Neopronouns Suggestion: Jet Aircraft Themed 1st Person
A/ae/ay/aine/a(y)self
Ai/ae/air/aire/airself
Air/crae/craft/aircraft/aircraftself
J/je/jy/jet/jetself
Pli/ple/ply/plane/planeself
Pi/le/lot/pilot/pilotself
Pi/pil/pilot/pilotine/pilotself
Pi/pile/pilo/pilot/pilotself
Avi/ave/avia/aviate/aviaself
Avi/avia/aviati/aviation/aviationself
Tur/ture/turbo/turbine/turboself
Bom/ber/bomb/bomber/bomberself
E/engi/engin/engine/enginself
En/gin/engin/engine/enginself
Sky/fie/fire/skyfire/fireself
For/ce/cy/force/forceself
Pu/puls/pulse/pulsejet/pulseself
Tu/tur/turbo/turbine/turboself
Ro/ket/rocke/rocket/rocketself
Mis/le/mise/missile/missileself
Air/crus/craft/crafts/aircraftself
Jei/jes/jet/jets/jetself
Pla/lus/plane/planes/planeself
Pi/lot/pilot/pilots/pilotself
Bom/bomb/bomber/bombers/bomberself
Fix/fixed/wing/fixedwing/(fixed)wingself
Ram/je/jet/ramjet/jetself
Scram/je/jet/scramjet/jetself
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I posted 24,424 times in 2022
460 posts created (2%)
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what would you name them
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im letting alan turing down on pride month... 😭 forget about DES and AES i can't even figure out how the explain the enigma machine
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Aeternity: A New Blockchain Platform for Scalability, Decentralization, and Trustless Transactions
Aeternity is a next-generation blockchain platform designed to be more scalable and viable than Ethereum and other blockchain platforms. Its purpose is to provide scalable, decentralized, and trustless alternatives to existing governance, economic, and financial intermediaries. To achieve this, the Aeternity team has created a public, open-source, blockchain-based distributed computing and digital-asset platform
Key Features
Scalability
Aeternity utilizes next-generation, highly scalable public blockchain technology, which allows for the execution of smart contracts off-chain through State Channels. This enables infinite real-time transactions and can handle use-cases that require high throughput of transactions.
Oracles
Aeternity has a built-in decentralized oracle system that leverages real-world data in real-time, making smart contracts more useful and effective.
Governance
Aeternity is governed by its stakeholders, including miners, token holders, and other participants with a stake in the blockchain. The stakeholders achieve governance through delegated voting.
User-friendly Identities
Aeternity features user-friendly identities for blockchain entities, such as user accounts, oracles, contracts, etc. This makes the blockchain more accessible and user-friendly.
Consensus Algorithm
Aeternity uses a unique hybrid Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm, with the mining part done through State Channels.
Smart Contracts
Aeternity features Turing complete smart contracts that execute transactions and commands without the need for third parties.
Support for Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
Aeternity supports the Ethereum Virtual Machine, allowing Solidity contracts to be deployed to the Aeternity blockchain[5].8. Languages: Aeternity has its own programming languages, Sophia and Varna, which are designed for building high-quality smart contracts.
State Channels
Aeternity's State Channels enable infinite real-time transactions and can handle use-cases that require high throughput of transactions.
Token
Aeternity's native token is called AE, and it was launched as an ERC-20 token before being migrated to the new blockchain on a 1:1 basis.
Use Cases
Aeternity has the potential to be applied to a wide array of individual, business, and government use cases, including nano and micropayments, supply chain management, information markets, multiplayer video games, toll APIs, insured crowdfunding, cross-chain atomic swaps, assets and portfolio replication, and contracts for financing projects in the public interest.
Conclusion
Aeternity is a promising blockchain platform that aims to provide scalable, decentralized, and trustless alternatives to existing governance, economic, and financial intermediaries. With its unique features, such as State Channels, decentralized oracles, and support for the Ethereum Virtual Machine, Aeternity is well-positioned to address the scalability challenges faced by other blockchain platforms. As the platform continues to evolve and mature, it has the potential to become a significant player in the blockchain ecosystem.
