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Feed by M.T. Anderson
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You could be eating Taco Bell tacos right now! In fact, there's a Taco Bell nearby calling your name!

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Just think of that taste as the steaming beef-like substance hits your tongue, with Taco Bell's savory blend of spices all ready to give you MOUTHGASM! With a side of those cinnamon twists, and a big, plastic quart of a dark, sugary substance, you're ready to have a tasty tasty meal! And you've earned it! Perhaps you should consider buying some when you finish reading this review!

Because this review is about what life would be like it we had internet access in our head. Awesome? NO. It would totally suck. Nearly as much as the Dirt Devil In-Ground Ultra-Sucker, which temporarily has a $50 mail-in rebate, as long as you ACT NOW.

It sucks for a variety of reasons. . . for one, how would you feel if, while you were trying to talk to someone and he was looking you straight in the eyes, you started getting the sneaking suspicion he was watching Archer? Or you thought he might be on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, tinkering around with some new review? And this made you start wondering how well your last review was doing RE: votes, and before you could think twice about it you were on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, checking your updates? And then your conversation trails off because he really IS watching Archer, and now you're posting a status update b/c you've read another 20 pages in a book--BUT WAIT! There aren't books! Nobody reads anymore! So it's an internet without Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ! More about that after these messages.

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And we're back! I guess the most annoying part of the whole internet-in-the-head thing would be the constant barrage of advertisements. I mean, when you can't control when you have to endure an advertisement, can't turn it off, can't change the channels, because the advertisement is literally in your head....I mean, WTF?

But RE: this book, it's a well-done mix of young adult literature and dystopia that manages a techno-teen speak that works and is more funny than annoying. This is quite impressive, although not as impressive as the taste of Bacardi, which helps you become skinny and slutty, i.e. hot.

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Anderson does amazingly well at making you actually feel for the main character, considering he--along with almost every other character--is even more wrapped up in consumerism than we are. I know, right? Happiness is an idea communicated by advertisements, and identity is created by which of these happinesses you choose to pursue. Are you the Bacardi ho? Are you the dude in the field of flowers tossing his kid up in the air? Are you walking down the beach and sliding a diamond ring on a finger? Who are you?

The main character falls for a girl who doesn't seem as...well, distractible and materialistic as the other people he knows. This is a big turn-on, although not as much as a pair of Air Max 90 Infrareds. You don't have a pair yet? They're the dopest of the dope. These shoes are so hot, girls literally make out with them.

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So, he's attracted to the way she seems so strangely thoughtful and reflective. But, it's a dystopia, so blah blah blah, it goes to shit.

There's a lot of absolutely hilarious parts of this book, most of them in the first half. Things then get real. RE: funny things, though,

1. Everyone has lesions on their skin because of pollution. They're so common that they are usually ignored, until it comes into fashion to get artificially created, ornamental ones.
2. They go to the moon one day because they're bored.
3. They go to a farm. A filet mignon farm, with big pulsating walls of beef all around them. And they go through a beef maze. I laughed until I cried.


That said, I shall conclude. This conclusion is brought to you by Chevron, the environmental fossil fuel company. We're working toward a progressive energy future, and sustainable resource practices. And those terms really do mean something.

My conclusion is that IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR US. We still have the chance to be creative, innovative, and make choices for ourselves. And if we don't use these abilities, we may end up losing them. So, lets all go out and express our individuality by finding products that help us define who we are as individuals. Maybe then, then, we will be free.
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Reading Progress

Finished Reading
March 20, 2011 – Shelved
May 5, 2012 – Shelved as: goodest-reads-2011-a-sad-year
March 7, 2013 – Shelved as: sf-fantasy
June 30, 2014 – Shelved as: most-popular-reviews

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message 1: by Esteban (new)

Esteban del Mal I need a new pair of shoes.


Michael Might I suggest a pair that either makes you more savvy at sports, or some that make you irresistible to women? Perhaps a little of both?


Michael Or a roll of duct tape, which usually solves shoe problems.


message 4: by Kristen (new)

Kristen Holy shit Michael, Where did you find all these ads?


message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

Now I'm hungry.


message 6: by Jacob (new)

Jacob Khepri?

Wait, my bad. That's just a car.


Michael I found most of them through google searches for advertisements. I spent a stupid amount of time looking at adds. The last one I'd seen before and thought was hilarious...it took a while to track that one down, though.


Annalisa Awesome. Why didn't I think of writing my review to sound like the book?


Joel Jacob wrote: "Khepri?

Wait, my bad. That's just a car."


lol.


Michael Wait, my bad. That's just a car.

The advertisements I searched were sadly devoid of bugsecks.

Why didn't I think of writing my review to sound like the book?

If you had, you would've wasted way too much of your life searching for just the right adds. Really, it wouldn't be worth it.


Annalisa This way you get to waste your time looking up pictures and I still get to be amused. Okay, I'm feeling better about not being so brilliant. :)


message 12: by JD (new)

JD Waggy And here I just spent a weekend at a conference telling feminist theorists that they can calm down now, the women's movement has made impressive strides and it would be well to recognize that.

Words are not as tasty as Taco Bell.


Michael In some arenas, you're definitely right, Jen. But a comparison of Bacardi adds over the last 40 to 50 years paints a much bleaker picture...I didn't even pick the sleaziest Bacardi add by half.

But, there are some things you don't see in adds anymore. . .

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Here's a misogynist recent add I left out:

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In case the words are too small: "If only women spent less time cooking."


message 14: by JD (new)

JD Waggy *sigh*

Well, except for advertising, women are doing better. We'll try to ignore the 'ho's.


sharivar best, most accurate review ever produced.


Michael Thanks, Stephanie!


message 17: by VMom (new) - rated it 4 stars

VMom Brilliant review.


Austin gross


Alicia Love your review.


Funky Tomo77 Those adverts! Wow wow wow. Never seen any of those before , except the diet pills and Bacardi.
The baby suppin on sugar pop and the blow job Burger King are especially disturbing. Good finds !


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