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The Consumer


Theconsumer

The writer William Gibson, who coined the word "cyberspace," once described "the consumer" as "something the size of a baby hippo, the color of a week-old boiled potato, that lives by itself, in the dark, in a double-wide on the outskirts of Topeka. It's covered with eyes and it sweats constantly. The sweat runs into those eyes and makes them sting. It has no mouth... no genitals, and can only express its mute extremes of murderous rage and infantile desire by changing the channels on a universal remote."

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As revolting as it is, I like Gibson's description. And I've seen that 'consumer' in the photo all over the L.A. and Orange County areas.

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