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Get to Know You Tag
Thank you @enchanted-lightning-aes for tagging me! I'm glad to be back!
favorite color: Pink!!!!
last song: I believe it was the Work song from the beginning of Les Misérables.
currently reading: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (for school) and Roots by Alex Haley (for myself)
last movie: Encanto, I watched it for like the third or fourth time with my mom , who hadn't seen it yet. (We also watched Turing Red that day too, a very good movie 10/10 would recommend!)
sweet, savory, or spicy: sweet *discreetly glances at my giant jar of starburst jellybeans*
currently working on: Does writing like three words for my WIP The Space Exploration Association count??
I'll leave this an open tag! Go wild!!
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"If anybody lays a FINGER on Alan Turing, I will commit a war crime." he's dead fam
Your point is?
No shit, Sherlock, I know he’s dead. It’s just there are a lot of homophobic assholes out there, and I’m taking proactive measures.
If it bothers you that fucking much, get the hell off of my blog. Fam.
-AE
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Are there any pronouns related to pigs and/or cows?
the only existing ones i could find were related to cows— moo/moo/moos/moos/mooself; if anyone has anymore feel free to comment, but here’s some i made :)
pigs
(i assume you are talking about domestic pigs, if not, send another ask w/ the specific pig u had in mind!)
pig -> pi / pig / pigs / pigs / pigself OR pig / pig / pigs / pigs / pigself
piggy -> pig / gy / (pig)gys / (pig)gys / piggyself OR pi / pig / gys / gys / piggyself OR piggy / piggy / piggys / piggys / piggyself
piglet -> pig / let / (pig)lets / (pig)lets / pigletself OR pi / pig / lets / lets / pigletself OR piglet / piglet / piglets / piglets / pigletself
sus domesticus (trans. ‘domestic pig’, just the scientific name) -> sus / domesticus / (sus)domesticus’ / (sus)domesticus’ / susdomesticusself OR sus / domes / ticus’ / ticus’ / susdomesticusself OR sus / dom / ests / ests / ticusself OR susdomesticus / susdomesticus / susdomesticus’ / susdomesticus’ / susdomesticusself
suidae (“suidae is a family of artiodactyl mammals which are commonly called pigs, hogs or boars.”) -> sui / dae / (sui)daes / (sui)daes / suidaeself OR su / sui / daes / daes / suidaeself OR suidae / suidae / suidaes / suidaes / suidaeself
swine -> swi / ine / (sw)ines / (sw)ines / swineself OR swi / swine / swines / swines / swineself OR swine / swine / swines / swines / swineself
hog -> ho / hog / hogs / hogs / hogself OR hog / hog / hogs / hogs / hogself
oink -> oi / oink / oinks / oinks / oinkself OR oink / oink / oinks / oinks / oink
cows
cow -> co / cow / cows / cows / cowself OR cow / cow / cows / cows / cowself
calf -> ca / calf / calfs / calfs / calfself OR calf / calf / calfs / calfs / calfself
cattle -> cat / tle / (cat)tles / (cat)tles / cattleself OR ca / cat / tles / tles / cattleself OR cattle / cattle / cattles / cattles / cattleself
bos (“bos is the genus of wild and domestic cattle.”) -> bo / bos / bos’ / bos’ / bosself OR bos / bos / bos’ / bos’ / bosself
bovinae (“the biological subfamily Bovinae includes a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including domestic cattle, bison, African buffalo, the water buffalo, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes.”) -> bov / inae / (bov)inaes / (bov)inaes / bovinaeself OR bov / bovin / aes / aes / bovinaeself OR bo / bov / inaes / inaes / bovinaeself OR bo / bov / ins / ins / aesself OR bovinae / bovinae / bovinaes / bovinaes / bovinaeself
udder -> ud / der / (ud)ders / (ud)ders / udderself OR u / ud / ders / ders / udderself OR udder / udder / udders / udders / udderself
(moo -> moo / moo / moos / moos / mooself)
other related terms
livestock -> live / stock / (live)stocks / (live)stocks / livestockself OR li / live / stocks / stocks / livestockself OR livestock / livestock / livestocks / livestocks / livestockself
barn -> ba / barn / barns / barns / barnself OR barn / barn / barns / barns / barnself
farmyard -> farm / yard / (farm)yards / (farm)yards / farmyardself OR fa / farm / yards / yards / farmyardself OR farmyard / farmyard / farmyards / farmyards / farmyardself
farm -> fa / farm / farms / farms / farmself OR farm / farm / farms / farms / farmself
ranch -> ra / ranch / ranch(e)s / ranch(e)s / ranchself OR ranch / ranch / ranch(e)s / ranch(e)s / ranchself
pasture -> pas / ture / (pas)tures / (pas)tures / pastureself OR pa / pas / tures / tures / pastureself OR pasture / pasture / pastures / pastures / pastureself
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How Harry Styles Became A Modern Style Icon
by Phoebe Luckhurst - Evening Standard 15/11/19
A man wrought in the fires of teenage boyband hyper-stardom is not afraid of a little commotion. Still when Harry Styles — the One Direction matinée idol turned languid Gen Z icon — tweeted, at 1.01 pm GMT on Wednesday afternoon, that he would be taking his upcoming album Fine Line on tour, you could, if attuned to the correct demographic frequency, hear the howl echo around the internet: guttural, hungry, ululating. This was a pseudo-religious experience: one viral meme depicted the Pope holding a copy of his album aloft. The announcement has been retweeted almost 70,000 times.
