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[[File:Dear Diary (Death Star edition).jpg|thumb|"Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good."]]"Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good." | [[File:Dear Diary (Death Star edition).jpg|thumb|"Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good."]]"Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good." | ||
== Origin == | |||
The diary entry was discovered by amateur [[gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] on July 7, 2020, while writing comments on Facebook. | |||
== Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge == | |||
[[File:Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge.jpg|thumb|Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge.]] | |||
After writing Dear Diary (Death Star edition), Jones was inspired to use it as an example of [[Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge|repurposing a dystopia]]. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:The United States is larger than the Death Star but smaller than the Earth.jpg|link=The United States is larger than the Death Star but smaller than the Earth.|"'''[[The United States is larger than the Death Star but smaller than the Earth]]'''" is rated "plausible" by the Ayn Rand Memorial Death Star Kickstarter Campaign Committee. | |||
File:Jukebox Hal.jpg|link=Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)|July 8, 2020: "[[Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)|Dear Diary, HAL 9000 purchased]] after much computational haggling. I shall repurpose it as a jukebox." | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Ayn Rand Memorial Death Star]] | |||
* [[Crimes against astronomical constants]] | * [[Crimes against astronomical constants]] | ||
* [[Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/231159537931518/?comment_id=231165811264224 Comment] @ Facebook | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1530628110583988225 Post] @ Twitter (28 May 2022) - #JediRetirementJobs #DeathStarRepurposed | ||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1390101526744600578 Post] @ Twitter (5 May 2021) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1382072001439936518 Post] @ Twitter (13 April 2021) | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/231159537931518/?comment_id=231165811264224 Comment] @ Facebook (7 July 2020) - part of the [[Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge]] | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/231359811244824 Post] @ Facebook in Concellation 2020 group (7 July 2020) | |||
** Shared to [https://www.facebook.com/GnomonChronicles/posts/2103165743141406 Gnomon Chronicles Facebook page] | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/339732060407598/?comment_id=340550420325762 Comment] @ Facebook (25 December 2020) - "The 'explosion' of the Death Star was a staged fake. The true story is revealed in this diary entry —" | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Aging (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Star Wars (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Dear Diary]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:13, 28 May 2022
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"Dear Diary, So glad I stole the Death Star and repurposed it as a self-sustaining eldercare retirement facility near a temperate planet with about ninety-percent Earth gravity. Life is good."
Origin
The diary entry was discovered by amateur gnomon algorithm theorist Karl Jones on July 7, 2020, while writing comments on Facebook.
Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge
After writing Dear Diary (Death Star edition), Jones was inspired to use it as an example of repurposing a dystopia.
In the News
"The United States is larger than the Death Star but smaller than the Earth" is rated "plausible" by the Ayn Rand Memorial Death Star Kickstarter Campaign Committee.
July 8, 2020: "Dear Diary, HAL 9000 purchased after much computational haggling. I shall repurpose it as a jukebox."
Fiction cross-reference
- Ayn Rand Memorial Death Star
- Crimes against astronomical constants
- Dear Diary (HAL 9000 edition)
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Post @ Twitter (28 May 2022) - #JediRetirementJobs #DeathStarRepurposed
- Post @ Twitter (5 May 2021)
- Post @ Twitter (13 April 2021)
- Comment @ Facebook (7 July 2020) - part of the Repurpose a Dystopia Challenge
- Post @ Facebook in Concellation 2020 group (7 July 2020)
- Shared to Gnomon Chronicles Facebook page
- Comment @ Facebook (25 December 2020) - "The 'explosion' of the Death Star was a staged fake. The true story is revealed in this diary entry —"