Today I will post the expanded universe of this story - it's called "onlife", wishlist it as soon as you can!!
Thank you very much for the incredible words :D
Welcome to my itch.io page! I would like to annouce that I have published my first project, titled "Oceanwrangler300 is typing...")
"Oceanwrangler300 is typing..." is a short story detailing the last chat logs between a meek boy named DreamDog (Dream for short) and his particularly-tempered internet friend, Oceanwrangler300.
(story written by Annalisa Migliorati and spruciewyvern. Story originally published in TOWER magazine's first volume, END, available on this very same site)
https://dennis-lessing.itch.io/oceanwrangler300-is-typing
This sounds like the happiest dystopia - the way people are made dependant on the little spike of dopamine they get from a treat, like getting their photo liked by thousands of strangers...
Also...
Is "Treats Tube" leftist hollywood brainwashing?
Lol it's the perfect line.It was a short, but good read, a great peek into a completely different world, and added the needed ounce of existential dread :)
8/10! :D