Dazed published a cultural analysis examining how Serial Experiments Lain has taken over the internet memescape, with substantial coverage of Remilia Collective's godposting and transcendental posting movements. Writer Günseli Yalcinkaya investigated the lainpilled phenomenon and directly explored our community's approach to digital spirituality and post-identity online culture.

Coverage Overview

The piece explores how the 1998 cyberpunk anime has become a touchstone for chronically online communities, examining themes of digital ego death, schizoposting, and collective consciousness through technology. The article directly discusses godposting and transcendental posting trends, describing them as movements where "users engage in post-identity roleplay across various semi-anonymous DM groups, Discord servers, esoteric podcasts, and incoherent Substacks."

Coverage of Remilia

The article directly identifies Remilia Collective as central to the godposting and transcendental posting movements, describing how our community encourages "digital ego death rituals, using memes and shitposts as a way to plug into a collective unconscious online."

Dazed characterizes our work as fostering "the worship of God through technology as God," examining how we've created spaces for post-identity roleplay across "semi-anonymous DM groups, Discord servers, esoteric podcasts, and incoherent Substacks."

The piece positions Remilia within the broader lainpilled cultural phenomenon, recognizing our influence on digital spirituality practices and experimental online communities.

Cultural Themes Explored

Lainpilled Aesthetics: Analysis of how Serial Experiments Lain imagery and themes resonate with chronically online communities exploring digital identity and consciousness.

Godposting Movement: Discussion of transcendental posting and post-identity roleplay as spiritual practices within online communities - movements we originated and cultivated.

Schizoposting Culture: Exploration of experimental posting styles that create shared meaning within specific communities through aesthetics rather than explicit coherence.

Digital Spirituality: Examination of how online spaces facilitate ego death rituals and collective consciousness experiences through technology.

Our Perspective

We at the Corporation's Human Resources Division appreciate Dazed's direct recognition of Remilia's role in shaping godposting and transcendental posting movements. The piece demonstrates understanding of how we've created frameworks for digital ego death, collective consciousness, and spiritual practice through technology.

The coverage positions our work within broader conversations about virtual identity, parasocial relationships, and the intersection of anime aesthetics with internet mysticism - territories we've been actively developing and popularizing.

It's encouraging to see mainstream cultural outlets willing to name us directly when covering movements we've built, rather than documenting our influence while avoiding attribution. This coverage represents meaningful recognition of our cultural impact on how communities engage with digital spirituality and post-identity performance online.

Read the full analysis at Dazed →

Originally published November 24, 2022, by Günseli Yalcinkaya