I'd like to exit this Stephen King novel I've found myself in now.

[luvallpeeps]

It was a lot of fun. Some really interesting twists and turns. Ya know the part that really had me scared? The part where the President sent his state liberators out with their long guns! Cuz the virus itself wasn't fucking scary enough. Wow. Ya had me there. I really liked the part where the nation was trying to stick together, and take care of each other, knowing that we are stronger together. And there is enough of everything for everyone if we just stay focused and figure it out. But those DeVos people and their fangs. They want what they want. (and that's all of it)

[pbmus]

1. Unfortunately, your nightmare is 360 million other nightmares...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Stephen King tends to write long novels.

Steve? Steve? Are you listening? This is going on too long. Can you let us out now?

[Demovictory9]

15. he sure does

[Solly Mack]

3. The only way out of a SK novel is to put the book down

or engage in some ritual that may or may not backfire.

Kill the monster outright by using one of the methods found in legends. Which may or may not work.

Come to the end only to start all over again.

That fucking beam.

Hit the sewers. You'll need the belief of a child and a past relationship with the bad guy. You'll also need a placebo mist that acts as battery acid, a photo book of local history, jokes, speech therapy tricks, unexpected bravery, a book of birds, and well, badassery.

Flip into and out of a parallel universe. Defeat the bad guys. Must be done by a child or someone with a childlike world view.

Nuke Vegas.

Burn down the local high school with people inside. Doesn't end well for the pig either.

Whatever you choose, stay away from the pet/ancient burial grounds.

Other SK inspired ways. None of them as cut and dried as it could be.

In all cases, you have to accept the reality of it all.

In other words, defeat the bad guys. Vote Democratic.

[luvallpeeps]

4. thanks

I'm pretty confident if everything is done fairly, we'll vote him out. November is an eternity away in this book though. He can do so much damage in such a short amount of time. Come on November.

[Solly Mack]

7. So true. The orange pustule is a wrecking ball.

[Midnight Writer]

11. Sometimes I feel like voting is a ritual found in legends. Which may or may not work.

That 2016 election was like watching a Heavyweight Champion Fight and seeing the Title taken away by the clear loser on a Judge's Decision.

[Solly Mack]

12. Excellent point.

It can feel that way. A leap of faith/taking a stab at the bad guys. Only to find that good doesn't always win.

[Midnight Writer]

13. I guess you gotta just keep your head tucked and keep on swinging.

[Solly Mack]

16. Yep. Keep believing and keep fighting.

Things I learned from Stephen King novels.

[OneBro]

5. FYI, the title is "The Stand"

[Baclava]

9. Alternate ending, The Trashcan Man rides in and really does blow the whole thing up

[A HERETIC I AM]

23. I'm thinking more along the lines of "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Todd%27s_Shortcut

And we are the car.

We will come out of this, it's just that we don't know exactly where, or exactly when. And we might have some strange, otherworldly creature stuck in our teeth.

[KansasKali]

6. Have you dreamt about the old woman on the porch yet?

[Demovictory9]

8. you are trapped in that Myst game, in a book in the library

[MerryBlooms]

10. omg, I loved Myst. Thanks for the blast to the past!

[Demovictory9]

14. it was too hard for me. never finished it. recently watched walk-thru on youtube

saw areas in the walk thru that i never reached... like the wooded area.

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[Sunriser13]

18. Myst was awesome, then I found Riven.

Now, that was really hard. I must admit having a map printed out, 'cause I kept getting lost...

[Demovictory9]

19. I can imagine. My friend who completed Myst had a notebook full of notes when he finished

I went back to my King's Quest games.

[EllieBC]

20. Oh gosh I loved that game!

Still. Being trapped would suck.

[cstanleytech]

17. We aren't even close to having it as bad as that fictional virus though

as that virus was fatal to the majority of people.

[Sunriser13]

21. So might this one be before it's all over with.

Each peak and spike starts the process all over again, and there are too many idiots out there that just don't care. They have no concept that what they do today doesn't necessarily show up until weeks later, and the people they infected, and the people they infected... the exponential growth is something simply not being understood, nor do they wish to be educated.

How many acute renewals of peaks can we withstand? How many sustained plateaus, with thousands dying daily even at those levels?

How long before our hospital workers and first responders, our cashiers and delivery people, our truckers and food processors start dropping, and becoming unable to help - because that's what they do.

It is still going to get worse before it gets better - and it is fucking scary. The unknowns drive us all to distraction.

[cstanleytech]

22. Yes, it could happen but that's true potentially for every virus

but it's probably about as likely as hitting the powerball that this will.