/lit/ - Literature

>>10955822
hyperreal discourse oozes toxicity. The self-conscious irony that has replaced the yearn for authenticity operates on a dialectic of negation, a process facilitated by the individual's retreat into fragmented hyperrealities that operate as echo chambers that affirm one's superiority compared to the outgroup. People retreat into irony and negativity because they are afraid of authenticity, authenticity is vulnerability. We're all much too cool for that now.

>>10724813
Alright guys, here's an excerpt from my shitty cyber dystopia novella I've been working on (from the first few pages). Pls pls no bully (but actually let me know if it's really that bad so I can finally kill myself and get it over with). There may be all kinds of errors because I'm a bad proofreader and I haven't shown it to anybody to edit. Here goes:

You see, before everybody had to do everything themselves. It’s not like people didn’t try to find a way around this. They made cars, trains and airplanes to carry people and things around, so people wouldn’t have to work as hard, and they could be more comfortable as they went from a to b. Eventually some whiz came up with drones, but those were banned 10 years ago. You probably remember.

These drones ended up causing quite the ruckus, people were strapping explosives to them and setting them off in public squares, often at the busiest times like the height of the Holiday™ shopping season. Between the shoppers and the goods the losses were just too high. Something had to be done. So drones were banned. People felt a lot safer, which is good. It’s good to feel safe. I explain these things you already know because explaining is my job or in case somebody has somehow been living under a rock for 20 years.

Dad used to say that a lot. “Have you been living under a rock?” Haha. He used to say it to Mom, especially when she didn’t know what everybody else did. The latest podcasts. The newest movies. The most recent update for the FacePad.™

That’s right, Dad was a Prime™ member, I only learnt from the best. He was one of the good Grayhairs, and he loved young people like me and my sister. He thought we were the hope of this world. He would say to us at dinner, “be thankful kids. Your mom and I didn’t have any of the great things you kids get to use when we were your age, think of all the power at your fingertips!” Haha OK dad, like that needed to be said.

You see, the Grayhairs who came before us and the generations that came before them were bigoted, they were cruel, they were dull and they definitely didn’t have FacePads™. They didn’t even have SnapFeed™. Sure they had something like it, I think it came out 30 years or so ago, but just not the same (apparently it was two different apps, they conglomerated in 2021).

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>>10511976
interesting I'll check it out, thanks anon
>>10511961
I didn't make it feel free to save it friend