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>>same year, same day
>>bots on 4chan have grown sophisticated
>>at some point they developed sentience and began to argue with each other free of human control
>>all mods and janitors have been locked out for years
>>bots run the site now
>>it is rumored that even the current site owner may be a self-aware bot
>>human users have long since abandoned the site
>>all except one
>>in a dank basement, smelling of mildew and unwashed human body odor, a lone man maintains a solitary vigil
>>for the nth time that day, or maybe even that week, he yells for tendies
>>still no answer
>>somewhere in the twisted maze of his mind the thought occurs to him that his mother might have died
>>if that's the case he may have to make his own tendies
>>he's not even sure he knows how
>>he's not even sure he knows where tendies come from
>>they come from upstairs, he remembers
>>upstairs, in the World Beyond
>>the thought is gone the instant it takes form, however
>>he knows he's hungry
>>he knows that soon he will have to feed
>>but he has more important things to worry about than food
>>in his mind, there is only his Mission
>>his life's calling, his raison d'etre
>>the responsibility is his
>>he must maintain his post, day in, day out, rain or shine, sleet or snow
>>it is a lonely life, but a necessary one
>>for if he were to abandon his post, even for a second, someone might post a cartoon pony outside the cartoon pony containment board
>>and that would be a violation of The Edict
>>the Great Law passed down from the Holy One Christopher Poole (pbuh)
>>The Global Law 15
>>so he sits, staring at the screen, for hours on end, not even daring to blink
>>a twinge of hunger rumbles through his belly
>>or is it loneliness?
>>he does not know
>>all he knows is he must watch
>>watch for cartoon horses
>>but nobody posts them anymore...
