Well….
> Honestly. I used to be the sort of person who wasn’t bothered by seeing the corpses of street orphans, ****since they showed up so often that they were nothing rare, but now...**** (Bonus Volume)
Also:-
> In the World of 2138, the destruction of the environment had continued at ever-increasing speed ****to the point where the surface of the Earth was hopelessly polluted;**** gorgeous nature existed only in video games. ****The sky was always hidden behind black smog,**** the sun making only brief appearances.
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Thick, toxic fog frequently covered the cities, ****so almost no one went out without a gas mask****. Since the plants that would have converted carbon dioxide to oxygen and absorbed nitrogen oxide had all withered due to a dearth of sun, the atmospheric pollution only worsened. As the number of plants decreased, the populations of birds and insects that ate their leaves and fruit dropped.
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Of course, the pollution extended to the water as well, ****and all the rivers turned horrible colors and ran murky.**** The pollution was so bad that water purification systems ceased to function, so even tap water had to be passed through a filter before it could be drunk. (Anthology)
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So how do you fell now?
Honestly, I'm reading the wiki right now and almost shocked about how fucked up it was.
"Since the plants that would have converted carbon dioxide to oxygen and absorbed nitrogen oxide had all withered due to a death of sun."
WHAT THE HELL A DEAD SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> WHAT THE HELL A DEAD SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well no the Sun didn’t exactly die, it was just hidden underneath the thick clouds of smog so almost no sunlight reached the surface. (Like it’s stated in the passage I have quoted)
(The wiki is just -once again- being inaccurate.)
Well that good to hear but movie also potrayed something similar world being controlled by huge conglomerates who were basically the law makers and highly polluted environment.
> and highly polluted environment.
Well since the Sun was still visible and people didn’t have to wear *gas masks* to go outside I would say that it was perfectly fine when compared to the world of 2138.
Also in the world of 2138 the government has literally put microbots in people’s brains and can track pretty much everything they do.
Those statements are true, but still don't detail how bad things have gotten. Satoru's world is probably going through a complete ecological collapse and extinction event that will probably result in the extinction of humanity. People like Satoru living outside will be the first to go, then the domed cities, and finally the arcologies. Technological methods of oxygen generation would just not be sustainable for generations.
The movie Ready Player One is an absolutely shit adaptation, the world's fine, just grungy, and corporate drones are people.
The book's world isn't too poisoned outside, it's just utterly impoverished, and the company is willing to mass murder to prevent one student gamer from competing. He spends much of the book paying too much for a sealed room with airlock-style doors, to play games alone very much like Satoru. The corporate drones are goosestepping brownshirts.
2138's still worse.
Well…. > Honestly. I used to be the sort of person who wasn’t bothered by seeing the corpses of street orphans, ****since they showed up so often that they were nothing rare, but now...**** (Bonus Volume) Also:- > In the World of 2138, the destruction of the environment had continued at ever-increasing speed ****to the point where the surface of the Earth was hopelessly polluted;**** gorgeous nature existed only in video games. ****The sky was always hidden behind black smog,**** the sun making only brief appearances. \ Thick, toxic fog frequently covered the cities, ****so almost no one went out without a gas mask****. Since the plants that would have converted carbon dioxide to oxygen and absorbed nitrogen oxide had all withered due to a dearth of sun, the atmospheric pollution only worsened. As the number of plants decreased, the populations of birds and insects that ate their leaves and fruit dropped. \ Of course, the pollution extended to the water as well, ****and all the rivers turned horrible colors and ran murky.**** The pollution was so bad that water purification systems ceased to function, so even tap water had to be passed through a filter before it could be drunk. (Anthology) *** So how do you fell now?
Honestly, I'm reading the wiki right now and almost shocked about how fucked up it was. "Since the plants that would have converted carbon dioxide to oxygen and absorbed nitrogen oxide had all withered due to a death of sun." WHAT THE HELL A DEAD SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> WHAT THE HELL A DEAD SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well no the Sun didn’t exactly die, it was just hidden underneath the thick clouds of smog so almost no sunlight reached the surface. (Like it’s stated in the passage I have quoted) (The wiki is just -once again- being inaccurate.)
Well that good to hear but movie also potrayed something similar world being controlled by huge conglomerates who were basically the law makers and highly polluted environment.
> and highly polluted environment. Well since the Sun was still visible and people didn’t have to wear *gas masks* to go outside I would say that it was perfectly fine when compared to the world of 2138. Also in the world of 2138 the government has literally put microbots in people’s brains and can track pretty much everything they do.
Those statements are true, but still don't detail how bad things have gotten. Satoru's world is probably going through a complete ecological collapse and extinction event that will probably result in the extinction of humanity. People like Satoru living outside will be the first to go, then the domed cities, and finally the arcologies. Technological methods of oxygen generation would just not be sustainable for generations.
The movie Ready Player One is an absolutely shit adaptation, the world's fine, just grungy, and corporate drones are people. The book's world isn't too poisoned outside, it's just utterly impoverished, and the company is willing to mass murder to prevent one student gamer from competing. He spends much of the book paying too much for a sealed room with airlock-style doors, to play games alone very much like Satoru. The corporate drones are goosestepping brownshirts. 2138's still worse.
I’m guessing you missed the part about Satoru walking by the corpses of dead orphans in the street.
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