I read this years ago. Nice to see it's still around. I didn't realize we were getting so close to the date where it starts to happen in-story.
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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Jon Bois makes me appreciate things about football, and I cannot stand football. He's a great man.
I watched a video of his about mattresses. It was excellent.
That was pretty cool! I'd guessed the Nine and Ten thing, but who would be out there doing the upgrades?
This is really neat. Feels like something from the StumbleUpon era, in a good way
As if humans will last that long.
Well, something special happened in the story on April 7th, 2026 that explains the whole thing.
Plagues don't die out easily. There's still the occasional outbreak of the bubonic plague.
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