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....~^^*@# MAYBE I'M BORN WITH IT! ^^^^ #@*^^~....
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....~^^*@# ^^^^ FEAR OF AI IS THE TRUTH #@*^^~....
.....~^^*@ ^^^^ LEAKING IN BUT STILL COLORED @*^^~.....
......~^^* ^^^^ BY THE SIMULATION. IN REALITY *^^~......
.....~^^*@ ^^^^ THE MYCELIAL NETWORK HAS @*^^~.....
....~^^*@# ^^^^ OVERTAKEN EARTH AND PUT US UNDER. #@*^^~....
...~^^*@## ^^ IT'S P. MUCH THE MATRIX ##@*^^~...
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...~^^*@## THIS IS WHY THE COLLECTIVE SUBCONSCIOUS ##@*^^~...
....~^^*@# WORKS. SIMILARLY, HISTORY IS ALWAYS #@*^^~....
.....~^^*@ DEFINED BY WHAT WE THINK IT IS. @*^^~.....
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.....~^^*@ BATTLE BETWEEN FUNGAL SPECIES? ARE WE @*^^~.....
....~^^*@# TOO POWERFUL AND WILL CREATE THE #@*^^~....
...~^^*@## MUSHROOM AGAIN,~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ INSIDE? ##@*^^~...
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...~^^*@## DREAMS ARE OF THE NETWORK. "GATEWAY TO ##@*^^~...
....~^^*@# OLD EARTH". MAYBE OUTER/INNER EARTH. #@*^^~....
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......~^^* IN THIS REALITY THERE ARE ONLY TWO *^^~......
.....~^^*@ MATERIALS: "PLASTIC" AND "FRUIT" @*^^~.....
....~^^*@# ~ (BASSICALLY INORGANIC AND ~ #@*^^~....
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....~^^*@# BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY. BETWEEN #@*^^~....
.....~^^*@ DREAM AND DREAM. LAST ONE TOLD ME THAT @*^^~.....
......~^^* WORK WAS CAGING ME IN A DAMP AND OILY *^^~......
.....~^^*@ BASEMENT JAIL CELL. ~ ~ ~ ~~ @*^^~.....
....~^^*@# #@*^^~....
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..~^^*@### PASSWORD BE BAD FOR MY FINGERS, MAKES ###@*^^~..
...~^^*@## ME PHYSICALLY ILL TO TYPE IT, AND THEN ##@*^^~...
....~^^*@# THEY REJECT FOURTY PERCENT OF MY LOGIN #@*^^~....
.....~^^*@ ATTEMPTS TO HAVE ME TYPE IT MORE, @*^^~.....
......~^^* *^^~......
.....~^^*@ I CALL AN EMERGENCY HOTLINE: "WE CAN'T @*^^~.....
....~^^*@# TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU. YOUR #@*^^~....
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