Snippets from Jon Bois' 17776 and 20020, a story you read online about sentient 178th-century space probes who watch football all day.


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Lori: All right. e5.

Chess Guy: Are you gonna buy Aurora?

Lori: Nah, I don’t think so.

Chess Guy: So I’ll just tell you this because you’re new. You definitely want to buy as many squares in the middle of the board as you can. That’s why they’re so expensive.

Lori: I’ll pass for now.

Chess Guy: Suit yourself. d4.

Lori: Knight c6.

Chess Guy: Declining the gambit, huh? Okay!

Here’s … $1000. Annexing Rockford and Joliet.

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