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Hope to see lots of you this afternoon at the corner! We can do this together! #SaveTheOA #WatchTheOA #TheOAisReal
PART V - THE OTHER ANSWER

The preventable deaths of tens of thousands of people a year to mental and physical health issues should be seen as absurd, but it's not. It's part of the background noise of how our system functions. It's mundane.
Ergo, it's not so absurd to protest a TV show's cancellation with a hunger strike. In a way, it's also mundane.

Because this is the point where our society is, a point where a TV show can be the best option readily available to someone.
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The time has come for the fourth movement. #SaveTheOA #WatchTheOA #TheOAisReal

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The story concludes tomorrow morning.
PART IV - THE OUTSIDER'S ANGUISH

Sometimes, a TV show is the best thing you have.

Most television is just meaningless entertainment. Once in a while, a show comes along that speaks to people.
People who need help but can't get it. People who look at the screen, see something resembling themselves or their struggle and their pain, and find comfort in it.

People like me.
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A new day, a new movement in the fight to #SaveTheOA.

(To begin from the beginning, go here: )

#WatchTheOA #TheOAisReal
PART III - THE OVERT ANALOGY

Crucial to the development of benevolent artificial support systems is a lesson I like to call #ThePomegranate. It's a small bit of science fiction that has to do with calculating priorities when dealing with humans. It goes like this:
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived on a dying Earth. Everything was going extinct, all the plants and animals. All humanity could do was try and make the most of what was left.
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The day is ending, but the protest is just beginning. Here is my second movement, examining @Netflix. #SaveTheOA #WatchTheOA #TheOAisReal
PART II - THE OVERARCHING ANIMUS

I must briefly address corporate capitalism. I can already hear the groans; I'll try to make this relatively short and painless.
Corporations are faceless, emotionless, profit-driven entities that exist to accumulate wealth.

This doesn't mean all companies are evil or even inherently bad. Some have at their core a deep moral stance or philosophy which they enduringly abide by.
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