a standalone short satirical story
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blurb:
You see a glowing sign board unlike never before.
❝ Welcome To The Internet ❞
Deciding to walk in, you discover a world you cannot walk out from therefore.
Let's see what the internet has in store for your presence wherefore.
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tale:
Welcome To The Internet
Choose a theme:
Light Dark
What are these options you ask? Let me explain.
Light: Its all about entertainment! What do you care what happens in the world? World's just a big circus, and we're all just clowns clicking through the hoops of distraction.
Dark: Ooh, where are we? What is this neon-lit abyss we've stepped into? The worst of humanity glitters and the best of humanity gets lost in the shadows.
Oh, don't you worry my friend! This is a friendly place, just nod or shake your head and we'll decide the rest.
Have you checked this? Have you checked that? Oh, how can you miss out on this? Its the hottest topic everyone's on, you have to know about this!
This is a 24/7 service where you get anything and everything all at once. There's so many different ways to engage!
Error 404: Metaverse not found. Please refresh and try again
lights go out, its dark everywhere and then you see him standing in
front of you with furrowed brow and flashlight in hand,
muttering to himself about the elusive metaverse
Why, hello my friend, I am here to bring the metaverse again, this time, with a twist evil smile let's begin!
Look at these silly cats climbing and clawing at walls,
Look at the humanitarian crisis happening in Palestine, Congo and Sudan
and so many places more.
Look at this recipe for cooking a pie,
Look at the way human lives are sold at a dime.
Look at this art that almost could become famous if you cared,
Look at this pet it needs surgery help if you care.
Look at this ASMR video of popping bubbles,
Look at these helpless lives the leaders are UN-able to do anything.
Look at this new hack to wear your shoes,
Look at the global temperatures rising by several degrees
Look at this new product that could change your life,
Look at the products you must boycott if you care.
Look at the AI taking over the world,
Look at the hurricanes and storms that shut half the cities down.
Look at the new invention that could change the world,
Look at the global wars taking a new territorial domain.
Look at the scientists who achieved great feat and won Nobel prices,
Look at the projects that could destroy the world.
Look at the flowers growing through thick ice.
Look at the around-the-world health care issues.
Look at the photograph of the universe as captured by the Hubble Telescope.
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.
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Look at the news: Do you condemn? Do you care?
The world must not look away! You must not look away, the world is practically in your hands. How can you not care?
How can you stay away? How can you sleep well? How do you rest well? How can you-
WARNING: reality corrupted. Do not attempt to continue.
Now, now, my friend. I am sure this must be a lot to take.
Do you condemn? Do you care? Do you care to make a difference?
Or is it all to much for you to take? Don't worry my friend, there is no escape! This matrix will forever be the same, becoming worse until it no longer leaves you sane.
lights come back and its all destruction around, but in front of you,
stands the same person, but this time, with a genuine smile
You are probably hopeless at this point aren't you? So lost, so desolate and so bleak.
Maybe, just maybe, there's still light at the end of the tunnel, the alternate lines of the poetry suggest that.
The internet maybe a messed up place, but, one pixel at a time, we can make it better.
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Thanks for stopping by,
Saramitra
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