This is a horror story. The person flips the switch accidentally one day and when they flip it back on…
- they aren’t the same person
- they lose all their memories because they were stored in RAM
- something evil is no longer contained
- nothing happens, they just stay off. FOREVER!
- they crap their pants, it’s the bowel control switch
- they can’t tell the difference
OK, that one might be more demoralizing than terrifying.
I like this one. They spend their whole life being so careful not to flip the switch by accident, not doing physical activities, not walking in big crowds, never hugging someone, only wearing certain types of clothes, etc. Then it finally happens late in life and the switch does nothing. They realize that they missed out on so many experiences due to fear.
That’s some psychological horror. Could be a Black Mirror episode.
Or it could be something slow acting, without immediate consequence but important enough to have severe repercussions after a period of being turned off, such as your immune system
This is the worst. Because they do not know what happened. It might be that they are completely new person with the same memories and just think nothing changed. While it might be that original person just died. And they will continue to flip the switch always spawning new person that will not be aware one person just stopped existing.
Every time you flip it, its 1 day off your life.
These buttons and switches kept Darth Vader alive, doing everything from controlling the temperature of his suit to providing life support functions.
To that end, as it turns out, Vader could have been killed with just one push of a button the entire time he was terrorizing the galaxy.
Might want to tape that one.
“Doc, I have this terrible headache.”
“Have you tried turning yourself off and then turning yourself on again?”
“I mean, not literally.”
“Yeah. Last night. That’s why I have the headache now.”
He’s just turned on, doc is right.
Yolo
It’s like that story with the neck ribbon, but with the added horror of never getting shirts you fit right
Switch off ? Switch On ?? Reset. Can’t Sleep ?
Somehow I am reminded of Ajin. Very much horror. And I think some people would love having such a switch still. Myself included (´-﹏-`；)
