Nation Shudders at Large Block of Uninterrupted Text
WASHINGTON—Unable to rest their eyes on a colorful photograph or boldface heading that could be easily skimmed and forgotten about, Americans collectively recoiled Monday when confronted with a solid block of uninterrupted text.
Dumbfounded citizens from Maine to California gazed helplessly at the frightening chunk of print, unsure of what to do next. Without an illustration, chart, or embedded YouTube video to ease them in, millions were frozen in place, terrified by the sight of one long, unbroken string of English words.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Mark Shelton, a high school teacher from St. Paul, MN who stared blankly at the page in front of him for several minutes before finally holding it up to his ear. "What does it want from us?"
Read on if you dare...
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A moving story of the triumph of the human spirit, of hope arisen even amid the ashes of despair, and ultimately a glorious re-affirmation that those time-tested qualities of denial, ignorance and apathy that have brought us through confusion and chaos before, remain steadfast and trustworthy still. Makes me proud to be a human.
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