Papers please

If you take a step back from the internet, which is constantly buzzing, it feels like you are looking at a rope pulling contest. A lot of people on one side, and a lot of people on the other side.

Then there is one shady looking dude under a tree, reading a book or a newspaper. Just in their own reality, relaxing, looking around, not giving a flying f*ck about the world around them.

People start shouting harder at eachother, swearing, what if I just pull a bit harder, and so does the other side. Eventually the dude under the tree is bothered too much and puts headphones on.

So when people shout at them, there is no response. And that frustrates both sides, why is that dude just not participating in the rat-race?

After three to four months, the rope snaps. Everyone comes over, but the dude has disappeared and is no longer sitting at the tree; but is not gone.

The end? Revanche? Peace?