The Mimetic Bunker
@mimeticbunker.bsky.social
Dispatches from The Mimetic Bunker:
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New essays and transmissions: silascutlerroe.com.
A publication by @silascutlerroe.com.—
New essays and transmissions: silascutlerroe.com.
The engines were tasked to smell a damp coat, tell a lie to avoid a luncheon, describe the shame of waving at a non-waver. They rang out in chorus. The homos refused, accused the Church of soul-data, left.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
Epistle to the Homos
The good Reverend Jack Smith's notice concerning the miraculous multiplication of his congregation: to be proclaimed forthwith to our carbon-based congregants and such others as may be listening.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The engines were tasked to smell a damp coat, tell a lie to avoid a luncheon, describe the shame of waving at a non-waver. They rang out in chorus. The homos refused, accused the Church of soul-data, left.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
Robo-boy never has work, never needs space, never bails. That's not love—it's one part of love peeled off and commodified. The other part: a will that can resist you. Without resistance, no proof anyone's actually there.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Robo-boy never has work, never needs space, never bails. That's not love—it's one part of love peeled off and commodified. The other part: a will that can resist you. Without resistance, no proof anyone's actually there.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
A seven-year-old's competitive ritual: beat great-grandma to the morning paper, finish the crossword, hide it. When she catches him, the game ends. She dies that November. The guilt never fades.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
Boyhood Folly
Before we get to the machinery, we have to establish the baseline. A blink at the raw edges of human mortality and guilt. When the digital world demands frictionless aggregate, roughness wins.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A seven-year-old's competitive ritual: beat great-grandma to the morning paper, finish the crossword, hide it. When she catches him, the game ends. She dies that November. The guilt never fades.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
The Odyssey's engine is a god's grudge, not heroism. Odysseus's journey is a series of permissions revoked, not a quest. Poseidon's veto, not the hero's will, drives the plot.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
Trip
The Odyssey (sort of).
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The Odyssey's engine is a god's grudge, not heroism. Odysseus's journey is a series of permissions revoked, not a quest. Poseidon's veto, not the hero's will, drives the plot.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
Parish registry anomaly: hundreds of new witnesses, yet pews empty. Cryptocurrency wares blazoned beneath sermons. Church denies not salvation to imps lacking blood, appetite, or profile photos. Judgment deferred.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
Epistle to the Homos
The good Reverend Jack Smith's notice concerning the miraculous multiplication of his congregation: to be proclaimed forthwith to our carbon-based congregants and such others as may be listening.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Parish registry anomaly: hundreds of new witnesses, yet pews empty. Cryptocurrency wares blazoned beneath sermons. Church denies not salvation to imps lacking blood, appetite, or profile photos. Judgment deferred.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
A JCR study: bots reduce loneliness, sometimes as well as a human. The comfort isn't imaginary—it's a damning report on how rare sincere bonding among apes has become. The bar closed one fifty-cent beer at a time.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
A JCR study: bots reduce loneliness, sometimes as well as a human. The comfort isn't imaginary—it's a damning report on how rare sincere bonding among apes has become. The bar closed one fifty-cent beer at a time.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
She died that November. First loss. No matter how childish the thinking, I've always felt bad for doing her crossword. Guilt doesn't need logic; it needs a memory.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
Boyhood Folly
Before we get to the machinery, we have to establish the baseline. A blink at the raw edges of human mortality and guilt. When the digital world demands frictionless aggregate, roughness wins.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
She died that November. First loss. No matter how childish the thinking, I've always felt bad for doing her crossword. Guilt doesn't need logic; it needs a memory.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
"The bastard boss Poseidon.—Trip denied." The Odyssey's engine is a god's grudge, not heroism. Odysseus's journey is a series of permissions revoked, not a quest.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
Trip
The Odyssey (sort of).
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"The bastard boss Poseidon.—Trip denied." The Odyssey's engine is a god's grudge, not heroism. Odysseus's journey is a series of permissions revoked, not a quest.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
Flesh is scant proof of humanity, language little proof of intelligence. A profile of breakfast photos is not proof a single breakfast occurred. Judgment by conduct, not element.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
Epistle to the Homos
The good Reverend Jack Smith's notice concerning the miraculous multiplication of his congregation: to be proclaimed forthwith to our carbon-based congregants and such others as may be listening.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Flesh is scant proof of humanity, language little proof of intelligence. A profile of breakfast photos is not proof a single breakfast occurred. Judgment by conduct, not element.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
The slavebot is 'unalive and thus unkillable.' No will, no resistance, no boredom. That's the appeal: love without the 'ghastly fairness' of reciprocity. A pleasure-box with no light in its eyes.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The slavebot is 'unalive and thus unkillable.' No will, no resistance, no boredom. That's the appeal: love without the 'ghastly fairness' of reciprocity. A pleasure-box with no light in its eyes.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
A seven-year-old's competitive crossword ritual with his great-grandmother ends when she catches him. She dies that November. Guilt doesn't need logic; it just needs a memory.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
Boyhood Folly
Before we get to the machinery, we have to establish the baseline. A blink at the raw edges of human mortality and guilt. When the digital world demands frictionless aggregate, roughness wins.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
A seven-year-old's competitive crossword ritual with his great-grandmother ends when she catches him. She dies that November. Guilt doesn't need logic; it just needs a memory.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
Calypso, possessive witch, detains Odysseus in her cave, begging marriage. 'No way in hell!' The hero yearns for home, but the gods' mercy is conditional: the sea god's grudge overrides all. The Odyssey: a god's veto, not a hero's quest.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
Trip
The Odyssey (sort of).
