If this is real... well, the cyberpunk future has arrived, skipping over tragedy straight to farce. posted by Kattullus at 10:08 AM on November 21, 2007
Article from “Dot Bit” Magazine, originally titled “Beating around the Blackbush,” by Gerald Edmonson, in April 2007.
Mr. Edmonson, kudos. This is a fantasy that even our sainted robocop would be proud to call his own.
Mods, can we get a PDF warning in the post? posted by suckerpunch at 10:08 AM on November 21, 2007
Looks like Stephen Glass has a new job. Well, actually it's just good satire.
Mods, can we get a PDF warning in the post?
The link doesn't go directly to the PDFs. posted by delmoi at 10:15 AM on November 21, 2007
Well, I'm silly. I swallowed the bit about how it was written in some Seattle 'zine. I hereby repurpose my kudos in the general direction of the Tangled Wilderness gents. posted by suckerpunch at 10:16 AM on November 21, 2007
Okay, yeah, this isn't real, but I really wanted to get my quip out.
My quip was bigger than yours.
Feel free to flag this comment with extreme prejudice. posted by not_on_display at 10:29 AM on November 21, 2007
Darkly funny, with lots of room to stretch into a full-blown satire of Heart of Darkness. Nice find. posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:33 AM on November 21, 2007
Rewilding.
Riiiight. Americans -- sheesh. We live on a planet where at least 2 billion people would by just overwhelmed to have clean, running water. Perspective is key, here. posted by Devils Rancher at 10:49 AM on November 21, 2007
What a relief to find that the "Spears" referred to in the title wasn't Britney. posted by wendell at 12:08 PM on November 21, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]
This is absolutely brilliant - it reminds me a lot of George Saunders. posted by milkrate at 12:33 PM on November 21, 2007
well, i highly recommend Ishmael, the book that influenced these "yuppies with spears" in a slightly misguided kind of way. It really will change the way you view human society.
But hunting with spears on the top of segways? I mean.. efficiency is good and all.. but five segways per yuppie? I think the good thing about the book in question is that it's not prescriptive... but I doubt this is what Quinn would prescribe.
Dillonlikescookies:well, i highly recommend Ishmael, the book that influenced these "yuppies with spears" in a slightly misguided kind of way. It really will change the way you view human society.
I remember reading this. I remember thinking 'hey, this is making a lot of sense' until I realized that the author was making all kinds of assumptions without any kind of evidence whatsoever, and then I pretty much spent the rest of the book being annoyed.
Anyone who supports anarchoprimitivism is getting an eye-roll from me until they volunteer to be in the 99.9% of the population that'll have to die for it to happens. posted by Mitrovarr at 5:13 PM on November 21, 2007
Anyone who supports anarchoprimitivism is getting an eye-roll from me until they volunteer to be in the 99.9% of the population that'll have to die for it to happens.
Can we please just not do this right now? posted by poweredbybeard at 8:15 PM on November 21, 2007
Thom Hartmann's Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight is a far more practical interpretation of a similar analysis of human impact.
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