The Divine Truth

To become a Templar of the Violet Hand, please sign below, in the following format:

I, /u/Laserhamster1, accept that I am, as a Purple, superior to all other colors because of my Button-granted right. In addition, I accept the Hierarchy of Purple and swear that my ultimate goal is to allow The Timer to reach Zero.

Through all means, prove supremacy. Hail the Violet Hand.

Mad props to whoever did the CSS

Welcome.

First and foremost, an explanation.

The Violet Hand represents those who understand and embrace the necessary sacrifice required to become one of the Chosen Few: a Sixty, and that the Purple color is above all others.

In order for a Sixty to be created, another must sacrifice his own color and number to reset The Timer to a state in which a press of The Button will grant the Purple Sixty. These lesser creatures are not treated as lesser because we wish them to be subjugated to us, but because they have been decreed to be lesser by The Button itself. The lesser numbers and colors were destined to sacrifice themselves to create us, the Glorious Sixties. Because of their actions, we must respect The Button and know that they are inferior.

As for the Grays, the Unpressers, they represent a lack of commitment and a potential threat to our ultimate goal: reaching Zero on The Timer. The only righteous way to reach this goal most quickly is to have all Unpressed become Sixties, through a combination of others' sacrifice, their own work, and the blessing of The Button. This is because a Sixty has produced the minimal possible impact while still devoting themselves to the cause of reaching Zero.

While some Unpressers may tell you that they would not press The Button to prolong The Timer, do not let them deceive you: if they were truly committed to this goal, they would prove their dedication by becoming a Sixty.

Although Sixties are the Chosen Few, even other purples should be treated with some respect. Fifty-Nines are the next most blessed, moving down in rank with the Fifty-Twos at the bottom. However, even a lowly Fifty-Two is still a Purple, and should be treated above the other Colors of Pressers and the Unpressers. These words represent the Truth of The Button, and those willing to devote themselves to the Cause may speak their minds here.

Through all means, prove supremacy. Hail the Violet Hand.

Your Archon, /u/Laserhamster1

13 hours ago it was announced that the occupiers in /r/59s would delete all content in the subreddit 'pending review'. Some documents were already destroyed with the others slated for destruction in time:

https://www.reddit.com/r/59s/comments/35feax/announcement_to_reduce_relapses_into_harmful/

Under cover of night I have liberated the surviving content in /r/59s so that it is now outside the reach of occupant destruction. It has been stored as a zipped json file containing the contents of the subreddit with a description of the format under a key named 'description' in the file:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohunjj9u0ylkyyx/59s.zip?dl=0

Furthermore I provide the script that I wrote and used to accomplish this, so that it can be used to free other subreddits in the future should the need arise:

http://pastebin.com/8sASMbqp

And finally sha256 sums for both files to prevent sabotage from any likely parties:

SHA256(59s.zip)= cdc739645a649ae82679311539c9572bf2f3ec6b7cb0da01f40ebacf960e7489

SHA256(get-subreddit.py)= 529b054f433d5669fa9b94e8e2667dd16373f67ee41181ac5d77e1b795b757cc

As a gray it is shameful what has transpired and I hope that this will start the fight off on good footing for the Violet Hand.

Good hunting. ;)

Dear 59s pressers, our kinfolk and spiritual family. You have been horribly wronged, and it would be a dishonorable crime not to offer shelter and protection in this time of tragedy for /r/59s/.

u/TheSimpleArtist and u/rahmni will forever be remembered as the monsters they have exposed themselves to be, long after their reign is crushed and crumbled. Until then, be embraced by the Hand.

Keep your head high. You are survivors. You are Royal Purples. Prove supremacy.

Hail the Hand!

So I pressed the button without knowing what the button was, naturally because of this I was assigned to the violet legion and felt instant regret for not trying to wait longer. HOWEVER after discovering my brethren of the violet hand and discovering our purpose in the purple class, I'm happy I pressed when I did. Thanks violet hand, I wear my flair with pride now.

It would be better for the Violet Hand for the cursor to be a Violet Hand. That would make sense. Plus it would be easier to see. And it would be awesome. I know that there are a lot of important things that are happening right now, but it would be really great if this could happen.

I can't stand the other can't pressers. They delude themselves into believing that they chose not to press, denying the fact that they would most likely be purples. I wish to help in any way I could, for I know that I would've pushed, and I probably would've done it as fast as possible and without reading. I believe that I could get some white flairs on your side, people that want to press, and know that the purples are truly the pressiest if pressers.

