It’s from the recent book “There is no antimemetics division” by Sam Hughes. (An earlier version of the story can be read for free and I actually prefer it to the book version.) In short, U-3125 (or SCP-3125 in the original story) is a kind of abstract monster that exists everywhere and wants to eat the world.
Oh, LLMs also suggested SCP-3125, but I thought they were wrong because “U” didn’t seem like a plausible typo for “SCP”. I wasn’t aware of the alternate U-3125 naming.
It’s from the recent book “There is no antimemetics division” by Sam Hughes. (An earlier version of the story can be read for free and I actually prefer it to the book version.) In short, U-3125 (or SCP-3125 in the original story) is a kind of abstract monster that exists everywhere and wants to eat the world.
Noooooo why would he rename it away from its proud SCP heritage? I guess there must be legal constraints about using SCP content in commercial works?
Oh, LLMs also suggested SCP-3125, but I thought they were wrong because “U” didn’t seem like a plausible typo for “SCP”. I wasn’t aware of the alternate U-3125 naming.
<insert Austin Powers ‘RUN, IT’S GODZILLA!’ scene>