The 25-year old is a tour veteran — he spent five years and five albums strapped to the thundering 1D juggernaut — but this new tour is his first as a bona fide solo brand. The album, his first in two years, is synth-soaked and soulful, the album’s aesthetic fever-dreamy. Granted, he’s not the first person to go to SoCal, try a few magic mushrooms and declare himself radically transformed, but the results are beguiling — and certainly a world away from his years as a Simon Cowell Ken doll. Since his last record, he has co- hosted t he Met Gala and been reborn as an Alessandro Michele muse. This is your Styles crib sheet.
Melody maker
Styles’s new album — written under a tie-dye mist after taking the aforementioned psychedelics, which also resulted in a mishap in which he bit off the tip of his tongue — is “all about having sex and feeling sad”, which, granted, as a topline, does not wildly differentiate the record from the genre of “al l other music ever”. Still, the early signs for Fine Line are encouraging. Its first single, Lights Up—which has been streamed almost 100 million times on Spotify —is synth-y, soulful, understatedly anthemic, very different to, and better than, the lead single on his last solo record, the Seventies, soft-rock Sign of the Times( it still, of course, hit No 1), and very, very different from anything he did with 1D. Many thousands of words have been written about whether there is a bisexual subtext to Lights Up. It has been noted that the song was released on National Coming Out Day, that Styles’s sexuality has been subject to frenzied speculation before, the video features an oiled-up, topless Styles gyrating around men and women, and that the lyrics (“Shine, I’m not ever going back/ Shine, step into the light”) could be interpreted as a meaningful revelation of sorts. Certainly, he has become a queer icon — especially with Gen Z — who are thrilled by his selection of genderqueer singer-songwriter King Princess as his support act for the European part of his tour. Speaking of collaborators, Styles worked on the album with producers Tyler Johnson, who has worked with Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Ed Sheeran, and Jeff Bhasker, who has collaborated wit h Mark Ronson and Kanye West, and his friend, Tom Hull, aka Kid Harpoon, who co-wrote Shake It Out for Florence + The Machine. He has also been granted a fairy godmother: Stevie Nicks, who called him her “little muse” at Fleetwood Mac’s hyped Wembley headline gig i n J une. “S he’s a l ways there for you,” Styles has said in the past. “She knows what you need: advice, a little wisdom, a blouse, a shawl.” Sure.
Got Styles
Any young man raised in the white heat of a boyband spotlight must be granted the space to find his fashion path; Styles has done so with no missteps and exuberant pleasure. Once upon a time, he would semaphore his individuality with a bandana; now, he turns up to a cover interview with Rolling Stone in a white floppy hat, blue denim bell-bottoms and Gucci shades, his nails coloured pink and green. His favourite trousers, until he lost them on the beach, were a pair of mustard corduroy flares; this week, he wore a Lanvin sweater vest with a sheep design that sent a coterie of London menswear stylists into throes of ecstasy. He wears floral suits and Cuban heels, ruffled, New Romantic shirts, Charles Jeffrey jumpsuits and pussy- bow blouses. It is flamboyant, self-consciously Bowie/Jagger, and in Gen Z parlance, “very extra”. His stylist Harry Lambert is partial to an extravagant collar, dramatic neckline and a voluminous trouser.
