I SOLVED OUR AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM! 'What do we seek' asks Girl. 'Food.' '-but novelty,' she says. 'And shelter.' 'The mild surprise, the new thing, unboxed. 'Which are getting kind of pricey' says Cat. 'What does the blind box reveal - ' 'Its contents?' asks Cat. ' - but a need to channel the ambient instability of our age into a controllable, consumable toy version of itself.' 'I tried unboxing once' says Cat. 'So why not both.' 'But I couldn't get the gloves to fit.' 'Why not BLIND BOXES but for FOOD?' 'Beans!' says Cat, peering into an unmarked can. He opens a second can. 'Beans?' A third can. 'Beans. What's the surprise?' 'Botulism!' Says Girl. 'Twenty percent of the world's wealth I owned by one percent of its population.'
  • David Thomsen
    August 7, 2026

    “Solved” not in the sense of having fixed anything, but just in the sense of having figured it out

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