17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
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17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
Just wanted to drop by and highly recommend Jon Bois's newest article/webcomic thing, 17776. It starts as an article about the future of football and becomes something... unique. Even if/especially if you know nothing about football, you should definitely check it out; it's some really amazing storytelling presented in a compelling, non-traditional style. I know I'm not selling it amazingly well, but it's one of those hard-to-explain pieces of art that's best experienced without spoilers or primers.
I ran across it earlier today and read it through start to finish as quickly as I could. It's run is only July 5th-15th, so it'll end up being a fairly short read. It's worth your time.
If you want to read along: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football
I ran across it earlier today and read it through start to finish as quickly as I could. It's run is only July 5th-15th, so it'll end up being a fairly short read. It's worth your time.
If you want to read along: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football
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Re: 17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
Are there jumpscares?
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Re: 17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
Yeah, just the one so far (and it's very mild all things considered)
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Re: 17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
aside from the whole "being unnecessarily mean to someone who hasn't earned it" thing, i relate so hard to juice
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Re: 17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
You know what?
That ended exactly how I thought it would. And I'm pretty darn happy with that.
That ended exactly how I thought it would. And I'm pretty darn happy with that.
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"i know your residual data indicates to you that the universe will eventually be ended via heat death. good news, that's bullshit that we thought was true in the 20th century, before we had thousands more years to study it. the earth is always gonna be there, because tenth, they've figured out how to keep the sun going perpetually."
pretty rushed way to tie up loose ends lol.
pretty rushed way to tie up loose ends lol.
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Re: 17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
dang when juice started explaining all that stuff i knew it was the end and it was rly sad
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Re: 17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
I like how it was also an extremely explicit call to action regarding climate change
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Re: 17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
I really enjoyed this and I wanted more at the end, but it was still a nice conclusion.
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Re: 17776: A story about the future of American football (sort of)
Loved this from start to finish. Wish it could've kept going, as it felt a tad rushed at the end, but I didn't want it to overstay its welcome, either.
Jon Bois is a fantastically talented writer, by the way. Most of his other pieces are more directly sports-related, but just as surreal and funny. If you haven't read any of his "Breaking Madden" stuff, you really should! And if you're into sports at all, give some of his other stuff a read, because it's really good.
Jon Bois is a fantastically talented writer, by the way. Most of his other pieces are more directly sports-related, but just as surreal and funny. If you haven't read any of his "Breaking Madden" stuff, you really should! And if you're into sports at all, give some of his other stuff a read, because it's really good.
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