{"id":3175,"date":"2022-03-17T11:59:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T11:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfshortstories.com\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2022-03-29T17:34:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T17:34:22","slug":"offloaders-by-leah-cypess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfshortstories.com\/?p=3175","title":{"rendered":"Offloaders by Leah Cypess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Offloaders<\/em><\/strong> by Leah Cypess (<em>Asimov\u2019s SF<\/em>, March-April 2022) is a series of social media messages in a freecycle group which start with Liz giving away twenty bags of clothes, sourdough starter (\u201cprefer to give to someone who will use it\u201d), and a blue size 6 dress. Another member, Olwu, immediately asks why Liz is giving away the dress when she looked \u201cawesome\u201d in it at the gala last year. Olwu\u2019s questions quickly become an accusation that Liz is \u201cuploading\u201d, and matters quickly spiral off-topic from there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Matti: Look, I don\u2019t want to sound preachy, but our planet can no longer sustain us physically. If those of us who can afford to upload don\u2019t do it now, we\u2019re basically consigning the rest of humanity to extinction. And humanity contains a disproportionate number of women and people of color. So here\u2019s our choice: be selfish, wait until our world is uninhabitable and it\u2019s too late for everyone else, and then upload and save ourselves. Or upload now and help everyone. It\u2019s our moral and civic duty.<br>Olwu: *message deleted*<br>Matti: *message deleted*<br>Liz: Dress claimed! Sourdough starter still available.<br>Matti: Passing this book along: UPLOAD: Humanity\u2019s New Stage and How It Can Benefit Us All.<br>Olwu: SERIOUSLY? @Moderator, please.<br>Matti: I\u2019m sorry, are there rules about what we\u2019re allowed to give away on this group?<br>Olwu: So if someone was trying to give away a gun, would you be okay with THAT?<br>Matti: *eye-roll 3D gif* Yeah, that\u2019s exactly the same.<br>Steph: I\u2019m sorry, but what would be the problem with giving away a gun? It\u2019s probably illegal to not allow that.<br>Sima (moderator): Guns are not allowed, and let\u2019s steer clear of anything having to do with uploading, too, please. I have a day job, you know. I can\u2019t spend every second monitoring this group.&nbsp; p. 161<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Short and quite amusing to begin with, but it runs out of steam at the end.<br>** (Average). 1,500 words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offloaders by Leah Cypess (Asimov\u2019s SF, March-April 2022) is a series of social media messages in a freecycle group which start with Liz giving away twenty bags of clothes, sourdough starter (\u201cprefer to give to someone who will use it\u201d), and a blue size 6 dress. 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