Nov
11th
2020
2020 is a Cyberpunk Dystopia · 7:08am Nov 11th, 2020
If anybody needs reminding just how utterly bizarre this year has gotten, just try imagining this being a normal headline from a respected news organization at literally any other point in US history...
From Reuters:
Gun stocks tumble after upbeat vaccine news, lack of civil unrest
I mean, seriously. The headline is "People aren't shooting each other and we're not going to all die from horrible disease so weapons manufacturers aren't likely to see as much profit." HOW DID THAT BECOME HEADLINE WORTHY!?!
Can someone stop the world please? I'd like to get off.
Sounds like an Onion article, but it's not.
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This entire year has been made of Onion worthy actual news.
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We're in a cyberpunk not steampunk dystopia, but I feel that. Where's my flying car? How can we have a cyberpunk dystopia without flying cars!?!
Fuck
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The Onion now writes for reality itself
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But quarantine also means I don't have to go and talk to people as much, so there's that. Give me my hoverboards already, do you know how fun those would be out here?
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It was more a commentary on the state of the world that "we aren't all going to die in disease and gunsmoke" is actually a newsworthy event.