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they all said the internet
was going to
revolutionize every
facet of civilization.

they predicted it would
affect everything we
did, and would
vastly improve the
quality of our lives.

we would be able
to connect with
people halfway across the
globe in an instant.

students could look
up information on
any topic at any
time of the day, and would
have at their disposal
an international braintrust
of professors, scientists,
doctors and geniuses.

everything, from banking
to grocery shopping
to art, would be
completed in half the time
all from the safety and
security of our own
dimly-lit bedrooms.

a true global community
would inevitably
evolve, thereby perpetuating
peace and love
and harmony.

but the only things the
internet has done
is allowed editors to
reject me in a fraction of
the time it used to
take

and

allowed me
easy access to free
porn.

-published in Thunder Sandwich #19