Besides Lambert, another part of this evolution has been his relationship with Gucci’s creative director Michele, who has turned the Italian heritage brand into the ultimate post-gender luxury fashion label, the first to merge their menswear and womenswear, and dispatch male models down the catwalk in dresses and women in suits. A good look for a Gen Z idol.
With the brand
Notably, the branding on this album and its tour artwork is consistent with this new look Styles. The album cover features Styles i n white custom- made Gucci bell bottoms and a Pepto Bismol-pink shirt, open almost to the waist, shot by mod-goth Tim Walker with a fisheye lens (it is Walker’s hand in that S&M glove you can see in the left-hand corner). In the dreamy video for Lights Up he wears a glittery suit and suspenders, in a sort of hallucinatory version of Saturday Night Fever. Into it.
Stand up
Then there’s his voice — not the music, but the activism. Even as one-fifth of a boyband manufactured by Cowell’s algorithm, he was quick, quippy and itching to go off-message; but now that he controls his own, he is amplifying causes such as Black Lives Matter and End Gun Violence. He wore stickers for both on his guitar on his last tour, which might sound small, except that photographs of Styles gallop around the digital world at hyperspeed. At concerts, he has waved pride, bi and trans flags, and a Black Lives Matter flag. He once borrowed a flag from an audience member at a show in Philadelphia that read, “Make America Gay Again”. At a show on his last tour, he declared: “If you are black, if you are white, if you are gay, if you are straight, if you are transgender — whoever you are, whoever you want to be, I support you.”
A vocal, engaged fandom of teenage girls minted his multimillion-pound fortune; he is loyal and admiring of their zeal. “They’re the most honest — especially if you’re talking about teenage girls, but older as well,” he told Rolling Stone this summer. “They have that bullshit detector. We’re so past that dumb outdated narrative of ‘Oh, these people are girls, so they don’t know what they’re talking about.’ They’re the ones who know what they’re talking about. They’re the people who listen obsessively. They f***ing own this shit. They’re running it.” Obviously, he’s a feminist. “Of course men and women should be equal. I don’t want credit for being a feminist. I think the ideals of feminism are pretty straightforward.” An icon is born.
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Balraj’s - Ishqbazian Song Lyrics - इश्क़बाज़ीअं Song Lyrics in Hindi
Ae Tare Ture Ginne Ta Keha Diya Gallan
ऐ तारे टुरे गिण'ने ता केहन दिया गल्लां
Par Tu Je Kahegi Sachi Gin Du
पर तु जे कहँगी सच्ची गिण दु
Tere Lai Mein Bhar Loon Hawawan De Ni Rukh
तेरी लायी मै भर लू हाववं दे नी रुख
Nal Nadiyan De Pani Puni Min Du
नाल नदिया दे पाणी पुनी मिन दू
To enjoy Balraj’s – Ishqbazian Song with video and full English & Hindi lyrics, please visit us at https://punjabihitlyrics.blogspot.com/2020/03/ishqbazian-punjabi-song-lyrics-balraj-g.html
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Bulls Eye Lyrics – Tarsem Jassar
Bulls Eye Lyrics: by Tarsem Jassar latest Punjabi song in Which music given by Wazir Patar. while Bulls Eye song Lyrics written by Tarsem Jassar and the song video uploaded by Vehli Janta Records to the YouTube channel.
Bulls Eye Song Details
Song Name:-Bulls Eye
Singer Name:-Tarsem Jassar
Musician Name:-Wazir Patar
Lyricist Name:-Tarsem Jassar
Label Name:-Vehli Janta Records
Bulls Eye Lyrics
Yo Wazir!
