i found this picture two days ago and i keep coming back to it. 1950s supermarket with mat_fullbright enabled. "Q: how many T12 fluorescent fixtures A: yes." you walk in and everything goes silent like a videogame flashbang and as your hearing returns it's just a deafening, bone-rattling 60hz hum. thirty minutes feels like a year. you walk the aisles. there are no other shoppers. you listen to the hum, and think about what life was like before the kids


