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First Speaker

(4,858 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:08 PM Jun 2020

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I swear to God, Harlan Ellison, Hunter Thompson and Philip K Dick created 2020 back 50 years ago... [View all]

...after, shall we say, certain herbs were ingested to get them in the right zeitgeist frame of mind...and Mr Dick consulted the I Ching for some of the finer details. They then ran it all past Robert A Heinlein, who straightened them out in some of the rough spots. Then they programmed a super-computer, combining the best parts of Hal and Mike Holmes, Heinlein's sentient machine in *Moon is a Harsh Mistress*. And here we all are...

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I swear to God, Harlan Ellison, Hunter Thompson and Philip K Dick created 2020 back 50 years ago... [View all] First Speaker Jun 2020 OP

You made me laugh out loud for real. Thing is, we have always known how people are. nolabear Jun 2020 #1

I think you may be right. nt Phoenix61 Jun 2020 #2

A young Hunter Thompson would have had a field day with Trump Buckeyeblue Jun 2020 #3

I think he would have onethatcares Jun 2020 #6

I don't know how you satire Trump Buckeyeblue Jun 2020 #7

Yeah, but I'm totally sure they didn't mean it! lunatica Jun 2020 #4

I've been an avid Dick and Heinlein reader/fan for many years and tRUMP/reTHUGS/cultists/ abqtommy Jun 2020 #5

These three have been much in my mind the past three and a half years. Philostopher Jun 2020 #8

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