"Hey, Gen Z, we're gonna relabel vacations into something else now and tell you how you really should be wary of taking vacation because it might impact your financial future."

the idea that failure is an individual failing and not the oppressions of a broken system.

Lily, looking at the church: What is this?

Sebastian: This is the church where someone named God lives.

Lily: Who's God?

Sebastian: It's a bit confusing. God is a shepherd.

Mopple: So he could be our shepherd.

Sebastian: No, because he's also a lamb.

Lily: What?

Sebastian: And he's also invisible. And he's made of bread. And he damns things.

Lily: Dams things? Like a beaver?

Sebastian: Yes.

Lily: So God is a big, invisible lamb-beaver made of bread?

Sebastian: Yes. And they eat him on Sundays.

over 800 species of Bus

the concept of the "stock market" has been excised, using the Red Science (and possibly irrigo)

maps are not allowed, & the streets shift constantly. cabbies still know exactly where they are at all times, and have formed a semi-secret society

the Subway Takes guy is still there

someone lied to the Masters and told them the city runs on a barter economy. this has been a challenging adjustment.

(Most of) Long Island got left behind

The subway still takes you to all the same stops, just different names

occasionally, for the first six months, there would be an unexplainable burst of cell reception. the delayed time displacement becomes obvious as residents briefly enjoy MySpace being popular again. The next burst brings back UseNet, and then everything goes dark.

nobody can find the mayor, but everyone is sure they *just* saw him around the last corner