Actual sentence from self-published space opera/erotica, apparently not meant as parody:
" I should probably tell you I have space herpes."
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- Julie Ellaminnow Pea
- slightly reluctant college student. probably a creative writing major. has heard the jokes and disparaging remarks, thanks. introvert. likes the idea of absinthe somewhat more than the reality. does not own that many shoes. makes poor eye contact. occasionally wishes she could fold more origami shapes than the frog, the cicada, the bird, and the samurai hat. actually isn't sure whether she still remembers how to do any of those except the samurai hat. currently resides in western north carolina. has sharper teeth than you know.
Gonorrhea is curable though (right?), unless the robotic strain is different.
ReplyDeleteEverything sounds funnier or cooler when you put "space" in front of it...
-Hilary
I was thinking of an episode of Futurama where there's a parody educational film about human/robot relations. They mention robo-gonorrhea (or, actually, I think it was electro-gonorrhea). It's referred to as "the noisy killer," so I'm guessing it must be pretty bad.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is my pop culture reference for today.
Yeah, I like it when people stick the word "space" in front of common nouns to make them sound more science fictional. I think it's the way it just completely discards any pretense that there's more depth to the choice of setting than, "the only thing that could make this cooler/funnier/scarier/more dramatic is if we put it IN OUTER SPACE! Because space is neat!"