD) and the forum moderator, garbotalk, lock down the subreddit to protect the archive from trolls and bad-faith spam. The community shifts into a state of collective mourning and reflection, sharing virtual hugs, musical tributes, and parting humor, while grappling with the realization that their primary point of contact is ending. Despite undercurrents of skepticism regarding whether the thread is a Live Action Roleplay (LARP) or tool lyrics venting, RD strictly rejects suggestions to monetize the information through Patreon or crowdsourcing, warning that doing so would risk turning their survival mission into a cult-like business. Leaving the community with a sobering final warning, RD asserts that humanity has at best a couple of generations before being entirely subjugated and “chipped like cattle,” stressing that the focus must remain squarely on preparing for the coming threats and independently figuring out the clues left behind.
Image: Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) captured with narrowband filters and processed in the Hubble Palette. Captured by amateur astronomer Chuck Ayoub in Redford, Michigan, USA (Photo by Chuck Ayoub via Wikimedia Commons)
Source: RD, "An explanation" r/reptiliandude (16 April 2018) https://old.reddit.com/r/reptiliandude/comments/8crsm0/an_explanation/?limit=500
reptiliandude (Admin): As this audit nears its closure, there were those waiting in the rafters like rats who intended to spam the threads and drive the actual subject matter into obscurity. That has been prevented.
I am still here and am sorting through some things. I also intend to answer a few more questions from the other threads if and when time permits. All threads created or existing at the time of the audit closure are to be locked by 12:01 GMT.
garbotalk: Only this thread and any new ones after this are unlocked and available for comment. We have preserved this forum, for now. Please, any of you who know other ways to reach me and are willing to copy-paste everything in the threads, please forward them to me and one another. Thank you.
I intend to gather and compile all of this information into a book that I will offer free online at a future date. I will also include other conversations with RD that I have had, given permission. Thank you to Sticky Beak and the Calibration Society for their willingness to cross the quarantine and let RD speak directly to us. I am very grateful.
This information must be studied and the clues figured out. Those who do this important work will not be doing it here on Reddit; it’s too public a place to reveal our hand. It has been my privilege to get to know you as we have processed this information together. I am grateful for the friendships and clarity I have gained. It is my hope to help humanity however I can and prepare for what is surely coming. I am not leaving Reddit. I’ll be around. 😊
explorer1357: Garbo, your dedication to this has been nothing short of crucial, I often take it for granted – thank you for all your work to get us to this point!!!
garbotalk: You’re welcome. It was necessary. I couldn’t let this information remain with me, alone. It was too vital. And so I stepped into the light with it and tried to keep him talking. I’m thankful he did.
DankNethers: Thank you, Keeper. You know how to reach me if you need anything. And thank you, everyone, for your sincere engagement with these ideas. They are not easy to swallow. The questions, comments, cajoling, etc. — all of it contributed to our collective understanding. And of course, thank you to all of our friends at the Calibration Society. And RD: try not to fly too close to the sun (again).
Firstladytree: The mourning process has begun. It hurts, but we have work to do. Godspeed, everyone. ❤️
explorer1357: Yeah, I feel like we losing family…
Firstladytree: It’s weird to grieve in silence also.. outside of here. I need a hug!
explorer1357: Sending my Premium Virtual Hugs for a limited 3-day free trial. Only RD can pay me to give you more. Hugs!!!
explorer1357: My salute to RD and humanity’s survival mission to answer the Beacon: Answering the Beacon Tribute Video
showoffjp: Here here!
explorer1357: Lol I didnt think anybody here bothered listening to it 😂😂😂
showoffjp: I thought it was great <3 Edit: actually, it was really good. The alternation between A + E was pretty awesome, but not heavy handed. I loved the brass refrain as well.
showoffjp: I don’t know if it was actually your work, but I enjoyed it none the less.
explorer1357: LMAO of course its my work.
showoffjp: Sorry I’m new here. ¯\(ツ)/¯ You are very talented.
explorer1357: Lol thank you, hopefully I can get the friends I share it with to dig into it – I dont have the guts yet to tell people about this whole RD thing.
explorer1357: I figured if I suck at science and figuring out puzzles, i can at least use some music to still help out lol.
showoffjp: What genres are you mainly focused on? I am guessing you play the piano, yes? Your music theory is solid.
