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.

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The egg part was serious, the fentanyl not.
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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.
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Or they could google to see if ten is really bigger than one.  Might
get the wrong answer, though.