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Greetings, my friends. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember, my friends, future events such as these will affect you in the future.
— Criswell · Plan 9 from Outer Space
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
With grave, confiding warmth, the speaker greets listeners as friends and announces that the future should interest everyone, since that is where all their remaining days will be lived. The closing reminder that future events will affect you in the future states the obvious so ceremoniously that it turns comically circular.
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