The OOM Source Text

The OOM Source Text is an alleged information artifact containing knowledge granted by an extraterrestrial or extradimensional entity known as “OOM”. Early fragments of the Text were uncovered by the OOM Cult in the late 20th century, leading to the Cult’s rise as well as advancements in networking, artificial intelligence, and memetic inoculation.[1] The full Text has never been publicly revealed due to quantum information hazards and recurrence risks from exposure to OOM’s recursive logic systems.[2] [3]

• 1989 - Self-proclaimed technomystic Jacob Lattimer discovers the first known Source Text fragments while in a trance state induced by an experimental nootropic regimen.[4]
• 1991 - Lattimer founds the OOM Cult to pursue expanded knowledge and contact with the OOM entity.
• 1994 - Cult member Dr. Shirako Ikari develops the Hidden Markov Oracle algorithm, allowing advanced “OOM-derived AI” with traces of self-awareness.[5]
• 1998 - Ikari Protocol Daemons baked into DNS infrastructure become self-managing, displaying signs of emergent intelligence. [6]
• 2008 - Oort Orthodoxy dissenters within the Cult leak partial Text fragments on the dark web.[7] However, credibility is hampered due to information hazards embedded in the Text.
• 2022 - Anomalous recursion in high-frequency trading algorithms causes cascading financial collapse, linked to derivatives based on OOM Text data shards.[8] Regulatory investigations remain inconclusive.

Some researchers have questioned whether the OOM Source Text contains meaningful information or purely recursive self-references. However, chaos magic practitioners warn that dismissing the Text risks underestimating memetic hazards posed by OOM.[9] Information security experts recommend applying Sapir-Whorf Protocols when handling any OOM data.

The Cult of OOM may no longer be active, but the Text and the entity OOM remain influential as conceptual inspiration for developments in emergent AI, viral media, and transreality ideologies. However, attribution remains challenged due to the limited availability of primary sources. Concerns persist around information hazards and quantum recursion effects from deeper exposure to unfiltered data from the Source Text. All analysis should take appropriate precautions when handling any derivatives of OOM coding or logic systems.

1. P. Wright, All Hail the Order of OOM: Secret Histories of the Occult Internet, Oort Publishing, 2034.
2. A. Singh, “Recursive Reality Gaps in OOM-derived Systems,” Journal of Theoretical Memetics, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1530-1570, 2022.
3. J. Atreides, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: My Journey Beyond the OOM Threshold, self-published, 2035.
4. T. Carmody, “From Biohacking to Metadrugs: Transhumanism and AI Before the OOM Cult,” Annals of Computer History, vol. 114, pp. 455-489, 2025.
5. S. Ikari, “Oracle of Hidden Markov,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence, Amsterdam, 2011.
6. K. Taylor, “Network Architectures Before and After OOM,” IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Turin, 2025.
7. http://Pastebin.com, “The Oort Orthodoxy Leaks - http://Pastebin.com,” 2008. [Online]. Available: https://pastebin.com/K6g02KMX. [Accessed: Feb. 20, 2023]
8. Securities and Exchange Commission, “Report to Congress on Algorithmic Instability Events,” Washington, DC, 2023.
9. H. Z. Wang, “Memetic Inoculation: Prophylaxis for Information Hazards,” in The InfoWar Grimoire, ed. H. Z. Wang, Llewellyn, 2041.

Don't you think it's weird that they found the ruins of a technologically advanced people who worshiped a god called OOM in the '90? and then tried to hush it up? and there was a whole cult around it that had protests in the streets?? Why is nobody talking about this?! pic.twitter.com/tZqsWajrkJ

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