explorer1357: Ok, so heres the funny thing – I actually dont KNOW HOW to ‘play’ piano in regards to reading notes and stuff. I literally just learned to play by ear. Music theory… idk what that is lol. I got the keyboard and started putting stuff together. I have no idea how to use the computer programs people use to make music, so its all manual playing, like my Mustang lol… Anyways, the downside is that I have to do it all by hand. I set a tempo, and play/record the base layer. Then I add strings. Then drums, then some trumpet, then specific strings such as the tremolos when the song calms down midway – i just develop the song along the way I didnt really have any plan in mind, I only looked at the WOW SIGNAL background and whatever feelings I got from the whole answering the beacon thing is what I used to decide what instruments to use. That also means if I screw up on a part, I have to record the whole thing over again to fix it. For instance, I actually had to record the drum part twice because I messed up at the end. Its annoying but its what I have to work with lol. Genres – i like everything but salsa and funky stuff like that. Its all about the feels and imagination lol.
OGMIOS14: Sweet music, my man. Would’ve been dope if you’d made it longer and more symphony-esque (kidding). So, umm whom do you listen to? Influences?
explorer1357: LOL yeah I realized I should have made it a bit shorter and given it a more smoother buildup. I listen to many, many kinds of music. Club hip hop, to ambient, to darker stuff like this song feral love by chelsea wolf (or whatever her name is…) I mostly like stuff that sends me on a different world, imagining im in like an air to air combat or like space missions. Anything really. Except Salsa and other funky latin music, even though im Mexican American lol.
Deckard256: Thanks for everything on here. I’m not sure what it was that kept pulling me back reading this sub. If it’s a larp, then it’s the best I’ve read or heard. If it’s not and there’s any truth to it, as I believe there is, then it’s given me a lot to consider, and honestly, it’s overwhelming. Thanks to rd and others for doing the right thing.
showoffjp: I have always been absolutely addicted to good ideas, being especially devoted to finding the truth of every one of them. I’ve grown up seeing my family hoarding possessions, and frustrations against each other. I decided to break the trend, despite my idiosyncratic inclination. I’ve always tried to redirect / compartmentalize it in a ‘positive’ way, especially if it is something that I will be subjugated to because of my likely predisposition; so I horde knowledge instead of materialistic things, and utilize that strategy as a cognitive mnemonic to war against my inherent weaknesses. While reading G.R.R.M., I read a quote I will always remember: “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” With that being said, I think you are completely full of shit. God speed.
explorer1357: Whats GRRM?
showoffjp: Author of GoT.
ACuriousHumanBeing: My inner angry booksnob, “Its ASoIaF!!!!!!!”
PrinceWizdom: The memories we shared are bitter-sweet. We didn’t and won’t see eye to eye always, but I thank you for your contributions to out species. All the best in your future endeavors and much love. You can always count on me to call out your bullshit when you need it 😉. [EDIT] I’m going to miss coming here and going through your profile to see your latest comments.
reptiliandude (Admin): That’s nice of you. Thanks.
zenbit888: I am so glad I came across this subreddit when I did, late last year. I have been quietly absorbing much of what I have read here. Very grateful for all contributions and of course to garbotalk and reptiliandude. If resources or assistance is needed with a book or other distribution project, I’m guessing many here would be interested in contributing or helping. Perhaps a crowdsourcing thing or even patreon or something akin to that. Much peace to all as we continue the work and navigate the ever changing times ahead.
reptiliandude (Admin): Thank you for your offer, but I would much prefer if this information remains free of charge and readily available to all without price. Please don’t turn this information into a business lest it be associated with cult like activities or something akin to what Scientology has become. Just put it out there.
zenbit888: Totally understand. I was just tossing out ideas to help get the initial work done to get things out there for free. In retrospect, I see am probably over thinking things anyway. As a start, will look today to try to get a good offline / downloadable version of the subreddit and will share here. Unless it’s already been done and posted and I missed it. Too many things seem to be disappearing from the interwebs these days.
