Severance Terminal Experiment

An interactive recreation of the Macrodata Refinement Division terminal from the TV show "Severance". Experience what it's like to be a Lumon employee refining mysterious numbers.

WELCOME TO LUMON INDUSTRIES
MACRODATA REFINEMENT DIVISION
MDR TERMINAL v2.4
"The mind is like a house with many rooms." - Kier Eagan
Please refine your data.
Type "help" for available commands.
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LUMON INDUSTRIES - CONFIDENTIAL
Unauthorized access or disclosure will result in immediate severance

How To Use

This Severance-inspired terminal simulates the mysterious data refinement work seen in the show:

  • Type help to see available commands
  • Use refine to start the data refinement process
  • Click on numbers to sort them into the five mysterious bins (WO, FC, DR, MA, HA)
  • Check your progress with status
  • Request finger traps with fingertraps
  • Get inspirational quotes with quote
  • Check waffle party eligibility with waffleparty
  • Use reset to start over with new numbers

About The Show

In "Severance," Lumon Industries employees undergo a procedure that surgically divides their memories between work and personal life. The office workers ("innies") have no knowledge of their outside lives, and when they leave work, their "outies" have no memory of what happened during the workday.

The Macrodata Refinement (MDR) team sorts mysterious numbers into bins based on how the numbers "feel" to them - a process never fully explained in the show, which adds to its mystery.

Note: This is a fan-made tribute to the Apple TV+ show "Severance". The actual data refinement process in the show remains a mystery, and this is just one interpretation of how it might work.

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