I hope you're feeling okay, @lesliestarrohara! This reads like the fever dream of a toothache sufferer, or a Philip K Dick novel - in other words, intoxicating!
It does seem like the glitches in the matrix are becoming more commonplace. How will we go on when the world is 100% glitch?
I have contracted the Dickian Flu. Maybe I need to lay off the empathy box and let Mercer suffer alone.
Upvote for awesome references!