New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Where can I find the old internet's short stories/fiction?
Ask HN: Where can I find the old internet's short stories/fiction?
3 by eezurr | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Or non fiction. All the recent posts about the "old internet" are reminding me of the content I came across in the late 90s/00s that I cant find anymore. I remember coming across a cache of great short stories (some related to tech) over those years. One of them really stands out and I would love to read it again. The gist of it: The main character (1st person) goes into work and some casual games are played that day (throughout the story he remains neutral). Over time, more games are played and everyone begins taking them more seriously. Soon the office separates into different cliques (marketing, sales, IT, etc), and the games evolve into competitive, office wide nerf gun fights. People start making bases out of their cubicles (roofs and all), eventually sleeping inside of them, fearing to leave them unguarded. It keeps escalating. People begin bringing hand guns/rifles into work and plot how to knock out the other teams. Then I think it ends with the guy walking outside to the parking lot to have a smoke after speaking to the head IT guy (who hasnt showered nor left his base in days).
3 by eezurr | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Or non fiction. All the recent posts about the "old internet" are reminding me of the content I came across in the late 90s/00s that I cant find anymore. I remember coming across a cache of great short stories (some related to tech) over those years. One of them really stands out and I would love to read it again. The gist of it: The main character (1st person) goes into work and some casual games are played that day (throughout the story he remains neutral). Over time, more games are played and everyone begins taking them more seriously. Soon the office separates into different cliques (marketing, sales, IT, etc), and the games evolve into competitive, office wide nerf gun fights. People start making bases out of their cubicles (roofs and all), eventually sleeping inside of them, fearing to leave them unguarded. It keeps escalating. People begin bringing hand guns/rifles into work and plot how to knock out the other teams. Then I think it ends with the guy walking outside to the parking lot to have a smoke after speaking to the head IT guy (who hasnt showered nor left his base in days).
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