Just received a $44 class-action settlement check, so if you need me I will be at the Bentley dealership
Now I’m imagining an America of the 22nd century where we have a kind of minimal universal basic income that consists entirely of class-action lawsuit settlement payouts
This detail is definitely going into the second novel I write that nobody will read
I tell you I am absolutely swimming in it right now
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Right now any novel where the world makes it to the end of this century is utopian.
@jalefkowit I was literally just thinking about class action lawsuits as retirement plan. This after getting a notification for a case about Sirius XM spam calls
@jalefkowit I vaguely remember @scalzi had a short story with a plot element like that.
@jalefkowit "I'm sorry sir, we no longer accept Experian credit monitoring for payment. Do you have a Trans Union voucher, perhaps?"
@jalefkowit is this a Philip K. Dick story?
@abarker I should be so good as to be in such company šŸ˜†
@jalefkowit
there's def a good bit in there
@jalefkowit in the reboot of Demolition Man, you buy food at Taco Bell with your Universal Credit Monitoring