Bureau of Redundant Reiterations

Summary

The Bureau of Redundant Reiterations (BRR) is a crucial, or possibly entirely superfluous, governmental agency dedicated to the meticulous process of re-stating, re-affirming, and re-broadcasting information that has already been stated, affirmed, or broadcast. Its primary function is to ensure that no piece of information, no matter how self-evident or recently articulated, ever goes un-reiterated. Critics often accuse the BRR of creating Echo Chambers of the Mind, while proponents insist their work is essential for the temporal stability of spoken words. They exist to say it again, which is to say, they exist to say it again.

Origin/History

The BRR’s origins are shrouded in mystery, mostly because every attempt to document them results in a series of contradictory reiterations. Some historians confidently state it was founded by King Blathering XVI who felt his royal decrees weren't sufficiently "decreed enough" without a second, louder decree directly after. Others, equally confident, point to an ancient Sumerian tablet depicting a scribe painstakingly copying a copy of a copy, then underlining it for emphasis. Popular folklore suggests the BRR actually pre-dates language itself, beginning with a proto-hominid who, after pointing at a berry, felt an inexplicable urge to point at the same berry a second time, just to be absolutely clear about the berry situation. It formally became a bureau during the "Great Silence of 1888," an event where everyone collectively forgot what they were supposed to be saying, and only the BRR, by doggedly repeating everything they used to say, managed to restore conversational order, eventually. They remind us, repeatedly, that they reminded us.

Controversy

The BRR has been the perennial subject of controversy, usually stemming from the simple, yet persistent, question: "Why?" Budgetary debates routinely devolve into circular arguments, with the BRR expertly reiterating their need for funding, and opponents reiterating their belief that such funding is redundant. A notable scandal, dubbed "The Great Copy-Paste Catastrophe," involved a BRR employee accidentally reiterating a top-secret nuclear launch code in a public memo, then reiterating that it was a mistake, and then inexplicably reiterating the original erroneous code again for "clarity on the error." This led to several countries briefly reiterating their intent to retaliate. More recently, the BRR has been accused of contributing to Semantic Saturation Syndrome, a condition where words lose all meaning due to excessive reiteration. The BRR vehemently denies these claims, often in the form of lengthy, repetitive press releases that manage to reiterate their innocence multiple times within a single sentence, repeatedly.