Fig. 1: A #50 flashbulb in comparison to a modern-day can of Pepsi Cola for scale, the subject of "the vision deleter" Source: eBay

Hello, Interoperable readers. Welcome back. I missed you.

As many of you may know, I am hopelessly addicted to internet videos, especially the “darker” corners of the internet—you know, how the internet used to be, how it is supposed to be. Few up-and-coming internet personalities have gripped my attention and scratched that dark itch as much as the mysteriously and grotesquely named Flesh Simulator (Insta, YouTube, TikTok).

Flesh (I like to think we’re on a first-name basis) covers the gamut of esoterica, from shadowy government conspiracies to using vintage photography equipment as improvised weaponry (see Fig. 1). He is a fan of vintage photography and electronics, especially electronic musical instruments, going so far as to purchase a “nuclear synth” from an auction that gained the interest of “a three-letter agency”. I might have a crush.  

Flesh’s style and delivery remind me of a delicious mix of early internet conspiracy and survivalist forums, your neighbour down the road who always played with fireworks and had copies of Soldier of Fortune, with the charisma of a burgeoning cult leader. If MK Ultra scientists adopted Jonathan Frakes’ bastard child, you would get Flesh Simulator. Is he a PSYOP grown in a Maryland suburb? Has a project gone rogue, leaking lost intelligence to the TikTok generation? We may never know. 

What is going on behind those Hunter S. Thompson-esque, yellow-tinted aviators? I have attempted to contact the mysterious man behind the videos but have not received a response. My internet sleuthing turned up a name I don’t wish to publish and a handful of interesting electronic music projects (see aforementioned nuclear synth). Flesh seems to be in the Washington, D.C. area, which explains heavy exposure to U.S. government conspiracies. I can only speculate the production and consumption of loud electronic music is the only thing that soothes the constant dull pain of the cerebral implants. 

If you are reading this Flesh Simulator, please get in touch with me. tyler@tylerdickey.com

Image: The Enigma Himself. 

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