We work more than ever.
Growing amounts of workers and students support themselves with performance and cognition enhancers, increasing productivity and alertness. Studies estimate that 10%-15% of students worldwide use these substances, also referred to as Nootropics, and growing number of public figures admit, that above make them function better and more effectively. SNQ teamed up with a panel of experts to discuss this matter, trying to imagine the life where you don’t need any breaks.
What if there was a legal, approved and perfectly working pill that would allow you to skip sleep completely? What would we do with all this extra time? How might this affect the way we commute, work and relax?
That's how we developed REMedy - a collection of products and services accommodating possible needs of citizens living in a sleepless reality.
Tortoise XL
BY Silcanta
£ 80 / £15 per weekly service
Tortoise XL is a portable shell that allows you to carry with you all the important items you’ll need to live 72 daily life hours outside your home. Tortoise XL is made of ultra tech fabric, with an aluminium skeleton to help carrying the weight. It is made by Tortoise&Co, a pioneer in the portable life supplies industry. The item could be bought or it could be borrowed thanks to our delivery service.
1 CUSTOMER REVIEW
by: Sally D Tickler
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BE WARNED: NOT A REAL TORTOISE
Thought this was too good to be true, after all tortoises are endangered, even after I gave up plastic straws. It’s actually just a very large backpack made from subpar metal and sorta glossy (horrible) fabric. I tried to give it to my nephew, as he has just started a PHD. However, he was very ungrateful and informed me his books are all digital. Last time will be giving him a christmas present.
Would you recommend it? NO
Chaos Container (Includes ADU Workforce)
BY Anti Disruption Unit
£ 150 per week*
Since the recent abolition of alcohol, workplaces across the nation have been struggling to control, and even identify, chaos inciters. For only £150 per week* the ADU will install and manage chaos containers within your office space. Blood alcohol readers, public shaming rings, sober stoppers and in-cell viagra dispensers also available for a negotiable additional price.
*£150 per week, per prisoner. Number calculated by headcount at 6 hour intervals
1 CUSTOMER REVIEW
by: Jack Forde
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SAVED MY JOB, KILLED MY BUZZ!
Got absolutely tw**ted the other night with some of the other 4 shift workers (absolute legends). Came back to work and this one ADU was giving me such a hard time. Long story short I ended up ripping out his sensory module and pushing him into the tranquility pool. Boss saw me and hit me with a double dose of KTMN. One of my Nootrofics kicked back in when I was in one of these containers. Apparently the alcohol we had had that night had been laced with hypo-agro and I would have fought a priest. Great craic but almost lost my job. Glad these things and this box saved me.
Some hangover off that KTMN though.
Would you recommend it? YES
Sober Stop
BY Borocca
£ 2000
Are your workers, students, doctors, sex workers or editors coming in drunk and fucked up? Sober Stop by Boroca has been helping managers keeping their employees in useful condition, getting Boroca a Productivity Excellence award that we’re really proud of. Even in the dullest workplaces the bright lights and techno music of the Sober Stop will attract your drunk workers and youth whenever they were indulging, and provide them with Soberstoppers* - they will be contributing members of the workforce in no time!
*Soberstopper refills sold separately
1 CUSTOMER REVIEW
by: Ali Wakers
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DRINK MY PISS!
I was taken to a Sober Stop by my boss last week - DO NOT BE TRICKED! 10 hours sober in this hellhole of the world was enough, and to top it with the hangover from the artificial sobering is like nothing you’ve felt before. After my brain started coming back from decomposition, I began to reform into a shell of a human. Slowly I began to match an AI. If you expect me to match up with those robots I’d rather live on a diet of rubber soles and the piss of a working alcoholic.
Would you recommend it? NO
Lucid Dreamz
/ Lucid Dreamz Deluxe*
BY Snorlax Co
£ 30 / £50
Are you a busy professional? Is your body well calibrated to be 24/7 awake, but you’re still missing dreaming sometimes? Worry no more! With our new, upgraded LucidDreamz not-sleeping mask you can dive into the world of imagination at any time, whilst still maintaining high alertness!
Our masks, looking justlike the regular one that your grandma had, are equipped with little headphones and vibratory sensors. You can wirelessly connect the mechanism from the mask to the camera in your phone, and when you decide to relax and put it on, the algorithm will process all the pictures from the day and the sounds from your surroundings, mix it with the data downloaded from a library of Dream Dictionaries and create sensory, dream-like visions based on them. It will project movie-like stories, compatible with audio coming from headphones and tingly sensations on your body when the action of the LucidDreamz is changing. Dive into the old-fashioned world of fantasies the XXIst century way!
LucidDreamzDeluxe* - this mask, apart from having all the benefits of the regular version, allows you to link in all of your social media, collecting the data about your friends, trips you went to, your favourite music and even bits of conversations. The experience provided by this model is way more detailed, almost like a second reality on demand.
*Beta version, still being tested, waiting for the Privacy Bar approval.
1 CUSTOMER REVIEW
by: Hari Domenic︎︎︎︎︎
What a blast!
This is the best thing that happened to me since I discovered oat milk. I’m on The Pill constantly since a couple of months now, I don’t stop because it makes me weird and stoned, but without the fun. I like to re-charge whilst laying on a sofa tho, and I’ve been listening to podcasts until I bought this - now I can just “switch off” and experience some mad visions! I work in programming and I’ve actually hacked the chip and synchronised it with my prosthetic added senses, and I’m telling you, it’s a ride!
Would you recommend it? YES