November 22, 2025

I had read about a recent trend of people selling titles for extremely small areas of land. Transactions were mostly being done through an app with a frontier/Wild West aesthetic. Selling titles was framed as “Driv[ing] Evil” out. Prices were at an all time high and no one wanted to miss out. In our house was a parcel the size of a parked car in the garage and one the size of a dining table in our living room. I sold them off with a click until I realized that the living room land belonged to “one of the fun ones”.

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I looked at my teeth in the mirror and was able to push down and retract the crowns of my premolars as if there were a spring underneath. I was deeply unsettled by both the sight and sensation.