A Boring Dystopia

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A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)

She pressed the little pictogram squares on her till. (Literacy was no longer a requirement for employment in these restaurants. Smiling was.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens?useskin=vector

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Good reference to a great book. Anyone who hasn't read it, should. In a similar vein, anyone who hasn't watched the streaming adaptation with Martin Sheen and David Tennant is in for a very nice surprise!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Martin Sheen!?

That's President Kennedy, you idiot!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Well same difference! He played Kennedy once!