{"id":85282,"date":"2015-04-29T17:19:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T21:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=85282"},"modified":"2015-04-29T17:19:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T21:19:03","slug":"world-dream-in-six-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/world-dream-in-six-words\/","title":{"rendered":"World Dream in Six Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hashtag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hashtag.png\" alt=\"Hashtag\" width=\"600\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hashtag.png 900w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hashtag-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you look at the trending hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldDreamIn6Words?src=tren\" target=\"_blank\">#WorldDreamin6Words<\/a> you\u2019ll see such tweets as: \u201cLess \u2018Them\u2019 and \u2018They\u2019, more Us.\u201d And \u201cNo More Violence in the Streets.\u201d And \u201cSelf love and acceptance for all.\u201d And \u201cEnding the Stigma on Mental Health.\u201d And \u201cWe all get a hamburger today.\u201d And \u201cA world free of animal abuse.\u201d And \u201cLove each other NOT imaginary dictators.\u201d And (from the same person) \u201cInternational Casual Friday with Keg Parties.\u201d \u201cHam, eggs, and corncob pipes for everyone.\u201d (That last one is from \u201cMark Twainz.\u201d) <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When there are terrible things happening in the world\u2014always, in other words\u2014it\u2019s easy to see grotesque contrast wherever you look. It suddenly feels obscene that the newspaper should, after detailing riots and death, contain a recipe for crunchy glazed calamari. Or that the movie marquee should feature <em>Dior and I<\/em>. Or that #HumpDay should be trending. Or that anyone cares that Hulu has licensed <em>Seinfeld<\/em>. But then, feeling this self-righteous disgust is itself a luxury. Certainly paralysis is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, I keep returning, in revulsion, to #WorldDreamin6Words: \u201cGood that isn\u2019t pizza becomes pizza.\u201d \u201cNo more killing in this world.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure it involves Beyonc\u00e9.\u201d \u201cPeople come equipped with mute\u00a0buttons.\u201d And many, many more\u2014always more. You can\u2019t keep up with hashtags, of course; or, at any rate, keeping up with them is a full-time job. And for all I know,\u00a0 #InternationalDanceDay or #HumpDay are every bit as unnerving. It is all a question of what you ignore.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sadie Stein is contributing editor of <\/em>The Paris Review<em>,<\/em>\u00a0<em>and the <\/em>Daily<em>\u2019s correspondent.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you look at the trending hashtag #WorldDreamin6Words you\u2019ll see such tweets as: \u201cLess \u2018Them\u2019 and \u2018They\u2019, more Us.\u201d And \u201cNo More Violence in the Streets.\u201d And \u201cSelf love and acceptance for all.\u201d And \u201cEnding the Stigma on Mental Health.\u201d And \u201cWe all get a hamburger today.\u201d And \u201cA world free of animal abuse.\u201d And 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