it's the opening line of a game called seedship, which is a little text based game that's all about terror and hope. you don't know why earth was doomed, only that it was.
these days it's not too hard to imagine that it will be.
gun violence is our normal. we keep shooting each other, and i'm pretty sure this is a problem. i am uncertain of what the solution to this is, but i'm willing to bet that it has complex components and that refusing to discuss it is not helping things. i'm lookin' at YOU, NRA.
i recommend this piece by chuck wendig.
racism is flourishing, but it always has been. it's really easy to condemn white supremacist marchers (unless, i guess, you're the president), but it's harder to be active against the everyday racism that black and brown people endure. we should be looking at each other, fellow white people.
net neutrality isn't entirely dead, but it's mostly dead and the rich are set up to colonize the internet. if you thought ready player one was more dystopian, you just really don't understand what's about to happen to us.
because at least in that book, the internet was freely accessible even to the poor.
surprisingly, burger king has taken it upon themselves to explain it.
i'm looking at YOU, congress. and i am looking at anybody who lives in a state where they keep electing hatwipes who vote against net neutrality. do you guys even check your delegation's voting record against their donor list?
are you depressed enough yet?
would you like a cookie?
here. here is a link for some amusingly named minifigs you can buy.
also, you should watch this video, even if you've seen it already.
put it on fullscreen and turn up the sound.
you're welcome.
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