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Jan. 14th, 2009 10:51 am
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A brilliant essay by Elizabeth Bear on Generation XYZ.

We are pedestrians in a world without sidewalks, striding across traffic against the light. We are overqualified, overeducated, overworked, overstimulated, underpaid, underemployed, undervalued and underwhelmed. Our cats have their shots, but we don't have health insurance.

Date: 2009-01-14 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nilchance.livejournal.com
Right? She got to Oingo Boingo and it's like, oh, okay, I HAVE to pimp this.

(Speaking of: your icon, hee!)

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