“That tiny bit of attention I accidentally paid in attempting to dismiss that single pop-up ad seemed to cause the entire internet to rear up against me, as if, in this single act of attempting to simply conserve the tiny shred of human integrity remaining to me, I had insulted not only whatever insipid process had wrought the offending pop-up, but the entire basis of the monster it was the child of and from that day on, my life was a form of hell I would not wish on any creature, mortal or divine.”

— an a i