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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Pack it up boyz, goin' back to books now. The internet is a fuck and everything will be an ad. uBlock Origin in all of its zeal and strength may not be enough to protects from the endless and ceaseless onslaught that will be the internet to come.

2035 - E-readers force you to watch an unskippable ad for 30 seconds between chapters. All physical books are banned.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Thus we return to the days of rote memorization and oral storytellers

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

“Thanks to nordvpn for sponsoring this story, go to nordvpn and use promo code ‘you will never escape’ for 3% off”

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

This retelling of the Odyssey is brought to you by HIMS.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Arguably better than even books. It forces people to be social and have good memory.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

They wouldn't be banned, but instead they'd be like $100 and sold as these premium, artisanally-produced things to the few who can afford them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago