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Irrational fear that the Chinese deliberately sent Covid virus to America and other countries.
Calling Covid-19 "The Chinese Virus", Fox News sparked Sinovidphobia, resulting in a spate of random hate crimes against Chinese-Americans.
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In the midst of a pandemic, a country dissolving into violent chaos.
Destabilized by uncontrolled infection rates, surging unemployment, months of fear and anger, vast numbers took to the streets in incendiary protest against police violence toward blacks and America edged toward panarchy.
A growing yet indecipherable mound, composed of unmatched socks, sweaters, underwear, pillows, books, catalogs, unopened mail, empty bottles, reading glasses, chargers, clean and dirty towels, exercise paraphernalia, countless and nameless other things, many forgotten yet long-sought, the entirety overtaking the room, cascading, poised to erupt.
"Have you seen my phone?"
"Have you checked the bedside volcano?"
"Which one??"
"Good question."
A signal of mutual attraction, directed to a man by a woman, as she turns away and very subtly angles her hips and derriere.
Knowing his eyes were on her, she turned to give him a fleeting but unmistakable backsided compliment.
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A pandemic with no clear solution.
As the months wore on, all hopeful answers leading to dead ends, coronavirus threatened to become an incurable coronundrum.
A heated disagreement with oneself.
His desire to be famous and his need to be left alone had led him to this strange moment - on stage, in front of thousands of screaming fans, ready to walk off and go home, in a state of raging introversy.
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The black sheep sibling of Artificial Intelligence, promiscuously spreading misinformation and calumny which can never be corrected, denied or retrieved, set in digital stone.
Although Jack was happily attached and leading a blameless life, he awakened one morning to the news that he was on Tinder, listed with a gender identity and sexual preference he had never actually heard of, was the target of several concurrently pending lawsuits, had been arrested for bestiality at the age of twelve, failed in his fifth attempt at getting a GED, declared bankruptcy twice, and, perhaps the greatest insult, had appended to his profile an unflattering photo of someone else with his exact name. All of this was out there forever. Forever, and it was sure to spread. There was no one to complain to. Nobody. Welcome to the age of A.I.2 Artificial Ignorance.