Occam’s Razor this ORTBO stuff

I love a good “out there” theory so I’m not trying to be a wet blanket here, but I think ppl are wasting their time speculating about the ORTBO being a simulation or taking place within the building.

Here’s why.

First we have to pass everything through the filter that this is sci-fi couched in a workplace satire. Given the opportunity to mock corporate America, the creative team behind the show will take it.

-trust falls, redball icebreakers, awkward parties, convoluted acronyms, handshakes by request etc.

All these things are vehicles for plot and character they aren’t the plot themselves.

The simplest explanation is the writers thought “what would a stupid corporate retreat look like in the severance universe. And that’s exactly what we got. And it went wrong like the Dance Party Experience and the trip to perpetuity. That’s all. Not a simulation.

It’s confusing and disorienting and it seems like things just appear because the director wanted to give the viewer a similar experience to the innies.

I’ll eat my boot if it’s a simulation.

It’s just a corporate retreat gone wrong. Like every other corporate retreat ever, there was infidelity, ineffective team building and someone trying to drown a coworker. Classic American work retreat!