Internet Time Machine
Netflix And Chill
This story is part of the Internet Time Machine, a collection about life online in the 2010s.
The 18-year-old died after choking on saliva last Saturday, whilst engaging in a — what’s a posh way of saying making out? Presexual activity? Probably. —whilst engaging in presexual activity with a young man named Ola Johnson at his family home in the East London suburb of Beauford Green. It was his saliva.
On second thought, the 10 o’clock news probably wouldn’t reveal his name. The eerily soothing newsreader voice would be neutral of accent and emotion as they informed the public of my watery demise. Tonal inflections gliding up and down as it relayed a 30-second contracted biography of my life. Predicted Three As and a B at A Level, Temi Adesina was planning to go to UCL this October to study law. She is Nigerian so I guess that is no surprise. Although I do wonder what her parents think about that pesky B. Nigerian parents are known to have pretty high standards. Particularly hers. She would say it in the same factual tone, chin dipping and tilting in micro-movements, the way newsreaders usually do when they want to add some spice to their performance. She leaves behind an extensive collection of MAC lipsticks, and 947 Twitter followers. Her best friend Jasmeen Khan told London News Night that she was hoping to reach 1,000 by…