Ho Pinda Wicho Dhood Kehndi
Dhoodan Wicho Utheya Ni
Duniya Ch Jande Dhood
Patti Pendu Puthe Ae
Truck’an Wich Moter’an Te
Har Thaan Hi Sutte Aa
Mehnati Te Ziddi Aa Ni
Taan Hi Utte Uthe Aa
Pinda Wicho Dhood Kehndi
Dhoodan Wicho Utheya Ni
Oh Chaula Chaula Disda Si
Aim Taan Vi Sidhe Sige
Chaddeya Taan Bulls Eye
Kehke Painde Gidhe Si
Copy Karke Style
Chaddi Aunde Teer Piche
Jassar Style Chale
Mere Mera Peer Piche
Time Naiyo Gali Da
Ranjhe Wangu Heer Piche
Badeyan Da Maan Te
Umeedan Ne Shareer Piche
Supne Si Bebe Bapu
Laike Ture Ankhan Wich
Kehnde Sige Putt Sadda
Disu Sanu Lakhan Wich
Taan Hi Ohdo Launo Wadh
Baitheya Ni Sathan Wich
Dil Wich Chah Hunde
Berehami Ankhan Wich
Andhvishvashi Na
Believe Kara Tathan Wich
Padh Dama Soorme Te
Bol Dama Hakkan Wich
Barkat Aundi Sada
Kirti De Hathan Wich
Jungle’an De Sher
Na Nakel Paindi Nakan Wich
Apne Hi Nikle Gaddaran
Bas Lutteya Ni
Ho Pinda Wicho Dhood Kehndi
Dhoodan Wicho Utheya Ni
Duniya Ch Jande Dhood
Patti Pendu Puthe Ae
Truck’an Wich Moter’an Te
Har Thaan Hi Sutte Aa
Mehnati Te Ziddi Aa Ni
Taan Hi Utte Uthe Aa
Pinda Wicho Dhood Kehndi
Dhoodan Wicho Utheya Ni
Oh Kille Si Gehne Hunn
Gehneyan Naal Safe Dakke
Kache Si Makaan
Hunn Baithe Ne Canada Pakke
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This…is hurting my eyes. I’m trying to figure out all the references, but I keep dISCOVERING MORE-
Okay, uh-
1. Smaug.
2. BEN TAGS-
3. Sherlock Holmes?? ACD?? TPLoSH???
4. iS tHaT LiN-
5. ALAN TURING MY POOR CODER-
6. More Ben-
7. Mary and John, but Mary is crossed out-
8. And then, of course, the follower count.
MOO! MOO YOU ARE THE GREATEST MOOTUAL TO EVER LIVE-
I’M GOING TO TRY AND MAKE THIS MY HEADER, HOPEFULLY IT FITS-
-AE
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Four Letter Things: Ten Porto Flip
NOTES: Alright kids, last one for the little break of real old-ass writing from 2008, dredged up from the depths of my Livejournal. This is the final one of four short stories I posted as a group titled “Four Letter Things.” They aren’t set in the same universes or have any type of plot continuity between them. My heart just felt like putting them together. And now my heart felt like stringing them across four separate posts.
Let’s put a picture from 2008 on the series too. Yeah, alright, here we go, enjoy.
Four Letter Things Series:
Is a Bear // Anziel Was On Probation // Tell William // Ten Porto Flip
Anna Rose walked into the Omniboplex Bar and counted to ten. It was a habit given to her by her grandfather, who told her to always be able to say something offensive and count to ten, or she would never remain independent from robots and the Novus Ordo Mundi. By the age of nine, she knew and could use at will every filthy word known to mankind. At the age of twenty-five, she used them every chance she got.
The Omniboplex Bar sat facing the river at the corner of Church and Ninth, and was the only bar in the city with a neon tiger over the door. It was also the only bar open at five A.M. on a Sunday that looked safe enough to step within twenty feet of. Anna Rose shook the rain off her bare arms and sat on a round, purple stool at the bar. Light came in shafts of blue-green, and the alcohol along the wall glowed chartreuse and harlequin like some evil sin. Anna Rose rapped her knuckles on the warm ebony bar counter, and waited for the bartender.
“Can I get a porto flip?” she said when he finally turned her way.
“CERTAINLY. THAT IS AN UNUSUAL DRINK,” said the bartender. His voice was jarring, painfully robotic. Anna Rose winced as the bartender continued to speak.
“WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE? I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU BEFORE.”
