Wow! The Ministry of Social Engineering medical adjudicator has approved my application for baby benefits, much, much<\/i> faster than anticipated! Apparently Parliament just passed a bill giving precedence to the development of registered parent lists to combat the grim business reality of an alarmingly low birth rate, even while giving a lot of lip on TV to synthetics, rejuvenetics, and “aging gracefully” to avert the financial crisis. (I hate those posters, don’t you? Always at the bus-stop, next to all the other ads targeted at poor people.) This is all so unreal, like I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole. Never in my life has the government ever been so helpful! They’ve even given me a chit to register with a far more luxurious creche than my income bracket would allow, because of my high test scores and because I’m such prime birthing age. <\/p>\n
Next step: asking the new partner how he feels about the whole thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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