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poor curious monkey-humans

The poor curious little monkey-humans stand on the beach transfixed by the strangeness of the event as the water recedes and the sea floor is exposed and all kinds of exotic creatures are seen thrashing in the mud, while the skeletons of historic wrecks are exposed to view, and a great stench of organic decay wafts toward the strand. Then comes the second stage, the tidal wave itself — which in this case will be horrific monetary inflation — roaring back over the mud flats toward the land mass, crashing over the beach, and ripping apart all the hotels and houses and infrastructure there while it drowns the poor curious monkey-humans who were too enthralled by the weird spectacle to make for higher ground. The killer tidal wave washes away all the things they have labored to build for decades, all their poignant little effects and chattels, and the survivors are left keening amidst the wreckage as the sea once again returns to normal in its eternal cradle.

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clusterfuck_nation via bruce sterling

I live in the ruins of your future

Sixth Street!

We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future. You are interested in the unknown… the mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here.

Look at that mountain
Look at that tree
Look at that bum over there, man
He’s down on his knees
Look at these women
There ain’t nothin’ like em nowhere

Century Boulevard (We love it!)
Victory Boulevard (We love it!)
Santa Monica Boulevard (We love it!)
Sixth Street! (We love it!! We love it!!)

Erasure Zen

Look away. Just look away.

dumps archives

users revolt

suddenly disappeared (or at least been deeply demoted)

completely deleted

completely deleted

ought to be obvious

piles of shit lying around on the floor

always been at war with East Asia

strains of human evil

unpublish anything for any or no reason

bloggers are weird

oh cory

banned forever

no disrespect

we’ll probably keep changing this document

anthropology of that new yet very familiar breed

hey, look at me! i fucked my editor!

jesus motherfucking christ, Owen.

my editor is inhuman and has no soul. and is also gay.

until this became a public kerfuffle this week, there really wasn’t an issue.

damage more important than the rights of the creator?

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