Modern music being considered “classical” in fiction set in the future.

I think the younger you are the more likely you are to be certain My Immortal was written as a joke, partially because it’s the progenitor of pretty much all modern Bad Fanfiction Tropes, so when you read it now you think “oh they were trying to use as many bad fanfic tropes as possible, it’s clearly a joke” even though those tropes exist to make fun of My Immortal. My Immortal could have been written as a parody of bad fanfiction but it made such an impact on that subculture that it’s entirely possible that it only seems like a satire because it’s the original thing being satired.

My Immortal could’ve been an intentionally bad fanfic but that’s not a given. The uncertainty comes from the fact that My Immortal was written in a pre-My Immortal world, and the only reason it seems like a parody now is because we already know about My Immortal.

The other reason is “nobody talks like this, nobody writes like this, it has to be someone making a joke” but the thing is, I was a moderator on a fanfic site when My Immortal dropped, and yes, they really really did talk like that. There is not a single line in My Immortal that would’ve been out of place in 2006.

It’s lunch time and I’m purchasing a sandwich and drink from a local supermarket.

While I’m waiting in line this woman (We’ll call her “Loud Bitch” = LB) is shrieking down her phone to who I can only presume is her now totally deaf boyfriend. She’s visibly pissing off most people in the general vicinity with her swearing and general attitude.

As It’s coming up to my turn to check out, she’s decided she’s fed up with waiting and puts her big bag of M&M’s in front of my lunch on the conveyor and says “I need to go first.”

Without so much as a moment to think and without making eye contact I pick them up and move them behind my items, saying nothing.

RED ALERT: DIVERT ALL POWER TO BITCH DRIVE

LB: “What the fuck are you doing?”
Me: “I was here first, wait your turn.”
LB: “Fuck you I am on my lunch break and I have a very important job blah blah blah” (I can’t remember the whole rant)
Me: “It’s lunchtime, everyone is on lunch, you have to wait”
LB: “Fuck you! I asked nicely!” (lolwut.)

At this point LB throws her M&M’s in front of my lunch still ranting and it’s now my turn to check out, enter awesome check-out girl. (Who we’ll call “ACG”.)

So after seeing the bag of M&M’s land on the conveyor I decide, fuck it and I accept LB’s gracious offering and buy the M&M’s for myself, leaving her M&M-less.

Of course the battle was not yet over, more screaming was coming my way.

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LB: “What are you doing, those are mine!”
Me: “Nope, I’m paying for them now, if you want M&M’s you’ll have to go get some and wait in line.”
LB: “You’re a theif! You stole my M&M’s!”
Me: “No I just bought the M&M’s you rudely threw onto my pile of stuff.”
LB: “I’m not getting anymore, give me my M&M’s back. You’re a thief!”
ACG: “Ma'am, I suggest you go and get a new pack and wait in line, there are people waiting. The gentlemen hasn’t stolen anything, he paid money for the M&M’s.”
LB: “Call the fucking manager, get this piece of shit kicked out for stealing.”
Me: “Mind if I step out anyway? I have a very important job and I’m on lunch?”
LB: “Where the fuck are you goi-”
ACG: “Sure, here’s your receipt.”
Me: “Thanks.”

To wrap up, the M&M’s were delicious, I shared them with my co-workers. Don’t know if LB went back to get some, but I highly recommend them.