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Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story
(www.timesofisrael.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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Cyberpunk was supposed to be a dystopia, not a fucking instruction manual!
But seriously, I've lost about all enjoyment in cyber-dystopian stories because these days they cut depressingly close to home.
yeah I've had so many story ideas just end up being too on-the-nose. and a few that are "if I put this idea out there, someone will use it and make things worse for people I don't know." I don't need that kind of karma.