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Gwyneth's avatar

114 years ago....

The Machine Stops

By E. M. Forster 1909

“Cannot you see, cannot all you lecturers see, that it is we that are dying, and that down here the only thing that really lives is the Machine? We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralysed our bodies and our wills, and now it compels us to worship it. The Machine develops — but not on our lines. The Machine proceeds — but not to our goal. We only exist as the blood corpuscles that course through its arteries, and if it could work without us, it would let us die.”

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Oh, I cracked up at your foray into the new security games they play today. Like you I’m a night owl 🦉. So, when I make purchases it’s usually at 3 or 4 am,no big deal, right? Nope, it’s a flipping nightmare!

Try placing an order at Chewy’s for cases of cat food at 4am, lol 😂. Be ready for an interrogation and to give up your first born, all for freaking cat food!

Unlike you I don’t waste my time or energy on shopping local, because there is nothing I need or want that can be locally found or bought, at least in my neck of the woods.

I shop on Amazon, find what I want, then tell amazon to piss off and go straight to the vendor.

It really makes life easier, along with supporting small businesses.

Brakes, lol 😂. I’ve been trying to put brakes on my car for 3 years now, every time I go to pick up my car my mechanic says, nope you don’t need em.

This is bewildering to me because as a youth I needed brakes on a weekly basis, and now 3 years in a row I don’t need brakes? I dunno 🤷‍♀️, it could be my lack of getting on the road these days, you need at least 90 sets of eyes to steer clear of the vaxed drivers, or my mechanic is really trying to pick me off, lol 😂.

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