Y: The Last Man
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The world is not kind to people who follow the rules.
It likes to make youthinkit is, but thats the big grift, isnt it?
We see this narrative of desperation emerge everywhere lately.
Its whySquid GameandBo BurnhamsInsideare phenomena, while the employees of the web link that released them havestaged walkouts.
Its why industries across the country are unionizing andstrikingand whycountless workersarebowing out entirely.
It explains the spike inADHD diagnosesand the exploding popularity ofa random pug on TikTok.
The ex-inmates of Marrisville and the peace theyve found here have sent her reeling.
And she obliged, all out of fear of becoming like these inmates, the forsaken dregs of society.
Yet here they are, having all ended up in the same place anyway.
355s body count is probably higher than the rest of the towns combined, but thats all she has.
Such an experience might radicalize anyone, let alone someone with a personal relationship to those in power.
This system has always been broken, but they will hold onto it as long as they can.
Jennifer might have gone that way, too, if she hadnt just been deposed ten minutes prior.
(Par exemple, that floppy-haired man-child both women love.)
Theres another life-saving close call this week.
Say what you want about Kim, shes not exactly wrong about babies being the worlds No.
Losing her mind might end up being the best thing ever to have happened to Kimberly Campbell Cunningham.
I did exactly what I was supposed to do, she tells Hero.
I had the husband, the kids, the house, the job … it wasnt enough.
I wanted to be better, different.
But I am who I am.
Its what kept me alive.
(Never mind the fact that the piracy was punishment enough.)
Even with Noras chess-master advice in hand, Roxanne continues to play checkers with their lives.
(Why, yes, Iamcontinuing that metaphor despitehating Victorias claim to famein the comics.
Lifes a rich tapestry.)
Naturally, Noras patience with this Kirkland-brand false messiah is growing thin.
(You could also just read the comics, butwheres the fun in that?)
Christine apologizing to Jennifer for being pregnant?
Thats millennial culture, baby.
Not an easter egg, exactly, but still fun to notice.
I genuinely love the Hall of Voices as a postapocalyptic artistic concept.
Sad that our resident artist Sam wasnt around to experience it before it was destroyed.
I am begging Hollywood:Pleasefigure out how to let this himbo shit continue.
