I know that when I get into a "flow state" while programming I tell my spouse to have patience with the way I reason/talk for the next few hours. Best way I can describe how I feel is the Tetris effect turned up to 11.
These days I still enjoy arranging and packing my own groceries when shopping, to the infinite exasperation of my partner. I also enjoy the same thing with the dishwasher...
It's just so mind-numbingly boring and frustrating in itself so turning it into a challenge helps me cope and even enjoy it.
But that got me thinking. Say they did it different. Realistically.
3 alienated schlubs. Fat. Bad skin. Brilliant and driven.
Would the show have worked with that? I mean, realistically?
Do people like that have camaraderie? And society? Is that realistic?
I mean of course I like to think they do. But maybe they don't. Maybe it would be like 3 Pak Protectors pinging each other across lightyears.
And maybe it would still work showwise.
The demographic would be like 10 people. I'd probably watch it.
Also, there's some good music. Was that Dead Kennedys?
Especially after intense bouts of focusing on particularly complex problems, I might experience thoughts and have dreams in strange logic / programming kind of modes, unlike normal linguistic thought patterns.
And non physically real things, like dreaming about wanting a drink in strange logic. Or if I'd been working on something very multithreaded, thinking in fragmented parallel modes.
Very hard to describe it with normal language. Can be almost disturbing when you wake and get back into normal thinking mode as it is difficult to relate to the previous mode.
My brother and I call this "dream algebra"
I feel like if you are a programmer that game will resonate with you heavily, making it possibly addictive. I set myself a goal of building the rocket, and then stopping. I know people however who went off the deep end with mods etc hah!
The thing I remember most however was how it invaded my dreams. I found myself dreaming at least a few times of conveyor belts, pickers and trains. I think possibly this was some low level version of the aforementioned effect.