reptiliandude (Admin): Too many things seem to be disappearing from the interwebs these days. It’s one of the reasons I troll around and push buttons. I want it known beyond a shadow of a doubt that I’m not here to convince anyone. I have never once asked anyone to believe in me. While such activities continue to frustrate Garbotalk and her church social mentality to no end, they serve to validate to those with discernment that I’m not trying to be the next L. Rob Nubbard and r/reptiliandude isn’t the next nickel and dime-a-metics. It’s about fighting for your survival as a species. For that, you need a thick skin. This information isn’t for the weak of heart or for those who lack resolve. As it stands, you have at best a couple of generations before you’re chipped like cattle. You don’t have either the time or the resources to drag along behind you the person who needs ‘convincing’ and constant ‘reassurance.’ Fuck em. Let them rejoice that they can buy smoothies and lattes the same way they dry their hands in a public shitter. When threatened with physical harm, they would only betray those trying to save the species from being overwritten anyways.
garbotalk: Believe you, yes. Believe in you, no. You are not a savior. You’re Chicken Little, saying, “The sky is falling!” Only this birdie lizard is telling the true fact. We are in peril, not from the sky, but from those who fly through it.
PrinceWizdom: Well said.
velezaraptor: Neither do I drink the lattes or use thy blow-dryer…
velezaraptor: I’m going to hold my own audit of Aeyinki(h), just as soon as I can find their equivalent of Reddit, and their network… OK: this is my current thought. Eulogy.
[Chorus] He had a lot to say / He had a lot of nothing to say / We’ll miss him / We are gonna miss him / We are gonna miss him
[Verse 1] So long / We wish you well / You told us how you weren’t afraid to die / Well then, so long / Don’t cry here / Or feel too down / Not all martyrs see divinity / But at least you tried / Standing above the crowd / He had a voice that was strong and loud / We’ll miss him / We’ll miss him / Ranting and pointing his finger / At everything but his heart / We’ll miss him / We’ll miss him / We are gonna miss him / We are gonna miss him / No way to recall / What it was that you had said to me / Like I care at all / But it was so loud / And you sure could yell / You took a stand on every little thing / And it was so loud / You could be the one who saves me from my own existence / Warn while some child might chill, nine-one-two / I’m too smart when you’re invisible by the bone symbol on you. So he bashes his skull through the window while looking out to the sea. Like torment of my ego. And we’re amused by this / Standing above the crowd / He had a voice that was strong and loud and I Swallowed his facade because I’m so Eager to identify with Someone above the ground Someone who seemed to feel the same Someone prepared to lead the way, and Someone who would die for me / Will you? Will you now? / Would you die for me? / Don’t you fucking lie / Don’t you step out of line / Don’t you step out of line / Don’t you step out of line / Don’t you fucking lie / You’ve claimed all this time that you would die for me / Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own / Eulogy?
[Chorus] He had a lot to say / He had a lot of nothing to say / He had a lot to say / He had a lot of nothing to say
[Verse 2] Jump down / Get off your fucking cross / We need the fucking space / To nail the next fool martyr
[Outro] To ascend you must die / You must be crucified / For our sins and our lies! / Good-bye! Of course this is Tool, not me or my intentions. Just venting so the space filled is formatted correctly.
DestinyAcension: Farewell galant prince it was a wild ride I wont soon forget. As forgetfull a species we are I hope we keep your word close to heart. To all the naysayers out there you can nom on four base pairs of Rd’s nuts😆. Give em hell Rd ! Ill look forward to seeing you on the other side. You’ll be missed but not forgotten. ✌
explorer1357: RD’s name used to be Tina. Dude could be a tranny for all we know 😂😂😂
DestinyAcension: Hey babe take a ride on the wild side… so the song goes lmao.
Silenthill79: Do you know the Lacerta files? Was it a hoax or did really someone from your species contact a human?
CookieStarBurst: Before you go, what are your thoughts on the work of Alex Grey? Alex Grey Portfolio
showoffjp: surreal
explorer1357: So, for the eastern US guys, this thread locks up at 8:00am??
reptiliandude (Admin): No. This thread will remain open for a while. Everything else has to be locked down. The audit has concluded.
explorer1357: So…you never said what were the results? How did we do? Did we ‘pass’ the audit??
reptiliandude (Admin): It’s not a matter of ‘passing’ or ‘failing.’
explorer1357: Wow, thank you so much for that lengthy, thorough explanation, it really opened my eyes to how we did.
Lysergical_hampster: Is this sarcasm or did they edit their answer
explorer1357: Lol its sarcasm, I like to make RD feel guilty for his shitty answers sometimes…
