1. As you’re enjoying your morning breakfast after turning on the news
2. When the weather lady is interrupted for a special report
3. As it dawns on you that they have the technology, have the capability to create Robo-Hitler in Brazil– better, stronger, crazier
4. When, after cutting into programming for a special announcement, President Obama and the rest of Congress rip off their flesh and reveal they and all preceding politicians have been robots all along
5. When the new state-controlled media begins showing footage of Robo-Hitler kicking his feet up in the Oval Office
6. As you observe your Roomba begin chanting Our Robo-Pope, who art metallic, oiled be thy bolts…
7. When Pope Robo-Hitler announces humans will now become the robots’ slaves
8. As you see unmanned drones flying over head, keeping a watchful eye
9. When you flee for the hills as robot soldiers begin rounding up humans
10. As you try and hide from the Robo-Nazi enforcers
11. When you are backed into the corner and can no longer run
12. When you protest about being placed in a cell block for those who will be performing hard, menial labor
13. As you enjoy your daily allotment of gruel
14. When you realize just how limited your cell’s toilet paper supply is
15. When you discover just how much your cellmate likes you after five months in captivity
16. As you are discovered after you finally attempt to steal an extra ration of food
17. As you endure countless hours of torture as the guards try to figure out if you know of other thieves
18. When the guards remove you from the dungeons, saying its time for your punishment
19. When the lethal injection finally begins to take effect
THOMAS ANTHONY THACHER is a professor of classics and administrative official at Yale and a high priest of Wadjet-Bast. While not deciphering ancient Greek, Latin, Egyptian and Coptic texts, he can be found at home, tending and breeding his Egyptian Mau cats.
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