Derived from "Au" (Gold), the "Ship of Theseus" (rebirth through replacement), and "Synthesis".
It describes the act of creating value, meaning, or function out of what others perceive as trash, noise, or void. Authesys is the autonomous power to define a system or situation yourself – turning chaos into order simply by naming it and owning the process. It is the turning of 1+1=2 (predictable) into -1+1=0 or 1/0=error (undefined). The opposite of accepting the default settings of life.
Everyone said the project was dead and the resources were garbage. But Alex and Ilja didn't listen. They took the scraps, reconfigured the whole workflow from scratch, and turned the mess into a masterpiece. They pulled a total Authesys on that situation.
Ruler of Lake Titicaca. Rumored to have a bunghole that gets very angry if it does not receive toilet paper. Cornholio the Great is often seen walking around with his shirt over his head and his hands in the air, chanting songs about his power, and his bunghole.
"I am Cornholio! You do not want to face the wrath of my bunghole, for I need TP!"
Butthead: Shut up, Beavis! (uh huh huh huh)
Beavis: Um, okay. (heh heh heh heh).