A Short Motion Fiction about Gossip!

In the future of humanity when science has discovered a way to tell between if someone is telling the truth or just bullshitting, every attempt to spread fake news through pushing a false narration of events within a circle of associates is prohibited and penalized. This form of obnoxious projection is favored immensely among the peer groups with insecurity as their prominent bonding factor: “I got your back, you got mine” is their unspoken (or sometimes spoken) motto and is meant to apply to all situations no matter the cost. Scientists believe this type of behavior is dating back to the dawn of civilization and is identified by them as a slightly advanced form of tribalism (or herd mentality) called gang mentality.

To realize this scientists, hand in hand with the independent judicial system of the future of humanity, have invented a device to solve this trivial but prominently existing problem of human civilization which is now mandatory to every person via an under skin microchip . The penalty is in the form of a high pitched and terrible sounding alarm, like a smoke detector but much louder and with absolutely lower quality. Another difference between a fire alarm and the so called “gossip alarm” is that it just doesn’t stop until the perpetrator has undone every wrong their gossip has caused. Scientists believe this is a good thing.

The mechanism by which this device works is very simple: The photons emanating from toxic biochemical enzyme released after every attempt to gossip, mixed with the brain waves radiating from nasty thoughts of burying the truth is sensed by this device which then triggers the alarm. Here’s a fictional scenario to better demonstrate how this device functions:

Person A: Hey person B! So, remember we were at the bar the other night and my partner (person C) was high on edibles?

Person B: yeah?

Person A: Remember I got drunk and started flirting with people D, E, F, G, H, I ,J ,K, L, M, N, O, P, Q (maybe not Q, I don't remember), R, S, T, another T, U, V, W and X to avenge him? Honestly though, how dared him to get high on his/her own? So rude (Self affirming facial expression)!

Person B: yeah?

Person A: Now he’s pissed at me and says it wasn’t cool. I told him he was probably hallucinating and you guys will never verify this. I want you to back me up on this. He can’t win this, U understand yo?

Person B: O… Is that your fire alarm?

(A high pitched terrible sounding alarm was just set off!)