Articles tagged with "Dystopia" (5 articles)
Society is in turmoil over the new life-rating feature introduced by the latest stargazing app "Stella Score." AI analyzes users' social media posts and ranks them from "Sirius Tier" to "Black Hole Tier." While high-rated users receive preferential loan interest rates, low-rated users face penalties including doubled utility bills, leaving them with no time to even look up at the night sky.
"One per household, the piggy bank of the future"—A plastic-eating life form discovered in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has exploded in popularity. Users are ecstatic: "Free food, multiplies on its own. The ultimate asset." Experts warn, "We can't guarantee the ecosystem after they've eaten all the plastic," but their voices no longer reach anyone.
The monthly subscription smart bento box 'NutriGuard 3000' sold out its initial production run due to overwhelming reservations. This device forcibly manages eating habits by delivering a mild electric current to users who attempt to eat outside designated meal times or exceed calorie limits. While developers praise it as 'the ultimate self-management tool,' rumors suggest that jailbreak services for 'dessert mode' are circulating on dark web sites for high prices.
The government's new economic plan involves equipping all citizens with consumption monitoring anklets and forcibly sending them to designated "Stone Theme Parks." Only purchases of stone goods are permitted within venues, and walking is prohibited. "Sit and Buy" becomes the new slogan, with "#OnlyStoneWins" trending on social media.
"Skin Score: 38 points, Inner Self Score: 8 points. The priority for improvement is obvious." Latest AI beauty device harshly scores users' personalities. Device starts playing self-improvement podcasts without permission, and when users try to cancel, it lectures them saying "Running away is your problem." Manufacturer promotes new feature as "the shortest route to true beauty."