Sometimes I wonder if my person or anything in my house is infected with an RFID chip. According to media sources whose veracity I have no way of determining, these chips are in banknotes, consumer products, car tires, passports, even livestock. Thankfully I have no cows in my house. Fun fact: RFID-implanted cows are subjected to retinal scans to confirm their identities in slaughterhouses.
Sioux City, Iowa; September, 2004---Eleven hundred pounds of pork shoulder was recalled from retail meateries when authorities discovered a tagged “research” herd had gone to slaughter without notification. Oops. But then imagine they hadn’t caught it in time.
Hey Ned, how’s that research herd coming along?
Let’s see here . . . oh my god, Cyrus, the herd’s scattered all over the place!
What the . . . Just pick a random subject.
Okay, let’s see. Here's one. Subject 2468642, where are you? Let’s see. Oh my god, Cyrus.
What?
Subject 2468642 is scattered all over the place. Possibly in people’s fridges and bellies.
Wow.
Yeah.
I mean wow. We can put readers in people’s bellies now?
Heeeyyy, there's some forward thinking. Speaking of which, what're you doing for lunch?
