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Several People Are Typing
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Absurd, indeed!
Several People Are Typing chronicles the story of Gerald, a below-average employee of an NYC marketing company whose entire consciousness is sucked into his office's Slack workspace. All the other employees assume he's staging an elaborate bit in order to get more work-from-home time (which is actually quite plausible).
While trapped in Slack, Gerald accidentally awakens the Slackbot into a sentient AI which goes rogue and tries to steal his now-empty body (the "Self-Meat" as he calls it).
All of this is related to the reader entirely through Slack messages.
The story itself was quick and entertaining, though there wasn't much substance to it. There are a few very strange and confusing subplots as well as a romance that kind of came out of nowhere? And much of the story doesn't make sense, not just in an absurd parody way, but in a general that's-not-how-life-works way.
Still, I would recommend for anyone wanting a funny, strange, and quick distraction from work, about work.
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bookshelves: cyborg-ai, humor, lgbt, contemporary, cool-premise, pgs-under-300, m-m, make-it-make-sense, setting-workplace, romance-on-side, prada-challenge
Jun 12, 2023
bookshelves: cyborg-ai, humor, lgbt, contemporary, cool-premise, pgs-under-300, m-m, make-it-make-sense, setting-workplace, romance-on-side, prada-challenge
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Absurd, indeed!
Several People Are Typing chronicles the story of Gerald, a below-average employee of an NYC marketing company whose entire consciousness is sucked into his office's Slack workspace. All the other employees assume he's staging an elaborate bit in order to get more work-from-home time (which is actually quite plausible).
While trapped in Slack, Gerald accidentally awakens the Slackbot into a sentient AI which goes rogue and tries to steal his now-empty body (the "Self-Meat" as he calls it).
All of this is related to the reader entirely through Slack messages.
The story itself was quick and entertaining, though there wasn't much substance to it. There are a few very strange and confusing subplots as well as a romance that kind of came out of nowhere? And much of the story doesn't make sense, not just in an absurd parody way, but in a general that's-not-how-life-works way.
Still, I would recommend for anyone wanting a funny, strange, and quick distraction from work, about work.
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cyborg-ai
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humor
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lgbt
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contemporary
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cool-premise
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pgs-under-300
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m-m
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make-it-make-sense
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setting-workplace
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romance-on-side
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June 29, 2023
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prada-challenge
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Jun 13, 2023 02:38AM
I was so confused while I was reading that quote; I was like; what the hell is she on about🧍🏻♀️🤣 but then I saw it was about a marketing company employee and it suddenly made sense lmaoo. I’m glad this was a fun and entertaining read, even if it didn’t have all that much substance to it! Great review🧡🧡
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This book was so confusing at times hahahahaha but very funny when it came to making fun of the average modern workplace.
Major spoiler you have there.
