Quoting Key in Jason Pargin, I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom, 2024, St. Martin's Press, Ch. Day 1, p. 57

The woman was pounding both fists on the hood and screaming, “WHY NOW, HUH?!? WHY NOW?!?” while visibly sobbing and occasionally stopping to flip off surrounding cars. Multiple other bystanders could be seen filming the tantrum as part of a new public ritual in which humans are captured at their lowest in order to cement that as their public face forever. The teary woman finally got back into the truck, and it started right up, a humorous punch line that those filming the scene were praying would thrust them into virality.

— Key in Jason Pargin, I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom, 2024, St. Martin’s Press, Ch. Day 1, p. 57

11:45am on October 27, 2024 from Istanbul, Turkey.


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