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Warped speculation/fic?
When I was younger I thought the best thing to do was not to have kids. After all, the world is already overtaxed with people, adding more isn't going to help matters any. Then I realized I was wrong. As is, the smart folk don't breed but the morons do since they feel no qualms about using up resources and destroying the world. They just sit back, pop another beer and laugh at another mindless "reality" show.
That's when it clicked.
The best way to control the population and make sure the resources of our planet are plentiful.
Smart folks MUST reproduce, and we must take active control of thinning the herd.
The first step was to make the stupid ones slow moving and docile.
TV, video games and fast food took care of that.
The next step was to make them weak -- those wonderful cans and bottles of soda are handling that quite nicely. Can't build muscle on high fructose corn syrup.
Now there's the fun part. It would have been easy to start slipping contraceptives into the cola once we controlled the manufacturing process, but not nearly as fun.
The next step came with a little game of chance. Contact poisons on coins left laying around in low income areas. Did you wonder why the banks made coins to replace low denomination bills? It had nothing to do with the stories you may have heard about coins lasting longer than bills. It has everything to do with surface area and the ability to wash the contact poison off when it gets to the processing centres after it has done it's job.
It's a strange sort of thrill, watching to see who stops and looks around before scooping that two dollar coin off the sidewalk, rubbing the dirt off to make sure they are seeing what they think they are -- some of them even bite down on it like in old movies, as if it might not be real. Bonus for us; the poison acts that much faster.
Sadistic? Perhaps, but once the plan has been in effect for a few more years then my children will be safe to walk the streets at night because no-one will be so hungry that they have to resort to crime. There will be lower rents because landlords will be desperate for people to fill apartments. Traffic problems will be a thing of the past. Think about it -- the percentage of people who have to drive to a nine to five job will be drastically reduced. When it leaks out that people are being randomly poisoned, and it will leak out, people will start travelling in shared vehicles for safety. Do you think it will ever occur to them than their bus fare is more suspect than the daily drive-through coffee fix?
It's brilliant, really. I'll even give you a hint to make the game a bit more of a challenge. There are stores giving out the coin for us as well. You can always spot them; the clerks wear surgical gloves.
Have a lovely day, won't you? And don't take any wooden nickels.
That's when it clicked.
The best way to control the population and make sure the resources of our planet are plentiful.
Smart folks MUST reproduce, and we must take active control of thinning the herd.
The first step was to make the stupid ones slow moving and docile.
TV, video games and fast food took care of that.
The next step was to make them weak -- those wonderful cans and bottles of soda are handling that quite nicely. Can't build muscle on high fructose corn syrup.
Now there's the fun part. It would have been easy to start slipping contraceptives into the cola once we controlled the manufacturing process, but not nearly as fun.
The next step came with a little game of chance. Contact poisons on coins left laying around in low income areas. Did you wonder why the banks made coins to replace low denomination bills? It had nothing to do with the stories you may have heard about coins lasting longer than bills. It has everything to do with surface area and the ability to wash the contact poison off when it gets to the processing centres after it has done it's job.
It's a strange sort of thrill, watching to see who stops and looks around before scooping that two dollar coin off the sidewalk, rubbing the dirt off to make sure they are seeing what they think they are -- some of them even bite down on it like in old movies, as if it might not be real. Bonus for us; the poison acts that much faster.
Sadistic? Perhaps, but once the plan has been in effect for a few more years then my children will be safe to walk the streets at night because no-one will be so hungry that they have to resort to crime. There will be lower rents because landlords will be desperate for people to fill apartments. Traffic problems will be a thing of the past. Think about it -- the percentage of people who have to drive to a nine to five job will be drastically reduced. When it leaks out that people are being randomly poisoned, and it will leak out, people will start travelling in shared vehicles for safety. Do you think it will ever occur to them than their bus fare is more suspect than the daily drive-through coffee fix?
It's brilliant, really. I'll even give you a hint to make the game a bit more of a challenge. There are stores giving out the coin for us as well. You can always spot them; the clerks wear surgical gloves.
Have a lovely day, won't you? And don't take any wooden nickels.