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Glad that the wealthy have moved on to actual vampirism after decades of the financial/metaphorical variety.
by alphonsegaston 9y ago
Glad that the wealthy have moved on to actual vampirism after decades of the financial/metaphorical variety.
- tarr11 9y agoThis would make a great SF story. Over time, the demand for young blood continued to grow but there was a stubbornly limited supply. A new batch of YCombinator "blood startups" aimed to disrupt the industry by supplying devices that made it more convenient to infuse blood directly into your bloodstream. One company based in Menlo Park, dracul.ai, developed a set of titanium prosthetic fangs that would eliminate the need for an expensive IV procedure and hospital visit. Instead, the blood was extracted directly into the fangs, which were than purified by nanotubes and fed directly into users' bloodstreams. Scattered reports came out that wealthy users were luring young candidates to their large Woodsite and Atherton estates and extracting blood from victicms, without consent. Company founder (who simply goes by monicker "Vlad") vehemently denies such allegations.
- sdenton4 9y agoMy favorite part of the original Dracula is all of the weird shit that starts happening just because Dracula's in the neighborhood. Rat infestations, mysterious plagues, the madmen in the asylum getting frisky... Obviously, this could all translate perfectly into a story of late capitalist vampires living in a condo-converted church in the mission...