If this virus hadn't happened naturally, it would have to be invented.
If conspiracy theories weren't so tarnished (hello Adam Curtis), we might spend more time reading up on whose interests they serve.
The reign in shame falls gently on the terror.
Theories of power go back to time immemorial, when the(or)y were enacted by tricksters, justified by shamans, priests, eventually psychiatrists.
Thoughts like ticker-tape stream out of us, similes like out-dated machines for those who can't stand History -- because it's not about them?
Social media is in-dated machinery that empowers its user. It also creates the depressive conditions (Byung Chul-Han) that provide the need to feel empowered.
Complaints about depression only season the condition: metaphor with a simile on top.
Popularity is quantified by "like"s and is likened to a virus.
Skinner's pigeon gets its pellet.
Growing fat on right answers -- is winning?
Slavery existed prior to contact.
A bicycle is slower than a car, its operator exposed to the elements.
A bicycle requires balance, a car a history of extracted fuel that destabilizes a world in search of it.
The tweeter reserves the right to skip the rally, shout out the window, "I'm crying!"
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