Howard: Decadence is pressing hard. Ooh, it’s television!
Walter: Civilization is down! The ref is counting.
crowd: Ommmm.
Howard: Civilization is up. Whoa! A smashing internet!
Look at those IPO’s! You know what they say, float like an offering...
Walter: ... sting like eBay.
crowd: Yahoo! Yahoo!
Walter: Dec looks confused. I’m not sure what happened either.
Howard: This round is too weird to call. Come back next year
for Round 21 of Civilization Versus Decadence!
Walter: Unless we catch the Y2K bug and Barbarism rejoins
the fight. Ha ha!
Howard: Ha ha!
bell: Achoo!
the Daily Whale
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