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Don’t smile back #smile #horror #creepypasta #analoghorror #enterthebackrooms
Aug 2, 2025
Don’t smile back #smile #horror #creepypasta #analoghorror #enterthebackrooms
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You are being observed.
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Remain seated. Keep your eyes forward.
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Listen closely. This is a level two
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behavioral compliance broadcast issued
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in cooperation with the Department of
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Workplace Safety and Executive Integrity
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Monitoring. This transmission is
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intended for active employees currently
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working in environments where direct
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supervision occurs. That includes
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offices, call centers, retail floors,
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warehouses, and all hybrid spaces where
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supervisors have face-to-face access. A
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new behavioral anomaly has been
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identified. It is subtle but dangerous,
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and it begins with a smile. If your
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manager, boss, or superior smiles at you
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for more than 5 seconds, do not smile
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back. Do not return the gesture. Do not
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look away. Do not engage.
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Smiling back activates recognition. Once
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recognition is complete, the anomaly is
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permitted to advance. The following
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indicators may signal executive breach
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or facial protocol corruption. Smile
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beginning before any verbal cue. Smile
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maintained after the conversation has
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ended. Extended eye contact without
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blinking. Still body posture while mouth
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remains smiling. smiling without the
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involvement of any emotion. If you
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notice these behaviors, do not ask
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questions. Co-workers who already smiled
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back may behave normally. This is
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expected. They have already been
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processed.
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An affected supervisor may begin to test
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you. They may stand silently behind you.
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They may use your full name despite
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never learning it. They may ask personal
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questions you don't remember answering.
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They may call meetings that don't appear
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on the calendar, do not answer, do not
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attend. You are not being managed. You
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are being reviewed. You may notice your
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emails being read before you write them.
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Your access cards working on locked
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floors, your reflection arriving half a
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second late. These are side effects of
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overlapping recognition. If your boss is
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still smiling while alone, they're not
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smiling at you. They're smiling at
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what's replacing you. If you wish to
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survive the encounter, follow these
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instructions carefully. Avoid casual
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interaction with your supervisor. Do not
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respond to team realignment notices.
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Decline all one-on-one performance
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reviews. Do not enter any room where
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fluorescent lights flicker in rhythm.
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Above all else, if your boss smiles for
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more than 5 seconds, do not smile back.
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The anomaly requires mirroring. You are
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the mirror.
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[Music]