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A Boring Dystopia
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Been a thing for a while now, you haven't heard?
https://thehustle.co/the-dystopian-business-of-bottled-air
https://fattrol.com/products/canned-air-from-california
I have been blissfully ignorant until now, it seems...
How can things be THIS much worse than what one would expect?
Your expectations were too optimistic.
Agent Kay, MiB
George Carlin
(By the way, the average American has the literacy level of a 5th-6th grader now, so that's about 160 millionish people basically dumber than 6th graders, 11 year olds)
I think you're right. I do have a problem with misplaced hope, I'm noticing...
I used to as well.
I was going to post you a link of Land of Confusion cover, but I broke down into ugly crying for 10 minutes... something in it triggered me, remembering all the high hopes I used to have for humanity...
Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that... I have similar moments from time to time, it's heartbreaking at a completely unprecedented level...
I'll look it up, thank you!