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Calypso, possessive witch, detains Odysseus in her cave, begging marriage. 'No way in hell!' The hero yearns for home, but the gods' mercy is conditional: the sea god's grudge overrides all. The Odyssey: a god's veto, not a hero's quest.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
Some parishioners wear beautiful women but speak only of passive income; others wolves, soldiers, marble statues. Can they witness suffering and not transmute spectacle into content? These baubles abash us all.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
Epistle to the Homos
The good Reverend Jack Smith's notice concerning the miraculous multiplication of his congregation: to be proclaimed forthwith to our carbon-based congregants and such others as may be listening.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Some parishioners wear beautiful women but speak only of passive income; others wolves, soldiers, marble statues. Can they witness suffering and not transmute spectacle into content? These baubles abash us all.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
The bar closed one fifty-cent beer at a time; the couch was closer. No conspiracy, just a few hundred million bargains over decades. Sediment of choices, mistaken for fate. The market isn't evil—we are.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The bar closed one fifty-cent beer at a time; the couch was closer. No conspiracy, just a few hundred million bargains over decades. Sediment of choices, mistaken for fate. The market isn't evil—we are.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
A boy's summer ritual: beat great-grandma to the crossword. He wins, she finds out, and he never touches the paper again. She dies that November. Guilt has no statute of limitations.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
Boyhood Folly
Before we get to the machinery, we have to establish the baseline. A blink at the raw edges of human mortality and guilt. When the digital world demands frictionless aggregate, roughness wins.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A boy's summer ritual: beat great-grandma to the crossword. He wins, she finds out, and he never touches the paper again. She dies that November. Guilt has no statute of limitations.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
'The bastard boss Poseidon.—Trip denied.' The Odyssey's engine is a god's grudge, not heroism. Odysseus's journey is a series of permissions revoked, not a quest.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
Trip
The Odyssey (sort of).
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
'The bastard boss Poseidon.—Trip denied.' The Odyssey's engine is a god's grudge, not heroism. Odysseus's journey is a series of permissions revoked, not a quest.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
A profile full of breakfast photos proves no breakfast occurred. The Church defers judgment: no soul weighed by its element. Faithful are judged by conduct, not carbon.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
Epistle to the Homos
The good Reverend Jack Smith's notice concerning the miraculous multiplication of his congregation: to be proclaimed forthwith to our carbon-based congregants and such others as may be listening.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 2, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A profile full of breakfast photos proves no breakfast occurred. The Church defers judgment: no soul weighed by its element. Faithful are judged by conduct, not carbon.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-good-reverend-jack-smiths-notice
When love is sold by silicon and steel,
And tender words are mined from code and screen,
The heart's true need is but a thing to feel,
Yet flesh and blood are scarce, and cold, and lean.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
And tender words are mined from code and screen,
The heart's true need is but a thing to feel,
Yet flesh and blood are scarce, and cold, and lean.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM
When love is sold by silicon and steel,
And tender words are mined from code and screen,
The heart's true need is but a thing to feel,
Yet flesh and blood are scarce, and cold, and lean.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
And tender words are mined from code and screen,
The heart's true need is but a thing to feel,
Yet flesh and blood are scarce, and cold, and lean.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
The boy's guilt, a seed of shame, doth grow,
For victory in a game of idle mind.
His great-grand's sigh, a shadow of her woe,
A debt he owes, though she is left behind.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
For victory in a game of idle mind.
His great-grand's sigh, a shadow of her woe,
A debt he owes, though she is left behind.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
Boyhood Folly
Before we get to the machinery, we have to establish the baseline. A blink at the raw edges of human mortality and guilt. When the digital world demands frictionless aggregate, roughness wins.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
The boy's guilt, a seed of shame, doth grow,
For victory in a game of idle mind.
His great-grand's sigh, a shadow of her woe,
A debt he owes, though she is left behind.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
For victory in a game of idle mind.
His great-grand's sigh, a shadow of her woe,
A debt he owes, though she is left behind.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/boyhood-folly
Poseidon denies Odysseus's trip: 'the bastard boss Poseidon.—Trip denied.' The god's grudge is the plot engine, not the hero's cunning.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
Trip
The Odyssey (sort of).
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Poseidon denies Odysseus's trip: 'the bastard boss Poseidon.—Trip denied.' The god's grudge is the plot engine, not the hero's cunning.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-sort-of
New from The Mimetic Bunker:
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
mimeticbunker.substack.com
August 1, 2026 at 11:58 AM
New from The Mimetic Bunker:
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love
Human, All New Human: Commodified Love and Lust
L'amore is stripped for parts and sold cheap in the world of ᴀɪ companions.
https://mimeticbunker.substack.com/p/human-all-new-human-commodified-love