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The dictionary word for life outside the internet

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To perfectly differentiate between our glorious, escapist virtual worlds and the miserable physical reality we actually inhabit, cyber-enthusiasts coined an aggressively grotesque term. Official linguistic institutions formally adopted 'meatspace' into the dictionary, confirming that we are all just sad biological blobs operating outside the internet.

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