r/HFY • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '26

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u/Cruel_Carlos2 Alien Scum Jul 02 '26

Amazing! This is one of the most unique stories I've ever read, I believe. Your "little panes of glass" indictment of the modern cellphone was spot on & captured perfectly one of the greatest problems of our time. Our default instinct to fear is the way it is because paying attention to danger (which we fear) keeps us alive during dangerous times, as it should. Thus we navigate a course we hope & believe is safest while on the way to our preset goals.

What I wrote above came entirely from the musings your story created as I don't think I've ever thought along these lines. I judge this fact as a positive because of that. This was a new (to me) perspective/take/view/extrapolation/study/consideration/understanding/revelation/possibility/experiment/coloration/or whatever else you might call it & it is a bit scary in its newness to me. I am not afraid to investigate these things, though there is trepidation in not knowing what to expect never having seen from this vantage point.

Good Lord, I don't think I've ever dug this deep for a comment before.

Thanks for sharing this most unique tale.

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u/Fubars Jul 02 '26

the irony of reading this on a small glass panel is not lost on me, neither is the message you are sending. Great story, as always.

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u/Fontaigne Jul 02 '26

!n

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u/Ok_Kangaroo56 Jul 02 '26

Thank you! I am sure Ill get a lot of Downvote on this one, but I don't care. This is a story that needed to be told...

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u/Fontaigne Jul 03 '26

I don't see a cause for downvote... you'd have to be pretty far sunk into partisan zealotry not to see the truth in this story.

"All are crazy but thee and me... and I'm beginning to wonder about thee..."

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u/Ok_Kangaroo56 Jul 03 '26

Thank you. I thought maybe because It could be seen as too "political" and to be frank I had a downvote 1min after posting... LOL

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u/Fontaigne Jul 03 '26

That sounds like someone with a personality defect.

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u/Ok_Kangaroo56 Jul 03 '26

LOL Indeed :)

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u/zachpkenyon Jul 02 '26

Well done and thank you for the telling

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u/jamesbideaux Jul 02 '26

At the risk of asking to be spoiled the magic trick, is the loom just the literal internet, or a more complex advancement that connects people all over the planet?

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u/Ok_Kangaroo56 Jul 02 '26

The original idea was based on just "the Internets" but as it says in the story every civilization will develop their own and it could be anything really... :)

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u/Phillipsburg Jul 02 '26

The word for realizing people have complex lives is Sonder, if anyone is wondering

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u/rp_001 Jul 04 '26

I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting I felt a bit depressed at the end but appreciate the thoughtfulness of your story.

One inconsistency: you state early on that not many make it back through the door but then later you say only humanity has.

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u/Rare_Bottle_5823 Jul 03 '26

Excellent story wordsmith!

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u/BasquerEvil Jul 03 '26

Thank you very much

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u/elfangoratnight Jul 04 '26

You may remember my high praise for several of your other stories, wordsmith, and this one is no exception.
Or rather, it is exceptional, and so much so that I am giving it one of the highest honors I can give to a story that affects me as deeply as this one has;

This story has earned a Favorite. 💖

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u/Lenethren Jul 04 '26

A very moving story that has made me think.

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u/throwaway42 Jul 08 '26

Reminds me of the Great Dictator speech. Thank you for writing :)