Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for November 16, 2019
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Predicted Dystopia The government controls all information. We've been forced into hiding. Books have been memorized so that they don't perish from the earth. More likely dystopia Sorry, we don't carry that. All writing slowly morphed into self-help books. No Shakespeare? We only have Unleashed Your Inner Shakespeare. You might also enjoy this book of trite decontextualized Elizabethan quotes.
Differentname about 5 years ago
Sasha Grey in ‘Hamlet XXX, the Return of Ophelia!’
Ida No about 5 years ago
Years ago, I screamed that making everything mainstream was bad. I’m still screaming, but now I have no mouth.
Algolei I about 5 years ago
Is this why my city’s library doesn’t carry any useful books anymore? It’s all Harry Potter and Ancient Aliens now.
Mostly Water Premium Member about 5 years ago
Also more likely… they are audiobooks.
timk440 about 5 years ago
Thank god for project Gutenberg.
PoodleGroomer about 5 years ago
Ulysses and On the Road did not survive the loss of paper.
theincrediblebulk about 5 years ago
Most likely dystopia. There is a child in a room with a book. He keeps pressing different spots on the cover trying to turn it on so he can read it. After a length of time he tosses it in a nearby material reclamation bin as it obviously is broken. This scenario repeats worldwide until there are no books left. then the electricity stops working. and all knowledge is irretrievably lost.