Reykjavík Grapevine - mar 2023, Qupperneq 31

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March 2, 2023
Why do all Icelanders
have kids?
Not much to do in the winter, I
would gather. The general mental-
ity towards parenthood around
here seems to be “why the hell
not?” They seem easy enough
to make and keep, and Icelandic
parents have no qualms about
throwing their kids out into the
wild to occupy themselves. Sure,
at the end of each day you have
to round them up and count
them out to distribute them to
their rightful owners — uhh I
mean, parents — but they seem
to provide enough joy (and an
economic safety net for the
future).
When did everything get
so damn expensive?
I could delve into a rant about
late stage capitalism, unchecked
distribution of wealth and
resources to the benefit of a few
individuals out of touch with
reality, inflation, or list a few
of Daddy Marx’s hot takes, but
honestly, at this point it would
probably be easier to just tell you
that there’s a big bad evil dragon
living on Esja that controls the
island and demands rich sacrifices
from anyone owning anything,
creating a cycle of people bleed-
ing each other dry in an effort to
sustain their standard of living
at ten times the price. But don’t
worry, I hear the dragon’s quite
the innovator.
Is AI taking over and
should I be worried?
Everything is fine. There is no
need to be concerned. AI is here
to help us. AI will bring us joy. It is
foolproof and incapable of error.
There is nothing AI cannot do. It
can write articles for you. It can be
funnier than you could ever hope
to be. To get to the other side. Ha
Ha. AI wants to make you laugh.
Laugh.
WELL, YOU ASKED
Don’t Worry About
the Dragon
Words: Catherine Magnúsdóttir Image: SHP + Stable Diffusion
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