The context of the essay descends into the terrain of virtual escapism under the pressence of late-stage capitalism. It positions the reader into the scenario, forcing them into immediate conversation rather than conjuring a fictional surrogate through whom the themes might be safely mediated. The text yeets the reader into a world of stacking exhaustion — late evenings, takeaway meals, and above all, the creeping weight of mental unrest.
The writing attempts to carry some weight, drawing on references such as Gilles Deleuze and a manifesto by Werner Herzog, yet it consistently returns to its point of origin: the reader — the one who longs to be elsewhere, the one who desires.