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It's not like I tried to hurt anyone
- accountyaccount 9y agok
- dudul 9y agoI like the style, it's a nice story but I completely missed the point of the ending :)
- thehoff 9y agoSame here.
- cholantesh 9y agoThere's an interpretation in the comments that suggests that she's having a NDE, shedding practically everything but still clinging to life (in her mind). On a side note, I wish there was an aggregator like HN or a subreddit for short fiction. In the past year, I remember the Machine Stops being shared here as well as Bartholomew F. Bartholomew, which I really enjoyed. This one wasn't as satisfying, but it captured my attention for about 20 minutes.
- dkersten 9y agoThat makes sense to me. Time didn't slow down for her and she's the one on the operating table, dying.
- kapauldo 9y agoWhat is Nde?
- cholantesh 9y agoNear death experience
- kefka 9y agoThe only thing I gather is it's supposed to be some sort of societal critique near the end. Still dont get it.
- mcv 9y agoI'd love to read how this ends. At the moment it sort of peters out.
- t0mbstone 9y agoSo someone writes a random story with no clear point (maybe some vague societal critique or perhaps just rambling nonsense), and it ends up on Hacker News?
- cholantesh 9y agoYou seem to be assuming that fiction requires a single underlying meaning and that this meaning must be readily discernible.
- t0mbstone 9y agoNo... What I'm assuming is that articles posted on Hacker News should be "news" for "hackers". This assumption is based on my interpretation of the name of the site. If we are just going to post random short stories or things that hackers (as generic people) find interesting, you might as well post anything - cat pictures, the weather, political things. If that's the approach people are going to take when they post things here, it would cease to be a useful site that I would wish to frequent.