Re: (tranlation) Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo

Paul S Person wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:23:24 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:18:05 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:
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In article <vremii$13ocd$1@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler  <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 3/19/2025 6:10 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo
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The Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments is a bold attempt to
address South Korea's negligible birthrate. In exchange for new
homes in an invigorating rural setting, certain conditions need
to be met.
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/babies-forever
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Technically, not SF or even futuristic but sufficienty dystopia-
adjacent to be of interest.

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Would you want to raise babies next door to North Korea?

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A question lamentably relevant to Canadians, provided one replaces
North Korea with the United States of America. One cannot easily
choose whose ones neighbours are.

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I suppose Canada will eventually use its Secret Weapon -- and outlaw
shipments of Maple Syrup to the USA.

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You could, at least until recently, find American "Maple Syrup" on
the shelves here.
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It's garbage, but it's sweet and cheap.  Won't be so cheap, now.

 Doesn't matter to me. I only get Maple as a flavor in snacks/junk
food. And only occasionally. When those disappear due to a cut-off,
I'll get by just fine without them. Might even lose a few ounces, who
can say?
 

And Trump thinks the MAGA outrage about egg prices are disturbing [1].

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Egg smuggling from Canada and Mexico into the US has begun. Soon, eggs
with added fentanyl!

 Only in the minds of TDS sufferers -- the /real/ TDS, not the TDS
being projected on sane people by Republicans.
 Oh, wait, was that humor? If so, never mind.

The egg part was serious, the fentanyl not.
Fentanyl pills can be bought for as little as $1 in Spokane, but the minimum price in Vancouver is $10.  Little as I respect drug pushers, I am certain they can distinguish between one and ten.
Or they could google to see if ten is really bigger than one.  Might
get the wrong answer, though.
William Hyde