Bookmarker is a personal project by @dellsystem to help with retaining reading material. Source on GitHub.

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6 years, 4 months ago

all the happiness I could afford

The eating takes me back. Back to the time before my billionaire, to the dark days when I’d given up on working, or even looking for work. Back then I’d buy a family pack of white bread and polish the whole thing off by noon. I’d pick up a sack of Yukon Golds and boil them down to a dish most peopl…

—p.76 n+1 Issue 35: Savior Complex Parasite Air (65) by Trevor Shikaze
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6 years, 4 months ago

at last, I’ll have my Big Idea

Eyes on the prize. I picture myself bent over in my bathtub, clutching a horse syringe of priceless droppings, ready to administer the bacillus that will set me free. The only thing that could go wrong is a perforated colon, so I make sure to ease the surgical tubing in with care. Push the plunger.…

—p.75 Parasite Air (65) by Trevor Shikaze
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6 years, 4 months ago

what has he done to deserve his power?

“Together we will teach our billionaire a lesson. A lesson in suffering.”

I shake my head.

“Why not? Look at what he’s made of me. And look at you. Trapped like an animal in a cage, while he siphons your vitality. And why should he dominate? What has he done to deserve his power? Only exercis…

—p.73 Parasite Air (65) by Trevor Shikaze
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6 years, 4 months ago

thank you for your invaluable contribution

Here we go again. Lew recently lost his gig at the AI call center, and he won’t let me forget it. His task at the center was to troubleshoot for AIs when they encountered human difficulties.

An AI might call in and tell Lew, “I have an end user on the line who insists on speaking to a real perso…

—p.69 Parasite Air (65) by Trevor Shikaze
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6 years, 4 months ago

that way the have-nots know their striving isn’t in vain

It’s nice that my billionaire calls me. He’s not contractually obligated to, but he does it anyway. Talk about down-to-earth! I feel privileged to know someone like him, and it’s an honor to be kept in the loop. Some billionaires lock themselves away in their mansions, but mine makes a point of rub…

—p.67 Parasite Air (65) by Trevor Shikaze