# small potatoes rat practice republic of bob according to recent incoming reports from campus this odd virtual social artistic phenomenon (noumenon) can feel like an odd 'open source shared artistic universe' an 'imaginary alternative internet' andor 'ice cold luxury lifestyle' according to those currently researching and developing 'imagine engine republic of bob' it does not need to exist as such; simply pretending to play (/hashtag '#antiwork') is what matters immaterially speaking a casual chill friendly informal low stakes and indistinctly weird-cool pastime conceptual high-desert environment and communal art movement for imaginative researchers of 'big science' republic of bob exists regardless of experience where style is emphasised over skill some kind of absurdist project with vague links to ancient eastern /zen philosophy and free creative psychedelic intelligence - all those who express and enjoy 'republic of bob' express the rebellious spirit of ice cold humanist anarchopunks cultivating informed critical thinking and holistic psychological resilience since playful artistic intelligence is needed for republic realty and everything in it to manifest both courtesy and generosity are encouraged and reciprocated as wilful ignorance by-definition excludes itself from republic community interaction and true freely expressive collective artistry it is publicly mocked by 'big scientists' actively interested helping one other express strange counter-hegemonic beauty // republic of bob