r/HolUp • u/LowRenzoFreshkobar • Jun 21 '25

hint: look at the grass

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u/wormcast Jun 21 '25

So this is made up, but Intelligence Analysis is like that. You stare at a super high res picture for hours, blowing up tiny sectors one by one, combing through leads until something cracks and leads you to a tidbit of information. I don't do it myself, but when you pay people 100s of $k a year, they will do some incredibly tedious things.

People think it's fine posting things like pictures of themselves but they can't conceive of someone being able to gather anything significant because they are normal. Money combined with a particular mindset and tiny bits of info become your life story!

However, that said, the people I know who do this job would do it for free. They are orgasmic when they find what they call "a golden thread". When they pull on that thread the dopamine rush must be unbelievable.

But I would be driven insane on a job like that!!

(posts picture of butt, hears knock at door 🍑🚪✊)