Dress As a Hot Dog on Princess Day, Win the Internet Forever
Latest“What is the secret to winning the eternal favor of the internet?” the blogger asks, craning her body toward the wizened oracle, intent on not missing a word.
“I will tell you,” the oracle says, placing a gnarled, arthritic hand on the blogger’s shoulder. Her eyes, long lost to screen-induced eye strain, dart wildly in their sockets.
“The secret,” she croaks, “is this: Go back in time. Back, to when you were much younger. Back, before the prestigious unpaid internship. Back, before Oberlin. Back to when you were a child, when the internet was still a large metal box in some geek’s garage and ‘twitter’ was a legitimate verb.”
The blogger listens, rapt. The oracle clears her throat.