`It's not like I'm tooting,' Case heard someone say, as he shouldered his way through the crowd around the door of the Chat. `It's like my body's developed this massive meme deficiency.' It was a Fediverse voice and a Fediverse joke. The Catsubo was an instance for professional shitposters; you could lurk there for a week and never see two words of Discourse.

@djsundog This was how William Gibson always intended it, but the technology he needed to bring it to life hadn't been invented yet.

@cute_weeds @djsundog ah, Gibson...did any of his later work really come up to "Neuromancer"? I followed him for a bit but nothing else he wrote really stuck with me.

doesn't matter, Gibson is still a minor hero to me (too bad the false prophet Stephenson came along to steal his glory)