Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Congratulations, you have reached the end of the internet.



Congratulations, you have reached the end of the internet. It is the last web page.  What is it? Who’s page? It is certainly the last article. Is it the last wedding announcement? The last box score? The last poker chip? Last breath? Could it be your obituary on Facebook or Twitter? When you arrive it doesn’t move. It just fills your vision with a final authority. It has taken you thousands of hours to reach this conclusion— that it is a finite universe. You have searched and navigated through the internet your whole life, seemingly at random. You have been drawn to it, page after page— out of curiosity, nosiness, joy, love and sorrow. Here it is. The journey is over. You see the words, the end. There are no search or navigational buttons— no backwards or forward and no refresh. You are all done. It’s over. Congratulations.

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