If you want to see the effects of imagining fantastic stories aren’t allegories of the human now, but literal magic windows into alternate future / past realities, look at all the dumb needless shit rich tech bros keep trying to invent cos it was in space fiction once.

In related news, I'm looking for proofreading and copy editing work. Wouldn't you love to have sentences like the above in your work? Surely a mark of quality.

Though those parallel lines look just as deliberate. I'd say they're marks from finishing the bottom. Parallel marks from rubbing against a flat surface to create an even bottom. Circular marks, same surface, different motion.

– I can create immersive soundscapes for your podcasts: narrative factual and audio dramas
- I am available for tape sync. I own kit (MKH60, SQN-4s + recorder) and car.
- I can edit dialogue in Reaper.
- I can break bones, open haunted tombs, communicate with aliens. (In sound-effect form.)

The Pomera DM250?

Indeed, and a lot of people aged c43 are going to retire without secure housing, higher levels of renting retirees are baked in at this point.