6:30 AM-13 hours before My name is John Joesbury, I live in Topeka, Kansas and it is sunny out, I woke up next to my wife, Rolanda Joesbury.

7:00 AM-12:30 before It is time for breakfast with my family, I have one son, his name is Mark and 13 years old. This past year I have tried to relate to him in some way, but our interests are so different, he is always talking about the stuff on his phone, especially today. He keeps talking about how he posted something on Reddit, and now it’s popular. He says that he got 500 “updoots.” I have used Reddit before, but only about a year and maybe some months ago when Mark set up an account for me. He described it as a point system where the highest pointed posts got to the top. Mark showed me his phone with the post, at the top was 2 pictures of youtube videos, the picture on the left said “fortnite has disabled building” and the one on the left said “I’m actually having… Fun? In MINECRAFT (hacked)” under the 2 was a picture of Captain America with the Reddit logo on his helmet with the caption “Reddit… Assemble” I remember seeing where Captain America in the Avengers endgame movie when it came out, but I had no clue about what the first 2 images were. Mark said that the guy on the left was named LazarBeam and he made videos about the game “Fortnite” and the guy in the right image was named Pewdiepie and he played “Minecraft.” After seeing the look of confusion on my face he explained that youtube has a filter of videos called the “trending tab” and that the video about Fortnite was more popular than the video about Minecraft. I asked why that was bad and Mark said that “it’s kind of complicated.” I was still confused about why Reddit need to “assemble” however. What were they gonna do? Make the video more popular? Why? Is it really that important to make 1 video more popular? I doubt a whole site with millions of users like Reddit would try to watch a video with no real cause.

8:30 AM- 11 hours before I would like to think of myself as a safe driver, but today I couldn’t focus. Whenever I was bored with what was playing on the radio I thought about that picture, and what it said. “Reddit Assemble”

4:30 PM- 2 hours before Its been so hard today. I can hear it in my head almost every minute now Reddit Assemble I think I’m just tired Reddit Assemble If I take my mind off of it it will go away Reddit Assemble

5:00 PM- 1:30 before I think I’m sick Reddit assemble The phrase keeps repeating after every thought Reddit assemble It has to be coming from somewhere Reddit assemble I’m not a bad person Reddit assemble So why is this happening It has to be coming from my phone Reddit assemble I have heard of the government sending messages to your brain through radio waves Reddit assemble I go to my phone Reddit assemble And delete the Reddit app Reddit assemble Reddit assemble There is more of them Reddit assemble Reddit assemble Oh please why won’t it stop Reddit assemble Reddit assemble I need to destroy Marks phone Reddit assemble Reddit assemble That’s what started all this Reddit assemble Reddit assemble

6:00 PM- 30 minutes before Is it morally acceptable to escape torture, but to leave your family? Reddit assemble Reddit assemble There is no concept of death to me anymore Reddit assemble Reddit assemble The words consume my thoughts now Reddit assemble Reddit assemble Can I even return to society after this? Reddit assembles Reddit assemble Can I return from this? Reddit assemble Reddit assemble


6:15 PM 15 minutes before I’m home, I need to find Mark’s phone to stop this Reddit assemble Reddit assemble He’s in the living room, eating a baked chicken leg Reddit assemble Reddit assemble Marks says to me “hey dad could you get me a Reddit assemble? Reddit assemble Reddit assemble Oh God it’s invading what I hear Reddit assemble Reddit assemble What did you say, Mark? Reddit assembles Reddit assemble. “Dad could you bring me some water?” Reddit assemble Reddit assemble Sure Reddit assemble Reddit assemble Mark had his phone next to him, and I couldn’t ask for it without a reason Reddit assemble Reddit assemble I went over to the reddit assemble and got some water Reddit assemble Reddit assemble But I put some left over beer into it so Mark would get sick and then I could easily destroy his reddit assemble Reddit assemble Reddit assemble I walk over to mark with the water thinking “im sorry but if I dont do this im going to reddit assemble” Reddit assemble Reddit assemble Mark takes a long sip and instantly doesn’t feel good Reddit assemble Reddit assemble “Dad that water tasted weird” “I dont feel good” Reddit assemble Reddit assemble I tell him to go up to his room and try to go to bed early Reddit assemble Reddit assemble He goes up to his room, leaving his phone behind Reddit assemble Reddit assemble FINNALLY this torture can end Reddit assemble Reddit assemble I take a hammer from the closet thinking “ill buy him a new one when this is over” And smash his phone But then REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE


6:25- 5 minutes before I keep a Glock 19 in a safe in my room in case of an intruder REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE But the intruder now has lived here his whole life REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE I walked to my sons door, the sound of the Reddit assemble is deafening now REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE


6:28 PM- 2 minutes before I aimed the pistol at Mark, I could see the outline of his body from the blanket, the beer knocked him out cold. REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE


6:29 PM- 1 minute before Only 2 thoughts seeped through to my mind, the thought that “we could always have more kids” and REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE I could FINALLY wake up from this nightmare REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE REDDIT ASSEMBLE I pulled the trigger *BANG. Silence* Rolanda called out to me “honey what was that noise?”