SCP Foundation

My favorite kind of skip, one dealing in geopolitics, with some tort law as well¹. And a very interesting and well-executed one as well.
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The Republic of Letters is still a thing? I thought it basically went out of fashion in the late 18th century (presumably because the sort of person that would participate now could actually start a revolution instead). Or is this a Foundation-verse thing?

Edit: Also is this a rewrite of that deleted EULA based skip?

I love this because A) no one reads EULAs, way to capitalize on that, B) 'immune' to D-class testing, that's very clever.

POP-044-2221-A distributes print versions of SCP-2221, thereby converting nearly all adult members of affected communities into instances of 2221-A.

How could they agree to it, though?

I really like the concept behind this skip. A thought though, if the mechanics behind the skip are such that it follows govermental law regarding who can be legally bound by it, would the foundation be able to combat it by having governments pass laws declaring that EULAs are no longer legally binding?

2221-A populations tend to be densely clustered,

I think the description should go into a least a little detail on how the clustering happens.

POP-044-2221-A distributes print versions of SCP-2221, thereby converting nearly all adult members of affected communities into instances of 2221-A.

If the three anomaly-causing clauses can be put into printed documents which get signed, then the description shouldn't say "An instance of SCP-2221 is an End User License Agreement (EULA)". Perhaps you mean to imply one or both of the following:

1. That for any given infected area, the infection always starts via the EULA vector.
2. That the modification of EULAs appear to happen spontaneously, without the intervention of any instances of 2221-A.

If so, you should make that explicit.

Also, if this affects EULA for downloaded software, why not also the terms of agreement for signing up on websites?

Also also: this has limited potential to spread in areas with low literacy rates, so I would think that 2221-A would encourage teaching literacy.

This reminds me of Third Party in the very best ways, I adore skips like this one.

Nicely done, but where is the generic magic item? The Thing What Kills You? The badly worded interview, the painfully thin backstory? The 10x10x10 containment cell?

I liked it right up until the "prayer to death" bit. It came a bit too close to the "crazy to death" cliche.

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The two stand-out bits for me where "the contract's effects do not extend to D-Class personnel" and "Thanks, Obama". The rest is, for the most part, unexceptionally well-done. I could do without the mass-suicide-by-negligence bit, though. +1 on the whole.

The nooses and hangings feel random and like they have nothing to do with anything. You can't relate it to prisoners because that would imply that the infected are worshiping prisoners, which is hypocritical.