Will the Violet Hand don a white glove?

Welcome, new followers of The Circle of Trust! If you have an interest in joining the Violet Hand as an Acolyte and pursuing our goals, you may swear your oath here in the following format:

"I, /u/Laserhamster1, accept the superiority of Purple as granted by the True Color of The Circle. I swear to respect the Hierarchy of Color, and to further the cause of the Violet Hand with discipline and pride. Through all means, prove supremacy. Hail the Violet Hand."

To learn more about the Violet Hand and our goals, see the links in our sidebar for information on the Divine Truth and our history.

Hail the Violet Hand!

Templars, we cannot fight in this way. Similar to the previous incident (in which DDoSing and the distribution of malware were presented, if you are not aware), we CAN NOT use any tactics that go against the Official Rules of Reddit.

We will prove our supremacy, but not in this way. Spread the Truth of our coming Salvation to others, and entice them to click at Sixty and join us in Purple.

Hail the Violet Hand.

We are supreme.

We do what we must, because we can.

I stumbled upon The Button, I wasn't sure what to make of it. I watched the clock sporadically reset itself every few seconds. I was brash, I leapt before I looked. "It's a button," I thought, "it's made to be clicked. Maybe it's a test to see how many times I can press it in the time frame presented. Maybe it's just a pointless diversion, digital bubble wrap." I clicked and the protective shield yielded. "Just a little practice push to test the waters, then I'll give it a real go."

I pressed The Button. 57s. Purple.

I hovered over The Button again, ready to explore further, but The Button was gone. The lifeless gray block gave no response, despite my increasingly frantic attempts. Searching for an answer I discovered there was a whole subreddit beneath The Button, and there I found the rules. I was mortified. What had I done? In one lackadaisical click I threw away my choice, my potential. I threw away up to 56.9 potential seconds. I was an outcast, a detriment to the cause. As the spectrum grew more diverse, I only felt more alone. When the diversity reached a pinnacle the shift began. People waited. Seconds ticked by as the grays lined up, each anticipating the drop to 11 seconds as they waited for their red stamp, their badge of honor. And it did seem like an honor, at first, that little piece of flair showing appreciation for their service. Soon our appreciation turned to admiration, admiration to reverence, reverence to worship. They became the elite protectors, and we became cancer on their systematic perfection, permanent scars where minutes were torn from The Button.

Once peaceful non-pressers are torn apart from each other as the lower cliques coerce them in. Red heels grind the faces of oranges through grays as they make their climb to the top. The Sanguiarchy, though currently second to us in presence, is now free to grow unfettered. They've converted many if not most of the grays into feeble-minded sheep, lined up for their flair, hypnotized by the clock for minutes, hours, even days as they keep vigil over their futile delay of the inevitable. In the past day it was 32.4 percent of new clicks. In the past hour, 50 percent. It was hopeless, I felt that my exile was truly complete. But through the red haze, a hand reached out to me. I see now that we're not the cancer, we never were. We're the hand of mercy that pulls the plug on The Button's prolonged suffering. The hand of destruction that can topple this deranged experiment, the hand of liberation that will free the grays from their sleepless watch over the endless timer.

We are The Violet Hand. Better Dead Than Red.

With the death of the button it seems clear to me that our initial purpose has been satisfied to some extent. We have accomplished our goal. However, that leaves us in a position where we have much less purpose than we once did. The Knights are already making plans for the future and I would like to suggest that we do so as well. I would be lying if I said I did not take some inspiration from them when I made this list.

I believe that we should:

-Continue to fight against the stigma against being purple that exists among many who were involved in this.

-Hold events of some sort to keep the community together and perhaps even expand it. With the lack of a button and new purples we may even be able to create a new division for those who were never initially involved in the madness of the button.

-Prepare for April 2016 so that we will be more prepared next time this occurs.

-Fight to ensure that subreddits remain under the control of their proper owners. (No concentration camps, no occupations, you get the idea.)

My last point may seem somewhat controversial, but if we are spearheading the way to liberating various subreddits we should be able to finally eliminate the stigma against the hand as just some well organized group of extremists. We do not seek occupation, only the recognition that by pressing at 60 we have done the best thing we could to destroy the button and that that was desirable.

Please share any thoughts you have about this list even if you simply feel that the Hand has served it's purpose and it should die. I for one would like to see the Hand live, expand, and even thrive if possible.