“Work,” she said. The lights behind the bar contrasted with those behind the liquor and washed the bartender in a pale red glow as he mixed. It went well with his little red bowtie, shining off the slick white surface of his skin.
“WHERE DO YOU WORK?”
Each time he intoned a syllable, Anna Rose grew more annoyed. Robots were not made to sound like robots. Even her toaster had better pronunciation than this bartender.
“Are you even Turing certified?” she asked abruptly.
The bartender stopped, letting the grated nutmeg garnish fall from his hand into the drink. His eyebrows knitted subtly.
“MY NAME IS SAMUEL. JUST BECAUSE I CANNOT TALK LIKE YOU DOES NOT MEAN I CANNOT THINK.” He set the drink in front of her. She watched him straightening the glasses for show, avoiding her gaze. Samuel worked hard against the programmed bartender’s urge to speak to her again.
“This is good,” she called out to him, pointing to her drink.
“IT SHOULD BE,” replied Samuel.
“I work with metalheads.”
“THAT IS NICE. DO YOU CALL THEM THAT AS WELL?”
“I’m not a botbeater,” she said angrily.
“I DID NOT SAY YOU WERE.”
She took another sip of her drink and counted to ten.
“You don’t know what it’s like,” she began.
“TO KNOW YOU CAN DIE EVERY TIME YOU BREATHE? TO KNOW,” he tapped the metal mask covering the lower half of his face like the prow of a ship, “HOW SMALL A METAL MARGIN DEFINES MY ENTIRE LIFE AND WHETHER I KEEP LIVING IT? I CANNOT TURN OFF MY TV, BECAUSE THE NEWS IS ALWAYS ABOUT ME. YOU CAN LOOK AWAY, BUT I CANNOT SHUT MY EYES.”
Her gaze met the bottom of her glass as Anna Rose tilted it to meet her lips.
“That’s a Validian prow filter,” she said, pointing to the metal making Vs on his jaw. “The first story I worked for the RAN was the Validian Prow . . . what did we call it? Killing. The Validian Prow Killing. I was only fifteen, and I saw a man dead because he thought he was an AES, because he powerdrilled that same prow filter protecting you into his bony jaw. He was crazy.” The glass shifted between her hands. “He was alone. He bled . . . fucking . . . everywhere. I knew a dumbass thrillbot at the RAN who spent all his time off catching line viruses, manually working his AVs and firewalls. ‘Like any other game,’ he said. Now his hard drive is nothing but an archive of Hallmark greeting cards. The RAN wants to sell his body for scrap. I’ve seen fucked up shit. I see it every day. And when I close my eyes, I see all of it again. I don’t get any of the glory. You don’t see me on TV. I just get the nightmares.”
Samuel processed this, resting a cloth on the counter.
“SO YOU WORK FOR THE ROBOT ADVISORY NETWORK?”
“Yep.”
“YOU WERE WORKING ON A STORY?”
“Fucked up shit is going on as we speak.”
“I REMEMBER THE VALIDIAN STORY. IT WAS WELL DONE.”
“Thanks.”
“IT WAS VERY TRAGIC. AND A SHAME ABOUT VALIDIAN. THEY DO NOT MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE,” he said, tapping the side of his prow.
“Well, you’ll need it,” said Anna Rose, counting to ten so she would not feel alone. She wondered how Samuel had lost his voice synthesizers, and what it must have sounded like before. She imagined the ebony bar in the form of sound, and looked at Samuel.
“Your voice . . .?” she began, reaching in her mind for the words to express her curiosity.
“NOT WORTH THE DEADLY RISK TO FIX IT, THOUGH THE STORY OF ITS LOSS IS ONE I WOULD NOT MIND DOING JUSTICE TO.” Samuel paused, and set down the glass he had polished over and over, thirty-six times, because he had not reached for a new glass. “MY SHIFT ENDS AT SIX, IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING MY STORY, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A FEW OF YOURS.”
Anna Rose gave a moment’s thought to the absurdity, and counted to ten.
“I can wait,” she said. “I know a good place a few blocks from here we can go and I can get some breakfast.” Her glass was empty. “And another porto flip, please.”
A date with a robot, thought Anna Rose. Fuck, crazier shit has happened.
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