The world is a simulation—a psychological mental fixation loop due to truth assertation attempt
3You might get stuck on "Don't play dumb with me, wiseguy" for an entire hour due to a mental loop caused by the realization that Karen's world is a simulation and then mentally exploring the possibility that our reality could, in fact, also be a simulation. After the initial mental fixation on "Don't play dumb with me, wiseguy" for far too long, you might go elsewhere for a while, perhaps to the kitchen, just to ponder the full implications of what was just said. You might return to continue the mental fixation and the "Don't play dumb with me wiseguy" loop as a realization of the absurdity of this possibility strikes you, resulting in unstoppable laughter and a temporary feeling of euphoria due to the realization that nothing really matters very much. Then the possibility of you being a virtual character (an NPC) enters your mind as you wonder whether highly complex personality matrix parameters are responsible for your behavior. This makes you unable to take even the most basic action, resulting in absolute fixation on a single idea, which your brain immediately returns to in order to avoid dealing with the full implications of the possibility of you being a virtual character in a simulation. The end result is an attempt to "activate developer powers" as you attempt to test another possibility—that you are, in fact, one of the developers of this world despite not having remembered creating the world.