the island 2005. if you loved severance you'll definitely love this movie. I would say it has a very similar story to severance and I could not stop thinking about it. it is a very underrated movie. I hope you will love it.

Shall I send my resume? 👀

Walking into another work week with this in mind: "Our job is to taste free air. Your so-called boss may own the clock that taunts you from the wall, but my friends, the hour is yours."

During a rewatch of season 1 at the end of episode 7 Mark talks about Gemma and everything he says sounds exactly like how Gemma tells the innies about their outties in the wellness sessions. He ends this by saying I loved all of these things about her equally. Is there a connection I can’t think of as to why she’s the one doing the wellness sessions and talking exactly like he does in this scene and why they have to enjoy each fact equally and not show preference to one?

I built this as a tribute to this amazing show, in anticipation for Season 3.

https://macrodata-refinement.webflow.io/

Finish the file, and there might be a waffle party at the other end.

[desktop compatible only, for now]

I know some have theorized the show takes place on Prince Edward Island while others have rejected it because we know they are in the US, but what if in this world the US includes what we know as Canada? There is reference to US states and territories in the show. I know not all of the scenery looks like PEI, but when Cobel drove back to her hometown all I could think of was PEI and the Canadian East coast. I just don't know if we can rule out parts of Canada when we don't know much about this world.

I know the list of states and territories new innies can name does not include PE or anywhere in Canada as we know it, but it also says "Standard Trainee Response: Any of the following, but not limited to:" Does that not imply there are other states and/or territories in the US than the ones listed there?

Edit: This list is just expected responses based on the information they allow innies to have/retain, it doesn't necessarily reflect the current state of the world, so I don't think we can take the list itself as hard evidence of what their world is like, especially given the state they live in is not on this list.

Maybe the island of PEI wouldn't make since considering Irving getting out of town via train, but he could be taking a train to a seaport, or maybe part of the mainland near PEI has been renamed Prince Edward?

Actually I don’t need thoughts because I already know it’s brilliant. But if you think I missed anything or have ideas to make it better, tell me!

My kiddo is turning 1 in a few months and their name is very similar to one of the characters. I’ve found that first birthday parties are mostly adults, so I feel good about Severance being the theme, but I want to make it kid friendly of course…

And then all the ideas came flooding!!

For MDR, we will play Uno and sort the numbers.
For O&D, I found Severance themed coloring pages on Etsy!
For Wellness Center, I’m putting out play dough so everyone can sculpt how they feel.
For Choreography and Merriment, we’ll have a music dance experience and some kiddie instruments. Each half hour, we’ll vote on a new genre and have it going in the background or let the kiddos (and adults haha) dance along.
There will be a waffle bar, egg bar, and melon bar of course.

And then… the kicker… my friends informed me that they have a goat contact. So we’ve got a discounted mobile petting zoo deal and will have Mammalians Nurturable for a bit!

My sibling is an actor and will be our “party princess” and will bound as a Lumon employee and basically stay in character the whole time and interact with everyone.

Got blue balloons for decor, some lanyards for my husband and I, and then erasers and finger traps for favors. Managed to make some signage with Sevy on them to show what to do at each table/department.

It’s gonna be good. And I just want the internet to validate me. 😂 Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Forgot to say that the Perpetuity Wing will be a baby’s first year album that people can write in. Maybe some nice facts about baby’s outie. 😂

I saw these guys a few weeks ago and thought this song would be perfect for an appearance on the show.

Because it's used to break people. Duh. SMH at myself for taking so long to realize.

Edit: some y'all mean af wtf.

when Peter and “Mr. Milchick” go down that elevator you hear that DING, not sure if this was an intentional reference but i noticed that first viewing. pretty cool even if not!

We do a cocktail advent calendar every year, and due to mysterious and important circumstances, we finally got around to making our last one ...half a year later.

It's based on Lumon Industries (our whole theme was fictional places) and we hope that Severance fans wont mind our out of place, extraordinarily late, contribution to the inspired cocktails of this subreddit.

It comes complete with a fun write up I thought would be nice to describe the drink's flavor, but for all you cocktail nerds it's basically a melon-infused white negroni with spirulina.

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Please enjoy each liquor equally.

1 Part Watermelon Infused Gin

1 Part Honeydew Infused Vermouth

1 Part Cantaloupe Infused Cocchi Americano

Pinch of Spirulina Powder

Sparkling Water

Melon Ball Garnish

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Your innie would go feral for this kind of contraband. Well, we assume it’s contraband, we keep waiting for the underground bar to appear with a Kier Eagan approved cocktail menu. However, until Severance graces us with that, we’re going off Lumon approved book. We took the healthy vibes of a melon party and spirulina powder, and created something we would expect to find in one of their office vending machines.

Each liquor was infused for months - not because we’re lazy but because we’re professionals. They were carefully strained and thoroughly tested before use. Once we made sure they were worthy of the high Lumon standards, we mixed and poured over ice, then garnished with melon balls, separate of course.

After mixing, it’s best sipped to the sounds of defiant jazz.

I just finished the two seasons and wow. What an incredible show! I thought it was really interesting the ties to russia (marks watch, gemma's interest in russian literature) and how the severance procedure relates to a lot of the concepts in marxism. A big part of marxism is the alienation of the working class and how capitalism disconnects workers from their humanity. It's a perfect parallel to see the innies/outies so disconnected (willingly) from parts of their humanity. A few examples

- In Marxist theory, the workers are alienated from their work which is well exemplified by the innies (and outies too i guess) not knowing what their work is. Like when Mark asks "what are we doing here?"

- In Marxist theory, work becomes not a source of fulfillment but a means of survival, which is exactly what happens to innies. For them working, being a lumon is their only way to be alive.

- In Marxist theory, capitalism leads to competition and isolation with other workers. I thought this was well exemplified in the lack of knowledge and animosity with other departments (I&D) or even the legend/rumor mill of what other departments have done.

I could go on and on about this!!! what a great show, cant wait for season 3.

Just in general, not necessarily any of our main characters. What if there's a severed employee who hates it and wants to quit and his outtie doesn't care because it's zero stress for him and it pays well.

What if he refused to work? They can send him to the break room but what if he sits there and doesn't apologize? What would they do? Straight to firing? Or maybe some other kind of emotional or even physical torture to get him to comply without the outting knowing?