Susan and Walter strolled along the seashore. She tossed a gum wrapper into the ocean.


    “Susan, what the hell are you doing?”


    “It’s too late!”


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    Frank and Jennifer were having a picnic …


    “Let’s go, Jen.”


    “But Frank, we need to clean this up.”


    “It’s too late!”


    ————


    A hiker tossed a cigarette butt into the tundra.


    “Sir, I need you to pick that up,” said a park ranger.


    “It’s too late!”


    ————


    At a bar, the holo-visions played.


    A presidential candidate stood on a stage in front of his campaign’s projected slogan: ‘It’s too late!’


    “We must colonize Mars!”


    Supporters cheered.