Yesterday, Flat Earther, Conrad Slater, 39, disappeared off the face of the earth, after he encountered a directional traffic sign at the end of the world. The only thing left at the scene was a journal filled with notes of his adventures. What follows is Conrad’s last recorded entry.
At last, I have arrived at the end of the world, which proves that the earth is flat. However, my elation is only temporary, because there is a sign here that has me perplexed like six motherfuckers riding a paraplegic bull. This sign seems foreign to me. Its symbols are ancient. It may have been left here by the Gods of some long ago culture. Below me, I can make out the remnants of a what might have been a bodega. The remnant smell of microwaved burritos hover stubbornly in this isolated place. The faint sound of a lottery ticket machine chattering out inevitable failure, echoes up from sullen depts. But this sign is calling me to action. For what I do not know, or care to know. But all I can do is stare at it and await further instructions. I stare. And now the circular arrows are spinning. Around and around, like a movie reel. I go closer. And now the further instructions that I was waiting for have manifested. Directions. The sign is telling me to go forward through a roundabout, and then take a left on Lucille Ball Avenue, and the turn right down Richard Roundtree Circle. After that